Holocaust survivors: Coping with post‐traumatic memories in childhood and 40 years later
1990; Wiley; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/jts.2490030102
ISSN1573-6598
AutoresAviva Mazor, Yolanda Gampel, Robert D. Enright, R. Orenstein,
Tópico(s)Identity, Memory, and Therapy
ResumoAbstract This essay deals with coping processes of childhood trauma of survivors who were children during World War II over the lifecycle in a nonclinical group. The main issues refer to: (1) responses to war memories immediately after the war and 40 years later; (2) dealing with memories and feelings at present; (3) victims' feelings and attitudes toward the persecutor; (4) attitudes of survivors' children to the war experience of their parents; and (5) coping styles immediately and 40 years after the war, including the survivors' responses at present. Using a semistructural interview and a qualitative content analysis of interviews, it is suggested that for most persons the reactivation of memories and the need to document their experiences enhances, in a limited scope, the recognition of their loss and brings some relief; it also discloses new ways for these adults to comprehend their traumatic past.
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