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  • Personality Science
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Financially focused self-concept defines individuals who equate self-worth with financial success.
  • Understanding the personality correlates of this construct is crucial for psychological and economic research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the personality correlates of financially focused self-concept.
  • To examine associations with the Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism) and Honesty-Humility at the facet level.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study utilizing self-report measures from 1725 Canadian adults.
  • Commonality analyses were performed to determine unique and shared variance.

Main Results:

  • Financially focused self-concept was associated with Machiavellianism facets (antagonism, planfulness), all psychopathy facets, and narcissistic vulnerability.
  • Lower levels of greed-avoidance and modesty were also significantly linked.

Conclusions:

  • The study identifies specific personality profiles associated with an excessive focus on financial success.
  • Findings contribute to a nuanced understanding of individuals prioritizing financial achievement in their self-definition.