Figure 1
Hypothetical model of full mediations of income, gravity of economic situations, past financial difficulties, and expected future financial situation change as predictors of the actions demonstration, consuming and savings, mediated by the level of perceived financial threat1.
Table 1
Structure of the Social Representation of the Economic Crisis.
| (N = 278) | Low (≤ 2.50) | High (> 2.50) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | High (≥ 20%) | Unemployment (41%; 2.24; –) | Poverty (21%; 2.80; –) |
| Low (<20%) | Money (15%; 2.14; =) Purchasing power (15%; 2.41; –) Recession (8%; 2.30; –) Precariousness (6%; 2.47; –) Debts (5%; 2.40; –) | Bank (12%; 3.12; –) Finance (9%; 2.56; –) Difficulties (8%; 3.09; –) World (8%; 3.71; –) Politics (8%; 3.70; –) Injustice (6%; 3.05; –) Capitalism (5%; 2.60; –) Gloom (5%; 3.00; –) Restrictions (5%; 2.80; –) Misery (5%; 3.00; –) Fear (5%; 3.07; –) |
[i] Note. The first figure is the frequency provided in percentages; the second is the mean rank of appearance of the term, while the third sign stands for the valence. Frequency ≥ 20% & Rank ≤ 2.50: hypothesized central system; Frequency ≥ 20% & Rank > 2.50: first peripheral zone; 5% < Frequency < 20% & Rank ≤ 2.50: second peripheral zone; 5% < Frequency < 20% & Rank > 2.50: distant periphery. Emotional valence is indicated as follows: ‘+’ for positive feelings; ‘–’ for negative feelings; ‘=’ for neutral ones.
Table 2
Structure of the Social Representation of the Economic Crisis for Participants with a Low and High Financial Threat.
| Low FTS (N = 144) | High FTS (N = 134) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | ||||
| Low (≤ 2.50) | High (> 2.50) | Low (≤ 2.50) | High (> 2.50) | ||
| Frequency | High (≥ 20%) | Unemployment (44%; 2.27; –) Money (20%; 1.96; =) | Poverty (20%; 2.66; –) | Unemployment (37%; 2.20; –) | |
| Low(< 20%) | Finance (10%; 2.47; =) Recession (7%; 1.77; –) | Bank (11%; 2.75; –) Purchasing power (9%; 2.77: –) Debt (8%, 2.50; –) Politics (7%; 3.90; =) Injustice (8%, 3.18; –) | Money (10%; 2.43; =) | Poverty (17%; 2.87; –) Bank (11%; 3.73; –) Difficulties (11%; 2.87; –) Recession (9%; 2.77; –) Finance (8%; 2.64; –) Gloom (7%; 3.00; –) Fear (7%; 3.10; –) Politics (7%; 3.50; –) | |
[i] Note. The first figure is the frequency provided in percentages; the second is the mean rank of appearance of the term while the third sign stands for the valence. Frequency ≥ 20% & Rank ≤ 2.50: hypothesized central system; Frequency ≥ 20% & Rank > 2.50: first peripheral zone; 5% < Frequency < 20% & Rank ≤ 2.50: second peripheral zone; 5% < Frequency < 20% & Rank > 2.50: distant periphery. Emotional valence is indicated as follows: ‘+’ for positive feelings; ‘–’ for negative feelings; ‘=’ for neutral ones.
Table 3
Model coefficient for the effect of gravity, past financial difficulties, future financial situation change and financial threat on demonstration.
| Consequence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial threat (M) | Demonstration (Y) | |||||
| Antecedent | b | E | p | b | E | p |
| Gravity (X) | 0.211, 95% CI [0.100, 0.316] | 0.039 | < .001 | 0.102, 95% CI [–0.048, 0.269] | 0.082 | 0.209 |
| Past Financial difficulties (X) | 0.171, 95% CI [0.056, 0.278] | 0.047 | < .001 | 0.147, 95% CI [–0.174, 0.254] | 0.099 | 0.139 |
| Future Financial situation change (X) | 0.481, 95% CI [0.377, 0.571] | 0.048 | < .001 | 0.049, 95% CI [–0.054, 0.337] | 0.11 | 0.658 |
| Financial threat (M) | – | – | – | 0.247, 95% CI [0.110, 0.360] | 0.108 | < .001 |
Figure 2
The mediation model of gravity of economic situations, past financial difficulties and future financial situation change as predictors of the action demonstration, fully mediated by the level of perceived financial threat.