Secuelas emocionales en una familia víctima del conflicto armado en condición de desplazamiento de la ciudad de Cali

Abstract

In this article, it is intended to carry out a research process on the emotional consequences in a family victim of the armed conflict in Colombia. According to the observation made to this population, the main objective is to analyze the emotional sequelae in three members of a displaced family, who live in the Llano Verde urbanization in the city of Cali. The methodology is proposed from a qualitative, empirical approach, that is, based on the experiences of the victims, of a non-experimental type that starts from events that have occurred and are subsequently analyzed. In addition, a semi-structured interview was produced, where the participants expressed everything they experienced because of this problem, at the same time they gave an account of feelings, emotions experienced by violence and its impact on their family structure, social and interpersonal relationships. As a result, it will be presented to evidence the experiences associated with displacement in the context of the armed conflict, giving an account of the emotional consequences that were generated with the different events, and that are intertwined by fear, anger, desire for revenge, sadness, impotence, etc. Regarding coping strategies, it was shown that the participants used various methods to deal with the events related to the armed conflict. Finally, within the process that the population selected for forced displacement has experienced, it is determined by a psychological impact, unresolved mourning, where there are a series of individual and collective factors that alter their emotional process.