Surviving the holocaust: A meta-analysis of the long-term sequelae of a genocide

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 677-698

  Barel, Efrat ^a,b   Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^c   Sagi Schwartz, Abraham ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b THE MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Holocaust; Meta analysis; Resilience; Survivors; Traumatization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOLOCAUST; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SLEEP DISORDER; SURVIVOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COGNITION; HEALTH STATUS; HOLOCAUST; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MENTAL DISORDERS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956498036     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020339     Document Type: Article

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