Naslov
Creativity - a potential danger of psychotraumatised children

Autori
Knežević, Mladen

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of abstracts / 6th International research and advisory panel Conference on Forced Migration, Jerusalem, 13 - 16 December, 1998 / - , 1998, 64-64

Skup
International Research and Advisory Panel Conference on Forced Migration (6 ; 1998 ; Jerusalem)

Mjesto i datum
Jeruzalem, Izrael, 13.12.1998. - 16.12.1998

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
war ; psychological trauma ; children

Sažetak
The survey was carried out in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the course of the Serbian forces offensive, both the Muslims and Croats successfully defended the city. In 1993 the two ethnic groups clashed and waged the war, which has devastated the city and took its death tool as high as thousands of human lives. The city nowadays is profoundly separated along theethnic divide. Over 60% of the city population are newcomers, displaced persons, who fled from the neighbouring villages. Generally speaking better-educated people have left, particularly from the East-Muslim Bank. The goal of our project was to improve human resources potentials in such a divided city. During the was, almost all children have suffered a severe trauma experience, whereas the students from the East-Muslim Bank ware subjected to a trauma even more. A large number of them have demonstrated the trauma-related symptoms. As anticipated, in questionnaire on creativity, the children who demonstrated anxiety and depression due to the trauma experience, have shown slightly lower results. However, the especially interesting point of our survey was the relation between creativity and oppositional behaviour as the post- traumatic symptom. We find out a moerate positive correlation between oppositional behaviour and creativity. The results of our suvey are the preliminary results only and we do not think they are to be regarded as the basis for a competent generalisation of the issue, but we find them very significant for further research studies in the field. The creative children, anyhow, according to our results, tend towards oppositional reactions if traumatised. Since the oppositional behaviour can be significantly related to the different forms of delinquent behaviour, in the relation between creativity and oppositional behaviour, we do anticipate a potential danger for the children, as much as communities they have lived within.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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