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First Study on Materialism and Marriage

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sachin sharma

The first-ever study to examine the impact of materialism on marital satisfaction found that highly materialistic spouses are about 40 percent more likely than non materialistic spouses to experience high levels of financial problems, which consequently harm their marital satisfaction.

What’s more, the impact of materialism held true across all income levels.

“For a highly materialistic spouse or couple, it takes less financial disturbance to trigger a financial problem”Jason Carroll, BYU assistant professor explained.

“Some would say, ” I’m not living a good life and I don’t have a good marriage if we can’t afford to go on that vacation or purchase designer décor for our home,” where a less materialistic spouse would not view these limitations as a major issue.”

Using complex statistical analyses, Carroll’s research team found that materialism among one or both spouses was more predictive of the extent of a couple’s financial problems than their income.

“This study suggests that spouses set their own threshold for what they view as a money problem” Carroll said. continue reading.........

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