Title Holocaust survivors and immigrants : late life adaptations / Boaz Kahana, Zev Harel, and Eva Kahana

Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 157 pages) : illustrations Series Plenum series on stress and coping Plenum series on stress and coping. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index In Springer e-books Subject Adaptability (Psychology) Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Psychology Holocaust survivors -- Israel -- Psychology Older Jews -- United States -- Psychology Older Jews -- Israel -- Psychology Post-traumatic stress disorder. Stress (Psychology) Adjustment (Psychology) Stress (Physiology) Jews. Older people. Adaptation, Psychological Holocaust -- psychology Jews Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress, Psychological Survivors -- psychology Aged Stress, Physiological Emotional Adjustment Aged, 80 and over elderly. PSYCHOLOGY -- Personality. Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Psychology. Holocaust survivors -- Israel -- Psychology. Older Jews -- United States -- Psychology. Older Jews -- Israel -- Psychology. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Stress (Psychology) Adjustment (Psychology) Adaptation, Psychological. Holocaust -- psychology. Jews. Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic. Stress, Psychological. Survivors -- psychology. Aged. Adaptability (Psychology) Stress (Physiology) Older people Jews Adaptability (Psychology) Adjustment (Psychology) Holocaust survivors -- Psychology Post-traumatic stress disorder Stress (Psychology) Stress. Posttraumatische stressstoornis. Holocaust. Overlevenden. Ouderen. Immigranten. Aanpassing. Israel United States Verenigde Staten. Israël (staat) Form Electronic book Author Harel, Zev Kahana, Eva ISBN 9780387229737 0387229736 0387229728 9780387229720 6610804591 9786610804597

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