After the genocide in Rwanda

Humanistic perspectives on social processes of post-conflict posttraumatic growth

Bibliographic Data

ID19430385
AuthorsStephen Joseph (0000-0001-7171-3356, University of Nottingham, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume46
Issue3
Pages245-257
Publication date2018-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Humanistic Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0887-3267 • E-ISSN: 1547-3333
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/hum0000088
OpenAlexW2786962364
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

The aim was to contribute to an understanding of social processes of post-conflict healing, reconciliation and development, by reflecting on what lessons might be taken from posttraumatic growth research to inform trauma practitioners and researchers in Rwanda. Following a theoretical discussion on the implicit assumptions, limitations and dangers of imposing ideas from Western psychology, it is concluded that we might be best advised to turn to humanistic psychology with its person-centered stance of recognizing that it is the people themselves who will be their own best experts

Criminology · Genocide · Humanism · Humanistic psychology · Political science · Posttraumatic growth · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Psychology

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