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Youth in Hong Kong [2004]

Aim

To study materialistic values of Hong Kong adolescents.

Place of the study

Hong Kong.

Year

2004.

Subjects

A convenience sample of 281 secondary school students 11 to 20 years old.

Methodology

• A survey based on a structured questionnaire was conducted.
• Data on the subjects’ materialistic values, family communication pattern, peer influence, family and peer communication, social comparison and media usage was collected.
• Materialism was measured by a shortened six-item version of Richins and Dawson’s (1992) scale and the Youth Materialism Scale.

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• Questionnaire
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  Data set

Publication

• Chan, K., & Prendergast, G. (2007). Materialism and social comparison among adolescents. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 35(2), 213–228.