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      It’s All About Power : Validation of Trait and State Versions of the German Personal Sense of Power Scale

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          Abstract. The present research was aimed at providing a German version of the Personal Sense of Power Scale (GPSPS; Anderson et al., 2012) and testing its psychometric properties. A personal sense of power describes the perception of one’s ability to influence others. Probably every human relationship can be characterized by differences in power, which means that the measurement of experienced power is highly relevant. The availability of appropriate measures in different languages will help improve research and cross-cultural comparisons. Five studies were conducted. Internal consistency was high across all studies. Stability across 6 and 12 weeks was also high. A good fit was observed for a 6-item unidimensional version. Correlations with a variety of psychological and sociodemographic variables were in the expected directions, supporting nomological and criterion validity (Study 1). Measurement invariance across gender was demonstrated. In support of construct validity, a clinical sample scored significantly lower than others. Finally, two studies showed the sensitivity of a state version of the scale. We encourage researchers to use this scale as a reliable and valid instrument for assessing trait and state power.

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                Journal
                jpa
                European Journal of Psychological Assessment
                Hogrefe Publishing
                1015-5759
                2151-2426
                April 22, 2021
                January 2022
                : 38
                : 1
                : 36-48
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ]Department of Psychology, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
                [ 2 ]Department of Psychology, Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg, Germany
                [ 3 ]Department of Psychology, Distance University of Hagen, Germany
                Author notes
                Astrid Schütz, Department of Psychology, Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg, Markusplatz 3, 96047 Bamberg, Germany astrid.schuetz@ 123456uni-bamberg.de
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6358-167X
                Article
                jpa_38_1_36
                10.1027/1015-5759/a000642
                14ff6d05-5bf4-4a5b-bcef-9870790d2346
                Distributed as a Hogrefe OpenMind article under the license CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

                Distributed as a Hogrefe OpenMind article under the license CC BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

                History
                : June 21, 2020
                : December 18, 2020
                : January 12, 2021
                Funding
                Funding: This research was partly funded by a graduate scholarship granted by the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany , to Robert Körner. The source of funding had no involvement in the study design, data analysis, interpretation of data, writing, or decision to submit. Open access publication enabled by the University of Bamberg, Germany.
                Categories
                Multistudy Report
                Personality

                Assessment, Evaluation & Research methods,Psychology,General behavioral science
                power,influence,state power,status,personal sense of power

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