Editing Ebenezer Scrooge (section)

== Analysis ==
Scrooge's character, particularly how it changes throughout ''A Christmas Carol'', has been the subject of several analyses.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Clarke|first=Joseph (Jody) H.|date=December 2009|title=The Metapsychology of Character Change: A Case Study of Ebenezer Scrooge|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19349630903310039|journal=Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health|language=en|volume=11|issue=4|pages=248–263|doi=10.1080/19349630903310039|s2cid=145082385|issn=1934-9637}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=McReynolds|first=Joseph Clayton|date=2020|title=From Humbug to Humility: Learning How to Know with Ebenezer Scrooge|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/751568|journal=Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction|volume=51|issue=1|pages=20–39|doi=10.5325/dickstudannu.51.1.0020|s2cid=216343006|issn=2167-8510}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Smith|first=Joanmarie|date=Summer 1983|title=The Religious Conversion of Ebenezer Scrooge|journal=Religious Education|volume=78|issue=3|pages=355–361|doi=10.1080/0034408300780307}}</ref>

The psychological phenomenon of increased generosity and altruism following encounters with mortality or existential dread is called the [[Scrooge effect]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last1=Jonas |first1=Eva |last2=Schimel |first2=Jeff |last3=Greenberg |first3=Jeff |last4=Pyszczynski |first4=Tom |date=October 2002 |title=The Scrooge Effect: Evidence that Mortality Salience Increases Prosocial Attitudes and Behavior |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/014616702236834 |journal=Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin |language=en |volume=28 |issue=10 |pages=1342–1353 |doi=10.1177/014616702236834 |issn=0146-1672}}</ref>