Social representations of violence among young Chileans involved in violence

This paper presents the results of a qualitative study on the social representation of violence among young Chileans who have been involved in violence. Starting from interview-data that show their subjective perspective, a conceptual model of their social representation is constructed that identifi...

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Autores principales:	Krause,Mariane, Torche,Pablo, Velásquez,Elda, Jaramillo,Andrea
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Escuela de Psicología 2014
Materias:	violence youth social representations
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-692420140002000062014-12-16Social representations of violence among young Chileans involved in violenceKrause,MarianeTorche,PabloVelásquez,EldaJaramillo,Andrea violence youth social representations This paper presents the results of a qualitative study on the social representation of violence among young Chileans who have been involved in violence. Starting from interview-data that show their subjective perspective, a conceptual model of their social representation is constructed that identifies elements that favor or inhibit the violent actions. Results show two types of factors involved in the transgression of the "limit of violence": personal characteristics and contextual elements, making the distinction between the temporal context (the moment of violence) and the spatial context (the place of violence). In addition, the young participants of this study establish a relationship between their violent actions and the perception of threat, especially regarding their social identity. In this relationship, the function of violent actions is the neutralization of this threat. This understanding constitutes the nucleus of their social representation of violence. Implications for preventive strategies and community interventions are discussed.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Escuela de PsicologíaPsicoperspectivas v.13 n.2 20142014-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-69242014000200006en10.5027/psicoperspectivas-Vol13-Issue2-fulltext-384
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description	This paper presents the results of a qualitative study on the social representation of violence among young Chileans who have been involved in violence. Starting from interview-data that show their subjective perspective, a conceptual model of their social representation is constructed that identifies elements that favor or inhibit the violent actions. Results show two types of factors involved in the transgression of the "limit of violence": personal characteristics and contextual elements, making the distinction between the temporal context (the moment of violence) and the spatial context (the place of violence). In addition, the young participants of this study establish a relationship between their violent actions and the perception of threat, especially regarding their social identity. In this relationship, the function of violent actions is the neutralization of this threat. This understanding constitutes the nucleus of their social representation of violence. Implications for preventive strategies and community interventions are discussed.
author	Krause,Mariane Torche,Pablo Velásquez,Elda Jaramillo,Andrea
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title	Social representations of violence among young Chileans involved in violence
title_short	Social representations of violence among young Chileans involved in violence
title_full	Social representations of violence among young Chileans involved in violence
title_fullStr	Social representations of violence among young Chileans involved in violence
title_full_unstemmed	Social representations of violence among young Chileans involved in violence
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publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Escuela de Psicología
publishDate	2014
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Social representations of violence among young Chileans involved in violence

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