http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/04/the-consumer-pa.html

Curioso? La baja autoestima y el materialismo van de la mano, nuestros valores son intrinsecos o extrinsecos? Esta mañana quise hacer mi lista de cosas pendientes a mano en lugar de no hacerla a maquina como siempre pasa y pensaba que necesito la abundancia para mejorar mi autoestima, los principales envios de hoy a CM(clipmarks) tocan estos mismos temas aunque estan en ingles, que fortuna la mia poder leer inglés; casualidad o causalidad?

clipped from www.dailygalaxy.com Low Self-Esteem & Materialism Goes Hand in Hand -A Galaxy Insight “Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need.” Researchers have found that low self-esteem and materialism are not just a correlation, but also a causal relationship where low self esteem increases materialism, and materialism can also create low self-esteem. The also found that as self esteem increases, materialism decreases. even a simple gesture to raise self-esteem dramatically decreased materialism, which provides a way to cope with insecurity. "By the time children reach early adolescence, and experience a decline in self-esteem, the stage is set for the use of material possessions as a coping strategy for feelings of low self-worth," The paradox that findings such as these bring up, is that consumerism is good for the economy but bad for the individual. There are costs in happiness when people believe that their value is extrinsic. www.csom.umn.edu/Page6393.aspx