Abstract

DE FREITAS, Maria Lívia Pinheiro et al. Compulsory displacement: reports of an undeveloped mourning. Est. Inter. Psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.2, pp. 38-56. ISSN 2236-6407.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5433/2236-6407.2021v12n2p38.

The construction of dams can lead to the expropriation of entire cities and the relocation of populations. Transformations with this magnitude has affected communities and caused too much disturbs. It has happened after the Castanhão Dam creation, the city called Jaguaribara, was destroyed and your citizens transferred to the first projected city in Ceará, Nova Jaguaribara. Appropriating the concepts of environmental psychology, the research aimed to understand aspects of the person-environment relationship in the face of compulsory displacement. The population of Jaguaribara showed signs of undeveloped mourning, traces of psychological distress, as well as weakened social bonds and reduced autonomy. Understanding human-environmental relations, and impacts resulting from programmed displacement processes, is essential for the elaboration of strategies that aim at harm reduction, potentiate adaptation and health promotion. Therefore, the impact of the loss of place makes the manifestation and maintenance of intense suffering feasible, favoring the appearance of illnesses.

Keywords : grief; stress; social adjustment; environmental psychology; human migration.

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