Is the holocaust implicated in posttraumatic growth in second-generation holocaust survivors? A prospective study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 530-533

  Dekel, Sharon ^a   Mandl, Christine ^a   Solomon, Zahava ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HOLOCAUST; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR; VETERAN; WAR; ARTICLE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

COHORT EFFECT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; VETERANS; WAR; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 84881543895     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21836     Document Type: Article

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