TY - JOUR
AU - Doherty, R.
AB - Three studies (N = 1988) describe the development and validation of the Emotional Contagion (EC) Scale, a 15-item unidimensional measure of susceptibility to others' emotions resulting from afferent feedback generated by mimicry. Study 1 assesses the EC Scale's reliability (Cronbach's α = .90). Study 2 finds susceptibility (a) positively related to reactivity, emotionality, sensitivity to others, social functioning, self-esteem, and more associated with emotional than cognitive modes of empathy, (b) negatively related to alienation, self-assertiveness, and emotional stability and, (c) unrelated to masculinity and approval motivation. Study 3, an experiment, finds that EC Scale scores reliably predict biases in participants' evaluations and are correlated with a measure of responsiveness to afferent feedback and self-reports of emotional experience following exposure to emotional expressions.
TI - The Emotional Contagion Scale: A Measure of Individual Differences
JF - Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
DO - 10.1023/A:1024956003661
DA - 2004-09-12
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/the-emotional-contagion-scale-a-measure-of-individual-differences-0KhufoPknA
SP - 131
EP - 154
VL - 21
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -