The American journal of orthopsychiatry
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Am J Orthopsychiatry · Apr 2006
Anger, guilt, and intergenerational communication of trauma in the interpersonal narratives of second generation Holocaust survivors.
The nature and expression of anger and guilt in sons and daughters of Holocaust survivors were studied by a quantitative and qualitative analysis of relationship narratives. Findings are discussed in relation to the reciprocal overprotectiveness between the surviving parents and their children in the context of intergenerational communication of trauma.