Afectaciones psicológicas en un militar de la Armada Nacional de las Minas Antipersonal

Abstract

The objective of this research was to identify the psychological affectations through the life history of a soldier of the National Navy, Republic of Colombia victim of antipersonnel mines. It was used a method of qualitative study with a narrative design of topics, under the hermeneutical paradigm. In this research a semistructured interview adapted to the field of military psychology was applied, using for the analysis of the interview the software Atlas-Ti V.7.0, which allowed analyzing the narrative of the antipersonnel mines victim by grouping psychological affectations through the hermeneutical units, thus allowing a hermeneutical analysis in the role of victim of antipersonnel mines in the armed conflict of Colombia. Within the results there was a greater number of citations in the subcategories Anger, Thinking and memory due to the psychological impact suffered by the military during his service in the National Navy. It is recommended for future investigations the deepening of the attention received by the wounded in combat, allowing the analysis of other categories and subcategories that can be found.