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In this study, two questions are analyzed: (1) what theemotions provoked by the Spanish government's declarationof its intention to negotiate a peace process with the terroristgroup ETA are; (2) how these emotions relate to differentattitudes to this negotiation. A questionnaire was appliedto a sample of 263 university students. A confirmatoryfactor analysis was conducted to verify how emotions wereorganized and an ANOVA was subsequently conducted toanalyze the relationship between emotions and attitudesto negotiation. With respect to the first question, theemotions which are linked to the negotiation process areclassified in a three factor model (enthusiasm, anger andanxiety), and with respect to the second, it became clearthat the emotion of anger is associated with subjects whoare against negotiation. At the same time, enthusiasmand anxiety were associated with different attitudes tonegotiation, support and rejection respectively; however,both these emotions were also found to be present amongthose who wanted the different political parties to reachan agreement and face the process of negotiation with acommon policy.