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This article explores how an existential account of emotions can enrich debates about negative emotions in transitional justice and peacebuilding scholarship. A growing literature has examined the challenge that the ex-resisters' negative emotions, including disappointment, pose to the creation of sustainable peace in post-conflict societies. It has however not sufficiently accounted for disappointment's potentially productive political value. The paper fills this gap by examining how the ex-resisters' disappointment affects their capacity for political action against the remainders of past violence and oppression, with a specific focus on the South African context. I draw on Jean-Paul Sartre's existential account of the emotions' 'magic' as a way of coping with the complexities of political action arising from our situated condition. I put Sartre's account in conversation with Nadine Gordimer's novel No Time Like the Present and experiences of disappointment among South African ex-resisters to show how disappointment can lead ex-resisters to different ways of confronting the complexity of political engagement in the wake of the incomplete transition. This dialogue reveals disappointment as a powerful source of resistance against the persistence of injustice, while also disclosing significant constraints upon political engagement in conditions of systemic violence. Le magique de la déception : Émotions négatives, justice transitionnelle et résistance [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Suicide attempts have many meanings and whatever their degree of lethality, special attention should be paid to them. Objective: to characterize the attitude towards negative emotions in parents of adolescents with suicide attempt in the period from January 2018 to December 2019 at the "XX Aniversario" Polyclinic. Methods: descriptive cross-sectional study. Population: 43 families and sample: 15 parents of adolescents with suicide attempt. Several variables were studied: level of education, history of suicide attempt and emotions, etc. Empirical methods were used: participatory observation, documentary analysis, parent questionnaire, in-depth interviews and diagnostic family interviews, and methodological triangulation: indirect and direct methods and the Fredrickson emotions scale. Results: there was a predominance of completed high school education, history of suicide attempt, negative emotions (worry, anger and fear), frequency almost always and with much or enough intensity motivated by: difficulties related to children, family and partner, and the use of inappropriate attitudes: desire to die and lack of control. Conclusions: health care workers should take action to turn the situation around or mitigate the risk factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work emerges from the international study on "collective effervescence, self-transc in social wellbeing, during the March 8th demonstrations". The purpose of this study was to identify to what extent participation in the March 8th protest in Guadalajara could be explained by variables framed in the theory of Collective Action Frameworks (MAC), particularly negative emotions, situated social identity, solidarity, moral obligation, and collective efficacy. The sample comprised 353 women between 18 and 63 years old who answered the survey between March 8th and 13th in 2020, using a virtual form. The results show significant differences in participants and non-participants in the manifestation according to the observed variables. The variables that predicted participation were mainly moral obligation, negative emotions, and positively situated social identity, and inverse collective efficacy. In conclusion, it is the elements related to collective identity, as well as outrage at the situation of women, which motivated the protesters, even when no social change was foreseen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: The present research aims to construct and determine the psychometric properties of the "Inventory of Negative and Disturbing Emotional Responses in Pandemic Contexts (IREN-35)" in Mexican adult population. This instrument identifies the presence of negative emotions related to direct or indirect exposure to the virus (SARS-CoV-2), including the experience of physical and social isolation that this causes. Method: An exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out with quantitative methodology. In order to determine construct validity, an exploratory factor analysis was performed, as well as the identification of the total and factor reliability coefficients. For convergent validation, a Pearson correlation analysis was used between IREN-35 and Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire. The validation process was carried out during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in Mexico, in phase two of the virus's spread. Results: The global results indicate that the IREN-35 is a valid and reliable instrument to identify negative emotions, and presents a good psychometric performance in the adult Mexican population. The instrument consists of four factors with a global Cronbach's alpha of .96: 1) Negative emotions due to "physical" and/or social distancing; 2) Emotions due to "loss" of stability or well-being; 3) Emotions due to perceived "threat"; and 4) Emotions due to perception of intense "danger". Discussion or conclusion: The IREN-35 has a preventive utility in the sense that it can identify the presence of disturbing emotions, likely to contribute -with the passage of time and if their intensity increases-in the formation of some type of emotional distress (factor 1), or depressive disorder (factor 2), anxiety disorder (factor 3), trauma or stress factors (factor 4) in the context of a pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to identify how participants manage technical difficulties during online collaborative learning. We analyze the participation framework in a corpus composed of 30 hours of online collaborative learning among students of an Andean university, their professor, and international experts. The internet-based IT platform used was ZOOM. We present a multimodal interaction of verbal and body language in collaborative activity for the analysis of moment-by-moment evolving social interaction. Also using conversation analysis, we focus on the ways in which participants interact with their words and their non-lexical expression. Thanks to this methodology, we describe the moment-by-moment interactional work performed in collaborative activity. We have observed how technical difficulties generate social unrest and negative emotions shared among participants. In many cases, these difficulties generate conflicts between participants. We describe how negative emotions are shown in mixed contexts, and how users solved these during online collaborative learning. This study contributes to previous knowledge on the importance of multimodal interaction in displaying engagement and organizing courses of action in meeting settings by analyzing the multimodal construction of one specific situation, that is, a conflict caused by technical issues and managed between users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The arrival of a new-born baby drastically changes the parents' lives. Several authors have reached the conclusion that this vital event can even lead to a post-traumatic stress disorder. This fact is especially relevant when it comes to correctly coping with this situation. The role played by the emotions involved in this process as well as the stress suffered by parents experiencing such a change are recognized by previous studies. In this paper, we carried out a comparative study between the emotions and stressful situations experienced by preterm and term babies' progenitors. The results show how the group of parents of preterm babies is more affected by stress and negative emotions. In this sense, the spectrum widens to an almost unprecedented relevant field in psychological research that allows us to see how the parents of premature children experience this circumstance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The university context is a complex space that can enhance the personal development of students, but it can also stimulate negative emotional experiences. This study was aimed at exploring negative affectivity levels in university students. Probabilistic sampling was used. The sample was composed of 1,377 students who completed the Experiential Self-Report. A univariate descriptive analysis, a two-step cluster analysis, a categorical principal components analysis and decision trees were used. Results revealed low levels of negative affectivity. Students were divided into 2 groups according to the intensity with which they experienced various negative emotions, with a higher presence of women in the cluster with worse results. Sadness and distress proved to be the best predictors of negative affectivity in university students. The results obtained are the first steps towards designing preventive strategies and promoting mental health in the university context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The main objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between different sociodemographic characteristics, optimism and subjective well-being (SWB) in a sample of Mexican undergraduate students from the University of San Luis Potosi. Additionally, we have tried to identify which specific life domains influenced more on global well-being and how the optimism could explain well-being. Data were collected of 299 participants aged between 17 and 49 years old (M= 19.38; SD= 3.19) through a semi structured interview, considering different relevant sociodemographic characteristics. Dispositional optimism was evaluated using the Life Orientation Test Revised (Scheier, Carver & Bridges, 1994). Subjective well-being included the following measures: Happiness (Subjective Happiness Scale de Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999), Life Satisfaction (Satisfaction with Life Scale from Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985), Positive and Negative Emotions (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule from Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988) and Satisfaction with different Life Domains: Job/ Studies, Partner, Health and Leisure (Marrero, Carballeira & Rodríguez, 2007). Through the Test for Kendall's Tau-b, the relationship between sociodemographic variables, optimism and well-being indicators was analysed. The results showed moderate associations between gender and studies satisfaction, life satisfaction, happiness and optimism. Also, the fact of having a sentimental relationship was related to partner satisfaction; and the job situation was associated with life satisfaction. Pearson correlational analyses between the eight well-being indicators and the optimism showed that all the well-being variables were related each other. Optimism was more associated to all the measures of SWB than the sociodemographic variables; and the relationships of optimism with global measures of well-being were greater than those with the specific life domains. In order to deep in this association between optimism and well-being, the sample was split in three groups in function of the level of optimism. A MANOVA was made to compare the means of well-being, finding that those participants with high and medium optimism, vs. those with low optimism, reported more life satisfaction and positive emotions, lower negative emotions and more satisfaction in all the specific life domains. The MANCOVA, taking the gender as a covariant, showed similar findings. Finally, Multiple Regression Analyses were applied to know the influence of the different specific life domains on the global components of well-being: happiness and life satisfaction. The results showed that all the specific domains were relevant for both criteria variables, but studies satisfaction was the more powerful predictor. In the new multiple regression analyses, the optimsm was included and explained a higher percentage of variance than the measures of satisfaction with life domains, especially in the case of happiness as the criteria. These findings suggested that optimism is a relevant personality trait to improve subjective well-being of individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This reflection paper aims to summarize the empirical evidence about the efficitiveness of the strategies based on mindfulness and the emotional intelligence (EI) oriented to solve problems which make possible to show negative emotions. In addition, this paper also proposes future challenges in order to distinguish the proposal that these two coping strategies (emotional inteligence and mindfulness) have at the time of managing and adapting to the experiencies of such emotions. The methodology used focuses on identifying experimental studies which have assessed the effect of programs directed to develop emotional intelligence and mindfulness. Finally, new types of research are proposed for futures studies which will be able to give answers to the current questions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper aims at reviewing the empirical work which links psychosocial factors with cardiac disease and was published between 1980 and 2010. The literature search was conducted systematically, on databases and was completed manually on the basis of reference lists. Finally, 59 scientific articles were selected and analyzed thematically in accordance to the aim of this review. The conclusion is that there is an extensive theoretical corpus that supports the association between psychosocial factors and coronary disease. This justifies the appearance for behavioral cardiology as the branch of psychology which studies these factors in relation to cardiac disease. This paper presents suggestions for future research in connection to these topics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Fear, sadness, anger and disgust are considered affective states, that when they become frequent and intense, adversely affect the quality of life. Consequently, negative emotions are regarded as one of the key risk factors in physical and mental illness. Firstly, this article aims to define precisely concepts and key features of each emotion. The second objective of this paper is to show a synthesis of scientific findings supporting the influence of emotional factors, especially classic negative emotions in the process of health and disease. These psychophysiological phenomena have been associated with mental and physical illness as influencing variables in its initiation, development and maintenance. Therefore, the paper reviews some of the links between these four negative emotions and mental disorders. It also reviews the evidence supporting the influence of negative emotions in the development of risk behaviors to physical health. Finally, we describe some data supporting the impact of psychophysiological activation of emotions in organic systems, such as, for instance, immunity, tumor processes and so on. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to evaluate the health-related quality of life, the Coping Strategies, and the negative emotions in 28 patients of both genders with diagnosis of different types of cancer in chemotherapy treatment, of Medicancer's Institute from Medellin, Colombia. The questionnaires used were: EORTC QLQ-C30 that measures Life Quality, the CAE that evaluates Coping Strategies and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale. Results showed a good quality of life both in the Functional extents and in that of disease symptoms. In relation to Coping Strategies, it was demonstrated that the avoidance coping and the Positive Reappraisal were most used, while the overt emotional expression that was the least used. Finally, clinical significant levels of anxiety-depression were not observed in the patients with cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]