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| Balancing psychache and resilience in aging Holocaust survivors | | Author(s) | Irit Ohana, Hava Golander, Yoram Barak |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 26, no 6, June 2014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, June 2014 |
| Pages | pp 929-934 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Jewish [elderly] ; War ; Stress ; Psychoses ; Adjustment. |
| Annotation | Psychache, or severe psychological distress, can and does co-exist alongside resilience and coping amongst trauma survivors. This has been the centre of the a-integrative theory of ageing demonstrating an attitude to life based on cognitive and emotional dimensions. Ageing of Holocaust survivors (HS) is especially difficult when focus is brought to the issue of integrating their life history. The present study aimed to investigate the interplay between psychache and resilience amongst ageing HS. A cross-sectional study of HS and a matched comparison group recruited from the general population was carried out. All underwent a personal interview and endorsed quantifiable psychache and resilience scales. 214 older participants were enrolled for the study: 107 HS and 107 comparison participants. Mean age for the participants was approximately 80 years; there were 101 women and 113 men in each group. Holocaust survivors did not differ in the level of resilience from comparisons, although psychache was significantly more intense in the HS group This demonstrates the complex interplay between psychache and resilience. Ageing HS still have to cope with high levels of psychache while realising a life-long process of development through resilience. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150529297 A |
| Classmark | F:TKS: VMC: QNH: EL: DR |
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