Autor(es):
Veiga-Branco, Augusta 
; Correia, Ana Almeida
Data: 2011
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/6892
Origem: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
Assunto(s): Managing emotions; Fracture of context; Emotional management
Descrição
Managing 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.
