Gruplararası Çatışmalarda Duygu Düzenleme: Bir Derleme Makalesi

Year 2021, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 26 - 45, 27.12.2021

Ayşe Gül İçin

Abstract

Bu makalenin amacı, gruplararası çatışmalarda çeşitli duygu düzenleme stratejilerinin rolünü inceleyen
çalışmaların bir derlemesini sunmaktadır. Duygu düzenleme, olaylara verilen duygusal tepkilerin
izlendiği, değerlendirildiği ve değiştirildiği bir süreçtir. Gruplararası çatışmalarda duyguların etkilerinin
geniş çapta kabulüne rağmen, son on yıla kadar gruplararası bağlamlarda duyguların düzenlenmesine
yönelik öncü araştırmalar oldukça nadirdir. Bu alandaki araştırmalar, dış gruba karşı olumlu veya
olumsuz duygu düzeyindeki yoğunluğun duygu düzenleme yoluyla artırılabileceğini veya
azaltılabileceğini ve bu durumun barış ve müzakerelerin inşasında potansiyel bir etkiye sahip
olabileceğini önermektedir. Çalışmalarda en çok kullanılan strateji bilişsel yeniden değerlendirmedir.
Dış gruba karşı negatif duyguları azaltmak için gelecekteki çalışmalar, diğer duygu düzenleme
stratejilerine ve bu stratejilerin davranışsal sonuçlarına odaklanmalıdır. Bu makalede gözden geçirilen
çalışmaların çoğu Filistin-İsrail çatışmasına odaklanmaktadır. Gelecek çalışmaların araştırma
girişimlerini farklı kültürler ve politikalar bağlamında çeşitli topluluklara yayması çok değerli olacaktır.
Ayrıca, iş yaşamı çatışmaları, mültecilere karşı önyargılar, homofobik tepkiler, dinlere karşı önyargılar,
spor taraftarları arasındaki düşmanlık gibi gündelik hayatın bir parçası haline gelen çatışmalar,
gruplararası bağlamlarda duygu düzenlemenin daha geniş dinamiklerini keşfetmek için faydalı konular
olacaktır. Gruplararası çatışmalarda duyguların öneminin farkına varılmasıyla birlikte araştırmacıların
çatışmalarda barış ve müzakere süreçlerine katkı sağlayabilecek duygu düzenleme stratejilere
odaklanmaları önemli gözükmektedir

Keywords

Duygu Düzenleme, Bilişsel Yeniden Değerlendirme, Gruplararası Çatışma, Duygular

Emotion Regulation in Intergroup Conflicts: A Review Article

Abstract

This article aims to present a review of studies examining the role of various
emotion regulation strategies in intergroup conflicts. Emotion regulation is the
process in which emotional reactions to events are monitored, evaluated, and
modified. Despite the broad acceptance of the impacts of emotions in intergroup
conflicts, leading empirical research in regulation of emotions in intergroup
contexts were quite rare until the last ten years. Research in this area suggests that
the intensity in the level of positive or negative emotions can be increased or
decreased through emotion regulation, and this can have a potential effect in
building peace and negotiations. Majority of the studies that are reviewed in this
paper focus on a unique type of conflict - Palestine-Israel conflict. It would be very
much valuable to extend the research attempts to various communities in the
context of different cultures and politics. In addition, everyday life conflicts such
as conflicts at work, prejudice against refugees, homophobic reactions, prejudice
against religions, hostility between sports fans would be useful topics to discover
the wider dynamics of emotion regulation in intergroup contexts. Cognitive
reappraisal appears to be the strategy that was used the most in the studies. Future
interventions to reduce negative emotions toward outgroups should go beyond it
by investigating other strategies and their role on behavioural outcomes. By
recognizing the crucial role emotions play in intergroup conflicts, it seems
important for researchers to focus on various emotion regulation strategies that can
contribute to peace and negotiation processes in conflicts.

Keywords

Cognitive Reappraisal, Emotion Regulation, Intergroup Conflict, Emotions

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