Psychological Determinants of Attitudes Towards Money

Abstract

In everyday consciousness, money is associated with higher values, including moral ones. People's attitude to money is often contradictory, intertwining good and evil, strength and helplessness, love and power. E. G. Efremov and M. Y. Semenov made attempts to describe personality types and characteristic signs of behavior depending on how people relate to money. Observing sick people and studying their medical histories, they identified the following main symbolic factors related to money: security; strength; love; freedom.