A Cultural Psychological Study of the Narratives of the Ex-Politically Persecuted People of Albania: Toward a National Narrative (Research Brief)

The study’s real contribution, however, will be in its benefit to the ex-politically persecuted. Participants indicated that telling their stories helped to relieve their stress, but they were more interested in having the collective story told outside Albania and specifically, to the U.S. government and to human rights organizations, because they feel that their human rights are still being violated. As the title of the dissertation suggests, the ultimate goal is a national narrative.

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Susan Murati, of the Alliant University, California, was a 2001-02 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) fellow.