Emotional Contagion

Emotional contagion

Hatfield, E., Cacioppo, J. T., & Rapson, R. L. (1993) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9781139174138 · Cited by 735

The Control-Value Theory of Achievement Emotions: Assumptions, Corollaries, and Implications for Educational Research and Practice

Pekrun, R. (2006) · Educational Psychology Review · doi:10.1007/s10648-006-9029-9 · Cited by 5,566

Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks

Kramer, A. D. I., Guillory, J. E., & Hancock, J. T. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1320040111 · Cited by 3,687

The ripple effect: emotional contagion and its influence on group behavior

Barsade, S. G. (2002) · Administrative Science Quarterly · doi:10.2307/3094912 · Cited by 3,361

Emotion and Decision Making

Lerner, J. S., Li, Y., Valdesolo, P., & Kassam, K. S. (2015) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115043 · Cited by 2,913

Putting the Altruism Back into Altruism: The Evolution of Empathy

de Waal, F. B. M. (2008) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.59.103006.093625 · Cited by 2,483

Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study

Fowler, J. H., & Christakis, N. A. (2008) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.a2338 · Cited by 1,990

The social neuroscience of empathy

Singer, T., & Lamm, C. (2009) · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04418.x · Cited by 1,981

Brain correlates of music-evoked emotions

Koelsch, S. (2014) · Nature Reviews Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nrn3666 · Cited by 1,544

Embodiment in attitudes, social perception, and emotion

Niedenthal, P. M., Barsalou, L. W., Winkielman, P., Krauth-Gruber, S., & Ric, F. (2005) · Personality and Social Psychology Review · doi:10.1207/s15327957pspr0903_1 · Cited by 1,484

Academic Emotions and Student Engagement

Pekrun, R., & Linnenbrink-Garcia, L. (2012) · Handbook of Research on Student Engagement · doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-2018-7_12 · Cited by 1,181

Empathy: Gender effects in brain and behavior

Christov-Moore, L., Simpson, E. A., Coudé, G., Grigaityte, K., Iacoboni, M., & Ferrari, P. F. (2014) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.09.001 · Cited by 1,137

More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science

Epel, E. S., Crosswell, A. D., Mayer, S. E., Prather, A. A., Slavich, G. M., Puterman, E., & Mendes, W. B. (2018) · Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2018.03.001 · Cited by 1,077

The chameleon effect as social glue: evidence for the evolutionary significance of nonconscious mimicry

Lakin, J. L., Jefferis, V. E., Cheng, C. M., & Chartrand, T. L. (2003) · Journal of Nonverbal Behavior · doi:10.1023/a:1025389814290 · Cited by 960

Peer Contagion in Child and Adolescent Social and Emotional Development

Dishion, T. J., & Tipsord, J. M. (2011) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.093008.100412 · Cited by 847

Burnout: A Review of Theory and Measurement

Edú-Valsania, S., Laguía, A., & Moriano, J. A. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph19031780 · Cited by 845

The origins of 12-month attachment: a microanalysis of 4-month mother-infant interaction.

Beebe, B., Jaffe, J., Markese, S., Buck, K., Chen, H., Cohen, P., Bahrick, L., Andrews, H., & Feldstein, S. (2010) · Attachment & Human Development · doi:10.1080/14616730903338985 · Cited by 652

The Simulation of Smiles (SIMS) model: Embodied simulation and the meaning of facial expression

Niedenthal, P. M., Mermillod, M., Maringer, M., & Hess, U. (2010) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x10000865 · Cited by 618

The Face of Need: Facial Emotion Expression on Charity Advertisements

Small, D. A., & Verrochi, N. M. (2009) · Journal of Marketing Research · doi:10.1509/jmkr.46.6.777 · Cited by 546

A stage to engage: Social media use and corporate reputation

Dijkmans, C., Kerkhof, P., & Beukeboom, C. J. (2015) · Tourism Management · doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2014.09.005 · Cited by 515

Regulating Positive and Negative Emotions in Daily Life

Nezlek, J. B., & Kuppens, P. (2008) · Journal of Personality · doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00496.x · Cited by 441

The MAD Model of Moral Contagion: The Role of Motivation, Attention, and Design in the Spread of Moralized Content Online

Brady, W. J., Crockett, M. J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2020) · Perspectives on Psychological Science · doi:10.1177/1745691620917336 · Cited by 417

A Meta-Analysis of Relationships Linking Employee Satisfaction to Customer Responses

Brown, S. P., & Lam, S. K. (2008) · Journal of Retailing · doi:10.1016/j.jretai.2008.06.001 · Cited by 393

Implications of Pro- and Counterattitudinal Information Exposure for Affective Polarization: Partisan Media Exposure and Affective Polarization

Garrett, R. K., Gvirsman, S. D., Johnson, B. K., Tsfati, Y., Neo, R., & Dal, A. (2014) · Human Communication Research · doi:10.1111/hcre.12028 · Cited by 351

Group Affect

Barsade, S. G., & Knight, A. P. (2015) · Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior · doi:10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032414-111316 · Cited by 309

Bots with Feelings: Should AI Agents Express Positive Emotion in Customer Service?

Han, E., Yin, D., & Zhang, H. (2023) · Information Systems Research · doi:10.1287/isre.2022.1179 · Cited by 307

The sociocultural appraisals, values, and emotions (SAVE) framework of prosociality: Core processes from gene to meme

Keltner, D., Kogan, A., Piff, P. K., & Saturn, S. R. (2014) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115054 · Cited by 298

Emotional contagion: a brief overview and future directions

Herrando, C., & Constantinides, E. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.712606 · Cited by 249

Stress Contagion: Physiological Covariation Between Mothers and Infants

Waters, S. F., West, T. V., & Mendes, W. B. (2014) · Psychological Science · doi:10.1177/0956797613518352 · Cited by 231

Chemosignals communicate human emotions

de Groot, J. H. B., Smeets, M. A. M., Kaldewaij, A., Duijndam, M. J. A., & Semin, G. R. (2012) · Psychological Science · doi:10.1177/0956797612445317 · Cited by 215

Anger and happiness in virtual teams: Emotional influences of text and behavior on others’ affect in the absence of non-verbal cues

Cheshin, A., Rafaeli, A., & Bos, N. (2011) · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.06.002 · Cited by 213

Implicit Behavioral Mimicry: Investigating the Impact of Group Membership

Yabar, Y., Johnston, L., Miles, L., & Peace, V. (2006) · Journal of Nonverbal Behavior · doi:10.1007/s10919-006-0010-6 · Cited by 201

Prosocial Conformity: Prosocial Norms Generalize Across Behavior and Empathy

Nook, E. C., Ong, D. C., Morelli, S. A., Mitchell, J. P., & Zaki, J. (2016) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · doi:10.1177/0146167216649932 · Cited by 186

Recent innovations in the field of interpersonal emotion regulation

Dixon-Gordon, K. L., Bernecker, S. L., & Christensen, K. (2015) · Current Opinion in Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.02.001 · Cited by 172

Patient suffering and caregiver compassion: new opportunities for research, practice, and policy.

Schulz, R., Hebert, R. S., Dew, M. A., Brown, S. L., Scheier, M. F., Beach, S. R., Czaja, S. J., Martire, L. M., Coon, D., Langa, K. M., et al. (2007) · The Gerontologist · doi:10.1093/geront/47.1.4 · Cited by 163

Is Empathy for Pain Unique in Its Neural Correlates? A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies of Empathy

Timmers, I., Park, A. L., Fischer, M. D., Kronman, C. A., Heathcote, L. C., Hernandez, J. M., & Simons, L. E. (2018) · Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00289 · Cited by 154

A sniff of happiness

de Groot, J. H. B., Smeets, M. A. M., Rowson, M. J., Bulsing, P. J., Blonk, C. G., Wilkinson, J. E., & Semin, G. R. (2015) · Psychological Science · doi:10.1177/0956797614566318 · Cited by 143

Is the Putative Mirror Neuron System Associated with Empathy? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Bekkali, S., Youssef, G. J., Donaldson, P. H., Albein-Urios, N., Hyde, C., & Enticott, P. G. (2021) · Neuropsychology Review · doi:10.1007/s11065-020-09452-6 · Cited by 128

A Taxonomy of Social Errors in Human-Robot Interaction

Tian, L., & Oviatt, S. (2021) · ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction · doi:10.1145/3439720 · Cited by 133

Cognitive and Affective Empathy Relate Differentially to Emotion Regulation

Thompson, N. M., van Reekum, C. M., & Chakrabarti, B. (2022) · Affective Science · doi:10.1007/s42761-021-00062-w · Cited by 136

Investigating emotional contagion in dogs (Canis familiaris) to emotional sounds of humans and conspecifics

Huber, A., Barber, A. L. A., Faragó, T., Müller, C. A., & Huber, L. (2017) · Animal Cognition · doi:10.1007/s10071-017-1092-8 · Cited by 123

Meta-analysis of mindfulness training on teacher well-being.

Zarate, K., Maggin, D. M., & Passmore, A. (2019) · Psychology in the Schools · doi:10.1002/pits.22308 · Cited by 119

Gender differences in facial imitation and verbally reported emotional contagion from spontaneous to emotionally regulated processing levels

SONNBY‐BORGSTRÖM, M., JÖNSSON, P., & SVENSSON, O. (2008) · Scandinavian Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00626.x · Cited by 119

Emotion and the construal of social situations: Inferences of cooperation versus competition from expressions of anger, happiness, and disappointment

Van Doorn, E. A., Heerdink, M. W., & Van Kleef, G. A. (2012) · Cognition and Emotion · doi:10.1080/02699931.2011.648174 · Cited by 105

Untitled work

Kret (2014) · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104886 · Cited by 98

Exploring the influence mechanism of chatbot-expressed humor on service satisfaction in online customer service

Xie, Y., Liang, C., Zhou, P., & Jiang, L. (2024) · Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services · doi:10.1016/j.jretconser.2023.103599 · Cited by 91

Decoding the invisible forces of social connections

Cacioppo, S., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2012) · Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnint.2012.00051 · Cited by 87

Partisan Information Sources and Affective Polarization: Panel Analysis of the Mediating Role of Anger and Fear

Lu, Y., & Lee, J. K. (2019) · Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly · doi:10.1177/1077699018811295 · Cited by 86

Physiological Linkage of Dyadic Gaming Experience

Järvelä, S., Kivikangas, J. M., Kätsyri, J., & Ravaja, N. (2014) · Simulation & Gaming · doi:10.1177/1046878113513080 · Cited by 86

Untitled work

Semin (2017) · doi:10.1177/1745691616676599 · Cited by 86

When our hearts beat together: Cardiac synchrony as an entry point to understand dyadic co‐regulation in couples

Coutinho, J., Pereira, A., Oliveira‐Silva, P., Meier, D., Lourenço, V., & Tschacher, W. (2021) · Psychophysiology · doi:10.1111/psyp.13739 · Cited by 83

Strangers, Friends, and Lovers Show Different Physiological Synchrony in Different Emotional States

Bizzego, A., Azhari, A., Campostrini, N., Truzzi, A., Ng, L. Y., Gabrieli, G., Bornstein, M. H., Setoh, P., & Esposito, G. (2019) · Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.3390/bs10010011 · Cited by 85

Psychophysiological synchrony during verbal interaction in romantic relationships

Coutinho, J., Oliveira‐Silva, P., Fernandes, E., Gonçalves, O. F., Correia, D., Perrone Mc‐Govern, K., & Tschacher, W. (2019) · Family Process · doi:10.1111/famp.12371 · Cited by 81

The psychological benefits of music-evoked nostalgia

Sedikides, C., Leunissen, J., & Wildschut, T. (2022) · Psychology of Music · doi:10.1177/03057356211064641 · Cited by 82

Physiological synchrony is associated with attraction in a blind date setting

Prochazkova, E., Sjak-Shie, E., Behrens, F., Lindh, D., & Kret, M. E. (2021) · Nature Human Behaviour · doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01197-3 · Cited by 80

Emotions amplify speaker–listener neural alignment

Smirnov, D., Saarimäki, H., Glerean, E., Hari, R., Sams, M., & Nummenmaa, L. (2019) · Human Brain Mapping · doi:10.1002/hbm.24736 · Cited by 71

Synchronized affect in shared experiences strengthens social connection

Cheong, J. H., Molani, Z., Sadhukha, S., & Chang, L. J. (2023) · Communications Biology · doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05461-2 · Cited by 75

Synchrony Across Brains

Schilbach, L., & Redcay, E. (2025) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-080123-101149 · Cited by 71

Sniff and mimic–Intranasal oxytocin increases facial mimicry in a sample of men

Korb, S., Malsert, J., Strathearn, L., Vuilleumier, P., & Niedenthal, P. (2016) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.06.003 · Cited by 54

Social media users produce more affect that supports cultural values, but are more influenced by affect that violates cultural values

Hsu, T. W., Niiya, Y., Thelwall, M., Ko, M., Knutson, B., & Tsai, J. L. (2021) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/pspa0000282 · Cited by 50

Emotion contagion and physiological synchrony: The more intimate relationships, the more contagion of positive emotions

Lin, D., Zhu, T., & Wang, Y. (2024) · Physiology & Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114434 · Cited by 50

Emotion Modeling in Social Simulation: A Survey

Bourgais, M., Taillandier, P., Vercouter, L., & Adam, C. (2018) · Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation · doi:10.18564/jasss.3681 · Cited by 46

The power of pupil size in establishing trust and reciprocity.

Kret, M. E., & De Dreu, C. K. W. (2019) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General · doi:10.1037/xge0000508 · Cited by 44

Scaffolding cooperation in human groups with deep reinforcement learning

McKee, K. R., Tacchetti, A., Bakker, M. A., Balaguer, J., Campbell-Gillingham, L., Everett, R., & Botvinick, M. (2023) · Nature Human Behaviour · doi:10.1038/s41562-023-01686-7 · Cited by 43

Can robots elicit empathy? The effects of social robots’ appearance on emotional contagion

Yang, W., & Xie, Y. (2024) · Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans · doi:10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100049 · Cited by 42

Une anatomie de l’empathie

Decety, J. (2005) · PSN · doi:10.1007/bf03006827 · Cited by 36

Dans le secret des comités de direction, le rôle des émotions: proposition d'un modèle théorique

Haag, C., & Laroche, H. (2009) · M@n@gement · doi:10.3917/mana.122.0082 · Cited by 34

A Comprehensive Examination of Narcissists’ Self-Perceived and Actual Socioemotional Cognition Ability

Mota, S., Leckelt, M., Geukes, K., Nestler, S., Humberg, S., Schröder-Abé, M., Schmukle, S. C., & Back, M. D. (2019) · Collabra: Psychology · doi:10.1525/collabra.174 · Cited by 31

Intra-team conflict: the moderating effect of emotional self-leadership

Flores, H. R., Jiang, X., & Manz, C. C. (2018) · International Journal of Conflict Management · doi:10.1108/ijcma-07-2017-0065 · Cited by 30

The Developmental Origins of the Social Brain: Empathy, Morality, and Justice

Chen, C., Martínez, R. M., & Cheng, Y. (2018) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02584 · Cited by 30

Mindful leadership: Evaluation of a mindfulness-based leader intervention

Lange, S., & Rowold, J. (2019) · Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO) · doi:10.1007/s11612-019-00482-0 · Cited by 27

Expanding knowledge on emotional dynamics and viewer engagement: the role of travel influencers on YouTube

Yoo, J. J., Kim, H., & Choi, S. (2024) · Journal of Innovation & Knowledge · doi:10.1016/j.jik.2024.100616 · Cited by 22

Media Exposure Predicts Acute Stress and Probable Acute Stress Disorder during the Early COVID-19 Outbreak in China

Luo, Y., He, X., Wang, S., Li, J., & Zhang, Y. (2021) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.11407 · Cited by 16

What makes groups emotional?

Goldenberg, A. (2024) · Perspectives on Psychological Science · doi:10.1177/17456916231179154 · Cited by 14

Education as the Social Cultivation of Intellectual Virtue

Croce, M., & Pritchard, D. (2022) · Social Virtue Epistemology · doi:10.4324/9780367808952-78 · Cited by 14

Syncing to perform? A naturalistic uncontrolled prospective case study of emotional and physiological synchrony in a team of male volleyball athletes

Tamminen, K. A., Danyluck, C., Bonk, D., & Chen, R. (2023) · Journal of Sports Sciences · doi:10.1080/02640414.2023.2259205 · Cited by 8

Physiological synchrony in supportive discussions: An examination of co‐rumination, relationship type, and heterogeneity

DiGiovanni, A. M., Peters, B. J., Tudder, A., Gresham, A. M., & Bolger, N. (2024) · Psychophysiology · doi:10.1111/psyp.14554 · Cited by 9

Perceived facial happiness during conversation correlates with insular and hypothalamus activity for humans, not robots

Chaminade, T., & Spatola, N. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.871676 · Cited by 6

The InBoard Emotional Contagion Model

Haag, C., & Getz, I. (2016) · Emotions and Organizational Governance · doi:10.1108/s1746-979120160000012005 · Cited by 4

Exploring the Rhetoric of the Emotionally (Un) Intelligent CEO in Times of Crisis

Haag, C., & Wolff, M. (2024) · Research on Emotion in Organizations · doi:10.1108/s1746-979120240000019007 · Cited by 2