Imprints of War: An Analysis of Implicit Prejudice Among Victims, Ex-Combatants, and Communities in Colombia

Juan E. Ugarriza, Natalia Trujillo, Esteban Hurtado, Alejandra Ortiz-Ayala, Mónica Rodríguez-Calvache, Rafael Camilo Quishpe

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Abstract

Armed conflict impacts individuals at psychological level by affecting the mechanisms of information processing, opinion formation, and decision-making. By means of a computer-based Implicit Association Test (IAT), we tested intergroup prejudices of 258 war victims, former guerrillas and paramilitaries, and receiving communities in Colombia.We found that differing levels of exposure to war-related experiences help to explain the observed systematic bias, both implicit and explicit, against former combatants, among communities, and particularly so among war victims.We

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalPeace and Conflict
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2022

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Political Science and International Relations

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