Emotional Meaning Research Articles

POLYCHROMATIC PARADIGMS: THE SEMIOTICS OF COLOUR IN TAMIL CINEMATIC NARRATIVES

Colour plays an essential role in the visual narrative of Tamil cinema, not only enhancing the aesthetic appeal but also acting as a symbolic tool that conveys deeper emotional, cultural, and thematic meanings. Rooted in Tamil Nadu’s rich cultural traditions, the colours used in Tamil films often carry symbolic meanings derived from religion, folklore, and socio-political themes. This research paper explores the application of colour theory in Tamil cinema, examining how directors employ colour to evoke emotions, highlight socio-political contexts, and reflect cultural values unique to Tamil audiences. By studying specific colours and their repeated motifs across films, this paper investigates how Tamil cinema translates cultural symbolism into visual narratives that resonate deeply with audiences.Through case studies of iconic Tamil films such as Alaipayuthey, Paruthiveeran, Super Deluxe, Kaaka Muttai, Vada Chennai and Asuran, this paper decodes the language of colour in Tamil cinema, highlighting how directors like Mani Ratnam, Ameer Sultan, Thiagarajan Kumararaja and Vetrimaaran use colour palettes not only to define characters but also to convey underlying social commentary. The paper further explores the impact of digital technology in transforming colour grading and its effect on the stylistic choices available to filmmakers. By analyzing these films and colour usage, this study provides insights into how Tamil cinema integrates traditional cultural cues with modern filmmaking techniques, offering a visual language that enhances narrative depth and audience engagement.

Art Vandalism and Heritage: Meaning-Making Processes of Climate Activists’ Performance in Museums

ABSTRACT In the landmark year of 2022, climate activists staged 38 heritage performances in museums and galleries worldwide to raise awareness about the pressing threats of global warming and climate crises. This article explores the advantages that heritage offers to climate activists for conveying their message and analyzes their performances within the framework of heritage. Having redefined art vandalism and suggested new terminology, the research examines all recorded incidents in 2022, with a detailed case study of the “Letzte Generation” group in Germany, who chose the Barberini Museum to throw mashed potatoes on Monet’s Meules. The group’s performance is analyzed through Professor Laurajane Smith’s concept of “heritage as performance,” demonstrating different layers of metaphorical, social, and emotional meaning.

Прагматический потенциал прозвищ в произведениях Юй Хуа

This article is aimed at identifying a complex of pragmatic, emotional and value meanings of nicknames that allow the writer to influence the reader. The study is based on three novels by Yu Hua – Brothers, To Live, and Chronicle of a Blood Merchant – and their Russian translations. Twenty-five fragments were analysed; the specificity of the main characters’ nicknames was identified in terms of the pragmatic function they perform. It is shown that the process of integration ↔ separation and extraction ↔ filling (the rules of language unit use are being constantly updated and changed) of unique linguistic phenomena – nicknames – is inherently pragmatic. The article presents the author’s concept of nicknames, demonstrates the difference between nicknames and common names (social, family-related) and emphasizes the practical importance of nicknames (distribution, communication, symbolic figure, cultural characteristics) in prose. The novelty of the study lies in describing the pragmatic functionality of nicknames in different contextual environments, which reveals the degree of productivity and creative potential of nicknames, highlights the close relationship of nicknames with the characteristics of the time period and heritage of traditional culture, as well as points out the role of nicknames (as cultural symbols) in achieving balance in group communication. As a result, the author identified the specificity of the origin of nicknames and the potential variability of their evaluation, which causes differences in the understanding of their true meaning. Therefore, studying the intrinsic functionality of nicknames as a vastly preferable and popular form of naming in literary works, public life and other spheres of society is essential.

The role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal: A meta-analytic review.

Cognitive reappraisal refers to the reinterpretation of a situation to alter its emotional meaning. Theoretically, executive functions (EFs), such as inhibition, updating, and shifting, are core elements of reappraisal processes. However, empirical studies have yielded inconsistent evidence as to whether and to what extent EFs are associated with reappraisal. To address this issue, we conducted a meta-analysis of the literature in which 179 effect sizes from 59 independent samples (N = 4,703) were included. Using random-effects metaregression with robust-variance estimates and small-sample corrections, we also examined whether variation in effect sizes could be accounted for by potential moderators, such as the way reappraisal was assessed (i.e., questionnaires vs. task-based measures) and the type of stimuli used in EF tasks (i.e., affective vs. nonaffective). Overall, results indicate relatively small to typical associations between reappraisal and all three EFs (rs = .13-.19). While the way reappraisal was measured did not moderate any of the relations between EF and reappraisal, we found stronger relations between inhibition and reappraisal when EF was assessed using tasks that involved affective, relative to nonaffective, stimuli. Our meta-analytic findings offer modest support for the idea that EFs are cognitive constituents of reappraisal processes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

CHAT MARKETING'S IMPACT ON CUSTOMER SUPPORT SATISFACTION IN FINANCIAL STARTUPS

The subject of this paper is the influence of chat marketing on customer support satisfaction. The purpose of the study is to determine the relationship between the use of chat marketing and customer support satisfaction, as well as to identify the essential factors that contribute to this relationship. Furthermore, this paper aims to provide theoretical insights into the influence of chat marketing on customer support satisfaction in financial startups. Many companies struggle to achieve the most efficient chat session and are uncertain about the best strategies, factors and types of chat to implement. Therefore, these findings will help financial startups to theoretically understand the aspects of chat marketing and customer support satisfaction. The object of this article is the impact of chat marketing on customer satisfaction, and the purpose is to reveal theoretical knowledge that will help identify the factors that contribute to chat marketing and customer satisfaction in financial startups. This paper discusses the importance of customer support for financial startups and the different approaches to providing customer support through emotional means. In addition, this paper highlights the importance of customer satisfaction through trust and commitment to build a positive relationship with the customer. Furthermore, this paper demonstrated the framework behind chat marketing, which includes the use of different tools such as live chat platforms, chatbots and live agents or human representatives that help to achieve customer satisfaction through customer support. Moreover, using methods such as: observation, survey and regression analysis, this paper has demonstrated the importance of customer centricity in the financial sector to provide key essentials for employees as incentives that maintain customer satisfaction, while ensuring the flexibility of real-time communication with chatbots or live agents, with the need to have the ease of use and flexibility and various other factors to contribute to customer support satisfaction. As a result, the paper emphasises that in order to increase customer satisfaction with financial start-ups, it is crucial to maintain a low response rate by providing fast and reliable customer assistance. Developing and regularly updating chatbots to facilitate smooth transitions to live agents in complex situations is essential. Implementing an effective ticketing system to automate and monitor issue resolution is essential, with a focus on resolving issues during chat interactions whenever possible. Adopting a hybrid strategy that combines live agents and chatbots helps to meet diverse customer needs in a timely manner. Investing in comprehensive training for live agents is necessary to ensure professional and timely service. In addition, continuous monitoring and analysis of customer feedback plays a key role in improving overall business performance.

TRANSLATING INTERTEXTUALITY AND EMOTIVE MEANING IN “A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS”

This article examines the translation of intertextuality and emotive meanings in Khaled Hosseini’s “A Thousand Splendid Suns” into Russian and Uzbek. It focuses on how references to other texts and emotional expressions are adapted to suit the cultural andlinguistic contexts of these languages. By analyzing specific passages, the study highlights the techniques used by translators to retain the novel's cultural depth and emotional impact. This comparative analysis demonstrates the importance of thoughtful translation in making literary works accessible and meaningful across different cultures.

Трансляция эмоций в аудиодескрипции к немецкоязычным детским анимационным фильмам

The aim of the study is to identify linguistic means and methods for representing emotions in specialized sound descriptions and commentaries (audio descriptions) intended for blind and visually impaired recipients and accompanying feature films. The article examines the features of a children’s ani-mated fairy tale film as a cinematographic genre. Considerable attention is paid to the characteristics of the film text as a semiotic system in which emotional meanings are formed at the verbal and non-verbal level. The scientific novelty of the study is due to the systematization of linguistic means that manifest basic emotions in the German-language audio description to the children’s animated film adaptation. As a result of the study, it was found that the transformation of visual emotional information into verbal information in the audio description text is based on the use of simple syntactic constructions, the models “verb + adjective”, “verb + adverb of manner”, “verb + participle”, as well as the use of phraseological units, colloquial expressions, similes and epithets, which is due to the age and sensory characteristics of young recipients with visual impairment, and serves to facilitate the perception of the transmitted information.

Aesthetics and symbolic meaning of ancient Chinese snowy landscapes from the IV to the XX century.

The article examines the aesthetic and symbolic aspects of ancient Chinese snowy landscapes, covering the period from the IV to the XX century. The focus of the research is Guohua painting, representing classic snowy landscapes, compositions with birds and flowers, as well as snow portraits. An in-depth analysis of the symbolism and meaning of elements such as "four seasons", "snow", "snowy mountains", "three friends of cold time" and "cold beasts" was carried out, as well as the narrative characteristics of snowy landscapes were studied. It was revealed that snow scenes reflect the vitality and stability of a person, causing reflections on life difficulties. The work highlights how snowy landscapes have become a means of expressing emotions, reflecting sadness, but also demonstrating strength, well-being, morality and the sublimity of cultural values. The study uses the methodology of symbolism and iconology analysis to study the aesthetics of ancient Chinese snowy landscapes. A comparative approach is applied to various eras and techniques, including ink painting and engraving, to assess the cultural and emotional meanings of snow in Chinese art. The research touches on a rarely covered topic in the history of art — the aesthetic and symbolic depth of ancient Chinese snowy landscapes, from the IV to the XX century. Introducing into scientific discourse a deep analysis of changes in the perception and image of snow, the work presents a comprehensive study using iconology and semiotics to uncover hidden meanings in Chinese Guohua painting. She reveals how artists have reflected the emotional and philosophical aspects of life through snowy landscapes, demonstrating their influence on cultural representations of nature, man and society. The innovation of the study lies in the fact that it connects the aesthetic elements of snow with cultural and historical changes in China, showing their importance for understanding Chinese identity and aesthetic perception. This study not only enriches the academic understanding of Chinese painting, but also highlights the layering of symbols and metaphors in traditional art, reflecting a unique combination of natural phenomena and cultural meanings.

Semantics Issue: Emotive Meaning of Netizens’ Comments of Gastrointestinal Disease Survivors on Instagram @Kakagastro

This study aims to describe the emotive meaning of netizens’ comments about survivors of gastrointestinal diseases on Instagram @kakagastro. This study uses a qualitative descriptive research method. The data in this study is in the form of screenshots in the form of comments written by followers of the @kakagastro account. The documentation method is used to obtain the data in the account. The data that has been obtained is then entered into the corpus of data that the researcher has previously designed. The results of the study show that three emotive meanings appear in the comments on the @kakagastro account. These emotive meanings, namely emotive meaning as an embodiment of worry, emotive meaning as an embodiment of social feelings, and emotive meaning as an embodiment of pleasure or happiness. The emotive meaning as a manifestation of worry comes from netizens who at that time were feeling anxious and afraid of the disease they were suffering from. This fear is manifested in the form of complaints and questions. The emotive meaning as a manifestation of social feeling comes from netizens' desire to consult about the illness they are suffering from. The consultation raises interaction and concern from the @kakagastro account with its followers. The emotive meaning of the embodiment of happiness is a meaning that arises because of the success of people with gastrointestinal diseases in consuming foods that should be prohibited. This success indicates that the healing process of gastrointestinal diseases is almost complete. Keywords: Instagram, emotive meaning, netizens

The ESP teaching and learning at the military academies in Ukraine: Psychological and sociocultural aspects

The article deals with the psychological and sociocultural aspects of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teaching and learning at the military academies in Ukraine. Considering the high-risk environment, the cadets will serve in after commission, it offers ways of using emotional means to facilitate the ESP learning as well as to keep up their motivation and will in order to develop appropriate abilities to perform professional functions in such hard conditions. The article proposes a range of exercises and activities at each ESP lesson stage (Introduction, Presentation, Practice, Application, Verification, and Conclusion) and develops the strategies contributing to cadets' learning motivation. The article also provides activities and actions for the teachers, which will help them to properly organize and conduct ESP courses for the military developing cadets as 'secondary communicative personalities' based on the military culture of the English-speaking countries. Both the psychological and sociocultural aspects of ESP teaching and learning are analyzed with the aim of improving cadets' professional training.

A multimodal approach to polysemy: the senses of touch

Abstract This study investigated whether speakers use multimodal information (speech and gesture) to differentiate the physical and emotional meanings of the polysemous verb touch. We analyzed 302 hand gestures that co-occurred with this perception verb. For each case, we annotated (1) the meaning of touch (physical vs. emotional), (2) the gesture referent speakers physically touched (other-touch vs. self-touch), (3) the personal pronoun following the verb and (4) if they used intensifiers and negation. There were three main findings. First, we have seen that when speakers express the physical meaning, they are likely to reach an external referent (other-touch), but when they imply the emotional meaning, they tend to touch their own body (self-touch). Second, the most frequent co-speech gesture (chest-touching gesture) was associated with the emotional meaning, uncovering the metaphor the heart is container for emotions. Third, this study showed that the physical meaning of touch usually coexists with a wide variety of personal pronouns and negation words; in contrast, the emotional meaning of touch occurs primarily with the pronoun me and it is usually modified by intensifiers. Thus, speakers use both speech and gesture to differentiate the meanings of the polysemous verb touch.

Role of onomasticon in English stylistics

In appearance of expressive and emotional lexicon onomasticon is of great importance, Under the influence a number of extra-linguistic factors numerous toponyms, etnonyms and other onomastic units in the English language have got emotional stylistic meanings thereby enriching English idiomatic lexicon. Onomastic metaphors are also significant linguistic units in training emotionally coloured English words. Stylistically coloured English onomasticon covers toponyms, anthroponyms and ethnonyms, with extra-linguistic factors have got various emotional and expressive meanings that have become a rich source of English stylistics.

Self-Rated Confidence in Vocal Emotion Recognition Ability: The Role of Gender.

We studied the role of gender in metacognition of voice emotion recognition ability (ERA), reflected by self-rated confidence (SRC). To this end, we guided our study in two approaches: first, by examining the role of gender in voice ERA and SRC independently and second, by looking for gender effects on the ERA association with SRC. We asked 100 participants (50 men, 50 women) to interpret a set of vocal expressions portrayed by 30 actors (16 men, 14 women) as defined by their emotional meaning. Targets were 180 repetitive lexical sentences articulated in congruent emotional voices (anger, sadness, surprise, happiness, fear) and neutral expressions. Trial by trial, the participants were assigned retrospective SRC based on their emotional recognition performance. A binomial generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) estimating ERA accuracy revealed a significant gender effect, with women encoders (speakers) yielding higher accuracy levels than men. There was no significant effect of the decoder's (listener's) gender. A second GLMM estimating SRC found a significant effect of encoder and decoder genders, with women outperforming men. Gamma correlations were significantly greater than zero for women and men decoders. In spite of varying interpretations of gender in each independent rating (ERA and SRC), our results suggest that both men and women decoders were accurate in their metacognition regarding voice emotion recognition. Further research is needed to study how individuals of both genders use metacognitive knowledge in their emotional recognition and whether and how such knowledge contributes to effective social communication.

Meaningful Media Experiences and Vaccination Message Communication: An Experimental Study with Vaccine-Hesitant Individuals

Guided by the eudaimonic media and the health persuasion literature, the current study explores how meaningful emotions elicited from entertainment media exposure decreases anti-vaccination attitudes among vaccine-hesitant individuals. Results of a between-subjects experiment (N = 409) showed that participants who viewed meaningful music videos (vs. neutral videos) and vaccination messages embedded in the user-generated comments reported more empathy, less reactance, and less anti-vaccination attitudes. Multigroup analysis revealed that this association was held for participants who were hesitant about whether they would get fully vaccinated, but not for participants who were determined to not get vaccinated. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed.

When digital money meets relational surveillance: overseeing and reshaping people’s ordinary lives, emotions, and social relations in small towns and villages through Alipay

This study situates Alipay, China’s biggest financial platform, at the convergence of a communication medium that conveys symbolic messages, including the state’s political campaigns of the Chinese Dream and shared meanings of positive emotions, and a cultural technology that aims to improve, train, and monitor Chinese citizen subjects through a set of surveillance practices. I coin the term relational surveillance to broaden our understanding of how surveillance practices incorporate emotional differentials and power dynamics inherent in economic interactions, and how the characteristics of these interactions matter for the ways through which surveillance practices affect people’s social lives in small towns and villages. I suggest that everyday surveillance practices serve to establish, maintain, and reconfigure social relationships among users as borrowers, financial platforms as lenders, and local governors as facilitators and regulators. These practices involve the management of emotional connections toward economic well-being and the ritualization of self-monitoring, self-tracking, and self-disclosure as a special form of bookkeeping and record-keeping.

‘Reflexemes’ – a first cross-linguistic insight into how and why reflexive constructions encode emotions

Abstract This article presents the first study on reflexive expressions having lexicalized an emotional meaning, as in the English example enjoy oneself. Such lexicalized forms, which we call ‘reflexemes’, occur in a number of genetically unrelated languages worldwide. Here we interrogate the cross-linguistic distribution and semantics of reflexemes, based on a sample of 58 languages from 6 genetic groups throughout Europe, Australia, and Asia. Reflexemes exhibit uneven distribution in this sample. Despite the presence of reflexemes across all three continents, European languages generally display much larger inventories. Based on our language sample’s contrasts, we hypothesize that these disparities could be driven by: the form of reflexive markers; their semantic range, including colexifications with anticausative constructions; and their longevity, with ancient, cognate European markers fostering accumulation of reflexemes via inheritance and borrowing. As for semantics, reflexemes target comparable emotions across languages. Specifically, categories labelled ‘Good feelings’, ‘Anger’, ‘Worry’, ‘Bad feelings’ and ‘Fear’ are consistently most prevalent. These tendencies apply across our sample, with no sign of family- or continent-specific semantic tendency. The observed semantic distribution may reflect universal lexicalization tendencies not specific to reflexemes, perhaps combined with an emphasis on self-evaluation and other social emotions imparted by reflexive semantics.

Resistance Againts Patriarchal Cultural Hegemony on Instagram @laviaminora

This research constitutes a qualitative descriptive analysis using Roland Barthes' semiotic theory, focusing on the concepts of denotation and connotation. Centered around the Instagram account @laviaminora, the study describes and analyzes messages of resistance against patriarchal hegemony manifested in visual texts. Employing semiotic analysis methods, this research highlights how signs of sexuality in the account serve as a form of critique against sexual repression and societal norms in Indonesia.Research findings indicate that the sexuality represented in @laviaminora is not merely a denotation of reality but also carries connotations that create subjective and emotional meanings. The account successfully constructs a narrative of resistance against longstanding myths related to patriarchal culture, emphasizing the values of women's freedom. In the context of Indonesian patriarchal society, the socio-cultural construction of sexuality is identified as a tool to maintain male dominance over women.The research concludes that @laviaminora creatively utilizes semiotics as a means to critique and resist patriarchal norms that continue to influence social and cultural life in Indonesia.

Emotional meanings attributed to sexual experiences reported by Brazilian Men with Head and Neck Cancer seen at a Public University Oncologic Outpatient Service: A Qualitative Study

Introduction“What can and what cannot I do in a sexual relationship?” |In this way, a middle-aged man with HNC - Head and Neck Cancer, under chemotherapy or radiotherapy, asks. This doubt is raised to the oncologist, radiotherapist, nurse or psychotherapist. Apparently, his concern is objective, considering he has a severe diagnosis and important treatments. However, underlying the manifest doubt, there are symbolic constructions in his mind that generate anguish. The health professionals’ response must go beyond information. They also must understand the symbolic emotional meanings associated with the patient’s speech. This attitude will bring a psychotherapeutic effect to the ill man.ObjectivesTo interpret symbolically sexual and emotional experiences reported by male patients diagnosed with HNC under outpatient treatment in a public specialized clinical unit.MethodsWe used the CQM - Clinical-Qualitative Method (Turato. Portuguese Psychos. J, 2000 2(1): 93-108). For data collection, the main researcher used the Semi-Directed Interview with Open-ended Questions In-Depth and Field Notes. The employ of the Seven Steps of the CQCA - Clinical-Qualitative Content Analysis (Faria-Schützer et al. Cien Saude Colet. 2021; 26(1): 265-274) brings us to discussion categories. The sample was closed with 12 patients according to the information saturation strategy (Fontanella et al. Cad Saude Publica. 2008; 24(1): 17-27). The interviews were conducted by the first author of this abstract, a male nurse, as part of his master’s research at a postgraduate course in Oncology. The findings were validated by peer reviewers from the Lab of Clinical-Qualitative Research at the State University of Campinas.ResultsTwo categories were chosen for this presentation: ‘The dyad perceived in the felt body and the experienced body’, and ‘The body re-signified between the sexual and affective dimensions’. The body symbolized before and after the illness experiences a movement in phenomenological consciousness that leads to external changes in its attitudes. The patient needs now to ask himself and others what this body can - or cannot - do. The severely ill body imposes new meanings for life and sexuality. It does not cancel the wish but asks for a new channelling of your psychic/sexual energies.ConclusionsThese findings indicate that patients with HNC want to talk about sexuality and ask about the risks of sexual activity, contrary to what the common view supposes. Traditional Balint groups met with the multidisciplinary team can be beneficial for doctors and nurses to deal with their own emotional limitations. Furthermore, the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, under the approach of psychosomatic medicine, focuses on the care of patients with behavioural and emotional manifestations, together with the work of the oncologists.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared

Emotional meanings reported by patients about their life experiences under the following in the Watch and Wait protocol: A qualitative study in a Brazilian surgery university specialized outpatient service

IntroductionHealth Psychology is aggregated to clinical studies providing physicians, nurses, and psychotherapists with psychodynamics of sick persons, facilitating interpersonal relationships and greater adherence to treatments. How do people deal with illness and treatment from what they symbolize in experiences of becoming ill? Watch & Wait Protocol for patients with rectal cancer is an active surveillance as an alternative approach in surgical medical management. Patients are followed with physical examinations, endoscopy, and imaging. Observation carried out through periodic examinations aims to avoid surgery stage while rectal cancer is maintained.ObjectivesTo interpret emotional meanings attributed by patients, after adhering to the W&W protocol for rectal cancer, to life experiences of watching and waiting for the disease course.Methods Clinical-Qualitative Method (Turato. Portuguese Psychos. J, 2000 2(1): 93-108). For data collection, the first author used Semi-Directed Interview with Open-ended Questions In-Depth and Field Notes, after acculturation. Sample closed by information saturation (Fontanella et al. Cad Saude Publica. 2008; 24(1): 17-27). Interviews conducted by the first author, a female psychologist. We employed the Seven Steps of the Clinical-Qualitative Content Analysis (Faria-Schützer et al. Cien Saude Colet. 2021; 26(1): 265-274) to construct categories. Theoretical framework was the Balintian Medical Psychology. Findings were validated by peer reviewers from Lab of Clinical-Qualitative Research.Results Sample had 10 patients, 3 female and 7 male, from 52 to 77 years. Interviews carried out from October 2022 to March 2023. We constructed 03 categories: 1) Fate out of hands - “I get sick just coming in here.” There is an apprehension experienced in each medical evaluation to check the clinical condition because the symbol of waiting is not having the own destiny in the hands. 2) Psychic defence - “Sometimes I even thought if I had to live on a grant for the rest of my life or die!” Imagining the worst is a psychic defence because if this probability occurs, the mind has already begun its elaboration. 3) Life upside down - “I was going to have the surgery, use a bag, my life was going to be upside down.” Anxiety generated by waiting is a mental disorganizing.Conclusions Attitudes of observing and waiting carry different symbolisms to those who work with scientific thinking and who experience the observation of their own disease and the wait for what conduct they will receive. Observing oneself in illness requires acceleration of changes in ego identity. Waiting in front of illness asks the ego to think the worst. It is not a volitional choice. Preparing for the worst is a defensive necessity in the emotional sphere to avoid surprises that take to mental rupture.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared

Family caregivers of patients with Head and Neck Cancer seen at an oncologic outpatient service of a Brazilian public university: A qualitative study on reports regarding interpersonal emotional handling

IntroductionHumanistic studies applied to the health-illness clinic go beyond explaining cause-effect relationships among disease phenomena, treatments, and preventions. Qualitative research aims to understand symbolic relationships built in life experiences among the manifestations and the people. How to act in front of a person whose physical appearance and odour can be unpleasant, such as in the HNC - Head Neck Cancer? Or whose life history may have been marked by deviant behaviours and negligence in self-care?ObjectivesTo interpret emotional meanings attributed through open interviews conducted with relatives about the domestic care of patients with HNC under clinical treatment.MethodsSample composed of family caregivers of patients with HNC, sent sequentially by colleagues from the clinical service who were informed of the research. The study used the Clinical-Qualitative Method (Turato. Portuguese Psychos. J, 2000 2(1): 93-108). Semi-Directed Interview with Open-ended Questions In-Depth and Field Notes was used for data collection. The employ of the Seven Steps of the Clinical-Qualitative Content Analysis (Faria-Schützer et al. Cien Saude Colet. 2021; 26(1): 265-274) has permitted the understanding of the topics. Sample closed with 12 persons according to the information saturation strategy (Fontanella et al. Cad Saude Publica. 2008; 24(1): 17-27), conducted by the first author, a female psychologist. To interpret the empirical material, we use Medical/Health Psychology, the psychodynamics of relationships of the Balintian framework, disease and illness while modes of un-health, psychic defence mechanisms against anguish. Validation by peers from the Lab of Clinical-Qualitative Research Laboratory, at the State University of Campinas.ResultsFor this presentation, we listed three categories from the free-floating re-readings: (1) Certain need to recognize the care provided as a handling strategy with effort, putting in this ‘validation’ their relief regarding natural suffering of the care process; (2) Caregiver’s psychological fantasies of omnipotence in the care process, frequently perceiving the reality a phenomenologically and necessarily distorted by the caregiver. (3) Moments of impotence feeling in front of the finitude reality that it knows will arrive.ConclusionsThe family caregivers can present certain emotional defences, such as subtle magical thinking, in which they distort the reality experienced as a management strategy and validation of their care. They act so to alleviate their psychological and existential suffering. Group meetings with family members to talk openly about the difficulties on the psychological management of patients with HNC, coordinated by a psychotherapist, are effective as a space for creativity in daily management at home and a space for catharsis.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared