This longitudinal study examined outcomes of a local peace‐building intervention that applied principles of intergroup contact to promote reconciliation between génocidaires and survivors whom they have directly harmed during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Individual interviews were conducted with 46 génocidaires and 45 survivors whom they have directly harmed during the genocide at 7‐time points over the course of their 22‐month participation in three programmatic activities (workshops, cell groups, and cooperative cow raising). One thousand bootstrapped samples generated to measure changes in outcomes indicated that survivors and génocidaires regarded themselves and those who directly impacted them during the genocide more positively after 22 months. Although both survivors and génocidaires experienced significant decline in trauma symptomatology after 22 months, they responded to programmatic activities differently. Cell group interactions sustained some positive outcomes (génocidaires perceived forgiveness by others) after the workshops and further improved others (génocidaires self‐forgiveness). Survivors who participated in cell groups and raised cows with génocidaires demonstrated further willingness to reconcile compared to survivors who participated in cell groups alone. Our findings empirically support the benefits of promoting different forms of intergroup interactions long after a period of intense violence and highlight the importance of considering how the trajectories of outcomes can inform program and theory development.

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一条通往和平的曲折之路：对 1994 年卢旺达图西族大屠杀幸存者和种族灭绝者进行和平干预的纵向结果。

这项纵向研究审查了当地建设和平干预措施的结果，该干预措施应用群体间接触的原则促进种族灭绝者与他们在1994 年对图西族的种族灭绝期间直接受到伤害的幸存者之间的和解在卢旺达。对 46 名灭绝种族者和 45 名幸存者进行了个人访谈，他们在 22 个月参与三项计划活动（研讨会、细胞小组和合作养牛）的过程中，在 7 个时间点对他们在种族灭绝期间直接受到伤害。为衡量结果变化而生成的一千个自举样本表明，幸存者和种族灭绝者在 22 个月后更积极地看待自己和在种族灭绝期间直接影响他们的人。尽管幸存者和灭绝种族者在 22 个月后的创伤症状显着下降，但他们对计划活动的反应不同。在讲习班之后，细胞小组的互动保持了一些积极的结果（灭绝种族者认为其他人的宽恕）和进一步改善他人（种族灭绝的自我宽恕）。与单独参加细胞组的幸存者相比，参加细胞组并用种族灭绝饲养奶牛的幸存者表现出进一步的和解意愿。我们的研究结果在经验上支持在经历了一段激烈的暴力之后很久促进不同形式的群体间互动的好处，并强调了考虑结果轨迹如何为计划和理论发展提供信息的重要性。