To the Question of Psychological Well-Being and Greed in a Person

doi:10.26565/2410-1249-2021-16-03

Svitlana Н. Yanovskaya V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5439-5269
Pavlo О. Sevostianov V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3461-9920
Rimma L. Turenko V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Nelli M. Kononenko V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3915-4248
Natalia S. Bilous V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7803-8936

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2410-1249-2021-16-03

Keywords: psychological well-being, greed, harmonious interpersonal relationships, environment management

Abstract

The article examines the relationship between the idea of self-greed as a personality trait that contributes to the best results for themselves, at the expense of others, or by ignoring their needs, and psychological well-being, which is determined from the standpoint of eudemonistic approach. The survey method was used to determine the attitude of the subjects to their own well-being and greed; K. Riff's scale of psychological well-being (adaptation by T. Shevelenkova, P. Fesenko, 2005) to measure actual psychological well-being; methods of studying the semantic space of the concept of "greed" (Yanovska S., Lyutenko R., 2017), methods of statistical data processing. The sample (N = 141) aged 25 to 35 years, residents of Kharkiv, including 83 women and 58 men who had a job during the study, but 31 people worked part-time due to the coronavirus pandemic situation. It was determined that most of the subjects have an average level of psychological well-being and greed. Their ideas about psychological well-being are primarily related to health, material security, opportunities for self-development, independence and confidence in the future. Subjects are characterized as frugal, frugal people who understand moderation. They can share with others if it does not conflict with their own needs. The attitude to greed is ambiguous: most respondents consider greed a negative human trait, but there is also the opinion that greed is a motivating force of society. Significant links have been established between perceptions of one's own greed and a person's psychological well-being. A high level of greed reduces the number of trusting relationships, destroys interpersonal relationships and makes a person dependent. A person's moderate greed helps to increase his control over what is happening around him, creates the conditions and circumstances that are necessary to meet personal needs and achieve goals in problematic and uncertain conditions. The less a person uses others to meet his own needs, the greater his psychological well-being.

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