Abstract
Conservation of resources (COR) theory (Hobfoll, 1988, 1989) was applied to social intervention and research. COR theory depicts resource loss as disproportionately weighted in comparison to resource gain. COR theory further posits that to prevent resource loss or establish resources, other resources must be invested. Resources contribute to further resource gain, whereas lack of resources contributes to ongoing resource loss. Consequently, people, groups, or organizations that are endowed with strong personal or social resource reserves should better resist the deleterious effects of stress and withstand everyday challenges. One of the basic principles of the theory—that loss is disproportionately weighted compared to gain—was tested in two samples and strongly supported. Implications of the model for intervention were discussed.
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Conservation of resources theoryResource (disambiguation)Resource dependence theoryIntervention (counseling)Environmental economicsPsychologyNatural resource economicsSocial psychologyPublic economicsEnvironmental resource managementBusinessEconomicsMicroeconomicsComputer science
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- 21
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- 2
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- 128-148
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Stevan E. Hobfoll,
Roy S. Lilly
(1993).
Resource conservation as a strategy for community psychology.
Journal of Community Psychology
, 21
(2)
, 128-148.
https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6629(199304)21:2<128::aid-jcop2290210206>3.0.co;2-5
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- 10.1002/1520-6629(199304)21:2<128::aid-jcop2290210206>3.0.co;2-5