Is it wrong to be a materialistic person?

When people stay in relationships for material gains or are motivated by extrinsic motivators in the form of rewards it does not create effects which are long lasting. Typically, it is seen that the state of happiness does not last if it is motivated by tangible gains. The principle called hedonic adaptation gets triggered which is essentially the tendency of the human mind to return to the previous stable level despite major positive or negative experiences. What it implies is that the material gains won't be sufficient and successively repeated higher levels of rewards would be required to sustain the feeling of goodness. Simultaneously, what creates happiness and maintains relationships are the intangible things that characterise it, such as care, concern, connect, conversations, which maintain the positivity and desire within it, said psychologist Kamna Chhibber, Head [Mental Health], Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences at Fortis Healthcare.