Conlon Kyle E, Rose Paul
a Stephen F. Austin State University.
b Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
J Gen Psychol. 2017 Jul-Sep;144(3):169-186. doi: 10.1080/00221309.2017.1299676. Epub 2017 Apr 11.
In two studies, we tested the hypothesis that the effect of feeling powerful on willingness to sacrifice for the preservation of shared resources depends on whether such willingness is expressed publically or privately. Participants were randomly assigned to either a power priming condition or a control condition and then completed measures assessing their attitudes, future intentions, and willingness to sacrifice for environmental conservation. Consistent with our hypothesis, the psychological experience of power decreased people's environmental attitudes and willingness to sacrifice for the environment, but only when these responses were made privately. These findings suggest that a sense of power, when experienced in private, influences the way individuals feel about and intend to engage in pro-environmental sacrifice. The findings also suggest that this effect may be eliminated when judgments are made transparently, in public view.
在两项研究中，我们检验了这样一个假设：感觉有权势对为保护共享资源而做出牺牲的意愿的影响，取决于这种意愿是公开表达还是私下表达。参与者被随机分配到权力启动条件组或控制条件组，然后完成评估他们的态度、未来意图以及为环境保护做出牺牲的意愿的测量。与我们的假设一致，权力的心理体验降低了人们的环境态度和为环境做出牺牲的意愿，但这种情况仅发生在私下做出这些反应时。这些发现表明，私下体验到的权力感会影响个体对亲环境牺牲的感受以及参与亲环境牺牲的意图。这些发现还表明，当在公众视野中透明地做出判断时，这种影响可能会消除。
