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Workplace Anger Costs Women Irrespective Of Race, Christopher K. Marshburn, Kevin J. Cochran, Elinor Flynn, Linda J. Levine Nov 2020

Workplace Anger Costs Women Irrespective Of Race, Christopher K. Marshburn, Kevin J. Cochran, Elinor Flynn, Linda J. Levine

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The current research investigated the role that a person’s race, gender, and emotional expressions play in workplace evaluations of their competence and status. Previous research demonstrates that women who express anger in the workplace are penalized, whereas men are not, and may even be rewarded. Workplace sanctions against angry women are often attributed to a backlash resulting from the violation of gender stereotypes. However, gender stereotypes may differ by race. The present study addressed this question using a between-subjects experimental design where participants (N = 630) read a vignette describing a new employee, which varied with respect to the …


Characteristics Of Repetitive Thought Associated With Borderline Personality Features: A Multimodal Investigation Of Ruminative Content And Style, Jessica R. Peters, Tory A. Eisenlohr-Moul, Brian T. Upton, Nina A. Talavera, Jacob J. Folsom, Ruth A. Baer Sep 2017

Characteristics Of Repetitive Thought Associated With Borderline Personality Features: A Multimodal Investigation Of Ruminative Content And Style, Jessica R. Peters, Tory A. Eisenlohr-Moul, Brian T. Upton, Nina A. Talavera, Jacob J. Folsom, Ruth A. Baer

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Increased ruminative style of thought has been well documented in borderline personality disorder (BPD); however, less is known about how the content of rumination relates to domains of BPD features. Relationships between forms of rumination and BPD features were examined in an undergraduate sample with a wide range of BPD features. Participants completed self-report measures of rumination and a free-writing task about their repetitive thought. Rumination on specific themes, including anger rumination, depressive brooding, rumination on interpersonal situations, anxious rumination, and stress-reactive rumination were significantly associated with most BPD features after controlling for general rumination. Coded writing samples suggested that …