The Effect of Self-Esteem on Corrupt Intention: The Mediating Role of Materialism

The present set of studies aimed to explore the effect of self-esteem on corrupt intention and the mediating role of materialism in generating this effect. In Study 1, we used questionnaires to investigate the correlation among self-esteem, materialism, and corrupt intention. In Study 2, we manipula...

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Autores principales: Liang, Yuan, Liu, Li, Tan, Xuyun, Huang, Zhenwei, Dang, Jianning, Zheng, Wenwen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27462297
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01063
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author Liang, Yuan
Liu, Li
Tan, Xuyun
Huang, Zhenwei
Dang, Jianning
Zheng, Wenwen
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description The present set of studies aimed to explore the effect of self-esteem on corrupt intention and the mediating role of materialism in generating this effect. In Study 1, we used questionnaires to investigate the correlation among self-esteem, materialism, and corrupt intention. In Study 2, we manipulated self-esteem to explore the causal effect of self-esteem on materialism and corrupt intention. In Study 3, we manipulated materialism to examine whether inducing materialism can reduce the relationship between self-esteem and corrupt intention. The three studies converged to show that increased self-esteem caused a low level of materialism, which in turn decreased corrupt intention. The theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-49403722016-07-26 The Effect of Self-Esteem on Corrupt Intention: The Mediating Role of Materialism Liang, Yuan Liu, Li Tan, Xuyun Huang, Zhenwei Dang, Jianning Zheng, Wenwen Front Psychol Psychology The present set of studies aimed to explore the effect of self-esteem on corrupt intention and the mediating role of materialism in generating this effect. In Study 1, we used questionnaires to investigate the correlation among self-esteem, materialism, and corrupt intention. In Study 2, we manipulated self-esteem to explore the causal effect of self-esteem on materialism and corrupt intention. In Study 3, we manipulated materialism to examine whether inducing materialism can reduce the relationship between self-esteem and corrupt intention. The three studies converged to show that increased self-esteem caused a low level of materialism, which in turn decreased corrupt intention. The theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4940372/ /pubmed/27462297 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01063 Text en Copyright © 2016 Liang, Liu, Tan, Huang, Dang and Zheng. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Liang, Yuan
Liu, Li
Tan, Xuyun
Huang, Zhenwei
Dang, Jianning
Zheng, Wenwen
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title_sort effect of self-esteem on corrupt intention: the mediating role of materialism
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27462297
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01063
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