Living Well, A Pilot Study

Authors

Caroline Crane, Brigham Young University
Dr. Ivan Beutler, Brigham Young University

Keywords

living well, materialism, financial status, money

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Family Life

Abstract

Money attitudes may help us better understand potential vulnerabilities of youth in a growing culture of materialism. Today’s American child is immersed in the consumer marketplace to a degree that dwarfs all other historical experience (Schor, 2004). For many teens success revolves around financial status, social recognition, or appealing appearance (Roberts and Jones, 2001). Extrinsically focused individuals frequently depend on financial resources to achieve the favorable reactions of others in defining themselves. Modern industrialized society has transformed adolescence from a developmental era defined by production to one mainly of consumption where earning and spending money has become one of the most prominent features of the period (Steinberg and Cauffman, 1995).

Recommended Citation

Crane, Caroline and Beutler, Dr. Ivan (2013) "Living Well, A Pilot Study," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 223.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/223