Colombian Psychology and Post-Conflict: A Retrospective Look Based on Contributions from Scientific Research

This text analyzes the contribution of Psychology to the Colombian post-conflict, from the review of documentary sources of the country, indexed between 2010 and 2018. The type and design of the research is documentary, exploratory and descriptive, and is supported from a qualitative paradigm. The bibliographic record and the analysis record were the collection instruments. An initial exploration of 120 research records was carried out, of which 41 were located. Finally, only 34 of them (which include varied information of a scientific nature) served as the basis for the documentary research. In the study of the information collected, a method of content analysis was used. The results show that the authors who directly address the subject of Psychology and Post-Conflict do so from the theory, from the suggestion or the inference of what may be applicable, but without data comparable to the development in the field. Social Psychology, by its scope of action, is the one called, then, as various authors affirm, to respond to a greater extent to the post-conflict; in that task, other branches such as the Psychology of Peace and Positive Psychology must take part. Among the most relevant conclusions is that it is necessary to generate, from the academy, awareness spaces for Psychology professionals in Colombia, in order to establish and optimize a process of understanding and intervention of the phenomena that touch the reality of the communities and affect their quality of life.