Does your social media feed make you want to scream? Scrolling through an endless stream of shiny, happy people showcasing their new shoes or glamorous adventures leaves us with a nagging sense of ...

Clothes, cars, travel, followers: People with a materialistic mindset always want more and, above all, more than others. Social media provides them with ideal opportunities to compare themselves with ...

Materialism is often seen as a driving force in today’s consumer-driven society. People strive to acquire more possessions, usually equating material wealth with success and happiness. However, this ...

You won’t find another place that makes it as easy to compare yourself with others as social media. That’s not good for you. Clothes, cars, travel, followers: People with a materialistic mindset ...

The researchers headed by Dr. Phillip Ozimek from the Faculty of Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, recruited 1,230 people for their online survey. In order to participate, respondents had ...