Leach, Stefan, Weick, Mario (2020) Taking charge of one's feelings: Sense of power and affect regulation. Personality and Individual Differences, 161 . Article Number 109958. ISSN 0191-8869. (doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.109958) (KAR id:92185)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.109958 |
Abstract
People who can effectively regulate their feelings benefit from more desirable affective lives. Here we examine whether individual differences in chronic feelings of power are associated with regulatory efforts aimed at maintaining positive affect and ceasing negative affect. In Study 1, we found that people with a stronger (vs. weaker) sense of power were more inclined to cognitively re-frame (reappraise) and up-regulate (repair) their affective experiences, whilst also being less inclined to suppress their feelings. Drawing on affective experiences sampled repeatedly over a one-week period, in Study 2 we found that people with a stronger (vs. weaker) sense of power were more likely to cease their negative affect. However, a stronger (vs. weaker) sense of power was not associated with the likelihood to maintain positive affect. Together, the findings highlight a novel domain in which power may enhance self-regulation, and help explain how power differentials shape people's affective and social lives.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.paid.2020.109958 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Power, Affect, Mood, Affect regulation, Emotion regulation |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Depositing User: | Stefan Leach |
Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2021 12:02 UTC |
Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2022 23:00 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/92185 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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