Abstract:
The aim of the study was to identify individual determinants of susceptibility to affective contagion. Particular emphasis was placed on the variables whose role in determining susceptibility to affective contagion is still unclear The results indicated that femininity and extraversion play a great role in explaining susceptibility to positive states, whereas femininity, neuroticism (in men) and emotional reactivity and determine susceptibility to negative states. All the variables are directly related to the dependent variable. The rest of the analysed personality and temperament traits are in either director indirect relationship with susceptibility to affective contagion
