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Taking charge of one's feelings: Sense of power and affect regulation

Leach, S.; Weick, M.

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S. Leach



Abstract

People who are good at regulating their feelings benefit from more desirable affective lives. Here we examine whether individual differences in chronic feelings of power are associated with regulatory efforts aimed at maintaining positive affect and ceasing negative affect. In Study 1, we found that people with a stronger (vs. weaker) sense of power were more inclined to cognitively re-frame (reappraise) and up-regulate (repair) their affective experiences, whilst also being less inclined to suppress their feelings. Drawing on affective experiences sampled repeatedly over a one-week period, in Study 2 we found that people with a stronger (vs. weaker) sense of power were more likely to cease their negative affect. However, a stronger (vs. weaker) sense of power was not associated with the likelihood to maintain positive affect. Together, the findings highlight a novel domain in which power may enhance self-regulation, and help explain how power differentials shape people’s affective and social lives.

Citation

Leach, S., & Weick, M. (2020). Taking charge of one's feelings: Sense of power and affect regulation. Personality and Individual Differences, 161, Article 109958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.109958

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 26, 2020
Online Publication Date Mar 13, 2020
Publication Date Jul 15, 2020
Deposit Date Mar 5, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Personality and Individual Differences
Print ISSN 0191-8869
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 161
Article Number 109958
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.109958
Related Public URLs https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339726068_Taking_charge_of_one%27s_feelings_Sense_of_power_and_affect_regulation

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