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van Kleef GA, Heerdink MW, Homan AC. Emotional influence in groups: the dynamic nexus of affect, cognition, and behavior. Curr Opin Psychol. 2017;17:156-161doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.07.017.
van Kleef, G. A., Heerdink, M. W., & Homan, A. C. (2017). Emotional influence in groups: the dynamic nexus of affect, cognition, and behavior. Current opinion in psychology, 17156-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.07.017
van Kleef, Gerben A, et al. "Emotional influence in groups: the dynamic nexus of affect, cognition, and behavior." Current opinion in psychology vol. 17 (2017): 156-161. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.07.017
van Kleef GA, Heerdink MW, Homan AC. Emotional influence in groups: the dynamic nexus of affect, cognition, and behavior. Curr Opin Psychol. 2017 Oct;17:156-161. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.07.017. Epub 2017 Jul 19. PMID: 28950964.
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Curr Opin Psychol. 2017 Oct;17:156-161. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.07.017. Epub 2017 Jul 19.

Emotional influence in groups: the dynamic nexus of affect, cognition, and behavior.

Current opinion in psychology

Gerben A van Kleef, Marc W Heerdink, Astrid C Homan

Affiliations

  1. University of Amsterdam, Department of Social Psychology, P.O. Box 15900, 1001 NK Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. University of Amsterdam, Department of Social Psychology, P.O. Box 15900, 1001 NK Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 28950964 DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.07.017

Abstract

Groups are a natural breeding ground for emotions. Group life affords unique opportunities but also poses critical challenges that may arouse emotional reactions in group members. Social-functional approaches hold that these emotions in turn contribute to group functioning by prompting group members to address concerns that are relevant to the group's success. Guided by Emotions as Social Information (EASI) theory, this paper reviews research on the affective, cognitive, and behavioral consequences of emotional expressions in groups. Affective processes include emotional contagion and affective convergence, and resulting states such as group affective tone and affective diversity. Cognitive processes include inferences group members draw from each other's emotional expressions. We discuss how these affective and cognitive processes shape behavior and group functioning. We conclude that the traditional (over)emphasis on affective processes must be complemented with a focus on cognitive processes to develop a more complete understanding of the social dynamics of emotions in groups.

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