Emotional Conflict Research Articles

Influence of Stress to Achievement Motivation and SWB: Basis for a CBT-Based Program

The college years are stressful for many students. Their sources of stress include pressure from academic, family problems, and social, emotional, and physical stressors. Lack of ability to withstand stress leads to new behavioral patterns, resulting in further stress and problems. Thus, the student’s failure to resolve problems causes ongoing emotional conflicts that affect their wellbeing and reduce achievement motivation. This study investigated the relationship of stress on achievement motivation and subjective well-being among twenty-two student scholars from the De La Salle University in Manila and Laguna, Philippines. Using quantitative correlational research design, three assessment tools were used to measure the variables: Revised-Achievement Motivation Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale [SWLS], and Positive Affect-Negative Affect Scale [PANAS]. The Stress data was culled from the SAS1000 Course Module containing a Stress Test. Data analysis revealed a nonsignificant and positive relationship between stress and achievement motivation (r=.093; P=.681); a significant negative relationship between stress and satisfaction with life (r=-.474; P=.026), a nonsignificant negative relationship between stress and Positive Affect (r=-.056; P=.805); and a nonsignificant positive relationship between stress and Negative Affect (r= .178; P=.428). Findings showed that the student scholars’ stress is significantly related to satisfaction with life which is the cognitive component of SWB. These data will serve as a basis for developing a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based program for the Student Scholars.

The influence of children's emotional comprehension on peer conflict resolution strategies.

Peer conflicts commonly happen in children's daily interaction, and strategies they employed to deal with the conflicts have an impact on peer conflict resolution. It has been illustrated that children's understanding of emotion plays an important role in social communication. However, there is little research focusing on the relation between emotional comprehension and peer conflict resolution strategies. In this study, 90 children of 3 to 6 finished the Test of Emotional Comprehension, and their preschool teachers were required to complete the Conflict Resolution Strategy Questionnaire, which scored each child's conflict resolution strategies. The results showed that: (a) the preference of conflict resolution strategies differed in age, and girls tended to adopt positive strategies; (b) children's emotional comprehension grew with age; and (c) children's conflict resolution strategies and emotional comprehension were closely related. Children's emotional comprehension can positively predict the overall conflict resolution strategies and negatively predicted negative strategies, whereas mental emotional comprehension can positively predict positive strategies. The factors affecting children's emotional comprehension and conflict resolution strategies, and their relationship were discussed in depth.

The effect of psychological mirroring in telecommunicative dialogue

In this work we investigate the phenomenon of emotional mirroring using remotely diagnosed dynamic parameters of facial expressions. The research is based on the fact that mirroring is the subconscious adjustment and copying of the dynamics of another person. We considered a reflection of face expression as a reproduction of emotions of one person by another. To obtain this behavior we used an induced cognitive–emotional conflict in the process of telecommunication dialogue. The conflict was initiated by a psychologist or by short videoclips with surprise endings. Since the communication in a telecommunication form limits non-verbal information about the interlocutor with respect to the normal dialogue, we have also investigated the hypothesis of whether the phenomenon of mirroring is detectable in such conditions. We developed a computer program using VGG16-based artificial neural network to mark people’s emotional reactions in video data automatically. The processed material consisted of 24 interview recordings with the participants of both genders and three qualified expert psychologists. We used different types of interviews: interviews based on self-attitude techniques, problematic interviews based on transactional analysis, free reasoning about controversial and topical situations. The communication topics were selected with respect to the age and other indicators of the group of participants. It was found that the parameters of facial expressions of the participant and the experimenter (psychologist) identified by the program strongly correlate with emotions such as happiness, sadness and surprise. Notable negative correlations were found between the parameters of the happiness of participant and fear of psychologist, sad of the participant and happiness of the psychologist, sad of psychologist and surprise of the participant. A direct relationship between sad of participant and fear of psychologist was detected. All of the identified correlations appear both in the situation with and without cognitive–emotional conflict. However, the degree of their manifestation was quite different for these two cases.

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The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Conflict Management Strategies From the Nurse Managers' Perspective.

Everyday nursing work inevitably involves conflict. Healthcare workers may experience this as a result of diverse human beliefs, knowledge, values, or emotions. In order to effectively manage and lead the nursing staff in hospitals, a multitasking leader with a wide range of abilities is needed. Multiple elements, such as the leader's personality and overall workplace conditions, might influence effective managerial leadership. Effective management leadership is affected by multiple factors, such as the personality of the leader, the general conditions in the workplace, and the quality characteristics of employees. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and conflict management strategies from the head nurses' perspective. Methods The study utilized a quantitative, cross-sectional correlation design. Twenty-one hospitals in the Aseer region that are affiliated with the Saudi Ministry of Health were included in this study. A non-probability sample consisted of 210 head nurses who have at least one year of experience working as head nurses or with managerial experience. An online questionnaire involving three sections - socio-demographic, trait emotional intelligence, and conflict management - were used. Results The study revealed that the level of emotional intelligence was average and that the level of conflict management strategies was high. Approximately three-quarters of the sample studied were female (78.1%), and for an educational level, the majority of participants had a bachelor's degree (62.4%). Regarding the working departments, 34.3% were in general wards, while 23.3% worked in critical care. Approximately two-thirds (62%) of the sample were married; 63.8% of the participants were Saudi, and 49% had fewer than three children. Also, gender identity and emotional intelligence were significantly correlated statistically. Likewise, the level of monthly income, marital status, and nationality are significantly correlated with conflict management strategies. Conclusions In the current study, emotional intelligence has no statistical correlation with strategies for resolving conflicts. While the relationship between subdomains of both main variables was negative, that ruled out an important positive relationship between cooperation and well-being. Teaching nurse managers about emotional intelligence might help them more effectively handle conflicts at work. Likewise, employing emotional intelligence practices requires nurse managers to lead by example, teaching their teams how to regulate their emotions and resolve frequent workplace conflicts.

The Worlds We Leave Behind by A. F. Harrold

Reviewed by: The Worlds We Leave Behind by A. F. Harrold Adam McConville Harrold, A. F. The Worlds We Leave Behind; illus. by Levi Pinfold. Bloomsbury, 2023 [256p] Trade ed. ISBN 9781547610952 $17.99 E-book ed. ISBN 9781547610969 $12.59 Reviewed from digital galleys R Gr 5-8 Hex didn’t mean to make the little girl fall off the rope swing—the stone he threw was meant for his friend, Tommo—but now she’s lying in the creek, her arm broken. While Tommo rushes to get help, Hex flees the scene, leaving behind a mysterious old woman and dog that only he could see. What follows as the week unfolds is a cautionary tale of consequences and revenge, but also new possibilities, as Hex, Tommo, and the little girl’s older sister, Maria, become tangled in the web of a reality-shifting entity. Harrold hones in on the emotional stakes of late adolescence in this British import, with characters struggling to take accountability for their [End Page 224] impulsive actions as they leave childhood behind. Shifting perspectives coupled with third-person omniscient writing keep readers attuned to familial difficulties and emotional conflicts as the five days progress, making retributory punches and magical bargains for revenge understandable, if not justifiable. The message of forgiveness isn’t subtle, but it’s packaged in a well-delivered tragedy; while all the characters grow from their mistakes, the ends they meet are not always happy. Pin-fold’s stark, black-and-white illustrations sell the tone, lending an ominous feeling to mundane scenes of English neighborhoods that give way to gnarled woods and hair-raising encounters with the villain. The reveal of sci-fi elements in the third act will surprise those primed for a trickster fantasy, but genre-flexible readers who enjoyed the darkly folkloric tone of Paradise Sands (BCCB 11/22) will find shivers, philosophical musings, and an ambiguous ending on offer here. Copyright © 2023 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Emotional Intelligences Influence on Confrontation Resolving Skills of Principals at School Administration

Background: School consists of complex network of social relations, built and maintained by bridging the gap between significant behavioral modifications. The quality of these relations defines the organizational culture. Thus, administrative atmosphere depends upon social skills as communication, attitude and response of their co-worker. Aim: The purpose of this study was to observe the relationship between school principal’s emotional intelligence and confrontational resolving skills. Method: Partial correlation was conducted to survey the degree of relationships between principal’s emotional intelligence and confrontational resolving skills for the effect of school as an administration, Data analysis was utilized to examine the combined effect of principal’s emotional intelligence quotient and confrontational resolving skills on principal’s achievement. The study population consisted of 72 school principals and 732 teachers within Batticaloa District schools in Sri Lanka. Quantitative data were collected and openly available consistent test pass percentage data. Findings: The data examination using SPSS and MS Excel showed that the principals have a very high or a high emotional intelligence and they generally use collaborating style of conflict resolution. Emotional Intelligence (EI) and conflict resolution styles (CRS) are 75% related with each other.

A Clinical-Oriented Non-Severe Depression Diagnosis Method Based on Cognitive Behavior of Emotional Conflict

To improve the diagnosis accuracy of non-severe depression (NSD), this article proposes a diagnosis method of NSD based on cognitive behavior of emotional conflict. First, the original classification features are constructed based on the cognitive behavior of emotional conflict and statistical distribution, and a classification normalization method is proposed to preprocess the feature data. Then, the relief algorithm and principal component analysis (PCA) are recruited for feature processing. Finally, four classifiers [ <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$k$ </tex-math></inline-formula> -nearest neighbor (KNN), support vector machine (SVM), kernel extreme learning machine (KELM), and random forest (RF)] are used to classify NSD patients and normal subjects. The test results show that among all the classifiers, RF achieves the highest classification sensitivity and specificity of 92% and 88%, respectively. Compared with the results of other NSD diagnosis methods in recent years, it has a better performance. The diagnostic method for NSD proposed in this article has obvious performance advantages and provides technical support for improving the accuracy of clinical depression diagnosis. Furthermore, it also provides a new idea and method for the diagnosis and screening of depression.

The effects of executive functions on language control during Chinese-English emotional word code-switching.

Executive functions (EFs) have great impact on language control indexed by language switch costs during production-based language switching. Yet, how they influence language control during comprehension-based language switching between embodied first language (L1, Chinese) emotional words and less embodied second language (L2, English) emotional words is less understood. Employing an emotional priming paradigm, this study recruited Chinese-English bilinguals as participants, and used emotional faces and words as experimental materials to explore the effects of cool [i.e., inhibitory control ability, IC ability] and hot (i.e., emotional valence and emotional congruency) EFs on language switch costs (i.e., language control) during Chinese-English emotional word comprehension. The results showed larger language switch costs in the emotional congruent condition relative to emotional conflict condition, larger Chinese switch costs than English switch costs, and larger language switch costs for negative over positive emotional words in the emotional congruent condition. In addition, high-IC participants showed larger English switch costs for negative emotional words compared with low-IC participants. These results indicated that hot EF and the embodiment of language had an impact on both language control and the modulation of cool EF on language control, and that the components of hot EFs interacted and jointly affected language control during language switching.

“Learn to Conserve Your Passion and Care”: Exploring the Emotional Labor of Special-Post Teachers in Rural China

In recent decades, the growing trend of post-structuralist research on teacher emotional labor has offered a discursive lens to elucidate rural teachers’ identities and their teaching practices. To date, however, few studies have explored the emotional labor of special-post teachers in rural China. Through a post-structuralist framework, this study aimed to explore the emotional labor of special-post teachers. Ethnographic qualitative data from a rural primary school in northern China showed that special-post teachers experienced various emotional conflicts embedded in multiple discourses. As teaching experience increases, special-post teachers obtain agentive emotional and practical responses to lighten their negative emotional burden for work. The findings suggested that the role overload and conflicts of special-post teachers were especially prominent in the social context of the urban–rural dichotomy. Emotional reflexivity and vulnerability of special-post teachers in their identity construction as educator, professional-service-provider, and also passer-by were also discussed.

Insights on Metrosexuality and Consumption for Marketers in South-East Europe

This article explores the emergence of metrosexuals among millennial men in five South-East Europe (SEE) countries and their subculture of consumption. It qualitatively studies their beliefs about masculinity and metrosexuality, and it identifies their purchasing behaviours’ of grooming products online and offline by employing digital extended self-theory to provide strategic guidance for marketers and new insights for academics. This qualitative study includes ten semi-structured in-depth interviews and one hundred qualitative open-ended questionnaires. Additionally, it employs netnography to analyze the subculture of consumption of male metrosexuality in two representative blogs. The findings reveal that SEE millennial men embrace a dual identity, a traditional masculine identity, which co-exists with their metrosexuality, creating an emotional conflict as they differ along an accepted to extreme continuum. Metrosexual men are heavy users of personal grooming products favouring online purchasing (1) due to the frequent lack of retail availability in SEE countries and (2) their sense of embarrassment––the underlying emotional conflict. This study directly challenges the existing academic literature, which supports the dominance of traditional masculine identity among developing countries. For both marketers and academics, it presents a different market reality. Metrosexual males show a distinctly different self-identity online from offline. Social media provides them with a safe space, which is often subject to public embarrassment in offline settings. These findings have note-worthy implications for marketing practitioners including communication messaging, social media strategy, brand identity and presence, and product development. They provide insights for both practitioners and academics regarding the subculture of consumption of metrosexuals in the historically macho male-dominated SEE regions.

Kartografirovanie bazovykh i moralnykh emotsiy pozhilykh zhiteley “depressivnykh” territoriy kak odin iz instrumentov preduprezhdeniya emotsionalnykh konfliktov

The article presents an overview of the main theoretical approaches to the origins of the notions of “basic” and “moral” emotions, and the correlation of emotions and space in such scientific fields as cultural anthropology, sociology, and psychology, starting from the 1980s. Also, the article provides examples of contemporary research which utilizes the visualization of basic and moral emotions by means of applications and computer software as a method of studying the emotional image of the city (cities). In 2017–2022, the author created emotion maps of semi-abandoned Vorzogory and Maloshuika villages and Komsomolsky settlement of the Arkhangelsk region (northern Russia), based on anonymous questionnaires among their permanent senior residents. Mapping of emotions made it possible to visualize problem emotional loci, to reveal the existence of emotional segregation and places of mixed emotions, and to determine the borders of emotional environments. As a result of field observations and analysis of travel blogs, the author concludes that there is a “a conflict of emotions”, i.e. a contradiction between the basic and moral emotions. Not only places of basic emotions, such as anxiety and disgust, but also places of moral emotions, such as pride and shame, require preventive work, aimed at avoiding potential community conflicts, as well as conflicts between the local populations and tourists/migrants, preserving emotional health of senior citizens, and in the end, promoting sustainable development of local communities.

ВІДГОМІН СЕЛЯНСЬКОЇ КАТАСТРОФИ: КОЛЕКТИВІЗАЦІЯ ТА ГОЛОДОМОР В ІСТОРИЧНІЙ ПАМ’ЯТІ ПРИАЗОВСЬКИХ БОЛГАР

The article explores the socio-economic transformations of the 1920s and 1930s in a Bulgarian village in the Northern Azov region, drawing on oral histories. It elucidates the mechanism behind the construction of the "collectivization" image in the historical memory of Ukrainian Bulgarians. The thesis posits the existence of a distinct corpus of oral narratives as an alternative historical and cultural model, contrasting with the official Soviet narrative of "modernization". The narrative portrays the disintegration of the peasant community and the instigation of an atmosphere of mistrust and fear, as recounted in personal stories. The study identifies historical memory narratives about violent collectivization as influential in shaping a complex of socially significant personal stories among Bulgarians in the Northern Azov region. Moreover, by integrating documentary evidence on collectivization and the Holodomor in southern Ukraine, the article highlights the informational potential of oral historical sources. Specifically, it reconstructs the primary stages of the Soviet authorities' defragmentation of peasant society through economic and non-economic pressures. The authors illustrate the process of forming and actively navigating the informational environment among the Bulgarian population in the Northern Azov region, depicting verbal images of collectivization functionaries/activists and the "silent mass" of victims of the economic system's collapse during the Holodomor. The article also delves into the phenomenon of emotional and cultural conflict within the historical memory structure, particularly concerning "Komsomol" functionaries. This investigation considers the respondents' narrative structuring and the establishment of cause-and-effect relationships. Conclusively, the authors assert that the transmission of past images to the younger generation occurred with corresponding emotional and value attitudes, particularly towards disarmament, collectivization, and the Holodomor. These attitudes were notably reinvigorated during the 1990s-2000s, influenced by socio-political and economic transformations.

TMS site connectivity to an anxiosomatic network predicts improvements in emotional conflict regulation

TMS site connectivity to an anxiosomatic network predicts improvements in emotional conflict regulation

Explaining mothers’ experiences of performing fetal health screening tests in the first trimester of pregnancy: A qualitative study with content analysis approach

BackgroundThe only way to prevent the birth of infants with chromosomal disorders is prenatal diagnosis. Prenatal diagnosis of fetal abnormalities is a critical and stressful emotional event for pregnant women which is accompanied with worry and concern. The aim of the present study was to gain deeper insights into mothers’ experiences of performing fetal health screening tests. MethodsThis was a qualitative research using a conventional content analysis approach. The study population consisted of pregnant women referring to genetic diagnosis laboratories at 11–19 weeks of gestation who were currently in the third trimester of pregnancy. After selecting the participants, a text message was first sent to the mothers and they were asked about the most appropriate time for the interview. At the arranged time, a video call was made with the mother. The data collection method was discovery interviews (Semi-structured interviews). The analysis model used in this study was based on Granheim and Landman’s method. The manuscript was prepared based on Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies check list for qualitative studies. ResultsFrom a total of 11 interviews, 145 initial codes were obtained which were organized into 3 main categories: Worry and stress; Multi-faceted support; and Conflict between fear and hope. These categories included nine subcategories, namely Concern about the child's disability, Fear of intentional termination of pregnancy, Financial costs, Need for medical support, Husband support, Educational support, Peer support, Fear-hope emotional conflict caused by confirmed diagnosis of fetal abnormalities, and Normal test results. ConclusionAccording to the results of this study, mothers who go for a fetal health screening test and receive suspicious results initially, live in a state of fear and hope until they receive a definitive answer. In order to get rid of their worries and concerns, they need external support such as social support and peer support in addition to the support of their husbands and family.

The neural correlates of emotional conflict monitoring as an early manifestation of affective and cognitive declines in persons with Type 2 diabetes.

Patients with Type 2 diabetes are known to be more susceptible to experience dementia and depression/anxiety. The neural circuits of emotional conflict monitoring, as indicated by a Stroop task, might become altered in terms of cognitive and affective impairments in diabetes. This study investigated alterations in the emotional conflict monitoring and associations of corresponding brain activities with metabolic parameters in persons with Type 2 diabetes. Participants with normal cognitive and affective functioning, including 40 persons with Type 2 diabetes and 30 non-diabetes control subjects, underwent a functional MRI paradigm with the face-word emotional Stroop task and detailed cognitive and affective assessments, including the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Beck Anxiety Inventory. Compared with the controls, people with diabetes exhibited stronger emotional interference, as indicated by differential reaction times between congruent and incongruent trials (Δcon). Δcon was correlated with Montreal Cognitive Assessment test scores and fasting glucose levels. People with diabetes demonstrated altered brain activation and functional connectivity in the neural network for emotional conflict monitoring. The neural network for emotional conflict monitoring mediated the association of pancreatic function with anxiety scores as well as the relationship between Δcon and Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores. Results suggested that alterations in the neural network underlying emotional conflict monitoring might present before clinically measurable cognitive and affective decrements were apparent, thereby bridging the gap between dementia and anxiety/depression in persons with diabetes.

Video telehealth emotional awareness and expression therapy for older U.S. military veterans with chronic pain: A pilot study

ABSTRACT Objectives Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) targets trauma and emotional conflict to reduce or eliminate chronic pain, but video telehealth administration is untested. This uncontrolled pilot assessed acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of group-based video telehealth EAET (vEAET) for older veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Methods Twenty veterans were screened, and 16 initiated vEAET, delivered as one 60-minute individual session and eight 90-minute group sessions. Veterans completed posttreatment satisfaction ratings and pain severity (primary outcome), pain interference, anxiety, depression, functioning, social connectedness, shame, and anger questionnaires at baseline, posttreatment, and 2-month follow-up. Results Satisfaction was high, and veterans attended 7.4 (SD = 0.6) of 8 group sessions; none discontinued treatment. Veterans attained significant, large reductions in pain severity from baseline to posttreatment (p < .001, Hedges’ g = −1.54) and follow-up (p < .001, g = −1.20); 14 of 16 achieved clinically significant (≥ 30%) pain reduction, and 3 achieved 90–100% pain reduction. Secondary outcomes demonstrated significant, medium-to-large improvements. Conclusions In this small sample, vEAET produced better attendance, similar benefits, and fewer dropouts than in-person EAET in prior studies. Larger, controlled trials are needed. Clinical Implications Group vEAET appears feasible and highly effective for older veterans with chronic pain.

Function without feeling: neural reactivity and intercommunication during flexible motor adjustments evoked by emotional and neutral stimuli.

Motor conflicts arise when we need to quickly overwrite prepotent behavior. It has been proposed that affective stimuli modulate the neural processing of motor conflicts. However, previous studies have come to inconsistent conclusions regarding the neural impact of affective information on conflict processing. We employed functional magnetic resonance imaging during a Go/Change-Go task, where motor conflicts were either evoked by neutral or emotionally negative stimuli. Dynamic causal modeling was used to investigate how motor conflicts modulate the intercommunication between the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and the anterior insula (AI) as 2 central regions for cognitive control. Conflicts compared to standard actions were associated with increased BOLD activation in several brain areas, including the dorsal ACC and anterior insula. There were no differences in neural activity between emotional and non-emotional conflict stimuli. Conflicts compared to standard actions lowered neural self-inhibition of the ACC and AI and led to increased effective connectivity from the ACC to AI contralateral to the acting hand. Thus, our study indicates that neural conflict processing is primarily driven by the functional relevance of action-related stimuli, not their inherent affective meaning. Furthermore, it sheds light on the role of interconnectivity between ACC and AI for the implementation of flexible behavioral change.

Ratings or Sales? The Neural and Psychological Processes of Online Experience Product Purchase: Evidence from a Sample of Chinese University Students.

Extrinsic cues are ubiquitous in daily commodity consumption scenarios, not to mention online consumption scenarios. Among the many online cues, monthly sales and product ratings are two of the most representative. Some scholars have researched the impact of these cues on consumer decision making, but only search products have been investigated. Based on previous research, this article expanded the types of products to experience products and further explored consumer purchase behaviours and the underlying purchase processes influenced by these two extrinsic cues with the assistance of a neuroscience tool, event-related potentials (ERPs). The behavioural results indicated that the subjects decided mainly based on ratings, while the effect of sales was continuously inhibited. The ERP results further suggested that consumers recognised low ratings and low sales as more negative stimuli than high ratings and high sales, as larger P2 amplitudes were observed. Following the early processing of these cues, low ratings were considered unacceptable and evoked more significant emotional conflicts than high ratings, which was reflected by larger N400 amplitudes. Moreover, in the late stage, high ratings, which activated evaluation categorisation and produced more significant emotional arousal than low-rating conditions, guided the formation of purchase intention and reflected greater LPP amplitudes. Theoretical and managerial implications were discussed.

Fundamental dimensions of personality and emotional intelligence in people with psoriasis (comparative study)

Research into the fundamental dimensions of personality and emotional intelligence in people with psoriasis is particularly current and important in conditions of high psychological morbidity among patients with skin diseases. The complexity of this topic lies in the large number of individual and contextual characteristics that influence the onset and progression of psoriasis. Emotional intelligence is a complex construct that takes center stage in the management of dermatology. Its role is particularly emphasized when we refer to the defense mechanisms of emotional conflict that can be activated through the perception, assimilation, understanding, and control of emotions.