@article{ref1,
title="The power of status: what determines one's reactions to anger in a social situation?",
journal="Personality and individual differences",
year="2017",
author="Pfeiler, Tamara M. and Wenzel, Mario and Weber, Hannelore and Kubiak, Thomas",
volume="114",
number="",
pages="61-68",
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; N = 110) participants were provoked by a confederate, in Experiment 2 (low status condition; N = 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0191-8869",
doi="10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.057",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.057"
}