Poczuję to, co ty, jeśli cię polubię? Wpływ atrakcyjności interpersonalnej na zarażanie afektywne
Will I feel the way you do, because I like you? The influence of interpersonal attraction on affect contagion

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study was to examine whether interpersonal attraction between a sender and a receiver influences the receiver’s susceptibility to affect contagion. Participants (n = 82) watched emotionally contagious films showing the sender displaying happy or sad emotional expression. Prior to watching the films they rated their mood (on explicit and implicit scales) and read vignettes that presented the sender in a positive or negative light. After the film they rated their mood again. The results indicated that interpersonal attraction influenced the receivers’ susceptibility to affect contagion. Those participants who considered the sender attractive, caught his mood, whereas those who perceived him as unattractive, felt opposite to him. However, the effect was observed only when mood was measured in an implicit way.

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