COVID may have made us less materialistic – new research

Moldes Andres, Olaya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5790-6634 2022. COVID may have made us less materialistic – new research. [Online]. The Conversation: The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/covid-may-have-made-us...

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Abstract

The early days of COVID brought a new sense of urgency to shopping for certain items. Toilet paper, pasta and bread flew off the shelves as people stocked up on vital supplies. Then came the must-have purchases to help with the tedium of lockdowns, with hot tubs, kitchen gadgets and new pets becoming extremely popular purchases. So did the pandemic make us generally more materialistic?

Item Type:	Online Content
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Publisher:	The Conversation Trust
Last Modified:	16 Oct 2026 09:40
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/190260

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