Abstract

ABELLO-LLANOS, RAYMUNDO et al. Well-Being and Trauma in Adults Displaced by Political Violence. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2009, vol.8, n.2, pp.455-470. ISSN 1657-9267.

This study studied Subjective and Objective Psychological Well-being, and Fatalism, Trauma and Irrational Posttraumatic Cognitions, in adults displaced by socio-political violence, living in Barranquilla, Colombia. Outcomes suggest that people who have been victims of forced displacement exhibit undeniable symptoms of psychosocial trauma, and that they also have elements associated to Mental Health.

Keywords : Psychological; subjective and social well-being; atalism; trauma; posttraumatic cognitions inventory; displaced; socio-political violence; Social Welfare; Displaced by the Violence - Mental Health; Psychological Phenomena and Processes.

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