Do You Love Your Stuff Too Much? Maybe It’s Because No One Loves You

 "Do we substitute material possessions for love? That's the question explored by a new study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, which also asks if the opposite is true: do people who get lots of love and acceptance from others value their possessions less?

The idea that materialism is linked to comfort isn't new, but researchers from the University of New Hampshire and Yale University wanted to understand more concretely how people gauge the monetary value of their belongings in relation to how loved and secure they feel."
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