Consuming in response to loneliness: Bright side and dark side effects.
Consumerism
Loneliness
Social exclusion
Social isolation
Well-being
Journal
Current opinion in psychology
ISSN: 2352-2518
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Psychol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101649136
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2022
08 2022
Historique:
received:
03
01
2022
revised:
19
02
2022
accepted:
21
02
2022
pubmed:
28
3
2022
medline:
17
8
2022
entrez:
27
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This review synthesizes the most recent advances in psychology investigating the link between loneliness and consumption. We structure the review around the motives that loneliness activates, based on the Evolutionary Theory of Loneliness. More specifically, we detail how consumers use consumption experiences to repair perceived deficiencies in their belongingness needs, and how the motive to improve social connections through consumption can have both positive (bright side) and negative (dark side) effects. We also discuss how loneliness can activate a self-preservation motive that can breed interpersonal mistrust and thus potentially impede reconnection. We conclude by reviewing research on the depleting effects of loneliness on self-regulatory resources and the dark side effects of this depletion on self-control.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35339976
pii: S2352-250X(22)00041-0
doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101329
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101329Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest statement Nothing declared.