Nyseth Nzitatira Hollie, Schmeer Kammi K, Frizzell Laura C, Ndushabandi Eric
The Ohio State University, USA.
Center for Research and Training on Human Rights and Democracy for Peace, Kigali, Rwanda.
J Health Psychol. 2024 Dec;29(14):1667-1681. doi: 10.1177/13591053241266595. Epub 2024 Aug 2.
This article draws upon 89 in-person surveys with Rwandan women (ages 26-75) whose partners were incarcerated for genocide and examines how these women explain participation in the violence. We first engage in exploratory factor analysis of reasons cited for perpetrating genocide, which reveals (1) a factor comprised of internal reasons for participation, including greed and hatred; (2) a factor of external reasons, such as peer pressure or coercion, and (3) a factor driven by alcohol use. Next, we analyze how these factors are associated with the women's psychosocial wellbeing as measured by the World Health Organization's Self-Reporting Questionnaire. This quantitative analysis finds that, net of relevant control variables, accounts of participation in genocide that emphasize external reasons for participation are associated with better psychosocial wellbeing, while accounts of participation that emphasize internal reasons are associated with worse psychosocial wellbeing. We conclude by addressing the link between explanations for actions and wellbeing.
本文基于对89名卢旺达女性（年龄在26至75岁之间）的面对面调查，这些女性的伴侣因种族灭绝罪被监禁，研究这些女性如何解释参与暴力行为的原因。我们首先对实施种族灭绝罪的原因进行探索性因素分析，结果显示：（1）一个由参与的内部原因组成的因素，包括贪婪和仇恨；（2）一个外部原因因素，如同伴压力或胁迫；（3）一个由饮酒驱动的因素。接下来，我们分析这些因素与通过世界卫生组织自填问卷衡量的女性心理社会幸福感之间的关联。这项定量分析发现，在扣除相关控制变量后，强调参与的外部原因的种族灭绝参与描述与更好的心理社会幸福感相关，而强调内部原因的参与描述与更差的心理社会幸福感相关。我们通过阐述行为解释与幸福感之间的联系来得出结论。
