Amprenta societății de consum asupra sănătății fizice și mentale a tinerilor [Articol]

Abstract

The orientation of the last 25-30 years to achieve the social progress is a generalized tendency. In reality there are some major inconsistencies between the directions of the society development and those of the individual development. Also, the hyper-consumption is a major current phenomenon. The main goal of this paper is to expose the effects of hyper-consumption on the health status of the young people. We propose to highlight the directions of manifestation of social and individual dissonances considering the phenomenon of hyper-consumption. Also, we propose some development patterns oriented to the awareness of these dissonances and ways of acting for a better life, on the long term. The methods used for analysis consist in: investigation and synthesis of reports and literature, completed with a qualitative method, the focus group, applied to a number of 21 students. The goal is to identify the motivation and effects of the consumption. The results indicate a high interest for consumption as sign of wellbeing, but a disagreement with the person’s genuine needs with disadvantages to the physical and mental health of the individuals.