Keinan G, Mikulincer M, Rybnicki A
Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Behav Med. 1988 Spring;14(1):6-12. doi: 10.1080/08964289.1988.9935117.
This study's objectives were to test the emotional stability and self-perceptions of Holocaust survivors' offspring (HSO) and to investigate how HSO perceive their parents. It was assumed that the investigation of these two issues would broaden our understanding of the mediating processes through which the psychological burdens of the survivors might be transmitted to their descendants. Forty-seven subjects, all second-generation Holocaust survivors, were compared with 46 control subjects on measures of emotional stability (anxiety and depressive moods) and measures of self-perception and perception of parents. The groups did not differ on the emotional stability and self-perception measures. However, it was found that the children of Holocaust survivors, compared with the control subjects, perceived their parents as more tense, but also as more attractive. The correlations between self-perception and perception of parents were lower in the HSO group than in the control group. These findings suggest that HSO seem to have developed unique coping mechanisms that enable them to deal with their parent's psychological burdens.
本研究的目的是测试大屠杀幸存者后代（HSO）的情绪稳定性和自我认知，并调查HSO如何看待他们的父母。假设对这两个问题的调查将拓宽我们对中介过程的理解，通过这些过程，幸存者的心理负担可能会传递给他们的后代。47名受试者均为第二代大屠杀幸存者，与46名对照受试者在情绪稳定性（焦虑和抑郁情绪）以及自我认知和对父母的认知方面进行了比较。两组在情绪稳定性和自我认知测量方面没有差异。然而，研究发现，与对照受试者相比，大屠杀幸存者的子女认为他们的父母更紧张，但也更有吸引力。HSO组中自我认知与对父母的认知之间的相关性低于对照组。这些发现表明，HSO似乎已经形成了独特的应对机制，使他们能够应对父母的心理负担。
