The tolerance of tamils: War-related experiences, psychological pathways, and the probability of granting civil liberties to former enemies
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The tolerance of tamils : War-related experiences, psychological pathways, and the probability of granting civil liberties to former enemies. / Rapp, Carolin; Kijewski, Sara; Freitag, Markus.
I: Journal of Politics, Bind 81, Nr. 4, 12, 01.01.2019, s. 1328-1341.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The tolerance of tamils
T2 - War-related experiences, psychological pathways, and the probability of granting civil liberties to former enemies
AU - Rapp, Carolin
AU - Kijewski, Sara
AU - Freitag, Markus
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - This article evaluates the psychological pathways between war exposure and the formation of political tolerance in Sri Lanka after the civil war between 1983 and 2009. To date, little is known in the political science literature about the interplay between war experiences, their psychological footprints, and the formation of political tolerance. Using survey data from 2016, we are able to evaluate the psychological consequences of war experiences, differentiating between the issues of both war-related distress and posttraumatic growth. Our results based on path models reveal that war exposure does not uniformly damage political tolerance: experiences of posttraumatic growth, a highly discussed phe-nomenon, are able to increase an individual’s probability of granting basic civil liberties to an opposing group.
AB - This article evaluates the psychological pathways between war exposure and the formation of political tolerance in Sri Lanka after the civil war between 1983 and 2009. To date, little is known in the political science literature about the interplay between war experiences, their psychological footprints, and the formation of political tolerance. Using survey data from 2016, we are able to evaluate the psychological consequences of war experiences, differentiating between the issues of both war-related distress and posttraumatic growth. Our results based on path models reveal that war exposure does not uniformly damage political tolerance: experiences of posttraumatic growth, a highly discussed phe-nomenon, are able to increase an individual’s probability of granting basic civil liberties to an opposing group.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - political tolerance
KW - Sri Lanka
KW - war experience
KW - war-related distress
KW - posttraumatic growth
U2 - 10.1086/704328
DO - 10.1086/704328
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85068599477
VL - 81
SP - 1328
EP - 1341
JO - Journal of Politics
JF - Journal of Politics
SN - 0022-3816
IS - 4
M1 - 12
ER -
ID: 225662552