01709nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002200118653002400140653003700164100002000201700002100221700001700242700001900259245008800278300001200366490000700378520107800385022001401463020001401477       2004                            d  c07/2004bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aemotional climate10aCollective Violence10aaltruistic and avoidant behavior1 aSusana Conejero1 aJoseph de Rivera1 aDarío Páez1 aAmaia Jiménez00aEmotional upset, emotional atmosphere and emotional climate related to March Eleven  a299-3120 v103 aThis study analyzes personal emotional upset, emotional atmosphere and emotional climate related to March Eleven. Participants were 1807, most of them university students, from seven Spanish regions. Personal emotional upset was positively associated with identification. March Eleven bombing provokes sadness, anger and in a lower level fear. A linear relationship appears between proximity to the bombing and higher cohesion and solidarity climate. A curvilinear relationship appears between proximity and negative emotional climate - regions like Castilla and Madrid close to the bombing, but also the Basque Country reports negative emotional climate, in the last case probably due to political conflict. Positive emotional climate was associated and predict lower avoidance behavior and higher altruistic behavior and participation in demonstrations, controlling the influence of personal emotional upset. Comparison of measures of emotional climate ten years ago in Madrid and the Basque Country with May 2004 measures show a general improvement of emotional climate.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437