Dispositional Anxiety Blocks the Psychological Effects of Power

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1383-1395

  Maner, Jon K ^a   Gailliot, Matthew T ^a   Menzel, Andrew J ^a   Kunstman, Jonathan W ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; behavioral inhibition; individual differences; power; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867086348     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212453341     Document Type: Article

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