RJA #3c: Developing Research Question

Negative psychological effects of war in Bosnia.

1. Who is mostly displaying the negative effects of the war?
2. What are the worst negative psychological effects?
3. When did the effects start emerging?
4. Where are the effects taking people? (general path in life)
5. How influential/negative was the war?
6. Why did the war happen?
7. Should the war be blamed for the current negative status?
8. Would the negative effects exist today if war never happened?

DZ

RJA #3b: Narrowing Research Topic

Psychological effects of war in Bosnia on young adults as my topic does need to be narrowed down. I am definitely interested in this subject but I am finding a lot of information on the internet which is overwhelming.

Due to all that information I took the books advice and drew my main topic in the middle of a paper and drew some interesting subtopics. Subtopics that emerged include: negative psychological effects, lack of emotional development, suicide rates, and lack of decision making skills.

DZ

RJA #3a: Exploring Research Topic

Chapter III was extremely helpful in the fact it made me concretely decides that this is my topic.

Kairos was perfect place to start because those questions helped me understand why I wanted to write about the mental effects of war in Bosnia. My motivation is to comprehend how my peers, loved ones, and other victims of that war are mentally affected today as young adults considering they still have to leave in a place where they experienced war horrors. My past is obviously influencing my topic pick, curiosity as well.

So far I've seen a few clips and short movies on YouTube. They seem to show a lot of pain, loss, and pride. I am looking forward to receiving books from my parent’s because that is where I want to continue my research next.

DZ