Overview
- Presents unique qualitative data on marital well-being and mental health in traditional communities in Rwanda
- Considers how an evidence-based and culturally-informed approach towards marital conflict prevention might be developed
- Examine the psychosocial factors impacting upon marital conflict, family conflict and domestic violence in Rwanda
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About this book
This book provides an in-depth examination of psychosocial marital well-being and mental health in traditional communities in Rwanda. It presents rich qualitative research conducted with men, women and elders, highlighting both the issues impacting on marital conflict and domestic violence, and also how potential solutions might be drawn from traditional practices. In doing, so it provides a unique resource for researchers and policymakers seeking to develop evidence-based and culturally-informed mental health and psychosocial support interventions in low and middle income countries. It will appeal in particular to those working the fields of public health, family psychology, social work, cross-cultural psychology and qualitative methodology.
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Keywords
- marital conflict
- traditional society
- Rwanda
- psycho-social studies
- Family Systems
- African family relationships
- Gender and Health
- Post-Traditional Society
- intimate partner violence
- genocide
- post-conflict societies
- gender-based violence
- family conflict
- cross-cultural marriage and family therapy
- cross-cultural psychology
- public health
Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Immaculée Mukashema is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Rwanda. Dr. Mukashema’s research specializations include public health, social pathology, family and marital conflict (and well-being), mental health, counseling, reconciliation sentiment and guilt attribution.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Psychosocial Well-Being and Mental Health of Individuals in Marital and in Family Relationships in Pre- and Post-Genocide Rwanda
Editors: Immaculée Mukashema
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74560-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74559-2Published: 13 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74562-2Published: 14 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-74560-8Published: 12 June 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 209
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Clinical Psychology, Family, Group and Systematic Therapy, Children, Youth and Family Policy, African Culture, Psychological Methods/Evaluation