Egan Patrick M, Hirt Edward R
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2015 Mar;41(3):336-50. doi: 10.1177/0146167214565054. Epub 2014 Dec 24.
Research suggests that high levels of interpersonal power can promote enhanced executive functioning capabilities. The present work explored whether this effect is contingent upon expectancies concerning power's downstream cognitive consequences. Study 1 showed that social dominance orientation (SDO) predicted idiosyncratic expectancies of mental energy change toward interpersonal power. Study 2 showed that SDO moderated the executive functioning changes associated with interpersonal power and that this moderation effect was contingent upon changes in perceived mental depletion. Study 3 showed that directly manipulating expectancies of mental energy change concerning interpersonal power moderated the executive functioning consequences of power and that this moderation effect was contingent upon SDO and changes in perceived mental depletion. Together, the present findings underscore the importance of expectancies and individual differences in understanding the effects of interpersonal power.
研究表明，高水平的人际权力能够促进执行功能能力的增强。本研究探讨了这种效应是否取决于对权力下游认知后果的预期。研究1表明，社会支配取向（SDO）预测了对人际权力的心理能量变化的独特预期。研究2表明，SDO调节了与人际权力相关的执行功能变化，且这种调节效应取决于感知到的心理耗竭的变化。研究3表明，直接操纵对人际权力的心理能量变化的预期，调节了权力对执行功能的影响，且这种调节效应取决于SDO和感知到的心理耗竭的变化。总之，本研究结果强调了预期和个体差异在理解人际权力影响方面的重要性。
