ABSTRACT
Colombia is the second country with the highest number of internally displaced persons. In the last 10 years, more than 400,000 young people carry, in their life experiences, the title of victims. The psychological and social circumstances that determine the lives of displaced young people in the world are not unknown. Fear, the poor resources for social adaptation available to them, and the possible reproduction of the cycle of violence, represent psychosocial risk factors in the young and displaced population. In this context, the Victims Law in Colombia stipulated various measures of repairment, including Relocation (the person or household victim of forced displacement decides to settle in some place, other than the one they were forced to leave) and Return (the person or the household victim of forced displacement decides to return to the place from which they were displaced, in order to settle indefinitely) provided the conditions of voluntariness, security, and dignity are present. A hypothesis that well-being will be better in the returnees was set, since they would strengthen the social support networks between neighbors and other victims in their old spaces of life. To test the hypothesis, the scales of Psychological Well-being, Social Well-being, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Psychosocial Trauma Scale were applied to young returnees (n = 129) and relocated (n = 259) in Colombia. The Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis was performed to extract the general measure of well-being and psychosocial trauma followed by the comparison between the groups. Significance, power, and effect size indicators were obtained, and finally, the partial correlation between the groups was made in relation to psychosocial trauma and well-being. Results showed that returnees have greater well-being and clearer indicators (d = 0.365, 1-ß = 0.996), with respect to that of relocated. In addition, the well-being of returnees has fewer trauma factors, who in turn are quasi-moderated by the situation of return or relocation.
ABSTRACT
El objetivo de este artículo fue identificar la existencia de relaciones significativas entre los indicadores estructurales y funcionales de las redes personales de individuos desmovilizados y sus niveles de calidad de vida física y psicológica. Se evaluaron 37 individuos residentes en una zona de distensión militar en El Caribe colombiano aplicando el SF-36 y el ASSIS en un estudio correlacional. Los datos se examinaron mediante Análisis de Redes Sociales (ARS) y cálculo estadístico con la t de Student y el coeficiente de correlación de Pearson. Se observaron redes pequeñas, con altos niveles de insatisfacción frente al apoyo social y reducidos promedios de calidad de vida. Se registraron diferencias significativas en la percepción general de apoyo de las redes y la obtención objetiva de ayuda (p = 0.000), así como correlaciones entre los niveles de participación social en las redes y la vitalidad psicológica de los individuos.
The Aim of this study was to identify the existence of significant relationships between structural and functional indicators of personal networks of demobilized individuals and their levels of physical and psychological quality of life. We assessed 37 individuals living in an area of military distension in the Colombian Caribbean using the SF-36 and the ASSIS in a correlational study. The data were examined with Social Network Analysis (SNA) and statistical calculation with the Student t and Pearson correlation coefficients. There were small networks, with high levels of dissatisfaction with social support and low indices of quality of life. There were significant differences in the general perception of support networks and obtaining objective help (p = 0.000) and correlations between levels of social participation in networks and psychological vitality of individuals.
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Quality of Life , Interpersonal RelationsABSTRACT
La presente investigación ha estudiado el Bienestar psicológico, Subjetivo y Social, el Fatalismo, y el Trauma y Cogniciones Irracionales Postraumáticas, en personas adultas desplazadas por la violencia sociopolítica, radicadas en la ciudad de Barranquilla, Colombia. Los resultados indican que si bien las personas víctimas del desplazamiento forzado, presentan innegables síntomas de trauma con un matiz psicosocial, también se encuentran en ellos elementos asociados a la Salud Mental.
This study studied Subjective and Objective Psychological Well-being, andFatalism, 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.
