The objective of this issue is to review the work that has been published on emotional climate and the issues it raises, to present new work that addresses these issues, and to begin the work of relating emotional climate to research on human security and cultures of peace. The issue has three sections. The first focuses on articles that discuss the measurement of emotional climate, how it may be related to a society's peacefulness, and the psychosocial processes involved in its generation. The second involves work on human security and ways it may be restored after societal trauma. The third presents articles that relate emotional climate to cultures of peace.This introduction begins with a discussion of the concept of emotional climate, a review of what we have learned from past studies, the challenges posed by this research, and how some of these challenges are addressed by the authors in this issue. This review is followed by a short description of the concept of human security and how it may be linked to emotional climate. Then, we introduce the concept of a culture of peace and the articles that begin to relate its assessment to measurements of emotional climate. A final section briefly discusses the relationship between emotional climate, peaceful cultures, and peace psychology.

This study analyzed psychosocial variables of sexual satisfaction in Chile using data from the COSECON survey. Participants were 5,407 subjects (2,244 min and 3,163 women, aged 18-69 years). We used a cross-sectional questionnaire with a national probability sample. Data were collected using a thorough sexual behavior questionnaire consisting of 190 face-to-face questions and 24 self-reported questions. A single item included in the COSECON questionnaire assessed sexual satisfaction. Results showed that high education level, marital status, and high socioeconomic levels were associated with sexual satisfaction in women but not in men. The results also showed important gender differences and sustain the idea that sexuality changes may be more present in middle and high social classes. The proximal variables typically used for measuring sexual satisfaction, such as the frequency of sexual intercourse and orgasm, showed a positive but smaller association with sexual satisfaction. Other important variables related to sexual satisfaction were being in love with the partner and having a steady partner. The results confirmed previous findings and are discussed in the frame of approaches like the exchange, equity, and sexual scripts theories.

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This is a reflection on the communication modalities of dissemination, propagation and propaganda as they have manifested in the COVID-19 pandemic. It describes the anchoring of the representations of COVID-19 in past diseases, other nationalities, anti-hygienic practices and groups deviating from the ethos of individualistic selfcontrol. It examines the objectification of the representation of COVID-19 in heroes (healthcare workers), elite villains (pharmaceutical company owners, ineffective governments), common villains (careless people, mindless masses) and victims (the elderly, the poor). It provides explanations and hypotheses on the sociopolitical correlate, the dynamic of common-sense beliefs and their relationship with social behaviour. RESUMENSe reflexiona sobre las modalidades de comunicación de difusión, propagación y propaganda tal como estas se manifiestan en la pandemia del COVID-19. Se describe en el caso del COVID-19 el anclaje de las representaciones en enfermedades del pasado, en grupos de otras nacionalidades, prácticas antihigiénicas y en grupos desviantes del ethos de autocontrol individualista. Se examina la objetivación de la representación del COVID-19 en héroes (sanitarios), villanos de elite (empresarios farmacéuticos, gobiernos ineficaces), villanos populares (persona descuidada, masas descerebradas) y víctimas (ancianos, pobres). Se plantean explicaciones e hipótesis sobre los correlatos sociopolíticos, la dinámica de las creencias de sentido común y su relación con la conducta social.

Se analizan las emociones, clima emocional, actitud ante el pasado, confianza institucional y valoración de los procesos de justicia transicional en una muestra de personas afectadas y no afectadas por la violencia política en Chile (N = 1278). Las víctimas directas informan de más emociones negativas vinculadas al pasado y la actividad de las comisiones, perciben un clima emocional menos positivo, menor seguridad, confianza y esperanza colectiva, más desconfianza institucional, aunque mayor orgullo ante el pasado y mayores niveles de propósito vital. Las personas de derecha informan de menos culpa y vergüenza, más confianza institucional y valoración más crítica de las comisiones. Quienes valoran positivamente el trabajo de las comisiones de verdad creen que permitieron conocer la verdad, impulsar procesos de justicia, generaron una historia integradora, ayudan a prevenir hechos de violencia colectiva en el futuro, creen más en el perdón de las victimas a los perpetradores, perciben un clima emocional positivo, más confianza intergrupal y mayor confianza institucional.