The Harmful Side of Thanks: Thankful Responses to High-Power Group Help Undermine Low-Power Groups' Protest.

Pers Soc Psychol Bull · 2020 · PMC7160746 · PMID 31597516

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approached significancep = .057so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The interaction between the expression of thanks and fairness perception approached significance ( b = −0.23, SD = 0.12, p = .057, 95% CI [−0.463, 0.007], f 2 = 0.01).

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approaching significancep = .075so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

3 As expected, expressing thanks positively predicted forgiveness ( b = 0.85, SE = 0.23, p < .001, 95% CI [0.39, 1.30]), which in turn negatively predicted protest intentions, approaching significance ( b = −0.15, SE = 0.08, p = .075, 95% CI [−0.32, 0.02].

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