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Research Article
Social sharing of emotion, post-traumatic growth, and emotional climate: Follow-up of Spanish citizen's response to the collective trauma of March 11th terrorist attacks in Madrid
Article first published online: 9 SEP 2009
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.700
Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Rimé, B., Páez, D., Basabe, N. and Martínez, F. (2010), Social sharing of emotion, post-traumatic growth, and emotional climate: Follow-up of Spanish citizen's response to the collective trauma of March 11th terrorist attacks in Madrid. Eur. J. Soc. Psychol., 40: 1029–1045. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.700
Publication History
- Issue published online: 15 SEP 2010
- Article first published online: 9 SEP 2009
- Manuscript Accepted: 4 JUL 2009
- Manuscript Received: 19 AUG 2008
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- Country University Research Grant. Grant Number: 9/UPV00109.231-13645/200
- Belgian National Scientific Research Fund (FNRS) Research Grant. Grant Number: 1.5.277.08
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Abstract
A questionnaire measuring social sharing of emotion, coping, intensity of emotions and rumination related to March 11th (2004) terrorist attacks in Madrid, emotional climate, social integration, and post-traumatic growth was completed by 644 students and their relatives (38%) in 5 Spanish regions and 8 universities 1 week, 3 weeks, and 8 weeks after the terrorist act. Results supported a two-sided model of the effects of social sharing of emotion derived from Durkheim's classic model of the social functional effects of collective remembering. Higher levels of sharing initially predicted (1) higher event-related emotional arousal and mental rumination and (2) superior social integration and well-being assessed in later weeks. Structural equation modeling showed that higher levels of initial sharing and coping by search for social support predicted directly or indirectly (1) higher social integration (2) higher perceived post-traumatic growth, and (3) higher perceived contentment, hope, solidarity, and confidence in the emotional climate. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.