[ Effets de l’exposition aux évènements traumatiques sur l’estime de soi chez les habitants de la ville de Goma : Cas du Quartier Buhene ]
Volume 34, Issue 2, November 2021, Pages 260–267
Kasao Mutumay Dieudonne1 and Bahati Valentin2
1 Assistant de premier mandant, Université de Goma, RD Congo
2 Assistant de deuxième mandant, Université de Goma, RD Congo
Original language: French
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For more than a decade, the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in general and more particularly North Kivu has been facing regionalist tensions and political divisions to which we add other phenomena such as: barbarism, insecurity, police and military harassment, killings and violence, wars, tribal conflicts causing permanent instability, major population movements as well as the volcanic eruption, killing several families and even to those close to them who are dear to them. Given the extent of this situation, we believe that the self-esteem of the inhabitants of the City of Goma, more particularly of the Buhene Quarter, is not at the normal level given that they are exposed daily to unfortunate and traumatic events. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of exposure to traumatic events on the self-esteem of Gomatraciens in general and in particular among the inhabitants of Buhene. After analyzing the results, we found that the more the Congolese of North Kivu in general and in particular those of the city of Goma are exposed to traumatic events, the more their level of self-esteem becomes too low.
Author Keywords: Trauma, esteem, scales, self-esteem.
Volume 34, Issue 2, November 2021, Pages 260–267
Kasao Mutumay Dieudonne1 and Bahati Valentin2
1 Assistant de premier mandant, Université de Goma, RD Congo
2 Assistant de deuxième mandant, Université de Goma, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
For more than a decade, the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in general and more particularly North Kivu has been facing regionalist tensions and political divisions to which we add other phenomena such as: barbarism, insecurity, police and military harassment, killings and violence, wars, tribal conflicts causing permanent instability, major population movements as well as the volcanic eruption, killing several families and even to those close to them who are dear to them. Given the extent of this situation, we believe that the self-esteem of the inhabitants of the City of Goma, more particularly of the Buhene Quarter, is not at the normal level given that they are exposed daily to unfortunate and traumatic events. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of exposure to traumatic events on the self-esteem of Gomatraciens in general and in particular among the inhabitants of Buhene. After analyzing the results, we found that the more the Congolese of North Kivu in general and in particular those of the city of Goma are exposed to traumatic events, the more their level of self-esteem becomes too low.
Author Keywords: Trauma, esteem, scales, self-esteem.
Abstract: (french)
Depuis Plus d’une décennie, l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo en général et plus particulièrement le Nord-Kivu fait face à des tensions et des clivages politiques régionalistes auxquels on ajoute d’autres phénomènes tels que: les barbaries, l’insécurité, les tracasseries policières et militaires, les tueries et les violences, les guerres, les conflits tribaux à l’origine d’une instabilité permanente, d’importants mouvements de populations ainsi que l’éruption volcanique, faisant la mort à plusieurs familles et même aux proches qui leurs sont chers. Vu l’ampleur de cette situation, nous pensons que l’estime de soi chez les habitants de la Ville de Goma, plus particulier du Quartier Buhene n’est pas au niveau normal étant donné qu’ils sont exposés quotidiennement aux évènements malheureux et traumatisant. Cette étude a comme objectif d’examiner les effets de l’exposition aux évènements traumatiques sur l’estime de soi des Gomatraciens en général et en particulier chez les habitants de Buhene. Après l’analyse des résultats, nous avons trouvé que plus les congolais du Nord-Kivu en général et en particulier ceux de la ville de Goma sont exposés aux événements traumatiques, plus leur degré d’estime de soi devient trop faible.
Author Keywords: Trauma, estime, échelles, estime de soi.
How to Cite this Article
Kasao Mutumay Dieudonne and Bahati Valentin, “Effects of exposure to traumatic events on self-esteem among residents of the city of Goma : Case of Quartier Buhene,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 260–267, November 2021.
