Does intergenerational transmission of trauma skip a generation? No meta-analytic evidence for tertiary traumatization with third generation of Holocaust survivors

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-121

  Sagi Schwartz, Abraham ^a   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^b   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Holocaust; Meta analysis; Tertiary traumatization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY STUDY; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SURVIVOR;

COHORT EFFECT; FEMALE; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 51449103612     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802113661     Document Type: Article

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