Csikszentmihalyi and Rochberg-Halton (1981) characterized children's special possessions as tending toward more action and future-oriented use.

Csikszentmihalyi and Rochberg-Halton (1981) characterized children's special possessions as tending toward more action and future-oriented use. Complementing those findings, Baker, Kleine, and Bowen (2004) fix children (ages 8-13) were already beginning to form contemplative, symbolic meanings for souvenirs they anticipated would subserve as mementos marking special places.

Most of the studies of age and life stage related attachments are descriptive in nature. Considerable opportunity exists to investigate the age and life stage developmental implications of cherished possessions to fill in the picture of material possession attachment [i]or[/i] part of to the other the human life cycle.

Gender DifferencesGender Differences in the Possessions Themselves - Pioneering "special possessions" scholars waited to show that men's and women's special possession differ based in succession the possessions themselves. That is, men and women watch to possess different kinds of objects; therefore, aims of attachment also reflect sex differences. Csikszentmihalyi and Rochberg-Halton (1981) observ significant sex differences in 12 of 41 categories of "special" possessions. Participants were interviewed in their to one's homes where gender roles were likely salient. Women were significantly more likely to identify statuarys photographs, plants, plates, glass, and textiles than men reflecting women's expressive, home-oriented parts Men more often identified televisions, stereo tools, sports equipment, vehicles, and yard equipment, reflecting men's action-oriented characters Similarly, Kamptner (1989) found that among somewhat old adults, men listed motor vehicles, domiciles and small appliances most often; females identified abiding-places dishware-silverware, and jewelry most ofttimes