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The personal sense of power.
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In studies involving a total of 1,141 participants and nine different samples, it is found that the personal sense of power was coherent within social contexts and was affected not only by sociostructural factors but also by personality variables such as dominance.Abstract:
Scholars who examine the psychological effects of power have often argued that possessing power shapes individual behavior because it instills an elevated sense of power. However, little is known about the personal sense of power because very few studies have examined it empirically. In studies involving a total of 1,141 participants and nine different samples, we found that the personal sense of power was coherent within social contexts; for example, individuals who believed that they can get their way in a group also believed that they can influence fellow group members' attitudes and opinions. The personal sense of power was also moderately consistent across relationships but showed considerable relationship specificity; for example, individuals' personal sense of power vis-a-vis their friend tended to be distinct but moderately related to their personal sense of power vis-a-vis their parent. And the personal sense of power was affected not only by sociostructural factors (e.g., social position, status) but also by personality variables such as dominance.read more
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The Role of Social Power in Neural Responses to Others' Pain.
Xueling Ma,Kai Wu,Entao Zhang +2 more
TL;DR: It is shown that social power tends to enhance the early sensory processing of both painful and non-painful stimuli, instead of directly decreasing the level of empathic responses to others’ pain.
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C'est le Ton Qui Fait la Critique—for the powerful: the effects of feedback framing and power on affective reactions
TL;DR: The authors identify factors that may attenuate or intensify negative feedback, but only for high (vs. low) power individuals, which may provide valuable information for the successful provision of negative feedback.
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The impact of a felony conviction on stigmatization in a workplace scenario
TL;DR: The authors found that ex-offender labels were associated with negative stereotypes such as perceived dangerousness and incompetence, and participants expressed more social distance toward exoffenders compared to a worker with a mental illness.
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Narcissism and Subjective Arousal in Response to Sexual Aggression: The Mediating Role of Perceived Power
TL;DR: This paper examined the associations that narcissistic personality features had with subjective arousal in response to sexually aggressive behaviors, as well as whether these associations were mediated by the power that was believed to accompany these behaviors.
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Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
TL;DR: The concepts of power analysis are discussed in this paper, where Chi-square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables, t-Test for Means, and Sign Test are used.
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Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of reward or reinforcement on preceding behavior depend in part on whether the person perceives the reward as contingent on his own behavior or independent of it, and individuals may also differ in generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.