Factor structure of the Greek version of the Emotional Contagion Scale and its measurement invariance across gender and cultural groups

Theories regarding susceptibility to emotional contagion, which address the ease of "catching" the emotions expressed by others, have recently received growing interest in the field of social psych ...

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