A ROLE CONGRUITY ACCOUNT OF ROMANTIC ... - Repository
A ROLE CONGRUITY ACCOUNT OF ROMANTIC ... - Repository
A ROLE CONGRUITY ACCOUNT OF ROMANTIC ... - Repository
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3.3<br />
3.2<br />
Actual Power × Perceived Power<br />
Interaction<br />
*<br />
*<br />
Strong<br />
Leader<br />
3.1<br />
Romantic Desire<br />
3<br />
2.9<br />
2.8<br />
2.7<br />
Deferential<br />
Subordinate<br />
Weak<br />
Leader<br />
Overconfident<br />
Subordinate<br />
Perception: Leader<br />
Perception:<br />
Subordinate<br />
2.6<br />
2.5<br />
2.4<br />
Actual: Leader<br />
Actual: Subordinate<br />
Figure 3 Romantic desire from Target's Actual Role and Perception of Target's Role<br />
To test whether the directing conversation variable mediated this interaction, we<br />
employed an indirect meditational model as outlined by Preacher and Hayes (2008).<br />
Notably, the percentage of time an opposite-sex partner spent directing the conversation<br />
significantly mediated the interaction of actual power and perception of power on<br />
romantic desire (i.e., mediated moderation; see Figure 4). In this model, the interaction<br />
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