Self-Perceptions of Power

Do Social Work and Business Students Differ

Bibliographic Data

ID10550573
AuthorsAllen Feld (corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume32
Issue3
Pages225-230
Publication date1987-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-8046 • E-ISSN: 1545-6846
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sw/32.3.225
OpenAlexW2108533640
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Twenty-five business students and 34 social work students enrolled in graduate programs participated in a study that used the Power Perception Profile—Perception of Self (PPP) to measure their perceptions of their use of power. The two groups were divided into four subgroups based on their educational concentration or major. All four of the study's null hypotheses, which stated that there would be no significant differences between the subgroups and between the genders in regard to scores on the 14 scales of the PPP, were rejected. No correlation emerged between age and perceptions of power. The subgroup consisting of 19 social work students, whose concentration was interpersonal intervention, seemed to account for much of the differences found in the study

Developmental psychology · Graduate students · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Intervention (counseling · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Power (physics · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work