Concept information
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industrial psychology
understanding and assessing individual differences
personality assessment
emotion
Preferred term
emotional contagion
Definition
- Emotional contagion is the phenomenon in which a person “catches” the emotions of those around him/her or the emotional ambience of his/her environment. As is often observed, people find laughing and yawning contagious. [Source: Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia; Emotional Contagion]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/emotional_contagion
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