Powerful People Feel Less Fear of Negative Evaluation

The Mediating Role of Personal Control Belief

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5338943
AutoresWei Cai (0000-0002-8428-4236, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Song Wu (0000-0002-7263-6097, Shenzhen University)
Ano2017
Volume48
Fascículo2
Páginas85-91
Data de publicação2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590
EditoraHogrefe Verlag (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1027/1864-9335/a000299
OpenAlexW2607848078
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas27

To directly examine why an individual's capacity to influence others by providing valued resources (i.e., power) could decrease the concerns about negative evaluation from others (i.e., the fear of negative evaluation, FNE) in daily life, two studies were conducted. Results found that perceived power (Study 1) was associated with lower FNE, and manipulating power levels (Study 2) caused less FNE. Furthermore, results indicate that personal control belief mediated this link. These findings provide empirical evidence of the underlying mechanism of the effect of power on reducing FNE. The current research contributes significantly because it sheds light on how power transferred from a person's "external world" to their "internal world" (i.e., personal control belief) can influence their cognition and behavior

Anxiety · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Control (management · Empirical research · Fear of negative evaluation · Mechanism (biology · Negative emotion · Power (physics · Self-control · Social anxiety · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Neuroscience · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology