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| Erikson's "Components of a healthy personality" among Holocaust survivors immediately and 40 years after the war | | Author(s) | Peter Suedfeld, Erin Soriano, Donna Louise McMurtry |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 60, no 3, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 229-248 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Jewish ; War ; Mental health [elderly] ; Interviewing ; Longitudinal surveys. |
| Annotation | The degree to which Holocaust survivors have dealt successfully with the eight psychosocial crises thought by E H Erikson (in "Growth and crises of the healthy personality", 1959) to mark important stages in life-span development is assessed. In Study 1, 50 autobiographical interviews of survivors videotaped 30-50 years after the war were subjected to thematic content analysis. Relevant passages were coded as representing either a favourable or an unfavourable outcome as defined by Erikson. Survivors described significantly more favourable than unfavourable outcomes for seven of the crises, the exception being Trust vs Mistrust. In Study 2, audiotaped Holocaust survivor interviews conducted in 1946 were scored in the same way and compared with the results of Study 1. There were several significant differences as well as similarities between the two data sets, the later interviews mostly showing changes in the positive direction. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050613204 A |
| Classmark | TKS: VMC: D: 3DL: 3J |
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