Home Institution
University of Notre Dame
Publication Date
Fall 2021
Abstract
Cases of physiological and psychological health disorders in the generation succeeding generation of the 1994 genocide are rising at an alarming pace. The presented work herein details a qualitative and quantitative approach to understanding the transmission of trauma from the surviving population of the 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi in their offspring using the APA PTSD System Scale-Interview (PSS-I). Several variables including age, gender and background were employed in this study. The results indicate that offspring born of targeted survivors of the 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi show increased trends of experiencing PTSD symptoms with children born in 1994 exhibiting the greatest increase, regardless of gender.
Disciplines
African History | African Languages and Societies | African Studies | Mental and Social Health | Peace and Conflict Studies | Politics and Social Change | Psychology | Social and Cultural Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Gross, Neila, "A Hidden Emergency: Transgenerational Inheritance in the Next Generation of Rwandans" (2021). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 3400.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/3400
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African History Commons, African Languages and Societies Commons, African Studies Commons, Mental and Social Health Commons, Peace and Conflict Studies Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Psychology Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
Program Name
Rwanda: Post-Genocide Restoration and Peacebuilding