Material purchases can bring happiness

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-12/sfpa-lhi122115.php

Public Release: 21-Dec-2015
Living happily in a material world: Material purchases can bring happiness
A recent study from Social Psychological and Personality Science shows material purchases provide more frequent happiness
Society for Personality and Social Psychology

In a recent study from the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, researchers have shown that material purchases, from sweaters to skateboards, provide more frequent happiness over time, whereas experiential purchases, like a trip to the zoo, provide more intense happiness on individual occasions.

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