| Popis: |
Four studies tested the overriding hypothesis that an actor's high relative to low social power enhances the actor's expectations of social acceptance, and attenuates his or her concerns about social rejection, from others. Study 1 yielded correlational support for this hypothesis, while Studies 2 and 3 produced causal evidence. Study 3 also suggested that actor-power effects on acceptance expectations and rejection concerns emerge in relation to both opposite-power counterparts and others in general, though the effects tend to be stronger for the former. Finally, Study 4 confirmed that our effects are driven at least partly by an actor's power, though at times in interaction with the high or low power of potential sources of acceptance/ rejection. The present studies extend a growing literature on power's effects on processes and phenomena related to social acceptance and rejection. We discuss limitations, implications, and future directions. |
