Regulación Cognitiva de Emociones. Propuesta de una estrategia para mejorar el bienestar y el desempeño en equipos de trabajo

• Álvarez, Fernando Toro ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Puerto Rico System

     University of Puerto Rico System

     Puerto Rico

     
• Localización: Revista Interamericana de Psicología Ocupacional (RIPO), ISSN-e 2500-5669, ISSN 0120-3800, Vol. 35, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 35-46
• Idioma: español
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  • Emotions Cognitive Regulation. Proposal of a strategy to improve teamwork's well-being and performance
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    Las emociones son un componente fundamental de la psicología individual y de los procesos colectivos. Las personas desarrollan mecanismos aprendidos que les permiten la regulación de sus emociones, como un medio para asegurar la supervivencia, adaptación e integración a la vida social. La neurociencia ha venido explorando mecanismos mediante los cuales las personas consiguen manejar sus emociones de modo que se asegure la calidad de su vida personal y de relación y, al tiempo, se limiten las posibilidades de sufrir los efectos adversos de la inadecuada regulación, tales como ansiedad, depresión, distrés, adiciones y otros efectos inconvenientes. El presente escrito contiene una propuesta para la utilización de principios y estrategias de la neurociencia en la regulación cognitiva de emociones en equipos de trabajo, que incluye una estrategia general de intervención. La regulación de emociones en el equipo de trabajo es una condición necesaria para crear y mantener un clima de participación, cooperación y productividad colectiva y, a la vez, contrarrestar los efectos adversos del conflicto, la tensión, la pérdida de compromiso y de cohesión que pueden surgir de las interacciones de personas diversas que se integran al servicio de un objetivo colectivo. Para conseguir este propósito se evalúan diversos mecanismos de regulación cognitiva de las emociones y se propone un plan de intervención dirigido al desarrollo de habilidades de regulación, a nivel individual y colectivo, que puede favorecer el bienestar y el desempeño de los equipos de trabajo.Resumen alternativo:Emotions are a core component of psychological individual and collective processes. People develop learned mechanisms that allow them to regulate their emotions as a means to assure surviving, adaptation and integration to social life. Neuroscience has been exploring mechanisms by which people achieve control of their emotions in such a way to be sure of the personal and social quality oflife and, at the same time, to reduce the possibilities of experiencing the adverse effects of a poor regulation such as anxiety, depression, distress, addictive behavior and other inconvenient effects. The current writing contains a proposal of applying principles and strategies suggested by neuroscience to the purpose of emotion cognitive regulation in teamwork, and includes a general intervention strategy. Emotions regulation in teamwork is a necessary condition to create and maintain a participation, cooperation and collective productivity climate and, at the same time, reduce or eliminate the adverse effects ofconflict, strain, poor engagement and loss of cohesion, likely to arise from interactions among diverse people working to attain a collective purpose. To this aim several strategies of cognitive regulation of emotions are assessed and an intervention plan is elaborated in order to develop cognitive regulation abilities, to the individual and group level, and to promote teamwork's well-being and performance.

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    Emotions are a core component of psychological individual and collective processes. People develop learned mechanisms that allow them to regulate their emotions as a means to assure surviving, adaptation and integration to social life. Neuroscience has been exploring mechanisms by which people achieve control of their emotions in such a way to be sure of the personal and social quality oflife and, at the same time, to reduce the possibilities of experiencing the adverse effects of a poor regulation such as anxiety, depression, distress, addictive behavior and other inconvenient effects. The current writing contains a proposal of applying principles and strategies suggested by neuroscience to the purpose of emotion cognitive regulation in teamwork, and includes a general intervention strategy. Emotions regulation in teamwork is a necessary condition to create and maintain a participation, cooperation and collective productivity climate and, at the same time, reduce or eliminate the adverse effects ofconflict, strain, poor engagement and loss of cohesion, likely to arise from interactions among diverse people working to attain a collective purpose. To this aim several strategies of cognitive regulation of emotions are assessed and an intervention plan is elaborated in order to develop cognitive regulation abilities, to the individual and group level, and to promote teamwork's well-being and performance.