TY - JOUR KW - emotional climate KW - Collective Violence KW - altruistic and avoidant behavior AU - Susana Conejero AU - Joseph de Rivera AU - Darío Páez AU - Amaia Jiménez AB - This 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. IS - 2-3 M3 - Journal article N2 - This 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. PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés PY - 2004 SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937 SP - 299 EP - 312 T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés TI - Emotional upset, emotional atmosphere and emotional climate related to March Eleven VL - 10 ER -