Psychosocial effects of Brazilian Truth Commission

Anderson Mathias; Darío Páez; Agustín Espinosa; Elza Maria Techio; Carolina Alzugaray; Salvador Sandoval; Albert Moraes; Rosiane Albuquerque; Lidiane Araújo; Adriele Pinto

doi:10.18800/psico.202401.018

Psychosocial effects of Brazilian Truth Commission

Título traducido de la contribución: Efectos psicosociales de la Comisión de la Verdad en Brasil

Anderson Mathias, Darío Páez, Agustín Espinosa, Elza Maria Techio, Carolina Alzugaray, Salvador Sandoval, Albert Moraes, Rosiane Albuquerque, Lidiane Araújo, Adriele Pinto

Universidad Andrés Bello

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A Truth Commission (TC) was carried out in Brazil (2012-2014) to investigate human rights violations perpetrated by state agents, especially during the military dictatorship (1964-1985). TCs are supposed to help societies on the reconstruction of social cohesion after authoritarian or violent periods. We conducted three studies with undergraduate students and adult samples between 2014 and 2017. Evaluating the TC as effective was related to higher punctuations on the variables of social cohesion, even controlling the effects of political positioning. The TC effectiveness perception was associated with the emotional reaction (both, negative or positive) and a positive attitude towards remembering the past. Nonetheless, we found some different results across the three studies. These differences are discussed.

Título traducido de la contribución	Efectos psicosociales de la Comisión de la Verdad en Brasil
Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	539-575
Número de páginas	37
Publicación	Revista de Psicologia (Peru)
Volumen	42
N.º	1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.18800/psico.202401.018
Estado	Publicada - 2024

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