Emotion Elicits the Social Sharing of Emotion: Theory and Empirical Review

By B. Rimé. 2009

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in the Workplace: A Conceptual and Operational Review and Future Research Agenda (2018, positive): “Another, less common, approach to interpersonal ER (as depicted in Table 1) is to consider how intrinsic and extrinsic ER processes might co-occur within a relationship (e.g. Campos et al. 2011; Rimé 2007, 2009; Zaki and Williams 2013), a truly interpersonal-level approach.”
Good News! Capitalizing on Positive Events in an Interpersonal Context (2010, background): “Consistent with this idea, according to friendship norms, friends should share in each other’s joys and sorrows (Argyle & Henderson, 1984; Reis, 1990; Rimé, 2009).”
Towards a Theory of Collective Emotions (2013, background): “Such normative orders are reinforced by culture-specific practices of the verbal communication of emotion and their social sharing (Rimé, 2009).”
Empathy: a motivated account. (2014, background): “Targets often misrepresent their emotions in accordance with social display rules (Ansfield, 2007; Ekman & Friesen, 1969, 1982) or emphasize the intensity of their emotions to draw support from others (Gable & Reis, 2010; Rimé, 2009).”
Managing Impressions and Relationships on Facebook (2013, background): “For example, according to the theory of the social sharing of emotions (Rimé, 2007, 2009), a basic function of sharing emotions with others is to reexperience them.”
Understanding Social Media Disclosures of Sexual Abuse Through the Lenses of Support Seeking and Anonymity (2016, background): “Although negative emotions are generally difficult to express, some, such as shame, are still harder [56], as reflected by the 27% prevalence in Table 1.”
Consumer response to corporate irresponsible behavior: Moral emotions and virtues (2013, background): “A form of social sharing of emotions with others, negative word of mouth has been the object of research in social psychology (e.g., Rimé, 2009; Wetzer, Zelenberg and Pieters, 2007) but has not been investigated systematically as a response to corporate irresponsibility.”
Unpacking the black box: How to promote citizen engagement through government social media during the COVID-19 crisis (2020, positive): “Emotion will trigger the social sharing of emotion: individuals will openly talk about the specific environment where the emotional event occurred and their own feelings and emotional response with others, or they will share their own emotions by way of letters, journals and other indirect methods (”
Making the good even better: A review and theoretical model of interpersonal capitalization (2018, background): “Rime (2009) proposed, and research later confirmed, that people share positive emotions with others to enhance the positive feelings associated with that event and to accrue positive feedback and attention from others (e.g., Duprez, Christophe, Rime, Congard, & Antoine, 2014).”
Group Emotions: Cutting the Gordian Knots Concerning Terms, Levels of Analysis, and Processes (2015, background): “Extant theory and research show that the urge to share emotions, both positive and negative, is prompted by the experience of emotions (Rimé, Mesquita, Philippot, & Boca, 1991) and that this urge is presumably even more enhanced for group-based emotions (Rimé, 2009).”
Functions of remembering and misremembering emotion (2009, positive): “Emotional memories are passed along via parents, teachers, peers, and social, political, and religious groups through channels as varied as facial and vocal expression, deliberate instruction, gossip, news, music, and storytelling (Rimé, 2009).”
Emotions and Information Diffusion in Social Media—Sentiment of Microblogs and Sharing Behavior (2013, neutral): “, [31, 47, 56, 58]).”
An upward spiral: Bidirectional associations between positive affect and positive aspects of close relationships across the life span (2015, background): “Additionally in adulthood, expressing negative emotions to close others serves a necessary function within relationships and is sometimes associated with positive outcomes (e.g., Graham, Huang, Clark, & Helgeson, 2008; Rimé, 2009).”
Sensitive Self-disclosures, Responses, and Social Support on Instagram: The Case of #Depression (2017, background): “Rimé [64] suggests that the theory of social representations implies”
Music May Reduce Loneliness and Act as Social Surrogate for a Friend: Evidence from an Experimental Listening Study (2020, background): “…by career-related failure increases a desire for workrelated activities (Gray et al., 2011) while sadness elicited by a social loss heightens a desire for social interaction (Gray et al., 2011; Rimé, 2009) and is associated with responses that foster social connectedness (Keller & Nesse, 2006).”
Interpersonal Emotion Regulation: A Review of Social and Developmental Components (2018, background): “Furthermore, we have reviewed data on the positive effects of bonding and reduced distress in relationships (Lakey & Orehek, 2011; Lepore et al., 2004; Marroquín, 2011; Rimé, 2009).”