Feeling High but Playing Low: Power, Need to Belong, and Submissive Behavior

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1135-1146

  Rios, Kimberly ^a   Fast, Nathanael J ^b   Gruenfeld, Deborah H ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distinctiveness; fear of positive evaluation; need to belong; power; submissiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936937419     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167215591494     Document Type: Article

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