We Feel, Therefore We Are: Emotion as a Basis for Self-Categorization and Social Action

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 754-767

  Livingstone, Andrew G ^a   Spears, Russell ^b   Manstead, Antony S R ^b   Bruder, Martin ^c   Shepherd, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective action; Intergroup emotion; Self categorization; Social identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANGER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052303416     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023223     Document Type: Article

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