Identity, Conflict, and the Experience of Trauma: The Social Psychology of Intervention and Engagement Following Political Violence

Orla T. Muldoon, Robert D. Lowe

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRestoring Civil Societies
Subtitle of host publicationThe Psychology of Intervention and Engagement Following Crisis
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons
Pages208-221
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9780470671436
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2012

Keywords

  • Conflict and political violence, likelihood of experience
  • Group membership, on individuals exposed to conflict
  • Group processes, in occurrences of traumatic symptomology
  • Identity, conflict, and trauma, social psychology of intervention
  • Political conflicts, struggles over territory/power/resources
  • Political violence, dangers to democracy/civil society
  • Political violence, identity taking on substantive meanings
  • PTSD classification in the DSM, 1980, focus psychiatric
  • Reconstruction of social identity in conflict
  • Social support and reintegration post-conflict

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