Intergenerational transmission: The individuation process and the capacity for intimacy of adult children of Holocaust survivors

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-113

  Mazor, Aviva ^a   Tal, I Ido ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Holocaust survivors' children; Individuation; Intergenerational transmission; Intimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030529846     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02196853     Document Type: Article

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