| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 157 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Plenum series on stress and coping |
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Plenum series on stress and coping.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Placing adaptation among elderly Holocaust survivors in a theoretical context -- Holocaust years: survivors share their wartime experiences -- From destruction to search for new lives -- Cumulative stress experiences of Holocaust survivors and the immigrant comparison group -- Physical health of Holocaust survivors and immigrants in the U.S. and Israel -- Mental health of older Holocaust survivors -- Social resources and psychological well-being -- Predictors of psychological well-being: a multivariate model -- Vulnerability, resilience, memories, and meaning. |
| Summary |
"Based on a unique research study, this volume examines the later life development of Holocaust survivors from Israel and the U.S. Through systematic interviews, the authors - noted researchers and clinicians - collected data about the lives of these survivors and how they compared to peers who did not share this experience. The orientation of the book synthesizes several conceptual approaches: gerontological and life span development, stress research, and traumatology, and also reflects the varied disciplines of the authors, spanning psychology, social work, and sociology. The result is a multi-faceted view of their subject with an understanding of the individual, society, and the interaction of the two, tempered by the authors' own Holocaust experiences. Chapters cover a range of areas including stress and coping of these survivors, reviews of their health and mental health, an examination of their social integration, as well as a review of the multiple predictors of psychological well-being and adaptation to aging. This book will be of interest to psychologists, social workers, sociologists, psychiatrists, and all those who study both trauma and aging."--Jacket. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Adaptability (Psychology)
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Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Psychology.
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Holocaust survivors -- Israel -- Psychology.
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Older Jews -- United States -- Psychology.
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Older Jews -- Israel -- Psychology.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Stress (Psychology)
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Adjustment (Psychology)
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Adaptation, Psychological.
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Holocaust -- psychology.
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Jews.
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
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Stress, Psychological.
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Survivors -- psychology.
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Aged.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Personality.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Harel, Zev.
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Kahana, Eva.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Holocaust survivors and immigrants : late life adaptations. New York, NY : Springer, 2005 0387229728 9780387229720 (DLC) 2005282333 (OCoLC)61485484 |
| ISBN |
0387229728 (acid-free paper) |
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9780387229720 (acid-free paper) |
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