Emotional contagion:

When people are in a certain mood, whether elation or depression, that mood is often communicated to others. When we are talking to someone who is depressed it may make us feel depressed, whereas if we talk to someone who is feeling self-confident and buoyant we are likely to feel good about ourselv...

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Main Author: Hatfield, Elaine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1994
Series:Studies in emotion and social interaction. Second series
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:When people are in a certain mood, whether elation or depression, that mood is often communicated to others. When we are talking to someone who is depressed it may make us feel depressed, whereas if we talk to someone who is feeling self-confident and buoyant we are likely to feel good about ourselves. This phenomenon, known as emotional contagion, is identified here, and compelling evidence for its affect is offered from a variety of disciplines - social and developmental psychology, history, cross-cultural psychology, experimental psychology, and psychopathology
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 240 pages)
ISBN:9781139174138
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139174138

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