Percepción del clima emocional, problemas sociales y confianza institucional en tiempos de violencia

Hernández, Gabriela; Calderón, Karla Patricia Cruz

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“…In this sense, the correlation between the Existential Satisfaction and the Social Justice factors is understandable since, although atheist participants belong to an academic group that oftentimes criticizes hierarchical and religious systems (Echavarría et al, 2007;Rodríguez and Cruz, 2014), they have generally shared and learned certain religious cultural codes throughout their life. This last assumption is relevant since the prevalence of the Catholic Church in Mexico involves codes that give existential sense to suffering and promote some guidance for cooperation and mutual support.…”

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The Franciscan Prayer Elicits Empathic and Cooperative Intentions in Atheists: A Neurocognitive and Phenomenological Enquiry

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Religiosity influences the alleviation of troubles through cooperative and empathic attitudes, but these involve a sense of community offered in non-religious support groups and healthcare institutions too, where individual's spiritual well-being is based on responsibility and solidarity. This is the case of the Alcoholic Anonymous program adopted by several care initiatives, which use the Franciscan Prayer as a fundamental text representing a western epistemic meaning-making system to provide guidance for cooperation and empathy. We aimed to identify the effect of the Franciscan Prayer on the neurocognitive function and emotional-social experiences in 20 persons declared as atheist (M age = 22.85 ± 2.60 years). Spiritual profiles, acceptance of religion, and dispositional empathy were psychometrically evaluated. Functional images were acquired in a 3 T scanner to identify BOLD signals while reading The Franciscan Prayer, The Lord's Prayer representing a culturally known religious text with no Franciscan elements, and a birthday serenade representing a culturally known non-religious text. Phenomenological interviews were performed to categorize emotional experiences and social situations associated with reading each text. Results show that spiritual well-being and empathic dispositions are not allied with religious beliefs. The reading of The Franciscan Prayer was correlated with activation in primary motor and premotor cortices, parietal primary and integrative areas, and occipital primary and associative cortices. These motor and sensorial functions might be essential for the empathic attitudes expressed in the Franciscan tradition allowing cooperative actions. This is congruent with the participant's experiences of wellness, reciprocity, responsibility, and helping evoked by this prayer. The Lord's Prayer was correlated with activation in prefrontal regions, as well as, in anterior and posterior portions of the cingulate cortex. These activations may imply mnemonic and moral processes that may be needed for conflict valuations based on childhood and cultural memories evoked by the participants. As testimonies indicate, disgust, confusion, or criticisms were associated with the religious property of the text. We conclude that thoughts, emotions, and actions evoked by The Franciscan Prayer are not inclined by its religious quality but by its empathic and cooperative properties, which may allow for self-reflection and social actions needed for support groups. inTrODUcTiOn A number of studies have reported the influence of religiosity on comfort and alleviation when facing physical, mental, or emotional disorders. Particularly, praying and meditation may elicit psychological states that favor the development of attitudes, such as forgiveness and acceptance, which increase perceived well-being and a sense of control over the uncertainty of illness (Koenig, 2009;Vess et al., 2009;Caixeta et al., 2012;Grossoehme et al., 2013;Torges et al., 2013). These so-called spiritual elements are not only related to a belief in...

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The Structure of Social Cohesion: An Analysis of Its Levels and Dimensions in Mexico City¹

Martínez¹,

Rodríguez-Brito²,

Ramírez-López

2020

Sociological Forum

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This article aims to conceptualize and assess social cohesion in Mexico, taking into account their multilevel and multidimensional nature. To measure social cohesion levels and dimensions, we used the Social Welfare Survey (N = 2871) for the 16 municipalities in Mexico City. Then, we employed the DP2 distance method to construct a social cohesion index. In addition, we define social cohesion degrees (very high, high, medium, and low) to explore the relevance of each indicator. The findings suggest that the objective and subjective indicators at the meso‐level has the highest contribution, regardless of the territory or degrees of cohesion. This finding suggests that neighborhoods are well organized for solving everyday problems. Meanwhile, the willingness to help both friends and members of one’s network was not a priority, which can be explained by the suspicion toward other people and the prevalent economic conditions.

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Validation of a Multidimensional Social Cohesion Scale: A Case in Urban Areas of Mexico

Martínez

Ramírez-López

Rodríguez-Brito

2018

Sociological Methods & Research

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People have been interested in social cohesion and its implications in different areas of social life from the classic sociology authors until today. Besides its multidimensional nature, this complex construct also faces the issue of measurement. For this reason, the objective of this article is to adapt and validate a scale that measures in a multidimensional way social cohesion for urban areas. The results obtained through Cronbach’s α coefficient, McDonald’s Ω coefficient, and confidence intervals for both coefficients show that the resulting questions have high levels of discrimination and an acceptable reliability, so the scale developed is valid methodologically.

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Percepción del clima emocional, problemas sociales y confianza institucional en tiempos de violencia

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The Franciscan Prayer Elicits Empathic and Cooperative Intentions in Atheists: A Neurocognitive and Phenomenological Enquiry

The Franciscan Prayer Elicits Empathic and Cooperative Intentions in Atheists: A Neurocognitive and Phenomenological Enquiry

The Structure of Social Cohesion: An Analysis of Its Levels and Dimensions in Mexico City¹

Validation of a Multidimensional Social Cohesion Scale: A Case in Urban Areas of Mexico

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Percepción del clima emocional, problemas sociales y confianza institucional en tiempos de violencia

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The Franciscan Prayer Elicits Empathic and Cooperative Intentions in Atheists: A Neurocognitive and Phenomenological Enquiry

The Franciscan Prayer Elicits Empathic and Cooperative Intentions in Atheists: A Neurocognitive and Phenomenological Enquiry

The Structure of Social Cohesion: An Analysis of Its Levels and Dimensions in Mexico City1

Validation of a Multidimensional Social Cohesion Scale: A Case in Urban Areas of Mexico

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