Authenticity and Relationship Satisfaction: Two Distinct Ways of Directing Power to Self-Esteem.

ABSTRACT: Possessing power contributes to high self-esteem, but how power enhances self-esteem is still unknown. As power is associated with both self-oriented goals and social-responsibility goals, we proposed that power predicts self-esteem through two positive personal and interpersonal results: authenticity and relationship satisfaction. Three studies were carried out with a total of 505 Chinese participants, including college students and adults, who completed surveys that assessed personal power, self-esteem, authenticity, relationship satisfaction, communal orientation, and social desirability. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses demonstrated that power, authenticity, and relationship satisfaction each uniquely contributed to self-esteem. More importantly, multiple mediation analysis sh

SUBMITTER: Wang YN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4697820 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature