Altruism Born of Suffering

How Colombian Human Rights Activists Transform Pain Into Prosocial Action

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9021869
AutoresPilar Hernández‐Wolfe (Johns Hopkins University, autor correspondente), Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA,)
Ano2010
Volume51
Fascículo2
Páginas229-249
Data de publicação2010-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022167810379960
OpenAlexW2129780050
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas16

This study examines the impetuses for altruistic behavior of Colombian human rights activists, all of whom experienced politically based trauma. Thirty-five human rights activists participated in individual interviews conducted between 1998 and 2009. Results of the analysis are illustrated in nine themes: affirmation of self despite fear, indignation, a search for meaning, spirituality, justice to build peace, leaving a legacy of peace and agency for the next generation, support by others, and recognition and equity for ethnic minorities and for women. It is the hope of the author that these results contribute to the examination of how healing and altruism endure even in times of civil conflict and often as a result of such times, all of which ultimately leads to the betterment of community life

Action (physics · Altruism (biology · Criminology · Economic Justice · Forgiveness · Human rights · Indignation · Political science · Prosocial behavior · Sociology · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology