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Managing emotions in situations of suffering – how do we manage negative emotions when they are triggered by our personal decision?

dc.contributor.authorVeiga-Branco, Augusta
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Ana Almeida
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-10T17:15:28Z
dc.date.available2012-05-10T17:15:28Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractManaging Emotions as an Emotional Intelligence capacity (Mayer-Salovey, 1997) has presented a significant correlation with Emotional Competence (r=.679; α=.68) and (r=.69.5; α=.80) (Veiga-Branco, 2004; 2007) in previous quantitative studies. This study contribute to explain how Managing of Negative Emotions occurs, but, only caused by personal decisions. Aim: To acknowledge the causes and consequences of Negative Emotions Management when triggered by personal decisions. Method: Qualitative cross-retrospective study using the "grounded theory“ methodology, conducted with semi-structured interviews in a 58 teachers sample from primary and secondary education, aged 26 to 59 years. We then proceeded to a Categorical Analysis, where the respective discursive content was analyzed. From this, a categorical tree emerged, revealing the subjects' decisions in quite negative life contexts, their Emotional Experiences and Emotional Management Strategies. Conclusions/Results: Categorical analysis, presents several situations of life, rather violent and painful decisions, with strong negative emotions. The general category: "Fracture of Life Context" expressed as: "...this cut my journey of life..." or "this happened ... and turned my life upside down," generated three sub-categories: 1. Obliged to take the decision to "...amputate a body part of someone (a relative)" in the contexts of surgery. Emotional Experiences: violent feelings of guilt, shame, deep and oppressive anguish. Emotional Management Strategies: rational self-concentration in trying to maintain life. 2. Forced to take the decision to "abandon the family" to have a better job/salary. Emotional Experiences: Feeling of guilt, insomnia, daily irritability, revolt. Emotional Management Strategies: Focus on quality instead of quantity time and enjoy all the family moments. 3. Decide to "...freeze the last embryo, after 4 years of unsuccessful fertilization procedures" Emotional Experiences: permanent expectation, anxiety, tachycardia, anorexia. Emotional Management Strategies: Control of deep breathing, rationally working on one’s personal calmness, keeping hope.por
dc.identifier.citationVeiga-Branco, Augusta; Almeida-Correia, Ana (2011). Managing emotions in situations of suffering – how do we manage negative emotions when they are triggered by our personal decision?. Center for Crosscultural Research and Development of Emotional and Social Competences. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka. ISBN 978-953-6104-79-6, p. 112por
dc.identifier.isbn978-953-6104-79-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/6892
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherCenter for Crosscultural Research and development of Emotional and Social Competences. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijekapor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.icei2011.org/pdf/ICEI2011-Book_of_Abstracts.pdfpor
dc.subjectManaging emotionspor
dc.subjectFracture of contextpor
dc.subjectEmotional managementpor
dc.titleManaging emotions in situations of suffering – how do we manage negative emotions when they are triggered by our personal decision?por
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceOpatija, Croatiapor
oaire.citation.endPage112por
oaire.citation.startPage112por
oaire.citation.titlelll International Congress of Emotional Intelligencepor
person.familyNameVeiga-Branco
person.givenNameAugusta
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