A new perspective on the social functions of emotions: Gratitude and the witnessing effect.
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DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000202
Abstract: We propose a novel theoretical and empirical approach to studying group-level social functions of emotions and use it to make new predictions about social consequences of gratitude. Here, we document the witnessing effect: In social… read more here.
Keywords: party; person; witnessing effect; grateful person ... See more keywords