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The study aims to explore how power impacts implicit attitudes toward violence and the roles of empathy.

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Impact Of Power On Implicit Attitudes Toward Violence: Empathy's Role

The impact of power on implicit attitudes toward violence: empathy as a mediator and moderator.

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Experimental studies examine how power affects implicit violence attitudes, with empathy as a key factor.

The study aims to explore how power impacts implicit attitudes toward violence and the roles of empathy.
Conducted two experimental studies with different forms of power priming.
Used the Implicit Association Test (IAT) to measure implicit attitudes toward violence.
Measured state and trait empathy to assess their roles in the power-violence relationship.
High power priming led to lower state empathy and less negative implicit evaluations of violence in Study 1.
In Study 2, lower levels of trait empathy moderated the relationship between power and implicit evaluations.

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May 3, 20260 citations

The impact of power on implicit attitudes toward violence: empathy as a mediator and moderator.

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Experimental studies examine how power affects implicit violence attitudes, with empathy as a key factor.

The study aims to explore how power impacts implicit attitudes toward violence and the roles of empathy.
Conducted two experimental studies with different forms of power priming.
Used the Implicit Association Test (IAT) to measure implicit attitudes toward violence.
Measured state and trait empathy to assess their roles in the power-violence relationship.
High power priming led to lower state empathy and less negative implicit evaluations of violence in Study 1.
In Study 2, lower levels of trait empathy moderated the relationship between power and implicit evaluations.

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