Anger, guilt, and intergenerational communication of trauma in the interpersonal narratives of second generation Holocaust survivors

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-184

  Wiseman, Hadas ^b   Metzl, Einat ^b   Barber, Jacques P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emotional trauma; Holocaust; Narratives; Parent child communication; Second generation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRIME; DAUGHTER; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE; PARENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GUILT; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33744977659     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.2.176     Document Type: Article

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