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A new perspective on the social functions of emotions

Gratitude and the witnessing effect

Bibliographic Data

ID6202647
AuthorsSara B Algoe (0000-0002-1273-2968), Patrick C Dwyer (0000-0001-6751-2121, United Philanthropy Forum), Ayana Younge, Ayana N Younge, Christopher Oveis (0000-0001-5239-3203)
Year2020
Volume119
Issue1
Pages40-74
Publication date2020-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/pspi0000202
PMID31414873
OpenAlexW2967960933
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited76

the person toward whom gratitude was expressed. Experiments 6-8 used within-subjects designs to test hypothesized behavioral and social-perceptual mechanisms for these effects, with videos of real gratitude expressions. Gratitude may help build multiple relationships within a social network directly and simultaneously. By specifying proximal interpersonal mechanisms for reverberating consequences of 1 person's communicated emotion, the present work advances theory on the group-level functions of emotions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)

Gratitude · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Perception · Perspective (graphical) · Social perception · Test (biology) · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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