The Journal of psychology
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The Journal of psychology · Mar 1982
The development of the mood-inhibiting effects of crowding during adolescence.
Prior research on the effects of crowding on human behavior has concentrated on aggression and negative affect. The present study centered on the possible inhibiting effects of crowding on the development of positive mood states. ⋯ Crowding produced neither positive nor negative moods on groups beyond young adolescence. Effectiveness of positive mood producing stimuli was inhibited for late adolescent males and females.