| Summary: | This article is based on a research that explored the relations between the Personal Social Network of people who have been displaced because of political violence and their Quality of Life in Health. These relations can be modified by the time of being in the new place of refuge - less than three months and more of one year. The hypothesis looked for if to greater density of the Personal Social Network of displaced people the Quality of Life in Health was low, which together with other social factors would reduce their Sense of community and capacity of adaptation. The data were collected in Pinar del Río (periphery of Barranquilla - Colombia), with 19 people selected in snow ball sample (8 men, 11 women, between 27 and 61 years). They responded to a questionnaire on Quality of Life in Health (Sf-36) (McHorney et al., 1994), and the Arizona Social Support Interview Schedule (ASSIS) of Barrera (1980, cited by Araya and Maya, 2005). The results do not show significant correlation between the time of refuge with the study variables, but it was observed that the Quality of Life, in its dimension of physic health, is smaller in displaced people with more of one year in the new place of refuge, with respect to displaced people who have less than three months in the new place of refuge.
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