Are the Powerful Really Blind to the Feelings of Others? How Hierarchical Concerns Shape Attention to Emotions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 755-768

  Stamkou, Eftychia ^a   van Kleef, Gerben A ^a   Fischer, Agneta H ^a   Kret, Mariska E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attention to emotion; hierarchical concerns; meta analysis; power

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ATTENTION; CLINICAL STUDY; FEAR; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANGER; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964940360     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167216636632     Document Type: Article

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