The Effect of Self-Investment on Hoarding Tendency of Chinese College Students:Role of Psychological Connections

作     者：Xiangli Guan Yue Zhang Yang Li Yaqi Zhang Jingjing Wang Xuejiao Li Mary C.Jobe Md Zahir Ahmed Oli Ahmed 

作者机构：School of Teacher EducationYuxi Normal UniversityYuxi653100China Faculty of PsychologySouthwest UniversityChongqing400715China Department of Psychological and Brain SciencesThe George Washington UniversityWashington DC20052USA College of Teacher EducationZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhua321004China Department of PsychologyUniversity of ChittagongChattogram4331Bangladesh 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Mental Health Promotion》 (国际心理健康促进杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2023年第25卷第6期

页      面：755-766页

核心收录：

学科分类：0402[教育学-心理学(可授教育学、理学学位）] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 

基　　金：supported by Yunnan Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Planning Youth Project under Grant No.QN2018055 

主　　题：Hoarding tendency self-investment psychological connections possession-self link liking level 

摘      要：Because of factors such as energy and time one invests in an object,the stronger the connection,value,and reluc-tance to lose said object individual will *** behavior arises when individuals incorporate a strong attachment with themselves to an *** purpose of this study is to examine the effect of self-investment on hoarding tendency and the roles of possession-self link and liking level in this connection.A hypothetical model of the relationship between self-investment,possession-self link,liking level,and hoarding tendency was tested.A convenience sampling method was used to survey 450 college students in Yunnan Province on either a paper-based or online self-report *** data were collected using self-investment,possession-self link,and liking level questionnaires,as well as the Saving Inventory *** showed positive relationship between the study variables,ranging from 0.37 to *** students’self-investment had a direct positive pre-dictive effect on hoarding tendency;self-investment,in turn,indirectly predicted hoarding tendency through the mediating effect of possession-self link;and individual liking level of items had a moderating effect for self-invest-ment on the possession-self *** study shows how self-investment affects the hoarding tendency of college students,and the results of this study also help demonstrate the value of self-investment and possession-self link in optimizing students’hoarding tendency and thus promoting good psychological status.