摘要：Previous studies assume that stress created by changes in family structure plays a role in the development of materialism and compulsive consumption tendencies of youths. The present study provides additional and alternative explanations as possible causal mechanisms; it suggests that social processes account for these consumption orientations among young Brazilians. The parent-child communication styles that are fostered in disrupted families due to depletion of tangible and intangible resources promote the importance of material possessions, while peer influences during adolescent years are positively associated with the impulse-control dimension of compulsive buying in early adulthood. Peers appear to influence the two consumption orientations regardless of the family structure and processes in which the young person is embedded, while television viewing during adolescent years is associated with compulsive consumption tendencies in early adulthood.
