Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5035877 | Personality and Individual Differences | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The present study examined how social status and gender determine anger expression and behavioral reactions toward experienced anger. In two experiments, anger was induced in a staged social interaction. Behavioral anger reactions were judged by observers. In Experiment 1 (equal status condition; NÂ =Â 110) participants were provoked by a confederate, in Experiment 2 (low status condition; NÂ =Â 116) participants were provoked by the experimenter. We found that participants expressed their anger to a lesser extent, were less resistant, and engaged in submissive behaviors if they had a lower status than the anger-target. As expected, gender had a moderating effect: While women's anger reactions were affected by having a lower status than the anger-target, men's anger reactions were affected by low status only when interacting with a female anger-target. Our findings provide new evidence regarding behavioral reactions to anger.
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Authors
Tamara M. Pfeiler, Mario Wenzel, Hannelore Weber, Thomas Kubiak,