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Money shapes our lives in ways we seldom recognize, affecting our happiness, our relationships, and even our sense of self.

I meet coaches every day and can easily tell who is invested in their self-worth by asking if they are willing to expend time ...

It’s All About the Money (For Some): Consequences of Financially Contingent Self-Worth. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin , 2017; 43 (5): 601 DOI: 10.1177/0146167216689080 Cite This Page : ...

Working with samples of 349 college students and a nationally representative group of 389 participants, the researchers first developed a scale to measure Financial Contingency of Self-Worth (CSW), or ...

In one study, University of Buffalo researcher Lora Park and her colleagues investigated what happens when people tie their self-worth to financial success, scoring high on the “Financial Contingency ...

In contrast, those struggling with self-worth often exhibit patterns of wasteful spending. This behavior manifests through impulsive purchases, excessive luxury items, or constant upgrading of ...

Although people living in consumer-based cultures such as the U.S. often believe they will be happier if they acquire more money, the findings of a newly published paper by a UB research team suggest ...