Psychosocial effects of perceived emotional synchrony in collective gatherings

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 711-729

  Páez, Dario ^a,b   Rimé, Bernard ^c   Basabe, Nekane ^a   Wlodarczyk, Anna ^a,b   Zumeta, Larraitz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collective gatherings; Emotional communion; Emotional contagion; Identity fusion; Perceived emotional synchrony

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928557797     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000014     Document Type: Article

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