Shopping buy happiness? What does the relevant research

If you are the type who consumes obsessively, and she feels euphoric every time…
shopping, you don’t need to feel guilt.
Material goods bring repeated doses of happiness, timeless, in the weeks after the market, while the shopping experiences they offer more intense but fleeting dose of happiness.
In a recent survey in accordance with the onmed, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, researchers note that purchases of goods -from sweaters to skateboards – provide more frequent happiness over time, while the shopping experience -such as a visit to the zoo – provide a more intense happiness occasionally.
The majority of previous research has been focused on what was expected of people on the market, or what they remembered about the objects or experiences.
The Aaron Weidman and Elizabeth Dunn, of the University of British Columbia, wanted to learn how they felt people at the time, so the first weeks with a new sweater or a tablet.
Evaluated the instant happiness, in real time, that they felt the people from the 2 types of market, up to 5 times a day, for 2 weeks.
The researchers asked people to record their thoughts in the weeks after the markets, as well as a month later. They saw that the markets for material goods and experiences they bring happiness in a different way.
Material goods bring repeated doses of happiness, timeless, in the weeks after the market, while the shopping experiences they offer more intense but fleeting dose of happiness.
In addition, when people thought the market 6 weeks after Christmas, they felt greater satisfaction from the shopping experience.
Mr. Weidman said that the decision to buy or not an object or an experience you may possibly be concerned with what kind of happiness he wants.
Consider a consumer who has to decide between buying tickets for a concert and a new couch, notes. The concert will give you intense moments for a night, but it will end and I will then provides you with instant happiness, except that it will be a good memory. On the contrary, the sofa will not provide ever intense emotion as the concert but gives comfort and warmth to a buyer each day during the winter months.