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Can Creativity in Conditions of War Trauma be a Danger to Personal Development?

Mladen Knezevicc

University of Zagreb, Law School, Social Work Department, mladen.knezevic{at}zg.tel.hr

Marija Ovsenik

University of Ljubljana, School for Social Work and at the University of Maribor - Faculty of Organizational Sciences - Kranj, marija.ovsenik{at}uni-lj.si

This research study is a result of joint activities carried out by practitioners and scientists with an aim of improving the situation of children affected by the war in the town of Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, which was divided into two parts and governed by two ethnic communities, Bosnians and Croats. The research shows that the more creative children often reacted negatively to psycho-traumatic events; this type of ‘oppositionality’ was an unacceptable form of reaction in their social community, and as a result, they were less able to develop their creative potential.

Key Words: creativity • ethnic communities • psycho-trauma • traumatic events

Human Relations, Vol. 55, No. 9, 1139-1153 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/0018726702055009023
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