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4705
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Helga Dittmar publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Helga Dittmar sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 107 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Helga Dittmar D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Helga Dittmar sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Helga Dittmar is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their academic work primarily spans the field of psychology, with a particular focus on social psychology, marketing, applied psychology, clinical psychology, and physical therapy related to sports therapy and rehabilitation.

The research topics addressed by Dittmar encompass psychological well-being and life satisfaction, motivation and self-concept in sports, cultural differences and values, consumer behavior in brand consumption and identification, behavioral health and interventions, eating disorders and behaviors, and physical education and pedagogy.

Recent scholarly publications authored or co-authored by Helga Dittmar include:

  • Materialistic value orientation and wellbeing (2022) - Current Opinion in Psychology
  • Clarifying the link between psychological need satisfaction and positive affect: Longitudinal within-person tests for bi-directional influence in two cultures (2023) - European Journal of Personality
  • Applying Objectification Theory to Adolescent Girls' Gendered Experiences of Physical Education in the United Kingdom (2024) - Psychology of Women Quarterly
  • Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4) (2021) - UNC Libraries

These publications reflect the diversity of Dittmar's research interests and include studies on value orientation and wellbeing, psychological needs and affect across cultures, gendered experiences in physical education, and sociocultural attitudes towards appearance.

They frequently collaborate with other researchers, including Amy Isham, Wenceslao Unanue, Frank Martela, Vivian L. Vignoles, and Megan Hurst.

Dittmar's work is recognized in multiple publication venues such as Current Opinion in Psychology, European Journal of Personality, Psychology of Women Quarterly, and UNC Libraries, indicating a broad interdisciplinary reach across psychology and its subfields.

They have been awarded the title of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • The social psychology of material possessions: To have is to be

    Helga Dittmar

  • The relationship between materialism and personal well-being: A meta-analysis.

    Helga Dittmar;Rod Bond;Megan Hurst;Tim Kasser

  • Compulsive buying--a growing concern? An examination of gender, age, and endorsement of materialistic values as predictors.

    Helga Dittmar

  • Mainstream consumers driving plug-in battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars: A qualitative analysis of responses and evaluations

    Ella Graham-Rowe;Benjamin Gardner;Charles Abraham;Stephen Skippon

  • Body Image and Self-Esteem Among Adolescent Girls: Testing the Influence of Sociocultural Factors

    Daniel Clay;Vivian L. Vignoles;Helga Dittmar

  • Gender identity and material symbols: objects and decision considerations in impulse purchases

    Helga Dittmar;Jane Beattie;Susanne Friese

  • Self-image – is it in the bag? A qualitative comparison between “ordinary” and “excessive” consumers

    Helga Dittmar;John Drury

  • Development and validation of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4 (SATAQ-4).

    Lauren M. Schaefer;Natasha L. Burke;J. Kevin Thompson;Robert F. Dedrick

  • Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being: The Search for the 'Good Life' and the 'Body Perfect'

    Helga Dittmar

  • Thin-ideal internalization and social comparison tendency as moderators of media models' impact on women's body-focused anxiety

    Helga Dittmar;Sarah Howard

  • Objects, decision considerations and self-image in men's and women's impulse purchases

    Helga Dittmar;Jane Beattie;Susanne Friese

  • Buying on the internet: gender differences in on-line and conventional buying motivations

    Helga Dittmar;Karen M Long;Rosie Meek

  • DOES SIZE MATTER? THE IMPACT OF MODEL'S BODY SIZE ON WOMEN'S BODY-FOCUSED ANXIETY AND ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS

    Emma Halliwell;Helga Dittmar

  • Does Barbie make girls want to be thin? The effect of experimental exposure to images of dolls on the body image of 5- to 8-year-old girls.

    Helga Dittmar;Emma Halliwell;Suzanne Ive

  • The relationship between materialistic values and environmental attitudes and behaviors: A meta-analysis

    Megan Hurst;Helga Dittmar;Rod Bond;Tim Kasser

  • Changes in materialism, changes in psychological well-being: Evidence from three longitudinal studies and an intervention experiment.

    Tim Kasser;Katherine L. Rosenblum;Arnold J. Sameroff;Edward L. Deci

  • A NEW LOOK AT "COMPULSIVE BUYING": SELF-DISCREPANCIES AND MATERIALISTIC VALUES AS PREDICTORS OF COMPULSIVE BUYING TENDENCY

    Helga Dittmar

  • When a better self is only a button click away : Associations between materialistic values, emotional and identity-related buying motives, and compulsive buying tendency online

    Helga Dittmar;Karen Long;Rod Bond

  • The relationship of materialism to debt and financial well-being: the case of Iceland’s perceived prosperity

    Ragna B. Garðarsdóttir;Helga Dittmar

  • How do "Body Perfect" Ideals In tHe MedIa Have a negatIve IMPact on Body IMage and BeHavIors? factors and Processes related to self and IdentIty

    Helga Dittmar

Frequent Co-Authors

Emma Halliwell
Emma Halliwell University of the West of England
Robin Banerjee
Robin Banerjee University of Sussex
Susan J. Paxton
Susan J. Paxton La Trobe University
Vivian L. Vignoles
Vivian L. Vignoles University of Sussex
Lauren M. Schaefer
Lauren M. Schaefer University of North Carolina Wilmington
Susan Ayers
Susan Ayers City, University of London
J. Kevin Thompson
J. Kevin Thompson University of South Florida
Drew A. Anderson
Drew A. Anderson University at Albany, State University of New York
David A. Frederick
David A. Frederick Chapman University
Maarten Vansteenkiste
Maarten Vansteenkiste Ghent University

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