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  • Inclusion of a somatic approach in post-conflict societies as a component for increased inclination to peacebuilding and reconciliation [Elektronski vir] : preliminary evidence from the field
    Zupančič, Rok, 1981- ; Leitch, Laurie
    Contemporary neuroscience research has shed important light on the way the mind-body system responds to threat and fear. As a result, somatic approachesthat buildon neuroscience researchare now ... gaining visibility as they offer practical ways for individuals and communities to self-regulate following traumatic events.Somatic approach (intervention) focuses on sensory/physiological experience and only secondarily on emotion and cognition. In this study, we present preliminary data from field work based on somatic approaches in societie saffected by large-scale natural disastersand in Rwanda post-genocide. We then make the case for the inclusion of somatic approaches (as an intervention) in both the theory and practice of peacebuilding. The results have demonstrated that using somatic approaches also called mind-body,or integrative approaches, in which an individual's attention is directed to sensory experience as a way to access and regulate the human nervous system, are beneficial for reducing the cascade of physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioural, and spiritual responses to stressful, distressing and traumatic events. Learningthe capacity to self-regulate, thereby reducing anger, fear, stress and other negative physiological responses present in post-conflict societies,by the use of somatic intervention could yield positive results for amplifying the pro-social behavioursof the citizenry. In the longer run, this could perhapsalso lead to an increased orientation of people livingin post-conflict societies to support and engage in peacebuilding and reconciliation.
    Source: Advance [Elektronski vir] : a SAGE preprints community (9 str.)
    Type of material - e-article
    Publish date - 2019
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 36241501

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    https://advance.sagepub.com/articles/Inclusion_of_a_somatic_approach_in_post-conflict_societies_as_a_component_for_increased_inclination_to_peacebuilding_and_reconciliation_preliminary_evidence_from_the_field/8857100/1

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