A materialistic driven orientation not only diminishes the role of others into instruments of self-gratification, but also poses great costs to the individual self. Deriving self-worth from the material items one owns is inevitably an external source of worth, one that seeks to impress others, stems from other people’s values rather than one’s own and is insecure, as these objects can be stolen, lost, or break, thusly leading to an inadequate, shallow, easily wavered sense of worth.