The dark side of possessing power: Power reduces happiness in a collectivist context

• Main Authors: Datu, Jesus Alfonso D., Reyes, Jose Alberto S.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Power (Philosophy); Control (Psychology); Well-being; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/4044
• Institution: De La Salle University

Most recent conceptualizations emphasized the role of power in facilitating positive psychological outcomes (subjective well being) as it reduces sensitivity to social cues and increases authenticity among people in the Western contexts who would likely manifest an independent self-construal. Though...