A researcher interviews a 16-year-old youth who has been dis…
A researcher interviews a 16-year-old youth who has been displaced due to continuous war conflict in their region. When asked about their involvement in harming a rival group, the youth gives a detailed account of the physical actions taken by their group, but they describe the rival group members simply as “the other” and express almost no emotional language (e.g., guilt, anger, fear) when recalling the event. According to Wainryb and Pasupathi’s (2010) research findings on exposure to extreme violence, this youth’s narrative style—characterized by descriptive behaviors and an absence of emotion—is most likely indicative of a disruption in:
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