Trusting the Enemy: Confidence in the State Among Ex-Combatants

Nussio, Enzo; Oppenheim, Ben

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“…Amnesty International estimates that, in the past 20 years, more than 70,000 people have been injured or killed and thousands have been kidnapped, tortured, or forcibly abducted to serve in one of the armed forces (Theidon, 2007). The psychological aftermath of war has been reported by civilians after a long-term exposure to violence, by victims of the conflict, as well as by ex-combatants (Nussio and Oppenheim, 2013). Colombia currently undergoes a process of transition to post-conflict via the implementation of a Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) Program.…”

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Social Cognitive Training Improves Emotional Processing and Reduces Aggressive Attitudes in Ex-combatants

Trujillo

López

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Front. Psychol.

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Emotional processing (EP) is a complex cognitive function necessary to successfully adjust to social environments where we need to interpret and respond to cues that convey threat or reward signals. Ex-combatants have consistently shown atypical EP as well as poor social interactions. Available reintegration programs aim to facilitate the re-adaptation of ex-combatants to their communities. However, they do not incorporate actions to improve EP and to enhance cognitive-emotional regulation. The present study was aimed at evaluating the usefulness of an intervention focused on Social Cognitive Training (SCT), which was designed to equip ex-combatants enrolled in the Social Reintegration Route with EP and social cognition skills. A group of 31 ex-combatants (mean age of 37.2, 29 men) from Colombian illegal armed groups were recruited into this study. Of these, 16 were invited to take part in a SCT and the other continued with the conventional reintegration intervention. Both groups underwent 12 training sessions in a period 12–14 weeks. They were assessed with a comprehensive protocol which included Psychosocial, Behavioral, and Emotion Processing instruments. The scores on these instruments prior to and after the intervention were compared within and between groups. Both groups were matched at baseline. Ex-combatants receiving the SCT experienced significant improvements in EP and a reduction in aggressive attitudes, effects not observed in those continuing the conventional reintegration intervention. This is the first study that achieves such outcomes in such a population using SCT intervention. We discuss the implications of such results toward better social reintegration strategies.

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Social Cognitive Training Improves Emotional Processing and Reduces Aggressive Attitudes in Ex-combatants

Trujillo

López

et al. 2017

Front. Psychol.

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Contextualising Reintegration: Conceptualising and Measuring Ex-Combatant Reintegration Relative to Civilians

Saldner

2020

Civil Wars

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El fracaso de la paz y el proceso de desarme, desmovilización y reintegración

Peña

2022

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Los estudios existentes sugieren que los programas de DDR no fortalecen la paz después de las negociaciones. Esta investigación argumenta que los diversos componentes de DDR pueden tener diferentes impactos en el fracaso de la paz. Este documento examina las implicaciones de cada componente del proceso de DDR en una negociacion de paz para prevenir la recurrencia de la guerra. Esta investigación responde la siguiente pregunta: ¿una negociación de DDR, en las negociaciones de los conflictos armados, previene la recurrencia de la guerra en el escenario de postconflicto? Utilizando una base de datos original que registra 102 procesos de negociación de paz durante el período 1975 a 2012, demuestro que es más probable que se logre la paz cuando el acuerdo de paz incluye una disposición de DDR, especialmente el proceso de reintegración.

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Trusting the Enemy: Confidence in the State Among Ex-Combatants

Cited by 3 publications

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Social Cognitive Training Improves Emotional Processing and Reduces Aggressive Attitudes in Ex-combatants

Social Cognitive Training Improves Emotional Processing and Reduces Aggressive Attitudes in Ex-combatants

Contextualising Reintegration: Conceptualising and Measuring Ex-Combatant Reintegration Relative to Civilians

El fracaso de la paz y el proceso de desarme, desmovilización y reintegración

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