| Titre : | Explosive anger as a response to human rights violations in post-conflict Timor-Leste. (2009) |
| Auteurs : | Derrick SHOVE ; Catherine-Robina BATEMAN STEEL ; Robert BROOKS ; Kalhari HEWAGE ; James RODGER ; Ian SOOSAY ; Zachary STEEL ; Centre for Population Mental Health Research. Sydney South West Area Health Service. Sydney. AUS ; School of Psychiatry. University of New South Wales. Sydney. AUS |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 69, n° 5, 2009) |
| Pagination : | 670-677 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Traumatisme ; Explosif ; Emotivité ; Psychopathologie ; Homme ; Asie du Sud Est ; Asie ; Affectivité ; Droits fondamentaux |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 8AR0xpqG. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Over several decades, clinicians have documented a pattern of explosive anger amongst survivors of gross human rights violations. Yet there is a dearth of epidemiological research investigating explosive anger in post-conflict countries. In the present study undertaken in Timor-Leste between March and November 2004, we identified an indigenous descriptor for explosive anger, including this index in the East Timor Mental Health Epidemiological Needs Study, a small area total population survey of 1544 adults living in an urban and a rural area. Other measures included indices of past trauma events, post-traumatic stress and general psychological distress, and socio-demographic variables. We found that 38% of the population reached the defined threshold of one attack of explosive anger a month (average=1 episode every 2-3 days). Only a minority of persons with explosive anger reached threshold scores for post-traumatic stress and general psychological distress. High levels of trauma exposure represented the strongest predictor of explosive anger. Latent class analysis identified three sub-groups with explosive anger : young trauma-affected adults living in the capital city who were unemployed ; an older group, predominantly men, who had experienced extensive violence, including combat, assault and torture ; and a less well characterized group of women. The findings offer support for a sequential model of explosive anger in which experiences of past persecution are compounded by frustrations in the post-conflict environment. The data provide a foundation for exploring further the role of trauma-induced anger in the cycles of violence that are prevalent in post-conflict countries. |
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