Money as a source of psychological problems of wealthy people

The article is devoted to the study of money as a factor affecting personality and interpersonal relations. According to the results of in-depth interviews with 16 very rich people it was demonstrated the personal influence of big money is associated with changes in the understanding of the world and oneself in this world, with the dynamics of value orientations. The money influence on marital relations is multidirectional and depends on the system of value orientations stability and the position of family, labor and money values in it for the spouses. Money has the greatest influence on the relationship of a rich person with friends. This influence is mainly destructive, the dominant reason for the destruction of the old or the emergence of new friendships is distrust. Distrust leads to a lack of emotional communication and makes rich people to maintain even become superficial friendships, on one hand, and strengthens the emotional connection with the spouse, which is to some extent compensation for the lack of friendly interaction, on the other hand.

1. Eletskaya M.A. Otnoshenie sovremennyh rossiyan k bogatstvu i bednosti [The attitude of people in modern Russia to wealth and poverty]. Sociologicheskij zhurnal [Sociological journal], 2009, no. 2, pp. 82—96. (In Russ.).
2. Zhuravlev A.L., Drobysheva T.V. Predstavleniya o bednom i bogatom cheloveke kak fe-nomen ekonomicheskogo soznaniya formiruyushejsya lichnosti [Representation of poor and rich manas a phenomenon of economic consciousness of developing personality]. Psihologicheskij zhurnal [Psychological journal], 2011. Vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 46—68. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.).
3. Zarubina N.N. Dengi i kultura bogatstva: perspektivy socialnoj otvetstvennosti biznesa v usloviyah globalizacij [Money and the culture of wealth: the prospects of social responsibility of business in the context of globalization]. Sociologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies], 2008, no.10, pp. 13—23. (In Russ.).
4. Zarubina N.N. Sostoyanie kultury bogatstva kak proyavlenie anomii v sovremennoj Rossii [The state of wealth culture as a manifestation of anomie in modern Russia]. Materialy V Vserossijskogo sociologicheskogo kongressa “Sociologiya i obshestvo: socialnoe neravenstvo i socialnaya spravedlivost” (Ekaterinburg, 19—21 oktjabrja 2016 g.) [Proceedings of V All-Russian Sociological Congress “Sociology and society: social inequality and social justice”]. Moscow: ROS, 2016, pp. 2650—2658.
5. Kuvshinova O. Na dolyu 10% rossiyan prikhoditsya pochti 90% natsional’nogo bogatstva: V mire proportsiya takaya zhe, no dolya bednykh v Rossii vyshe srednemirovoi [Elektronnyi resurs] [The share of 10% of Russians accounts for almost 90% of national wealth: in the world the proportion is the same, but the share of the poor in Russia is higher than the world average]. Vedomosti, 23 noyabrya 2016 g. [Statements, November 23, 2016]. Available at: https://vedomosti.ru/economics/articles/2016/11/23/666552- 10-rossiyan-natsionalnogo-bogatstva (Accessed 20.01.2019).
6. Levkovich V.P. Osobennosti vzaimootnosheniya suprugov v semyah predprinimatelej [The relationship between spouses and in entrepreneur families]. Socialno-psihologicheskie issledovaniya rukovodstva i predprinimatelstva [Socio-psychological research of management and entrepreneurship]. Moscow: IP RAN, 1999, pp. 218—227.
7. Morgacheva E.B. Bogatye i bednye v sovremennoj Rossii [Rich and poor in modern Russia]. Sistema cennostej sovremennogo obshestva [System of values of modern society], 2011, no. 21, pp. 119—123. (In Russ.).
8. Nazarova A.A., Miheeva I.V. Predstavleniya studentov o bednosti i bogatstve [Students’ perceptions of poverty and wealth]. In Rodionov E.D. (ed.). Lomonosovskie chteniya na Altae: fundamentalnye problemy nauki i obrazovaniya: Sbornik nauchnyh statej mezhdunarodnoj konferencii [Lomonosov readings in Altai: fundamental problems of science and education]. Barnaul: AltGU, 2017, pp. 1683—1686.
9. Nikulina D.A. Problema bogatstva i bednosti [The problem of wealth and poverty]. Materialy X Mezhdunarodnoj nauchno-prakticheskoj konferencii “V mire nauchnyh otkrytij” (g. Taganrog, 23 dekabrja 2013 g.) [Proceedings of the X International Scientific and Practical Conference “In the world of scientific discoveries”]. Moscow: Sputnik+, 2013, pp. 119—122.
10. Pisarev A., Bozhko M. Portret millionera: kak bogatye rossiyane izbegayut risko-vannykh investitsii [Portrait of a millionaire: how rich Russians avoid risky investments]. Den’gi, 23 iyunya 2017g [Money, June 23, 2017]. Available at: https://rbc.ru/money/23/ 06/2017/594d5f419a79477b8009e182 (Accessed 20.01.2019).
11. Rozdina Yu.O., Dolgaeva E.I. Bogatstvo i bednost v politicheskom soznanii rossiyan [Wealth and poverty in the political consciousness of Russians]. Vestnik Mordovskogo universiteta [Mordovia University Bulletin], 2011, no. 3, pp. 30—32. (In Russ.).
12. Fedoseeva M.A. Studencheskaya molodezh o stremlenii k materialnoj vygode i roskoshi [Students about the pursuit of material gain and luxury]. Obrazovanie i obshestvo [Education and society], 2016, no. 101, pp. 92—102. (In Russ.).
13. Filinkova E.B. The attitudes of senior pupils to money and ways of their earning. Sotsial’naia psikhologiia i obshchestvo [Social Psychology and Society], 2010, no. 1, pp. 152— 173. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
14. Argyle M., Henderson M., Furnham A. The rules of social relationships. British Journal of Social Psychology, 1985. Vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 125—139. doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8309.1985. tb00671.x
15. Diener E., Horwitz J., Emmons R.A. Happiness of the very wealthy. Social Indicators Research, 1985. Vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 263—274.
16. Johnson W., Krueger R.F. How money buys happiness: Genetic and environmental processes linking finances and life satisfaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2006, no. 90(4), pp. 680—691. doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.90.4.680
17. Piff P.K., Moskowitz J.P. Wealth, Poverty, and Happiness: Social Class Is Differentially Associated. Emotion, 2018. Vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 902—905. doi:10.1037/emo0000387
18. Willmott H. Studying managerial work: a critique and a proposal. Journal of Management Studies, 1987. Vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 249—270.