Elaboration of the scale of dispositional greed

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Keywords:

greed, situational greed, dispositional greed, personality trait, scale of dispositional greed

Abstract

The article reveals the essence of the concept of greed, its structure and typology. The emphasis is on the content characteristics of dispositional greed. The main attention in this article is focused on the elaboration stages of the Dispositional Greed Scale (DGS). Also are presented the results of evaluating the validity and reliability of the stability and internal consistency of the DGS. Scale elaboration procedure has shown that its indicators are reliability and validity. This toolkit is aimed to studying greed as a stable personal trait.

Author Biographies

  • Svetlana M. Shirko, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    senior lecturer at the department of psychology, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

  • Igor A. Furmanov, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    doctor of science (psychology), full professor; head of the department of psychology, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

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2020-11-04

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No. 3 (2020): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology

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Methods of Psychological Research

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Shirko, S.M. and Furmanov, I.A. 2020. Elaboration of the scale of dispositional greed. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology. 3 (Nov. 2020), 78–86.