title: Adaptive abilities in nonclinical second-generation Holocaust survivors and controls: a comparison.
abstract: A nonclinical second-generation Holocaust survivor group of young adults is contrasted with a comparable North American Jewish control group. A discriminate analysis of questionnaire responses indicates specific differences between the functioning second generation (N = 68) and the control group (N = 51). Focus was on growth-producing rather than pathogenic factors. Sample characteristics, interview data, techniques of data analyses and results are presented and discussed; some literature and work in progress is noted. Recommendations regarding further research efforts are made.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003209:Concentration Camps; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010553:Personality Development; D011330:Prisons; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013534:Survival