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The Experience of Well-Being in Professionals Who Support Victims of Political or Familiar Conflicts During Their Social Integration Process in Barranquilla, Colombia

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This article is the result of integration between a theoretical analysis and a qualitative approximation to the field about the experience of well-being. It presents the results of an investigation and its principal purpose was to examine the state and experience of well-being in the professionals who support victims of political or familiar conflicts during their social-integration processes. For this purpose, the researchers approached lived discourses, analyzed the context of the participants in the investigation in order to clarify direct and subjective experiences.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Universidad del Norte, Km. 5 Vía a Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla, Colombia

    Jean David Polo, Alberto De Castro & María Amarís

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Polo, J.D., De Castro, A. & Amarís, M. The Experience of Well-Being in Professionals Who Support Victims of Political or Familiar Conflicts During Their Social Integration Process in Barranquilla, Colombia. Community Ment Health J 51, 118–124 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-014-9754-3

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