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- Title
Moderators of Social Power Use for In-Group/Out-Group Targets: An Experimental Paradigm.
- Authors
Koslowsky, Meni; Schwarzwald, Joseph; Keshet, Shira
- Abstract
Studies of social power use have frequently employed self-report instruments that are prone to response bias. In the present study, an experimental design was conducted in which 100 participants were asked to gain compliance from in-group and out-group members. We tested whether harsh tactics—often used for elevating self-image at the dyadic level—also provide a means for gaining advantage at the group level. For this purpose, self-esteem and self-efficacy were examined as possible moderators. Findings indicated that self-esteem interacted with target group: Low self-esteem participants used harsh tactics more frequently toward in-group than out-group members; and moderate and high self-esteem participants used harsh tactics more frequently toward out-group than in-group members. The process involved in this interaction is discussed.
- Subjects
POWER (Social sciences); SOCIAL conflict; SOCIAL influence; OUTGROUPS (Social groups); INGROUPS (Social groups); INTERGROUP relations
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 12, p3036
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00424.x