An Attitude to Property as a Subject of Psychological Research

Smirnova E.O.; Sukhanova M.D.

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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology

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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2014. Vol. 3, no. 4, 18–32
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)

An Attitude to Property as a Subject of Psychological Research ²⁵⁶²

Smirnova E.O.
PhD in Psychology, Рrofessor of the Department of Preschool Pedagogics and Psychology of the Faculty of Psychology of Education, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia
e-mail: smirneo@mail.ru

Sukhanova M.D.
Psychologist, Children public library, Centrally public libraries system of North Eastern administrative district of Moscow, Moscow, Russia

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The article provides a review of foreign studies on child’s attitude to property. The article deals with the psychological aspects of the property. The category of property lies at a crossroad of three spheres: subject-related, identity-related and interpersonal, which allows it to play a significant role in the development of self-awareness. The analysis shows that the property is of a particular importance in the development of self-awareness in childhood. Awareness of accessories items is a part of the process of child’s discression of his/her “self” and differentiation between "my" and "not mine". Thus property can serve as an external tool, mediating the formation of identity. The following characteristics are set to: 1) the system of property ownership and compliance; 2) source of information about the owner; 3) means of interpersonal relationships.

Keywords: property, attitude to property, structure of property, possession, utilization, object-related world, interrelation between property self-awareness, physical self, materialization of self, differentiation between "me" and "not me", guilt culture, interpersonal relations

Column: Developmental psychology

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Smirnova E.O., Sukhanova M.D. An Attitude to Property as a Subject of Psychological Research [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia [Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology], 2014. Vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 18–32. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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