Open AccessIdentity Loss and Recovery in the Life Stories of Soviet World War II Veterans
Author(s) -
P.G. Coleman,
A. Podolskij
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/47.1.52
Subject(s) - generativity , identity (music) , psychological resilience , communism , world war ii , gender studies , government (linguistics) , sociology , psychology , political science , social psychology , law , aesthetics , philosophy , linguistics , politics
We examined the adjustment to societal change following the fall of communism in a group of Soviet war veterans from Russia and the Ukraine. The focus of the study was on the dynamics of identity development, and especially generativity, in a period of intense social upheaval.
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