Abstract

ESPINOSA, Agustín; SCHMITZ, Mathias  and  CUETO, Rosa María. Psychosocial Impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in a Sample of University Students from Lima-Peru. Rev. psicol. polít. [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.32, pp. 157-184. ISSN 1519-549X.

This research seeks to analyze the impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in a set of some political and social attitudes of students of one university from the city of Lima. To this end, a correlational survey study (n = 99) was carried out. The survey investigates: the level of knowledge and attitudes towards TRC, the perception of compliance of its objectives, the social sharing of TRC and the internal armed conflict in Peru, the attitudes towards violence, the attitudes towards remembrance and forgetting the past, the beliefs about forgiveness and the emotional responses produced by the TRC. The results show a high level of ignorance about TRC in the sample. However, when TRC is known, a positive, but limited, effect of it can be seen. Thus, knowledge and social sharing about the TRC and its critical reading about the past of violence in Peru, act as a protective factor against forgetting the past, against favorable attitudes toward violence and to a lesser extent, it increases the belief about forgiveness, especially if participants have a favorable attitude towards the TRC.

Keywords : Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); Intern Armed Conflict; Transitional Justice; Peru.

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