XYGALATAS, Dimitrios, Martin LANG, Peter MAŇO, Jan KRÁTKÝ and Ronald FISCHER. Emotional contagion in a collective ritual. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY. UNITED STATES: WILEY, 2024, NA, NA, p. 1-12. ISSN 1042-0533. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.24111.
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Original name Emotional contagion in a collective ritual
Authors XYGALATAS, Dimitrios, Martin LANG, Peter MAŇO, Jan KRÁTKÝ and Ronald FISCHER.
Edition AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, UNITED STATES, WILEY, 2024, 1042-0533.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60304 Religious studies
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.900 in 2022
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.24111
UT WoS 001238767100001
Keywords in English emotional contagion, collective ritual, psychophysiology
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Martin Lang, Ph.D., učo 174375. Changed: 13/6/2024 12:01.
Abstract
Collective gatherings are often associated with the alignment of psychophysiological states between members of a crowd. While the process of emotional contagion has been studied extensively in dyads as well as at the population level, our understanding of its operation and dynamics as they unfold in real time in real-world group contexts remains limited. Employing a naturalistic design, we investigated emotional contagion in a public religious ritual by examining the relationship between interpersonal distance and autonomic arousal. We found that proximity in space was associated with heightened affective synchrony between participants in the context of the emotionally laden ritual (a Hindu procession) compared with an unstructured walk along the same route performed by the same group. Our findings contribute to the understanding of collective emotions and their underlying psychophysiological mechanisms, emphasizing the role of cultural practices in shaping collective emotional experiences.
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MUNI/A/1339/2023, interní kód MUName: Rozumění rituálu v komparativní perspektivě: kombinace terénního a databázového výzkumu
Investor: Masaryk University, Understading ritual in a comparative perspective: Combining field and database research
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