Together we cry: Social motives and preferences for group-based sadness

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 66-79

  Porat, Roni ^a,b   Halperin, Eran ^b   Mannheim, Ittay ^a   Tamir, Maya ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Group based emotions; Motivation; Social belonging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISRAELI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SADNESS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; GROUP PROCESS; HAPPINESS; HUMAN RELATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946475050     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1039495     Document Type: Article

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