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Truth commission testimony : relation to psychiatric status and forgiveness among South African survivors of human rights violations

The present study aimed to examine the degree to which giving TRC testimony is related to current psychiatric status and forgiveness attitudes among survivors of human rights abuses. A literature review examined the degree to which the TRC's claims are supported by the existing theoretical and empir...

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Main Author: Kaminer, Debra
Other Authors: De la Rey, Cheryl
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Language:English
Published: Department of Psychology 2014
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description The present study aimed to examine the degree to which giving TRC testimony is related to current psychiatric status and forgiveness attitudes among survivors of human rights abuses. A literature review examined the degree to which the TRC's claims are supported by the existing theoretical and empirical literature on trauma narratives and on forgiveness, and guided the way that psychological outcomes were assessed in the current study. Sunivors (n=134) who gave public, private or no testimony to the TRC completed standardised instruments measuring demographic variables, exposure to human rights abuses, current psychiatric status and forgiveness attitudes towards the perpetrator(s).
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8038 Truth commission testimony : relation to psychiatric status and forgiveness among South African survivors of human rights violations Kaminer, Debra De la Rey, Cheryl Bibliography: leaves 227-258. The present study aimed to examine the degree to which giving TRC testimony is related to current psychiatric status and forgiveness attitudes among survivors of human rights abuses. A literature review examined the degree to which the TRC's claims are supported by the existing theoretical and empirical literature on trauma narratives and on forgiveness, and guided the way that psychological outcomes were assessed in the current study. Sunivors (n=134) who gave public, private or no testimony to the TRC completed standardised instruments measuring demographic variables, exposure to human rights abuses, current psychiatric status and forgiveness attitudes towards the perpetrator(s). 2014-10-03T12:50:37Z 2014-10-03T12:50:37Z 2005 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8038 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Bibliography: leaves 227-258.
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Truth commission testimony : relation to psychiatric status and forgiveness among South African survivors of human rights violations
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title Truth commission testimony : relation to psychiatric status and forgiveness among South African survivors of human rights violations
title_full Truth commission testimony : relation to psychiatric status and forgiveness among South African survivors of human rights violations
title_fullStr Truth commission testimony : relation to psychiatric status and forgiveness among South African survivors of human rights violations
title_full_unstemmed Truth commission testimony : relation to psychiatric status and forgiveness among South African survivors of human rights violations
title_short Truth commission testimony : relation to psychiatric status and forgiveness among South African survivors of human rights violations
title_sort truth commission testimony relation to psychiatric status and forgiveness among south african survivors of human rights violations
topic Bibliography: leaves 227-258.
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