THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY RESOURCE, FAMILY STRESS, MONEY ATTITUDES, SELF-CONTROL TOWARDS MATERIALISM: THE CASE OF GENERATION Y IN BANGKOK METROPOLITAN

Authors

  • Sararat Thongbaisri
  • Ekkachai Boonchuaymetta

Abstract

Nowadays, the population of generation Y most likely drives the consumer market. Hence scrutinizing their behavior’s consumer toward their money attitudes and materialism has become more critical. The researcher has ultimate purposes of determining and investigating the behavior of generation Y toward money attitudes, which in turn affect materialism. Research findings show that how family resources received during childhood, perceived stress from disruptive childhood and self-control are influencing the varied impact on Materialism and Money Attitude dimensions. This sample surveyed n=412 Thai Generation Y (1980-1997) in Bangkok Metropolis to examine whether family resources received during childhood, perceived stress from disruptive childhood, money attitudes and self-control affect Thai Generation Y Bangkok Metropolis’s life-course. This study founds perceived stress from disruptive childhood family have certain impacts on later-life of money attitudes. Money attitudes also affect to materialism as well as the current Self-Control behavior has significant effects on materialism.    

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Published

2021-06-29

How to Cite

Thongbaisri, S., & Boonchuaymetta, E. . (2021). THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY RESOURCE, FAMILY STRESS, MONEY ATTITUDES, SELF-CONTROL TOWARDS MATERIALISM: THE CASE OF GENERATION Y IN BANGKOK METROPOLITAN. AU Hybrid International Conference 2024 on " Entrepreneurship & Sustainability in the Digital Era" Under the Theme of "People Centric Knowledge in Intelligence World" , 1(1), 298-307. Retrieved from http://www.assumptionjournal.au.edu/index.php/icesde/article/view/4963