The crisis we are not naming: The psychology of capitalism.

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Τίτλος:	The crisis we are not naming: The psychology of capitalism.
Συγγραφείς:	Bettache K; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
Πηγή:	The British journal of social psychology [Br J Soc Psychol] 2026 Jan; Vol. 65 (1), pp. e70044.
Τύπος έκδοσης:	Journal Article
Γλώσσα:	English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού:	Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8105534 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2044-8309 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01446665 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Soc Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s):	Publication: <2012-> : Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell Original Publication: Letchworth Herts : British Psychological Society
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH):	Capitalism* , Self Concept* , Individuality*, Humans
Περίληψη:	Psychology has rendered capitalism invisible, treating individualism as cultural inheritance rather than a response to contemporary economic conditions. Building on my recent theoretical framework (Bettache, Personality and Social Psychology Review, 29, 215, 2024), this article explores how capitalism functions as a missing link in psychology-an overlooked generative mechanism that shapes the phenomena we study. Three 'capitalist syndromes'-Gain Primacy Syndrome (perpetual accumulation as life orientation), Zero-Sum Rivalry Syndrome (competitive ethos eroding social bonds) and Ownership Syndrome (possessive identity formation)-interact recursively to generate a self-enhancement agenda we recognize as individualism. This framework reinterprets established findings, from the correlation between economic development and individualism to social class differences in self-concept, as responses to political-economic structures rather than ancient traditions. Making capitalism visible transforms psychological distress from individual pathology into rational responses to structural dysfunction, opening possibilities for interventions that address root causes rather than merely helping individuals cope with harmful conditions. (© 2026 The Author(s). British Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society.)
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Contributed Indexing:	Keywords: capitalism; competitiveness; cultural psychology; cultural syndromes; entrepreneurialism; individualism; self‐optimization
Entry Date(s):	Date Created: 20260119 Date Completed: 20260626 Latest Revision: 20260626
Update Code:	20260627
PubMed Central ID:	PMC12813585
DOI:	10.1111/bjso.70044
PMID:	41549648
Βάση Δεδομένων:	MEDLINE

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