Is There Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma? The Case of Combat Veterans' Children

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-289

  Dekel, Rachel ^a   Goldblatt, Hadass ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

fathers; intergenerational transmission; PTSD; secondary traumatization; war

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMBAT DISORDERS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VETERANS;

EID: 58249139260     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013955     Document Type: Article

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