APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

Emotion Contagion Changes during Friendship Formation

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Social

  • 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

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