This research considers the relationship between possession centrality to self and perceptions of control on the antecedents, events, and consequences of the disposition, separation, giving up, and loss of possessions. The following dispositional behaviors are explored: (1) etic motivations of disposition; (2) methods of disposition; (3) emotional reactions to disposition; (4) etic meanings of disposition; and (5) replacement factors. Structured by a two-by -two, within-subjects research design, survey questionnaires and in-depth interviews are used to elicit retrospective data concerning four dispositional experiences--one from each cell in the research design. These data are then compared between high and low centrality possessions, high and low control dispositions, and their interactions. Although this study is exploratory, it provides suggestive evidence that possession centrality and perceptions of control are key dimensions which affect dispositional experiences. Furthermore, methods of disposition, possession types, and transitional events appear to coincide with these dimensions.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/277253 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Young, Melissa Martin, 1963- |
| Contributors | Jaworski, Bernard J. |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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