Philosophical and psychological theory has traditionally focused on intra-individual
processes that are entailed in emotions. Recently sociologists, cultural anthropologists, and …

Two classic studies published 50 years ago showed how other people provide information
that shapes the activation and interpretation of emotions. The present paper traces …

Emotions play an important role in coordinating social life. In the last decade, traditional
research on the intrapersonal effects of emotions has been complemented by a growing …

In this paper, I question the assumption that emotions are first and foremost individual
reactions, and suggest instead that they are often best viewed as social phenomena. I show …

Emotions colors all our lives, but until relatively recently it had not been a focus for
psychological theory and research. Emotions are'intentional', in the sense that they are …

Inconsistencies in previous findings concerning the relationship between emotion and social
context are likely to reflect the multi-dimensionality of the sociality construct. In the present …

This issue of Cognition and Emotion is devoted to studies of emotion in social life. Five types
of connection between emotion and social life can be identified:(1) the impact of affective …

It is not our purpose in this chapter to take issue with appraisal theory. The fact that appraisal
theory has made a substantial contribution to our understanding of the emotion process is …

Reviews work on the role of social emotions in the way that people think about themselves
and their relationships with others. The author provides a theoretical framework for …

This article discusses contemporary social psychological approaches to (a) the social
relations and appraisals associated with specific emotions;(b) other people's impact on …