RUNNING HEAD: To share or not to share? 1 To share, or not to share? Examining the emotional consequences of social sharing in the case of anger and sadness. Karen Brans 1 , Iven Van Mechelen 1 , Bernard Rimé², and Philippe Verduyn 1 1 KU Leuven, Belgium ² University of Louvain at Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium This research was supported by Grant GOA/10/02 from the Research Fund of the KU Leuven. The last author is a Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO). Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Karen Brans, KU Leuven, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. E-mail: karen.brans@ppw.kuleuven.be Brans, K., Van Mechelen, I., Rimé, B., & Verduyn, P. (in press). To share or not to share? Examining the emotional consequences of social sharing in the case of anger and sadness. Emotion.