Domain-specific greed

  • Greed, the insatiable and excessive desire and striving for more even at the expense of others, may be directed toward various goods. In this article, we propose that greed may be conceptualized as a domain-specific construct. Based on a literature review and an expert survey, we identified 10 domains of greed which we operationalized with the DOmain-SPEcific Greed (DOSPEG) questionnaire. In Study 1 (N = 725), we found support for the proposed structure and convergent validity with related constructs. Bifactor-(S-1) models revealed that generic greed is differentially related to the greed domains, indicating that generic greed primarily captures a striving for money and material things. In the second study (N = 591), we found that greed domains had incremental validity beyond generic greed with regard to corresponding criteria assessed via self- and other-reports. We conclude that greed can be conceptualized as a domain-specific construct and propose an onion model reflecting thisGreed, the insatiable and excessive desire and striving for more even at the expense of others, may be directed toward various goods. In this article, we propose that greed may be conceptualized as a domain-specific construct. Based on a literature review and an expert survey, we identified 10 domains of greed which we operationalized with the DOmain-SPEcific Greed (DOSPEG) questionnaire. In Study 1 (N = 725), we found support for the proposed structure and convergent validity with related constructs. Bifactor-(S-1) models revealed that generic greed is differentially related to the greed domains, indicating that generic greed primarily captures a striving for money and material things. In the second study (N = 591), we found that greed domains had incremental validity beyond generic greed with regard to corresponding criteria assessed via self- and other-reports. We conclude that greed can be conceptualized as a domain-specific construct and propose an onion model reflecting this structure.show moreshow less

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Author:Martin Weiß, Julian Schulze, Stefan Krumm, Anja S. GöritzORCiDGND, Johannes Hewig, Patrick Mussel
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-1039113
Frontdoor URLhttps://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/103911
ISSN:0146-1672OPAC
ISSN:1552-7433OPAC
Parent Title (English):Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Publisher:SAGE Publications
Place of publication:Thousand Oaks, CA
Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2024
Publishing Institution:Universität Augsburg
Release Date:2023/04/25
Tag:Social Psychology
Volume:50
Issue:6
First Page:889
Last Page:905
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221148004
Institutes:Philosophisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Philosophisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Sportwissenschaft
Philosophisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Sportwissenschaft / Lehrstuhl für Behavioral Health Technology
Dewey Decimal Classification:1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie
Licence (German):CC-BY-NC 4.0: Creative Commons: Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell (mit Print on Demand)