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The Bright Side of Abstraction: Abstractness Promoted More Empathic Concern, a More Positive Emotional Climate, and More Humanity-Esteem After the Paris Terrorist Attacks in 2015

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dc.contributor.authorCaballero, Amparo
dc.contributor.authorSevillano, Verónica
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz, Dolores
dc.contributor.authorOceja, Luis
dc.contributor.authorCarrera, Pilar
dc.contributor.authorFernández Sedano, Iciar
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-20T11:57:33Z
dc.date.available2024-05-20T11:57:33Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-26
dc.description.abstractAntecedents: Previous research on citizens’ reactions after terrorist events has shown that positive reactions can also emerge alongside pain and horror. Positive emotions have been widely associated with an abstract style of thinking. In the context of the Paris terrorist attacks in 2015, we explored Spanish citizens’ positive reactions – empathic concern, positive emotional climate, and esteem for humanity – and examined the relationships of these responses with an abstract (vs. concrete) style of thinking. Method: A longitudinal study was designed involving an online questionnaire that was administered 10 days, 3 weeks, and 2 months after the attacks (N = 253). Results: Empathic concern and personal distress toward Parisians decreased from the weeks following the attacks to 2 months later, with empathic concern always being more intense than personal distress. Emotional climate was perceived as more hostile than positive, although positive feelings persisted. People reported moderately positive esteem for humanity. Individuals with a more abstract style of thinking reported greater empathic concern, a more positive emotional climate, and more esteem for humanity. Conclusions: Our results support and extend previous research showing that abstraction enhances people’s resilience, even under traumatic circumstances such as those surrounding a terrorist attack.en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.545662
dc.identifier.issne-ISSN: 1664-1078
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/12757
dc.journal.titleFrontiers in Psychology
dc.journal.volume11
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFrontiers Media
dc.relation.centerFacultad de Psicología
dc.relation.departmentPsicología Social y de las Organizaciones
dc.rightsAtribución 4.0 Internacional
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
dc.subject.keywordsempathic concern
dc.subject.keywordsemotional climate
dc.subject.keywordsterrorist attack
dc.subject.keywordsabstraction
dc.subject.keywordshumanity-esteem
dc.titleThe Bright Side of Abstraction: Abstractness Promoted More Empathic Concern, a More Positive Emotional Climate, and More Humanity-Esteem After the Paris Terrorist Attacks in 2015es
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