Emotional Contagion

Abstract

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.

Fear-Driven Inference: Mechanisms of Gut Overreaction

“…4. If the people can perceive each other directly, then the interpersonal emotional feeback can involve mechanisms such as emotional contagion [25] or activation of mirror neurons [26]. Alternatively, social feedback can be indirect, as in stock market prices.…”

Contagion Émotionnelle Facteur Modérateur De Créativité Et De Performance De Groupe Au Travail?

“…Cette contagiosité favorise également l'établissement de liens sociaux, mais peut-on affirmer qu'elle favorise automatiquement la cohésion sociale ? Le processus de contagion émotionnelle, qui reste peu expliqué par la recherche, est défini comme une tendance à imiter, de façon souvent inconsciente (Hatfield et al, 1994 (Barsade, 2002 ;Shaw, Duffy, & Stark, 2000) tendent à montrer que la contagion émotionnelle au travail fonctionne tant pour les émotions positives que négatives, même si la contagion positive est moins flagrante (Barsade, 2002).…”

A case study in establishing a positive service culture: Attachment and involvement in the workplace

“…Upon an examination of service and emotion literature, two areas of research have focused on the emotions of employees and consumers, emotional contagion ( Hatfi eld et al ., 1994 ) and emotional labour ( Hochschild, 1983 ). According to Hatfi eld et al .…”

“…Within the second element feedback, subjective emotional experiences that are affected instantaneously derived from the activation / feedback of movements with the facial expressions, voices, postures and behaviours of other people, hence, allowing the emotion to be experienced because of the mimicry ( Barsade, 2002 ). Finally, in the last element contagion, people ' catch ' the emotions of other people and are aware of the emotions at this point whereas previously it was not conscious ( Hatfi eld et al ., 1993( Hatfi eld et al ., , 1994Doherty et al ., 1995 ).…”

“…Two bodies of research that have focused on understanding this highly personalised and interactive transactional process is that of emotional contagion ( Hatfi eld et al ., 1994 ) and emotional labour ( Hochschild, 1983 ). The basic premise behind emotional contagion is that people ' catch ' emotions from others ' movements as well as their verbal and nonverbal cues ( Hatfi eld et al ., 1993 ;Doherty et al ., 1995 ).…”