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Loneliness, Material Possession Love, and Consumers’ Physical Well-Being

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We consider the physical well-being consequences of consumers who treat beloved possessions as emotional partners in consumer–object relationships. We review both the positive and negative physical well-being outcomes of consumer–object relationships. From this review, we offer both insights about apparently contradictory sources of evidence as well as some direction for future research on this topic.

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  1. W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, 85287-4106, Tempe, AZ, USA

    Prof. John L. Lastovicka & Assoc. Prof. Laurel Anderson

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  1. State University of New York, Nanuet, New York, USA

    Miriam Tatzel

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Lastovicka, J., Anderson, L. (2014). Loneliness, Material Possession Love, and Consumers’ Physical Well-Being. In: Tatzel, M. (eds) Consumption and Well-Being in the Material World. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7368-4_4

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