Weiss E, O'Connell A N, Siiter R
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1986 Apr;50(4):828-31. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.50.4.828.
To determine whether a "children-of-holocaust-survivors syndrome" could more parsimoniously be explained as an "immigration effect," we performed a comparative study on a sample of 25 children of holocaust survivors, 25 children of immigrants, and 25 children of American-born parents. Subjects were matched on age and educational level and were assessed with four measures of mental health. Contrary to the findings of some researchers whose data supported such a syndrome, our data indicate no significant differences between children of holocaust survivors and the children of other immigrants. These data are suggestive of an immigration effect that is common to the children of immigrants and not limited to the children of holocaust survivors, rather than a survivors syndrome. The children of American-born parents showed greater alienation, less religiosity, and a tendency toward feelings of less guilt than the other two groups. Our data underscore the need to control immigrant status in multiple samples and studies before definitive conclusions can be drawn in this area.
为了确定“大屠杀幸存者子女综合征”是否可以更简约地解释为一种“移民效应”，我们对25名大屠杀幸存者子女、25名移民子女和25名美国本土出生父母的子女进行了一项对比研究。研究对象在年龄和教育水平上进行了匹配，并采用了四种心理健康测量方法进行评估。与一些数据支持这种综合征的研究人员的发现相反，我们的数据表明大屠杀幸存者子女与其他移民子女之间没有显著差异。这些数据表明存在一种移民效应，这种效应在移民子女中普遍存在，并不局限于大屠杀幸存者子女，而不是幸存者综合征。与其他两组相比，美国本土出生父母的子女表现出更大的疏离感、更少的宗教信仰，以及更少的负罪感倾向。我们的数据强调，在这个领域得出明确结论之前，需要在多个样本和研究中控制移民身份。
