Truth commission testimony : relation to psychiatric status and forgiveness among South African survivors of human rights violations

The present study aimed to examine the degree to which giving TRC testimony is related to current psychiatric status and forgiveness attitudes among survivors of human rights abuses. A literature review examined the degree to which the TRC's claims are supported by the existing theoretical and empirical literature on trauma narratives and on forgiveness, and guided the way that psychological outcomes were assessed in the current study. Sunivors (n=134) who gave public, private or no testimony to the TRC completed standardised instruments measuring demographic variables, exposure to human rights abuses, current psychiatric status and forgiveness attitudes towards the perpetrator(s).

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Kaminer, Debra

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• De la Rey, Cheryl

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8038

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8038