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标题：Boulding’s Psychic Capital: The Linking of Individual and Collective Identities
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作者：William Walter Bostock
期刊名称：Buletin Psikologi
印刷版ISSN：0854-7106
电子版ISSN：2528-5858
出版年度：2021
卷号：29
期号：2
页码：130-137
DOI：10.22146/buletinpsikologi.55083
语种：Indonesian
出版社：Universitas Gadjah Mada
摘要：The purpose of this article is to establish that Kenneth E. Boulding, an economist whose work also encompassed many other disciplines, provided a valuable insight within the study of psychology. Boulding observed that while in an economic unit there is a store of financial capital which is necessary for continued existence, also in human nature there is a need for a reserve of psychic capital that is vital for the mental health of the individual and society. Psychic capital does this by providing a link consisting of positive feelings shared between the individual and the larger grouping. Boulding proposed that a coherent body of thoughts, memories, and emotions may be shared between individual and collective minds as shared psychic capital. Finally, some present-day examples are given whereby the consequences of a loss of psychic capital have been observed with particular emphasis on collective depression and suicide.