Misery loves company: When sadness increases the desire for social connectedness

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1438-1448

  Gray, Heather M ^a   Ishii, Keiko ^b   Ambady, Nalini ^c  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affiliation; nonverbal communication; sadness; situation symptom congruence hypothesis; vocal tone

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 80052828300     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211420167     Document Type: Article

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