I SEE! Scotland: Tackling Sectarianism and Promoting Community Psychosocial Health

Journal of Strategic Security

Mathieson, Laura J.²  Ptolomey, Amanda M.³  Boyd-MacMillan, Eolene M.¹  Andrews Fearon, Patricia⁴ 

[1] University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge;University of GlasgowUniversity of GlasgowUniversity of Glasgow;Glasgow Caledonian UniversityGlasgow Caledonian UniversityGlasgow Caledonian University;University of California - BerkeleyUniversity of California - BerkeleyUniversity of California - Berkeley

关键词: Civil affairs;    Civil war and internal conflict;    Europe and EU;    Identity;    Methodology;    Psychology;    Religious violence;    Violent extremism;   

DOI  :  10.5038/1944-0472.9.4.1556

学科分类：建筑学

来源: Henley-Putnam University Press

【 摘 要 】

We developed and tested through two studies a new intervention run as a course, I SEE! Scotland, to reduce and prevent Protestant-Catholic sectarianism in Scotland, a historic inter-group conflict expressed in forms ranging from polite to violent, within a wider population that includes those who feel untouched. Designed to reflect the social ecology of Scotland and engage individuals regardless of sectarian involvement, the intervention aimed to increase cognitive complexity, measured as integrative complexity, through participatory theatre and experiential methods. We hypothesised that the confluence of experiential learning to support multiple forms of self, other, and systems awareness with narrative framing would increase integrative complexity management capacities. Tested with a diverse sample of 104 participants (secondary school staff; achieving, disruptive or vulnerable students; young adults returning to education; other professionals; prisoners; recovering drug addicts; unemployed), study one pre-post comparisons showed significant integrative complexity gains that cohered with second end of intervention integrative complexity measures, replicating results from other integrative complexity interventions despite differences in samples, conflicts, and context. Study two with twenty-eight of the one hundred and four participants showed significant pre post increases in resilience. These results predict peaceful outcomes to intergroup conflict, tackling sectarianism and promoting community psychosocial health. We note future research plans.

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