Using emotions to regulate the boundaries of political groups

• In Event: Advances in emotions and politics: Let's talk about anger

Brief Overview

We show that emotions are used to regulate the boundaries of political groups: Partisans, compared to non-partisans, use anger and gratitude to prevent an ingroup member from leaving and use gratitude to encourage a potential recruit to join.

Authors

• Andrew W. Delton, Stony Brook University

• Michael Bang Petersen, Aarhus University

• John Victor Kane, New York University

• Theresa E. Robertson, Stony Brook University

• Leda Cosmides, University of California, Santa Barbara