RT Journal Article
T1 Emotion regulation and attitudes toward conflict in Colombia: effects of reappraisal training on negative emotions and support for conciliatory and aggressive statements
A1 Hurtado Parrado, Camilo
A1 Sierra Puentes, Myriam
A1 El Hazzouri, Mohammed
A1 Morales, Alexandra
A1 Gutiérrez Villamarín, Diana
A1 Velásquez, Laura
A1 Correa Chica, Jully Andrea
A1 Rincón, Juan Carlos
A1 Henao, Karen
A1 Castañeda, Juan Gabriel
A1 López López, Wilson
K1 Emotion regulation
K1 Cognitive reappraisal
K1 Conciliation
K1 Aggression
K1 Peace
K1 Intractable conflict
K1 Colombia
K1 FARC-EP
AB Control of negative emotions (e.g., anger and fear) by political cues perpetuateintractable conflict by mobilizing public support for aggressive actions. Halperin et al.(2013) found that reappraisal – an adaptive form of emotion regulation – decreasednegative emotions triggered by anger-inducing information related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and increased support for conciliatory statements. We tested theseeffects in the context of the conflict between the Colombian government and the FuerzasArmadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP). Reappraisaltraining reduced negative emotions produced by a presentation that illustrated FARC’sviolent actions, and increased support for conciliatory statements (with overall moderateeffect magnitudes). We also found that negative emotions mediated the effects ofreappraisal on the support for aggressive and conciliatory statements. These findingsindicate a high degree of generality of the phenomena, especially considering thedifferences between the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the Colombian conflict. Ourfindings also show promise for replicating these effects on other types of intergroupconflicts and guiding effective public policy.
PB Frontiers Media
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21110
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21110
LA eng
NO Hurtado-Parrado C, Sierra-Puentes M, El Hazzouri M, Morales A, Gutiérrez-Villamarín D, Velásquez L, Correa-Chica A, Rincón JC, Henao K, Castañeda JG and López-López W (2019) Emotion Regulation and Attitudes Toward Conflict in Colombia: Effects of Reappraisal Training on Negative Emotions and Support for Conciliatory and Aggressive Statements. Front. Psychol. 10:908. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00908
NO Financial support for this research was provided by Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz – grant number 9IN10181
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026