title: Exploring communication of traumatic experiences from Khmer Rouge genocide survivors to their offspring: In-depth interviews with both generations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Traumatic events experienced by parents who have survived genocide influence mental health among their offspring. This study aims at exploring how the communication of traumatic events between Khmer Rouge survivors and their offspring was perceived by both generations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative interviews were performed with six Khmer Rouge survivors and with six young people representing the second generation and were analysed using a content analysis approach.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parents felt that informing their children was important to instill gratitude for living a better life and to empower them. Among children, this was met with empathy but sometimes also disbelief and at times they blamed their parents for being too submissive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study discloses the complexity, pros and cons of intergenerational sharing of trauma.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melander
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology and Global Health Unit, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: Kjerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dahlblom
authors.affiliation: Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Chey Chumneas Hospital, Takhmau, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Bhoomikumar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jegannathan
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden gunnarkullgren@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kullgren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002160:Cambodia; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D063365:Genocide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting; D011057:Politics; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Trauma; communication; genocide; qualitative analysis; second generation