PREISS, Marek, Monika FŇAŠKOVÁ, Markéta NEČASOVÁ, Radek HEISSLER, Petr BOB, Alice PROKOPOVÁ, Dita SAMANKOVA, Edel SANDERS and Ivan REKTOR. Wellbeing and national identity in three generations of Czech and Slovak Holocaust survivors. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Frontiers Research Foundation, 2022, vol. 16, SEP, p. 919217-919226. ISSN 1662-5153. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.919217.
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Original name Wellbeing and national identity in three generations of Czech and Slovak Holocaust survivors
Authors PREISS, Marek (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Monika FŇAŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Markéta NEČASOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radek HEISSLER, Petr BOB (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Alice PROKOPOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Dita SAMANKOVA, Edel SANDERS and Ivan REKTOR (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Frontiers Research Foundation, 2022, 1662-5153.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30103 Neurosciences
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.000
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14740/22:00128825
Organization unit Central European Institute of Technology
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.919217
UT WoS 000855566600001
Keywords in English trauma; PTSD; transgenerational; Czech; Holocaust
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D., učo 106624. Changed: 10/3/2023 13:29.
Abstract
Subjective wellbeing (SWB) is an important factor of global adjustment. Intergenerational satisfaction in seriously traumatized people has not been studied so far in homogenous populations of Central and Eastern Europe. This study focuses on the SWB in three generations of survivors living in the Czech Republic and Slovakia after World War II (WWII). The focal groups were Holocaust survivors (ages 71-95, n = 47), Holocaust survivors' children (ages 30-73, n = 86), and their grandchildren (ages 15-48, n = 88), and they were compared to aged-matched groups without Holocaust history. The first and second generation of Holocaust survivors scored significantly lower than the comparison groups in wellbeing, as measured using the Schwartz Outcome Scale-10 (SOS-10). There was no significant difference in life satisfaction in any of the three generations. Within the focal group, identification as Jewish or as also Jewish was comparable in all three generations of Holocaust survivors (74% in the first, 79% in the second, and 66% in the third generation). Holocaust survivors declaring Jewish identity reported lower SWB compared to survivors declaring other than Jewish identity. The focal group generated more national identities than comparisons. The outcomes are discussed in the context of the history of Central and Eastern Europe.
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LQ1601, research and development projectName: CEITEC 2020 (Acronym: CEITEC2020)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
NV18-04-00559, research and development projectName: Neurobiologické a psychologické markery reakce na extrémní stres a jeho dopad na potomky - třígenerační studie přeživších holokaust a jejich potomků
Investor: Ministry of Health of the CR, Neurobiological and psychological markers of reaction to extreme stress and its impact on offspring - three generation study of holocaust survivors and their offspring
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