Personality disorganization among refugees of violence in Colombia, South America, 1962

A. Eugene Havens, Aaron Lipman, Berkeley. Survey Research Center University of California, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

This study was conducted in Bogota, Colombia, in 1962. The respondents' backgrounds were explored in variables asking birthplace, number of years residence in Bogota, and occupation in their own land. The major portion of the study explored the respondents' attitudes toward political violence: its effects on people's confidence in the government, the position of the church, groups who have benefited from it, and the extent to which the violence has spread into areas of life other than politics. Derived measures include national identification and security scales and a scale showing attitudes toward the church.