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- Title
Representación social del conflicto armado colombiano en niños y niñas de un colegio adscrito a la Policía Nacional.
- Authors
Villa, Yamilena Parra
- Abstract
This article is the product of a qualitative researched design that used drawing as technique, describes the content and analyzes the structure and organization of the social representation of the colombian armed conflict in children between 7 and 10 year, which studying in a school belonging to the National Police. The results show that this social fact is organized in the minds of children about the scenes of confrontation and attack, which are happens principally on rural context. Emerge strong allusions to actors, civilian populations are recognized as a direct victim, Police as the good part and the guerrilla as the bad guys. Police and Guerrillas are represented mainly by the male figure. Recurring images of weapons and death raises the perception of conflict as bad, while that originate in children feelings of discomfort and sadness.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; CHILDREN &; war; SOCIAL perception in children; DEVELOPMENTAL psychology; CIVIL war; COLLECTIVE representation; QUALITATIVE psychological research; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Universitas Psychologica, 2011, Vol 10, Issue 3, p775
- ISSN
1657-9267
- Publication type
Article