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Marital conflict in the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda: an explorative study within the context of community based sociotherapy
Abstract
This article explores the ongoing impact of the genocide in Rwanda on marital relationships. Its specific focus are genocide related factors that generate relational trauma and the consequences of this trauma for the everyday lives of spouses affected by it. The qualitative study that informs this article was conducted within the context of a community based sociotherapy programme. The factors found to be contributing to traumatic marital conflict are categorised as those related to genocide perpetration and its consequences, refugeehood, victimisation by genocidal violence and its consequences, intermarriages, and being a descendant of a genocide survivor or a genocide perpetrator. Study participants give a relative high prevalence to factors regarding genocide perpetration, while they assume that the prevalence of traumatic marital conflict among the second generation may continue unless sufficient preventive measures are taken.
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“It was found that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) currently stands at 26.1% of the population, and has an impact on family life [31, 32].”
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“Psychological problems among Rwandan youth continue to increase in the aftermath of the genocide carried out against the Tutsi.”
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“Youth born both to genocide perpetrators and survivors were intensely affected due to the traumatic experiences they faced and/or the touchable histories (personal histories) of their parents and relatives in the form of transgenerational trauma [31].”
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“These are supported by previous studies that showed that no one, regardless of age, is immune to the effects of the trauma caused by our horrific history [31].”
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“…problems coupled with their children’s maternal mothers’ families refusing to accept them as their own, owing to cultural beliefs may result in ‘difficulties of being loved by, or loving, someone else, which may create conflict in their future marriage’ (Sarabwe, Richters & Vysma 2018, 19).”
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“…after effects, including psychological, social, and communal injuries and burdens, sometimes lasting for decades and being transmitted multi-generationally (Kupelian, Kalayjian, & Kassabian, 1998; Sangalang et al., 2019; Sarabwe, Richters, & Vysma, 2017; Shahini, Rescorla, Shala, & Ukshini, 2019).”
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“Some sociological research has specifically examined intimate partner violence in displacement (Khazaei 2019; Wachter et al. 2018), gender-based violence, early marriages, survival sex (Schlecht, Rowley, and Babirye 2013), and conflict and separation (Sarabwe, Richters, and Vysma 2018).”
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- Authors
- Sarabwe, E., Richters, A., & Vysma, M.
- Affiliations
- International Institute of Social Studies (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Sarabwe, Emmanuel
- ORCID
- Richters, Annemiek
- Venue
- Intervention
- Publisher
- Medknow
- Published
- 2018
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 14
- ISSN
- 1571-8883 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2621168309
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 1.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Intervention (publishedVersion)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Memory, violence, and history
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Keywords
- Rwandan genocide, marital conflict, relational trauma, genocide survivors, genocide perpetrators, refugeehood, intermarriage, second generation
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