Université de Fribourg

Board Games on Emotional Competences for School-Age Children

Dell'Angela, Linda ; Zaharia, Alexandra ; Lobel, Adam ; Vico Begara, Ornella ; Sander, David ; Samson, Andrea C.

In: Games For Health Journal, 2020, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 187-196

Objective: Emotional competences (EC) are important for social and academic outcomes and positive life trajectories. Due to their social setting and tendency to stimulate intrinsic motivation, board games may constitute efficient learning tools for promoting socioemotional development in children. The current project therefore aimed at developing and testing three theory-driven board games...

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Introduction: Moral Emotions

Cova, Florian ; Deonna, Julien ; Sander, David

In: Topoi, 2015, vol. 34, no. 2, p. 397-400

Université de Fribourg

Availability - analysis of an effective pro-social attitude and application to the medical field

Malbois, Elodie ; Soldati, Gianfranco (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2020.

Short Abstract Sympathy is often considered to be a pro-attitude central to our social lives. I argue, however, that it is epistemically weak and thereby not effective on its own. We are in need of another attitude that combines the motivational aspect of sympathy with a more cognitive component that enables us to understand others. In this thesis, I argue that availability, a concept ...