Abstract

ZAPATA-SEPULVEDA, PAMELA; LOPEZ-SANCHEZ, FÉLIX  and  CRUZ SANCHEZ-GOMEZ, MARÍA. World Conception, Contextual Aspects, and Psychological Well-Being of Chilean Survivors of Political Torture and Imprisonment after more than 30 Years. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2009, vol.8, n.3, pp.761-769. ISSN 1657-9267.

The main objective of this article is to study the long-term psychological effects of imprisonment and torture experiences for political reasons in the world conception of a group of Chilean survivors. The design is a descriptive ex-post facto model, including qualitative methodology on content analysis, and QRS Nvivo6 and SPSS software. Results suggest the presence of long-term psychological effects from political repression experiences, expressed in a negative world conception attributed mainly to human actions in all the participants. This relates to the perception that the former military regime keeps its influences in the world, as well as the Chilean society's dissatisfaction with the violations of Human Rights occurred in Chile.

Keywords : Interpersonal Needs; Psychological Well-Being; Political Imprisonment; Torture; Qualitative Methods; CAQDAS; Qualitative Methods Research; Prisoners Psychological Aspects; Psychological Well-Being; Oppression Psychology.

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