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ENGAGEMENT IN FAMILIES OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS *
Author(s) -
Podietz Lenore,
Belmont Herman,
Shapiro Marion,
Zwerling Israel,
Ficher Ilda,
Eisenstein Talia,
Levick Myra
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1984.tb00564.x
Subject(s) - the holocaust , holocaust survivors , socioeconomic status , psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , demography , population , sociology , philosophy , theology
A questionnaire study of 80 young adult children of Holocaust survivors and 138 children of “American” families matched for age, sex, education and socioeconomic status corroborated the hypothesis that members of survivor families are more closely engaged than are members of “American” families: attachments are tighter, and separations are effected with greater difficulty. Children of survivors more frequently describe themselves as protective of their parents. Significant differences between the two populations were found to be consistent with the descriptions in the largely anecdotal literature on Holocaust survivors regarding the structure of survivor families.