How Do Profiles of Greed Map onto Multifaceted Well-Being?

Xiaoyan Ma, Dongdong Liu, Jing Dang, Chenggang Wu

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Xiaoyan MaKey Laboratory of Multilingual Education with AI, School of Education, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai 201620, China.

Dongdong LiuCollege of Teacher Education, Suqian University, Suqian 223800, China.

Jing DangCollege of Education, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China.

Chenggang WuKey Laboratory of Multilingual Education with AI, School of Education, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai 201620, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3837-3841

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China Association of Higher Educaiton 23GG0302Educational Science Research in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region NGJGH22022434Inner Mongolia Normal University 2020YJRC024Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China 24XJC880002Shanghai International Studies University 2024DSYL010Shanghai International Studies University 23ZD010Suqian University 2023XGJ002

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Abstract

Dispositional greed is often treated as a maladaptive trait, but its links to life satisfaction, presence of meaning, search for meaning, and psychological richness, from a person-centered approach, remain underexplored. We measured these constructs in 586 Chinese university students, then used correlation analysis, latent profile analysis (LPA), and the Bolck-Croon-Hagenaars (BCH) method to test associations and profile differences. Greed correlated positively with all four indicators. LPA yielded three profiles: Low-Greed (6.7%), Average-Greed (84.0%), and High-Greed (9.4%). BCH analyses showed significant differences in psychological richness, presence of meaning, and search for meaning. The effect on life satisfaction was marginal. The Low-Greed profile scored lower than the other two profiles on psychological richness and search for meaning; the High-Greed profile also exceeded the Average-Greed profile on search for meaning. These results suggest that greed is not uniformly detrimental. Its links to well-being are graded: strongest for search for meaning and psychological richness, weakest for life satisfaction.

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greedlatent profile analysislife satisfactionmeaning in lifepsychological richnesswell-being

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PMID42651463

DOI10.3390/bs16081286

PMCPMC13509675

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