Holocaust survivors and immigrants
Subtitle: late life adaptations
By: Boaz Kahana, Zev Harel, and Eva Kahana.
Contributors: Harel, Zev.; Kahana, Eva.
Series: Plenum series on stress and coping
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: 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)
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Placing adaptation among elderly Holocaust survivors in a theoretical context; title: Holocaust years: survivors share their wartime experiences; title: From destruction to search for new lives; title: Cumulative stress experiences of Holocaust survivors and the immigrant comparison group; title: Physical health of Holocaust survivors and immigrants in the U.S. and Israel; title: Mental health of older Holocaust survivors; title: Social resources and psychological well-being; title: Predictors of psychological well-being: a multivariate model; title: Vulnerability, resilience, memories, and meaning.