Family environment, adjustment, and coping among children of Holocaust survivors: a comparative investigation.
Family environment, adjustment, maladjustment, and coping style were studied among matched groups of children of Holocaust survivors, children of Eastern European immigrants, Jewish controls, and non-Jewish controls. No significant differences were found among the groups on measures of adjustment or maladjustment. Group differences were found in family environment and coping style.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003209:Concentration Camps; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005061:Europe, Eastern / Q000208:ethnology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011330:Prisons; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence