Disorganizing experiences in second- and third-generation Holocaust survivors

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1539-1553

  Scharf, Miri ^a   Mayseless, Ofra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

attachment bonding; mental health and illness; parenting; stress distress; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOLOCAUST; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 80053301198     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310393747     Document Type: Review

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