The phrase "emotional foundation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the underlying emotional aspects that support or influence a situation, relationship, or belief.
Example: "Trust is built on an emotional foundation that takes time to develop."
Alternatives: "emotional basis" or "emotional groundwork."
But empathy remains an emotional foundation — it's the "attribute-prime" of successful leaders.
The conflict between Gabe's embarrassment over his mother and his love for her is the emotional foundation of the narrative.
Firewatch is about what happens to Henry in the park, after the emotional foundation laid by the prologue.
The more fused we are to our world of thought, the less able we are to see the emotional foundation from which it arose.
Comedy, he said in 1981, should be shaped very seriously and have an emotional foundation, evoke genuine laughter and then provide some insight.
Their evolving friendship lays the emotional foundation for the show, and gives even the cruellest jokes about racism and homophobic self-loathing a sweet, innocent finish.
Huy, "Cognitive and Emotional Foundations of Strategy Making: An Emotion-Based View of Strategic Renewal," in "Strategy Process," Advances in Strategic Management, vol. 222 (Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press, 2005), 3-37; Q.N.
Many parents bestow or withdraw affection depending on how well their children are achieving, producing millions of young people without secure emotional foundations, who pine for any kind of approval.
ECSEL, based on emotional foundations of learning and cognition, aims to help young children from birth develop emotional competence on the path toward effective self-regulation.
From "Pathways in the cultivation of the learning motivation in young children: Culture and the emotional foundations of learning" by M. F. Mascolo, 2008, Presentation at the second cito conference on early childhood education on March 7, 2008, the Netherlands.
Emotional cognitive social early learning (ECSEL) is (a) an evidence-based approach; (b) based on emotional foundations of learning and cognition; (c) informed by research in neuroscience, child development, and education; and (d) developed to facilitate the process by which children learn emotional competence and self-regulation.
