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Dynamic Interplay Between Norms and Experiences of Anger and Gratitude in Groups

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Emotions of task group members tend to be congruent, yet the processes that lead to this congruence are not well understood. In this study, we longitudinally followed the convergence of anger and gratitude in 68 task groups, and investigated the role of emotion norms in achieving this convergence. Over time, individual members’ emotions influenced the group’s emotions, and, conversely, the group’s emotions influenced individual members’ emotions. Moreover, over time the coherence between the emotions of different group members became stronger. This supports the idea that the emotions within groups converge. In addition, we found evidence for the dynamic interplay between norms and experience. Norms guided experience, and experience became normative, both at the individual and group levels. In addition, group norms on a particular emotion predicted individuals’ experience of that emotion over time, and conversely, individual members’ norms about an emotion predicted the group’s experience of that emotion.

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Small Gruop Research

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Thousand Oaks : sage publisher., 2015

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English

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1046-4964

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Volume 46, Issue 3 June 2015, pages 300-323

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group norms
Longitudinal
Gratitude
Group emotions

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