Colombian People’s Willingness to Forgive Offenses against Women Perpetrated during the Armed Conflict

Abstract

We examined the Colombian people's positions on forgiving perpetrators of offenses against women during the armed conflict, and the relationship between willingness to forgive and attitudes towards the peace process. The majority of participants (61%) were quite unwilling to forgive. Among participants who were not completely hostile, three positions were found. For 18%, forgiving mainly depended on the type of crime, for 8%, it depended on the subsequent apologetic behaviour, and for 8%, forgiving was unconditional. Participants who did not reject the possibility of forgiveness expressed significantly more positive views regarding the current peace process than participants who expressed rejection. Disposición a perdonar de los colombianos frente a los crímenes cometidos contra las mujeres durante el conflicto armado colombianoResumen Este estudio examinó la disposición a perdonar de personas comunes colombianas frente a los crímenes en contra de las mujeres, durante el contexto del conflicto armado colombiano. También estudió las relaciones entre la disposición a perdonar y las actitudes frente al proceso de paz. Se observó que la mayoría de los participantes (61%) tienen muy baja disposición a perdonar. Entre los participantes que no fueron completamente hostiles, se observaron tres posiciones: un 18% estaba dispuesto a perdonar en función del tipo de crimen, para el 8% su disposición a perdonar dependía de la conducta de disculpas por parte del ofensor, y para el 8% el perdón fue incondicional. Los participantes que no rechazaban la posibilidad de perdonar, expresaron de manera significativa perspectivas más positivas frente al actual proceso de paz que los aquellos quienes expresaron rechazo.

Mapping Colombian people's positions regarding the acceptability of political amnesties

“…The increase in the percentage of participants willing to express flexible positions, that is, to take into account the concrete circumstances of situations before making judgments, can be seen as a sign that Colombian society may have gradually adopted a less tense attitude toward the problem of reintegration of combatants. This interpretation is supported by the fact that, in the interim, a study on the issue of forgiveness for perpetrators of violence against women (Pineda Marín, Muñoz Sastre, Gutiérez Villamarín, Espitia, & Mullet, 2019), found a percentage of 26%. Thus, Colombian citizens may gradually be finding themselves in a position to analyze more serenely the recent political events in their country, however, dramatic they may have been.…”

Moderating Factors in University Students’ Self-Evaluation for Sustainability

“…In the figure, the latent variables are represented by the rectangular shapes, the one-way arrows indicating regression relationships between variables, while the two-way arrows represent correlation relationships between variables. The SEM analysis result showed an excellent fit [40], χ 2 (15) = 2287.43, p < 0.001, with CFI = 0.999, TLI = 0.999, SRMR = 0.001, RMSEA = 0.001 (RMSEA 90% CI [0.000, 0.001]). Table 3 shows the detailed results of the SEM analysis for the proposed model.…”

“…Table 3 shows the detailed results of the SEM analysis for the proposed model. The SEM analysis result showed an excellent fit [40], χ 2 (15) = 2287.43, p < 0.001, with CFI = 0.999, TLI = 0.999, SRMR = 0.001, RMSEA = 0.001 (RMSEA 90% CI [0.000, 0.001]). Table 3 shows the detailed results of the SEM analysis for the proposed model.…”

Psychology of peace: Findings and challenges for the multidimensional transformation of violent social practices.

“…The narrative of Colombian elites describes multiple types of conflictrelated violence. The list includes combat, kidnapping, torture, terrorism, massacre, murder, threats, attacks on civilian property, extortion, and forced disappearance (Borja Orozco et al, 2009;Borja-Orozco et al, 2008;López López, 2011;López-López et al, 2014;López-López, Rincón-Unigarro, et al, 2018;Pineda-Marín, 2016;Pineda-Marín et al, 2019;Sabucedo et al, 2004Sabucedo et al, , 2006Sánchez Sánchez et al, 2013). In this context, the crucial aspect is that actors differ in the way they create and prime violence, possibly because of the rhetorical device behind publicly acknowledging specific types of violence (Sabucedo et al, 2004(Sabucedo et al, , 2006van Dijk, 2006).…”