Affective expressions in groups and inferences about members’ relational well-being: The effects of socially engaging and disengaging emotions

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 150-166

  Rothman, Naomi B ^a   Magee, Joe C ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesiveness; Conflict; Emotion; Groups; Inferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING; GROUP PROCESS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 84946476802     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1020050     Document Type: Article

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