Family Socioeconomic Status and Profit-seeking Fraud: The Intermediary Role of Materialistic Values
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: To study the relationship between family socioeconomic status, materialistic values and college students being cheated. A large-scale fishing experiment in a university in southern Jiangsu to simulate the fraud situation, screening the cheated group (92) and the undeceived group (800). The Family socioeconomic Status Scale (SES) and materialistic Values Scale (MVS) were used. Results: Significant differences in the family SES and materialistic values between the cheated and undeceived groups, There was a significant positive correlation between family socioeconomic status and materialistic values (P=0.04 <0.05); There was a significant positive correlation between family SES and acquisition of property centered (P=0.001 <0.05); Materialistic values were significantly and positively associated with parents 'educational background and parents' occupation (P=0.023 <0.05, P=0.027 <0.05); There was a significant positive relationship between parental occupation and property acquisition (P=0.011 <0.05, P=0.000 <0.05); In the influence of family socioeconomic status on college students, Materialist values play an intermediary role. Conclusion: College students who pursue money and wealth and low family socioeconomic status are more likely to be cheated, and materialistic values play a bridge role between family socioeconomic status and whether they are cheated.
DOI: 10.54691/6a29qy89
Authors: Shengjie Tao, Yiwen Wang, Yan Zeng, Yan Zeng
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: No poverty
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4408951085