Emotions are not always contagious: Longitudinal spreading of self-pride and group pride in homogeneous and status-differentiated groups

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 101-116

  Delvaux, Ellen ^a   Meeussen, Loes ^a   Mesquita, Batja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contagion; Group emotions; Pride; Social referencing; Status networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATION; LEADERSHIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF PRIDE; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; GROUP PROCESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946472249     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1018143     Document Type: Article

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