Give the Gift of Happiness: Arousal and the Promotion of Positive and Negative Emotional Contagions

Authors

James E. Winchip, University of Northern Iowa
Chad Leever, University of Northern Iowa
Helen C. Harton, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Poster Presentation

Abstract

This study examined the effects of arousal and mood type on emotional contagion. 29 groups of students interacted with a confederate on a group decision making task. Groups that included the "good mood" confederate reported more positive moods, did better on the task, and reported greater group cohesion than groups with a confederate displaying a bad mood. Arousal had no effect on any of the measures.

Publication Date

2003

Journal Title

Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference

Volume

7

Issue

1

First Page

292

Last Page

295

Copyright

©2003 by the University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Publisher

University of Northern Iowa

City

Cedar Falls, IA

Recommended Citation

Winchip, James E.; Leever, Chad; and Harton, Helen C. (2003) "Give the Gift of Happiness: Arousal and the Promotion of Positive and Negative Emotional Contagions," Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 58.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol7/iss1/58