ABSTRACT
Further studies are needed not only to evaluate how culture affects responses to the various consequences of war, but also how culturally prescribed behaviour affects the individual experience of chaos, loss, and grief For instance, although the K’iche’ are socialized to suppress anger, the widows had to learn to suppress more anger and resentment than they had previously thought it possible to feel. Future research needs to compare socialization practices in different cultures and examine how this impinges on the impact of war; the data presented here suggests that caution should be exercised when applying western psychological theories to non-Western peoples.
