Emotion and Mental Health in Contexts of Cultural Diversity

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2027 View: 41 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Dr. Enrique Riquelme Mella

Email: eriquelme@uct.cl

Affiliation: Department of interculturality and diversity, Católica de Temuco University, Temuco, Chile

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Research Interests: culture, emotion, education

Dr. Ignacio Montero García-Celay

Email: nacho.montero@uam.es

Affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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Research Interests: emotion, culture, psychology

Summary

Mental health and emotional processes are increasingly recognized as culturally situated phenomena shaped by socialization practices, collective identities, historical experiences, and sociocultural contexts. Growing cultural diversity, migration, Indigenous revitalization, and global social transformations have intensified the need to better understand how emotions and mental health are experienced, expressed, and addressed across diverse populations. Despite these developments, much research and practice continue to rely on universal assumptions that may overlook culturally grounded understandings of emotional functioning and mental health.

This Special Issue aims to advance interdisciplinary knowledge on the relationships between emotion and mental health in contexts of cultural diversity. It seeks to bring together empirical, theoretical, methodological, and review studies that examine emotional processes, mental health experiences, and culturally responsive approaches to assessment, intervention, and promotion across diverse cultural settings.

Suggested themes include:
· Cultural Dimensions of Emotion and Mental Health
· Emotional Processes in Mental Health and Psychological Functioning
· Emotion Regulation and Mental Health in Culturally Diverse Contexts
· Emotional Socialization and Mental Health Development in Culturally Diverse Contexts
· Indigenous Perspectives on Emotion, Mental Health, and Healing Practices
· Cultural Identity, Emotions, and Mental Health
· Migration, Acculturation, Emotional Adaptation, and Mental Health
· Emotional Consequences of Discrimination, Exclusion, and Social Inequality
· Trauma, Historical Memory, and Mental Health in Culturally Diverse Populations

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