贪婪与大学生自利倾向的关系：结构权力的调节作用

doi:10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2026.02.05

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 贪婪是自利的关键心理成因,自利行为也常发生在一定的权力背景下。本研究以大学生为被试,试图在结构权力的视角下考察贪婪与自利的关系。结果发现,结构权力可负向调节贪婪与自利间的关系,即低结构权力条件下个体的贪婪特质可正向预测其自利倾向,而高结构权力可抑制贪婪外化为自利倾向(研究1),但当凸显权力的不稳定性时,该抑制作用消失(研究2)。研究表明,结构权力有助于抑制大学生的贪婪外化为自利倾向,但权力的不稳定性会降低这一抑制作用。

关键词: 贪婪, 结构权力, 自利

Abstract: Greed is a key driver that leads to self-interest, and self-interested behavior often occurs in a certain power context. The present study explored the relationship between greed and self-interested behavior in the context of structural power among college students. The results showed that structural power could negatively moderate the relationship between greed and self-interest. In the low structural power condition, greed positively predicted self-interest. A high level of structure power could inhibit the positive predictive effect of greed on self-interested behavior (Study 1). However, the inhibition effect disappeared when structural power was unstable (Study 2). In conclusion, the results show that structural power can inhibit the externalization of college students’ greed into self-interested behavior, but the instability of power reduces this inhibiting effect.

Key words: greed, structural power, self-interest

中图分类号:

B844

李晓明, 孟员, 张斯明. 贪婪与大学生自利倾向的关系：结构权力的调节作用[J]. 心理发展与教育, 2026, 42(2): 193-201.

LI Xiaoming, MENG Yuan, ZHANG Siming. The Relationship between College Students’ Greed and Self-interest: The Moderating Role of Structural Power[J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2026, 42(2): 193-201.

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