“Power, Approach, and Inhibition”, 2003 (; backlinks; similar):
This article examines how power influences behavior.
Elevated power is associated with increased rewards and freedom and thereby activates approach-related tendencies. Reduced power is associated with increased threat, punishment, and social constraint and thereby activates inhibition-related tendencies.
The authors derive predictions from recent theorizing about approach and inhibition and review relevant evidence:
Specifically, power is associated with (1) positive affect, (2) attention to rewards, (3) automatic information processing, and (4) disinhibited behavior.
In contrast, reduced power is associated with (1) negative affect; (2) attention to threat, punishment, others’ interests, and those features of the self that are relevant to others’ goals; (3) controlled information processing; and (4) inhibited social behavior.
The potential moderators and consequences of these power-related behavioral patterns are discussed.
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