APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
Emotion Contagion Changes during Friendship Formation
- Shelly Tsang
University of Virginia - Adrienne Wood
University of Virginia
Abstract
How does emotion contagion change as two people go from strangers to friends, and does it play a role in their friendship development? We find that emotion contagion actually decreases as dyads became closer to each other over time.
Friendship