Editing Social distance (section)

=== Power ===
Research on the relationship between power and social distance suggests that powerful individuals have a greater perception of distance from others.<ref name=":43"/><ref name=":10">{{Cite journal|last1=Lammers|first1=Joris|last2=Galinsky|first2=Adam D.|last3=Gordijn|first3=Ernestine H.|last4=Otten|first4=Sabine|date=2011-08-15|title=Power Increases Social Distance|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550611418679|journal=Social Psychological and Personality Science|volume=3|issue=3|pages=282–290|doi=10.1177/1948550611418679|s2cid=143377272|issn=1948-5506|hdl=11370/e2b19157-95c1-460b-a321-2734b593e79b|hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Citation|last1=Galinsky|first1=Adam D.|title=Power: Past findings, present considerations, and future directions.|date=2015|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/14344-016|work=APA handbook of personality and social psychology, Volume 3: Interpersonal relations.|pages=421–460|place=Washington|publisher=American Psychological Association|isbn=978-1-4338-1703-8|access-date=2020-11-30|last2=Rucker|first2=Derek D.|last3=Magee|first3=Joe C.|doi=10.1037/14344-016|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Based on construal level theory, this means that powerful individuals are more likely to engage in high-level construals.<ref name=":43" /><ref name=":11" /> This connection between power, social distance, and construal level has been used to explain other features of cognitions and behaviors related to power, including findings that powerful individuals are less likely to be influenced by others [#45], and more likely to engage in stereotyping.<ref name=":43" /><ref name=":11" /> This work also has important implications given that greater social distance reduces generosity.<ref name=":10" />