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Challenges for aging Holocaust survivors and their children
— the impact of early trauma on aging | | Author(s) | Nancy Isserman, Bea Hollander-Goldfein, S Nechama Horwitz |
| Journal title | Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, vol 29, nos 2-3, April-September 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, April-September 2017 |
| Pages | pp 105-129 |
| Source | http://tandf.com |
| Keywords | Jewish [elderly] ; Ageing process ; War ; Stress ; Adjustment ; Children [offspring] ; Family relationships. |
| Annotation | As Holocaust survivors age a question arises about the impact of the trauma on their experiences of the ageing process. Is the impact of early trauma continually present or does the negative psychological impact disappear when survivors are younger and then reappear as they age? In Transcending Trauma Project interviews survivors noted the impact of the Holocaust was always present but some stated that it increased as they aged. A small number of children of survivors interviewed observed a dependence upon defence mechanisms to cope with ageing which differed from the survivors' identification of using active and family coping strategies during the war and postwar years. Though children who experienced positive parent-child relationships mentioned the negative coping strategies, they also spoke positively of the impact of their parents in their own lives and expressed empathy for their parents. In the families where tensions existed between the survivors and their children, the children did not express empathy for their ageing parents. Several studies supported the importance of family relationships in the ageing process. This secondary analysis study further explored the impact of the Holocaust in ageing survivors and the views of some children of survivors on ageing. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171020217 A |
| Classmark | F:TKS: BG: VMC: QNH: DR: SS: DS:SJ |
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