Social power may be associated with health through positive emotion.
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| Title: | Social power may be associated with health through positive emotion. |
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| Authors: | Livingston, Tyler N. (AUTHOR), Cummings, Caroline (AUTHOR), Singer, Jonathan (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of General Psychology. Jul-Sep2024, Vol. 151 Issue 3, p314-334. 21p. |
| Subjects: | Power (Social sciences), Cognitive therapy, Emotions, Health behavior, Word frequency |
| Abstract: | Increased social power—defined as one's influence on another's behavior—guides activation of one's behavioral activation system which, in turn, elicits greater positive emotion. Positive emotion has also been linked to greater health. The current research assessed whether power and positive emotion are related to health. In Study 1, participants (N = 403; Mage = 48.33 years) wrote a narrative about a time in which they felt powerful or powerless. Greater self-reported feelings of power, concurrent with more frequent use of positive emotional words within the narrative, was associated with fewer references to health within the narrative. In Study 2, participants (N = 401; Mage = 33.05 years) primed with the concept of power (vs. powerlessness) reported greater health competency through enhanced positive emotion. Findings provided preliminary data supporting the continued study of power to better understand the link between positive emotion and health. Future research should elucidate the long-term relationships between these variables to examine whether increased power can produce downstream positive effects on health and health behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | Increased social power—defined as one's influence on another's behavior—guides activation of one's behavioral activation system which, in turn, elicits greater positive emotion. Positive emotion has also been linked to greater health. The current research assessed whether power and positive emotion are related to health. In Study 1, participants (N = 403; Mage = 48.33 years) wrote a narrative about a time in which they felt powerful or powerless. Greater self-reported feelings of power, concurrent with more frequent use of positive emotional words within the narrative, was associated with fewer references to health within the narrative. In Study 2, participants (N = 401; Mage = 33.05 years) primed with the concept of power (vs. powerlessness) reported greater health competency through enhanced positive emotion. Findings provided preliminary data supporting the continued study of power to better understand the link between positive emotion and health. Future research should elucidate the long-term relationships between these variables to examine whether increased power can produce downstream positive effects on health and health behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00221309 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00221309.2023.2261135 |
