Limits of symhedonia: The differential role of prior emotional attachment in sympathy and sympathetic joy

Emotion

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-93

  Royzman, Edward B ^a   Rozin, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Negative; Symhedonia; Sympathetic joy; Sympathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT CONTINGENCY HYPOTHESIS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SYMHEDONIA; SYMPATHETIC JOY; SYMPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744791746     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.6.1.82     Document Type: Article

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