Tears evoke the intention to offer social support: A systematic investigation of the interpersonal effects of emotional crying across 41 countries

• Main Authors: Zickfeld, Janis H., de Ven, Niels van, Pich, Olivia, Schubert, Thomas W., Berkessel, Jana B., Pizarro, Jose J., Bhushan, Braj, Mateo, Niño Jose C., Barbosa, Sergio, Sharman, Leah, Kökönyei, Gyöngyi, Schrover, Elke, Kardum, Igor, Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R., Lazarevic, Ljiljana B., Escobar, María Josefina, Stadel, Marie, Arriaga, Patrícia, Dodaj, Arta, Shankland, Rebecca, Majeed, Nadyanna M., Li, Yansong, Lekkou, Eleimonitria, Hartanto, Andree, Özdoğru, Asil A., Vaughn, Leigh Ann, Espinoza, Maria del Carmen, Caballero, Amparo, Kolen, Anouk, Karsten, Julie, Manley, Harry, Maeura, Nao, Eskisu, Mustafa, Shani, Yaniv, Chittham, Phakkanun, Ferreira, Diogo, Bavolar, Jozef, Konova, Irina, Sato, Wataru, Morvinski, Coby, Carrera, Pilar, Villar, Sergio, Ibanez, Agustin, Hareli, Shlomo, Garcia, Adolfo M., Kremer, Inbal, Götz, Friedrich M., Schwerdtfeger, Andreas, Mejia, Catalina Estrada, Nakayama, Masataka, Ng, Wee Qin, Sesar, Kristina, Orjiakor, Charles T., Dumont, Kitty, Bulut Allred, Tara, Gracanin, Asmir, Rentfrow, Peter J., Schonefeld, Victoria, Vally, Zahir, Barzykowski, Krystian, Peltola, Henna-Riikka, Tcherkassof, Anna, Haque, Shamsul, Smieja, Magdalena, Tan Su-May, Terri, IJzerman, Hans, Vatakis, Argiro, Ong, Chew Wei, Choi, Eunsoo, Schorch, Sebastian L., Paez, Darío, Malik, Sadia, Kacmar, Pavol, Bobowik, Magdalena, Jose, Paul, Vuoskoski, Jonna K., Basabe, Nekane, Doğan, Uğur, Ebert, Tobias, Uchida, Yukiko, Xue Zheng, Michelle, Mefoh, Philip, Sebena, Rene, Stanke, Franziska A., Ballada, Christine Joy A., Blaut, Agata, Wu, Yang, Daniels, Judith K., Kocsel, Natalia, Burak, Elif Gizem Demirag, Balt, Nina F., Vanman, Eric, Stewart, Suzanne L.K., Verschuere, Bruno, Sikka, Pilleriin, Boudesseul, Jordane, Martins, Diogo, Nussinson, Ravit, Ito, Kenichi, Mentser, Sari, Seda Çolak, Tugba, Zelaya, Gonzalo Martinez, Vingerhoets, Ad
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• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: Tears—Psychological aspects; Crying—Psychological aspects; Psychology; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/9371
• Institution: De La Salle University

Tearful crying is a ubiquitous and likely uniquely human phenomenon. Scholars have argued that emotional tears serve an attachment function: Tears are thought to act as a social glue by evoking social support intentions. Initial experimental studies supported this proposition across several methodol...