Claudio Rojas Jara:<br />
Just a gentle reminder of our request for your review of the submission, &quot;COVID-19 and emotional variables in a sample of Chileans: COVID-19 and emotional variables in Chile,&quot; for Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology. We were hoping to have your response by 2020-11-05, and this email has been automatically generated and sent with the passing of that date.
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I believe that you would serve as an excellent reviewer of the manuscript. The submission's abstract is inserted below, and I hope that you will consider undertaking this important task for us.<br />
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The review itself is due 2020-11-19.<br />
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Submission URL: <a href='https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/reviewer/submission?submissionId=1363&reviewId=933&key=w5CAjp' class='submissionReviewUrl-style-class'>https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/reviewer/submission?submissionId=1363&reviewId=933&key=w5CAjp</a><br />
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Fernando Andres Polanco
Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology<br />
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&quot;COVID-19 and emotional variables in a sample of Chileans: COVID-19 and emotional variables in Chile&quot;<br />
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<p><strong>Introduction. </strong>During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a set of daily stressors are being experienced, all this affects people's mental health, leading them to have a set of emotional disturbances. Little is known about how people's age can influence how they express their emotions the pandemic. <strong>Objective.</strong> To clarify the presence of emotional aspects such as emotional expressiveness and the frequency of positive and negative affections in people with different age. <strong>Method.</strong> The final sample included 297 Chileans between 22 and 68 years old (<em>M</em>= 38.51, <em>SD</em> = 13.85), recruited through an online survey with the appropriate written informed consent. <strong>Results.</strong> The findings revealed age differences in emotional expressivity and the type of affections experienced. The expression of emotions was more affected by negative affections, the age and the gender of the people. While the avoidance of this emotional expression, by age and affections both positive and negative. Age was a significant predictor of emotional expressiveness. <strong>Discussion</strong>. Findings suggests that the associations between both variables during the COVID-19 pandemic, varied according to the age group of the people.</p>
<p><strong>Keywords:</strong> COVID-19; age; emotional expressiveness; positive and negative affection.</p><br/><p>The following message is being delivered on behalf of Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology. ______________________________________</p>
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