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Affiliation Signals

Affiliation Signals is a nonverbal communication construct denoting observable behavioral cues—such as posture mirroring, facial expressions of warmth, or proximity maintenance—that systematically indicate an individual’s intention to establish, sustain, or reinforce social bonds within interpersonal interactions.

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139

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92

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2017–2026

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Publications

39

Stance, Alignment, and Affiliation During Storytelling: When Nodding Is a Token of Affiliation

Tanya Stivers · Research on Language and Social Interaction · 2008 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Synchrony and the social tuning of compassion.

Piercarlo Valdesolo, David DeSteno · Emotion · 2011 · 652 citations

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Better Together? Signaling Interactions in New Venture Pursuit of Initial External Capital

Lawrence A. Plummer, Thomas H. Allison, Brian L. Connelly · Academy of Management Journal · 2015 · 368 citations · Full text

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Emotional Mimicry: Why and When We Mimic Emotions

Agneta H. Fischer · Social and Personality Psychology Compass · 2014 · 334 citations

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Introduction: questioning and affiliation/ disaffiliation in interaction

Jakob Steensig, Paul Drew · Discourse Studies · 2008 · 202 citations

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Authors

139

  1. PM
    Paula M. Niedenthal

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 82 citations

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  2. JM
    Jared Martin

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 82 citations

    3

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  3. GA
    Gregory A. Bryant

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 157 citations

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  4. MD
    Michael Dufner

    Leipzig University, Germany

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  5. NP
    Norman P. Li

    Singapore Management University, Singapore

    2 publications · 155 citations

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Institutions

92

  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    472 citations

  2. New York University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    117 citations

  3. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    498 citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    757 citations

  5. Turku University Hospital

    Turku, Finland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  6. Northeastern University

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    716 citations

  7. Washington State University

    Pullman, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    387 citations

  8. Turku PET Centre

    Turku, Finland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    120 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    3 publications · 117 citations

    3

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  2. Frontiers in Psychology

    2 publications · 60 citations

    2

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  3. Journal of Marketing Communications

    1 publications · 64 citations

    1

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  4. Emotion

    1 publications · 652 citations

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  5. PNAS Nexus

    1 publications · 34 citations

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