Studies of Psychology and Behavior ›› 2017, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (4): 515-519.

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The Relationship between Social Class and College Students' Materialism: The Mediating Role of Self-esteem

Xia Ting, Li Jing, Guo Yongyu   

  1. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior, Ministry of Education, and Hubei Human Development and Mental Health Key Laboratory, Wuhan 430079
  • Received:2016-05-31 Online:2017-10-10 Published:2017-07-20

家庭社会阶层与大学生物质主义的关系:自尊的中介作用*

夏婷, 李静, 郭永玉   

  1. 华中师范大学心理学院暨青少年网络心理与行为教育部重点实验室,湖北省人的发展与心理健康重点实验室,武汉 430079
  • 通讯作者: 李 静,E-mail:jinglee@mail.ccnu.edu.cn。
  • 基金资助:
    教育部人文社科青年基金项目(13YJC190012)

Abstract: A self-reported questionnaire survey was conducted to collect 405 college students' data of their family social class, self-esteem and materialism. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between family social class and materialism, and the possible mediating role of self-esteem. The results showed that: 1)subjective family class was negatively correlated with materialism; subjective and objective family social class were both negatively correlated with self-esteem; self-esteem was negatively correlated with materialism; 2)self-esteem played a mediating role in the relationship between subjective family social class and materialism. These results indicate that individuals from low subjective family social class are more likely to form materialism tendency, because of their low self-esteem.

Key words: family social class, self-esteem, materialism, college student, mediating effect

摘要: 采用问卷集体施测,收集了405名大学生的主观和客观家庭社会阶层、自尊以及物质主义的状况,探讨家庭社会阶层与物质主义的关系及自尊在二者之间的中介作用。结果显示:(1)主观家庭社会阶层与物质主义显著负相关,客观家庭社会阶层与物质主义相关不显著;主观和客观家庭社会阶层与自尊均呈显著正相关;自尊与物质主义显著负相关;(2)自尊在主观家庭社会阶层与物质主义的关系中起中介作用,即主观家庭社会阶层通过自尊间接影响物质主义。表明主观家庭社会阶层低的大学生由于感受到更低的自尊,因而更容易形成物质主义倾向。

关键词: 家庭社会阶层, 自尊, 物质主义, 大学生, 中介作用

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