The EmoSfera project aims to understand how socioemotional skills influence well-being and psychosocial adjustment among young adults (18-35 years old). It is an extension of a research line previously initiated in child and adolescent populations (ELISA Socioemotional) and seeks to identify risk profiles and protective factors that can help prevent future emotional and social difficulties.
Specific Purposes
- Analyze how we recognize emotions in others.
- Assess the role of attention in emotion recognition.
- Identify the physiological reactions that accompany emotional processing.
Socio-emotional Assessment Protocol
Behavioral, cognitive and emotional aspects, which may serve as risk indicators for the development of psychosocial difficulties during early adulthood, are combined through a multi-method assessment protocol.
Participation in the project involves two parts: first, completing online self-report questionnaires; then, performing laboratory tasks designed to assess socioemotional competences and study their role in the understanding of different adjustment profiles. Specifically, the information collected through questionnaires will be complemented by the following tasks:
- Emotional recognition: Identification of basic emotions in adult and child faces, including eye-tracking of gaze patterns.
- Emotional processing and expression: Passive viewing of emotionally charged images with recording of associated physiological responses (electrodermal activity, heart rate, and activation of different facial muscles).
This study aims to provide tools for the early detection of socioemotional difficulties and early adulthood and, from there, to design intervention strategies that promote healthier development and better psychosocial adjustment.
