Power and Revenge

Strelan, P.; Weick, M.; Vasiljevic, M.

doi:10.1111/bjso.12044

Power and Revenge

Strelan, P.; Weick, M.; Vasiljevic, M.

Authors

P. Strelan

Professor Mario Weick mario.weick@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Dr Milica Vasiljevic milica.vasiljevic@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Abstract

We took an individual differences approach to explain revenge tendencies in powerholders. Across four experimental studies, chronically powerless individuals sought more revenge than chronically powerful individuals following a high power episode (Studies 1 and 2), when striking a powerful pose (Study 3), and when making a powerful hand gesture (Study 4). This relationship vanished when participants were not exposed to incidental power. A meta-analysis revealed that, relative to a lack of power or a neutral context, exposure to incidental power increased vengeance amongst the chronically powerless and reduced vengeance amongst the chronically powerful. These findings add to previous research on relations between power and aggression, and underscore the role of individual differences as a determinant of powerholders' destructive responses.

Citation

Strelan, P., Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2014). Power and Revenge. British Journal of Social Psychology, 53(3), 521-540. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12044

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jun 7, 2013
Online Publication Date	Jul 10, 2013
Publication Date	Sep 1, 2014
Deposit Date	Sep 12, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Sep 18, 2018
Journal	British Journal of Social Psychology
Print ISSN	0144-6665
Electronic ISSN	2044-8309
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	53
Issue	3
Pages	521-540
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12044
Keywords	Power, Dominance, Revenge, Body posture, Gesture.
Related Public URLs	http://kar.kent.ac.uk/34211/

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Strelan, P., Weick, M. & Vasiljevic, M. (2014). Power and Revenge. British Journal of Social Psychology 53(3): 521-540, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12044. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.