Modern accounts of the meaning of “fear of the LORD” in the Hebrew Bible have tended to distance this important concept from the emotion of fear, offering alternative understandings as worship, obedience, or wisdom. This essay examines phrases such as “fear of the LORD,” “fear of God,” and “God-fearer,” across four sets of texts in the Hebrew Bible: 1) narratives in Genesis and Exodus; 2) Deuteronomy and other Deuteronomistic literature; 3) wisdom literature; and 4) Psalms. I argue that fear of the LORD/God in the Hebrew Bible typically does connote an emotional fear response that has in view divine power over life and death. The links between such fear and worship, and obedience, and wisdom that are attested in numerous biblical texts are not evidence of synonymy but a recognition of the fundamental link between emotion, cognition, and action. Recent developments in the study of emotion illuminate their interrelationship and the ways in which fear of the LORD/God is also socially shaped and shaping.

There is evidence suggesting that elite athletes cope better with high-intense negative emotions than the non elite athletes. It is unknown, though, whether elites reach such optimal levels because they have better emotion regulation skills (EReg) or a reduced emotional reactivity (EReact). The present study aimed at disentangling EReg and EReact processes using an experimental paradigm in table tennis players. Twenty-nine (14 elite and 15 non elite) table tennis players were tested using the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) to study their emotional responses after viewing low and high intense pictures; they were instructed to use different emotional regulation strategies (distraction or reappraisal) in the experimental phase. Regarding to emotional reactivity differences, results have showed that elite athletes’ negativity ratings were lower than those of the control group, where there were not any significant differences between men and women. Moreover the results about emotional regulation effectiveness showed that non-elite athletes and women responded more strongly to negative images than elite athletes and men but contrary to the emotion regulation hypothesis, no interaction between the group and the instruction was found as they were equally able to reduce negativity by employing emotion regulation strategies. / Tidigare forskning visar att elitidrottare är bättre på att reglera hög-intensiva negativa känslor i jämförelse med icke elitidrottare. Det är fortfarande oklart om elitidrottare når dessa optimala nivåer pågrund av bättre emotionsreglering (EReg) eller en lägre emotionell reaktivitet (EReact). Föreliggande studies syfte är att försöka klargöra EReg och EReact processer, genom att använda en experimentell design hos bordtennis spelare. Tjugo nio (14 elit och 15 icke-elit) bordtennis spelare testades med hjälp utav International Affective Picture System (IAPS) för att undersöka deras emotionella responser efter att ha observerat låg och hög-intensiva bilder; de instruerades att använda olika emotion reglerings strategier (distraktion och reappraisal) i experiment fasen. Gällande emotionell reaktivitet visade Resultatet att elitidrottares negativa poäng var lägre än kontrollgruppen, det var inga signifikanta skillnader mellan män och kvinnor. Vidare visade resultat kring emotions reglering att icke-elitidrottare och kvinnor reagerade starkare på negativa bilder än elitidrottare och män, i kontrast till emotion reglerings hypotesen hittades ingen interaktions effekter mellan grupp och instruktionen vilket tyder på att grupperna var lika duktiga på att använda emotions reglerings strategier.

Aujourd'hui, les robots sont de plus en plus présents dans la vie quotidienne. L’étude et le développement de stratégies d'interaction sociale et émotionnelle constitue un point clé de leur insertion dans notre espace social. Ces derniers années, beaucoup de recherches se sont intéressées à la communication homme-robot en exploitant les expressions faciales, posturales ou encore vocales, mais très peu de recherches se sont intéressées à l’interaction physique via le toucher. Cependant, des recherches récentes dans le domaine de la psychologie et des interfaces homme-machine (IHM) ont montré le rôle de la modalité haptique et plus particulièrement tactile dans la perception des émotions et de leurs différentes dimensions (par exemple valence, activation, dominance). L’objectif de ce projet est d’exploiter cette modalité sensorielle dans l'interaction affective homme-robot. Sur la base du robot humanoïde MEKA, un ensemble de capteurs tactiles et physiologiques seront étudiés et développés afin de sensibiliser certaines régions de son corps (ex. bras, épaule, main) et détecter l’état émotionnel de l’utilisateur. Par la suite, une série d’études seront menées afin d'analyser le comportement des utilisateurs dans des situations d’interaction affective avec le robot. Les résultats de ces études nous permettront d’identifier des comportements affectifs haptiques types qui seront utilisés pour modéliser le comportement du robot dans des contextes d’interactions sociales. / Today, robots are more and more present in everyday life. The study and the development of strategies of social and emotional interaction constitutes a key point of their insertion in our social space. The latter years, many researches were carried out in the man-robot communication by exploiting the facial expressions, posturals or still vocal, but very few focused on the physical interaction via the touch. However, recent researches in the field of the psychology and the human-machine interfaces (HMI) showed the role of the haptic modality and more particularly tactile in the perception of the feelings and their various dimensions (for example valence, activation, dominance). The objective of this project is to exploit this sensory modality in the emotional man-robot interaction. On the basis of the robot humanoid MEKA, a set of tactile and physiological sensors will be studied and developed to make sensitive certain regions of its body (eg arm, shoulder, hand) and to detect the emotional state of the user. Afterward, a series of studies will be led to analyze the behavior of the users in situations of emotional interaction with the robot. The results of these studies will allow us to identify typical haptic emotional behavior which will be used to model the behavior of the robot in contexts of social interactions.

abstract: Intimate relationship functioning and mental well-being are inherently linked; thus, for those with mental illness, such as social anxiety, intimate relationship functioning may be impaired. Research on the intimate relationships of those with social anxiety has often focused on emotion regulation, as emotions play a crucial role in the development and maintenance of interpersonal relationships and are a clear area of deficit among those with social anxiety. The current thesis had three primary aims: 1a) to examine individual emotion expressivity and 1b) interpersonal emotion regulation processes among individuals with varying levels of social anxiety; 2) to examine individual and interpersonal emotion regulation within romantic relationships; and, 3) to examine how individual emotion expressivity and interpersonal emotion regulation influence relationship health and intimacy among those with varying levels of social anxiety. For Aim 1, differences in individual emotion expressivity and interpersonal emotion regulation were analyzed using regression analyses with social anxiety as a continuous predictor. Analyses were also conducted using a dichotomous grouping (i.e., non-socially anxious and socially anxious) and conducting a multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). For Aim 2, the impact of individual and interpersonal emotion regulation processes on relationship health was examined using a series of regression analyses. Finally, Aim 3 was tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). Results suggest those with social anxiety show specific, but not general, deficits in individual emotion expressivity and interpersonal emotion regulation, and both individual and interpersonal emotion regulation had positive effects on relationship health. Regarding the primary analyses, interpersonal emotion regulation fully mediated the association between individual emotion expressivity and relationship health. Further, although the strength of these paths varied between groups, the valence and general pattern of these findings were similar for both those with social anxiety and those without. The study provided novel insights into the role of interpersonal emotion regulation in relationship health, and extended previous findings on emotion regulation and relationship health among those with social anxiety. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Psychology 2019

Le principal objectif de cette thèse est de mieux comprendre comment un message de prévention peut moduler les capacités de détection d'usagers vulnérables chez un automobiliste. Un message de prévention délivre à la fois une information sur la vulnérabilité de certains usagers mais peut également générer des émotions chez la personne qui y est exposée. Cette thèse s'intéresse donc d'une part à comment l' émotion seule, mais également l'information sur la vulnérabilité de certains usagers de la route, peuvent impacter les capacités de détection des usagers vulnérables. Nous porterons une attention particulière aux cyclistes, population pour laquelle, à notre connaissance, peu de travaux existent à ce sujet. Par ailleurs, étant donné le focus porté sur les émotions dans le cadre de cette thèse, l'un des objectifs secondaire de cette thèse sera de s'intéresser à des signatures physiologiques particulières de certaines émotions / The aim of the present project is to provide a better understanding of how safety messages can control drivers' vulnerable road user detection abilities. Safety messages provide both vulnerability information and elicit emotion with persons that are exposed to it. This thesis deals with how vulnerability information and emotions respectively affect vulnerable road user detection performances. A special focus was placed on cyclists because of the lack of studies that address cyclist detetcion issues. The project also focused on physiology, especially emotion identification through physiological patterns.

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Science has recently begun showing interest in the different mechanisms of the psychopathic brain, and current scientific research points to deficits in the structural and functional brain regions of psychopaths. Psychopathy is a disorder distinguished by its persistent antisocial behavior, emotional callousness, grandiose self-estimation, and lack of empathy. Further, it is also a disorder which is hard to classify. Notably, the Hare-Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) is the most common clinical rating scale used to diagnose psychopaths. This current systematic review aims to scrutinize literature that reviews psychopathy, delving into articles on neural correlates of emotion recognition of psychopaths. By using the PRISMA guidelines, this systematic research was conducted through, MEDLINE EBSCO, Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus. Through predisposed eligibility criteria, articles were chosen and reviewed. All selected articles found a significant result where psychopaths performed poorly on emotion recognition and important areas such as the prefrontal cortex and amygdala could be seen to perform worse. Notably, due to different test methods, one is unable to properly evaluate the results between the studies. Therefore, upcoming studies need to shed light on performing the same tests to provide stronger and equal evidence. This systematic review was done to shed better light on the disorder.

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Morbid obesity, defined by having a BMI of 40 or greater, has gained increasing attention. Despite a greater number of bariatric surgery cases for the treatment of obesity, research has demonstrated concerning results for patients, particularly involving weight regain and the development of mental illness. Patients seeking bariatric surgery are often required to complete a psychological evaluation to determine readiness for the procedure and associated post-operative lifestyle changes. However, research suggests mixed results in determining predictors for post-surgical success. Few studies have looked at emotionality and eating patterns in bariatric surgery seeking patients, though emotional eating is often talked about in the literature. It is likely that emotional eating and problematic patterns of emotional regulation that may contribute to obesity carry implications for post-surgical mental health and weight loss maintenance. In the current study, 30 bariatric surgery-seeking patients have thus far completed the Dutch Eating Behaviors Questionnaire and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Preliminary data suggest a significant relationship between emotional eating patterns and a difficulty in emotion regulation (r= .397, p = .049). Trends toward significance were also discovered between difficulties in emotion regulation and restricted and external eating patterns (restrained, r = -.356, p = .081; external, r = .330, p = .099). This preliminary data is part of a larger study on emotion and eating patterns in bariatric surgery seeking patients, and additional data will help us better understand these relationships. Results may have implications for intervention regarding emotional dysregulation prior to and following bariatric surgery.