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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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Students' defending and passive bystanding behaviours when witnessing school bullying in North Western Ethiopia: Roles of personal and situational factors
TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined whether personal and situational factors are associated with defending and passive bystanding behaviours in school bullying, and found that the strongest predictor of defending were self-efficacy for defending, affective empathy, personal sense of power, and age level.
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Power, Self-Esteem, and Body Image
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TL;DR: In this article , a cross-sectional study (N = 318) showed that sense of power was positively related to body appreciation and satisfaction with one's appearance, and self-esteem partially mediated this effect.
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Selling to All Involved: A Contingent Model Linking Internal Selling Behavior to Salesperson Role Stress and Sales Performance
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Effects of Supervisors' Technology-Mediated Interruption Behavior on Their Work-Life Balance
TL;DR: In this article , a research model based upon conservation of resources (COR) theory and action regulation theory (ART) was developed to explore the effects of supervisors' technology-mediated interruption behavior.
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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.