Emotional Convergence Between People over Time

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1054-1068

  Anderson, Cameron ^a   Keltner, Dacher ^b   John, Oliver P ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141753990     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.5.1054     Document Type: Article

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