The power to be me: Power elevates self-concept consistency and authenticity
The power to be me: Power elevates self-concept consistency and authenticity
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jesp.2011.03.017
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发表时间：
2011-09-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Keltner, Dacher
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作者：
Kraus, Michael W.;Chen, Serena;Keltner, Dacher
自我概念在不同社会情境中的一致性与多种积极结果相关，包括感受到的真实性和幸福感。基于社会权力理论（例如，凯尔特纳、格伦菲尔德和安德森，2003），我们预测，拥有较高权力的个体，由于更能控制其环境以及有更大的自我表达自由，相较于权力较低的个体，会表现出更强的自我概念一致性。在三项研究中，经过测量和操控的高权力参与者在自发的自我描述方面表现出更高的连贯性和一致性（研究1和2），并且在不同情境下对自身特质的评价变化更小（研究3），而低权力参与者则不然。此外，高权力参与者在自我概念上更具一致性的倾向解释了为何他们相较于低权力参与者有更高的真实性报告（研究3）。讨论集中在这些发现对健康和幸福的影响，以及在其他文化背景下权力差异的影响。（C）2011爱思唯尔公司。保留所有权利。
Consistency in the self-concept across social contexts has been linked to various positive outcomes, including felt authenticity and well-being. Based on theories of social power (e.g., Keltner, Gruenfeld, & Anderson, 2003), we predicted that high-power individuals, disposed to greater control of their environments and freedom of self-expression, would exhibit greater self-concept consistency relative to their low-power counterparts. Across three studies, measured and manipulated high-power participants showed elevated self-concept consistency in terms of greater coherence and consistency in their spontaneous self-descriptions (Studies 1 and 2), and less variability in trait ratings of themselves across different contexts (Study 3), relative to low-power participants. Moreover, high-power participants' tendency to be more consistent in their self-concept explained their higher reports of authenticity relative to low-power participants (Study 3). Discussion focuses on the implications of these findings for health and well-being. and for power differences in other cultural contexts. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.