Editorial [International Journal of Emotional Education, 17(1)]

Abstract

The papers in the current edition illustrate the Journal’s versatility and broad reach both in terms of academic areas of study and cross-cultural contexts. The papers include an experimental study on cognitive processes underlying text anxiety amongst engineering students in Mexico, a survey study examining the protective and risk factors of Bicycle Motocross amongst young people and adults in Australia, a study on how affective empathy and self-compassion mediate the emotional problems faced by adolescents in Vietnam, an evaluation of a social and emotional programme in Portugal, a study on emotional competencies and emotional coeducation amongst university students in Spain, a phenomenological study on the experiences of Syrian refugee children living in Turkey, and a detailed psychometric analysis on the adaptation and validation of a scale for early educators in Turkey.