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- Title
Domain-Specific Greed.
- Authors
Weiß, Martin; Schulze, Julian; Krumm, Stefan; Göritz, Anja S.; Hewig, Johannes; Mussel, Patrick
- Abstract
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 this structure.
- Subjects
AVARICE; LITERATURE reviews; TEST validity
- Publication
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 2024, Vol 50, Issue 6, p889
- ISSN
0146-1672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/01461672221148004