Introduction: a world of emotion; Part I. The Interpersonal Context: 1. Empathy: negotiating the border between self and other Mark Davis; 2. Envy and its transmutations Richard H. Smith; 3. The bond threat sequence: discourse evidence for the systematic interdependence of shame and social relationships David S. Fearon Jr.; 4. Emotion as adaptive interpersonal communication: the case of embarrassment Rowland S. Miller; 5. Does expressing emotion promote well-being? It depends on relationship context Margaret S. Clark and Eli J. Finkel; Part II. The Intra-Group Context: 6. Emotional contagion: religious and ethnic hatreds and global terrorism Elaine Hatfield and Richard L. Rapson; 7. The emotional convergence hypothesis: implications for individuals, relationships, and cultures Cameron Anderson and Dacher Keltner; 8. Emotional variation within work groups: causes and performance sequences Larissa Z. Tiedens, Robert I. Sutton and Christina T. Fong; 9. Inside the heart of emotion: on culture and relational concerns Patricia M. Rodriguez Mosquera, Agneta H. Fischer and Antony S. R. Manstead; 10. Objectification theory and emotions: a feminist psychological perspective on gendered affect Laura B. Citrin, Tomi-Ann Roberts and Barbara Fredrickson; Part III. The Inter-Group Context: 11. Intergroup emotions: emotions as an intergroup phenomenon Diane M. Mackie, Lisa A. Silver and Eliot R. Smith; 12. Intergroup contact and the central role of affect in intergroup prejudice Linda R. Tropp and Thomas F. Pettigrew; 13. Judgements of deserving and the emotional consequences of stigmatization Cheryl R. Kaiser and Brenda Major; 14. Group based emotions and intergroup behavior: the case of relative deprivation Heather J. Smith and Thomas Kessler; 15. Interpreting ingroup's negative actions toward another group: emotional reactions to appraised harm Nyla R. Branscombe and Anca M. Miron; 16. Intergroup schadenfreude: conditions and consequences Russel Spears and Colin Wayne Leach.