Background Older persons with earlier trauma are often more vulnerable to stresses of old
age. Aims To examine the levels of emotional distress in relation to cognitive appraisal of …

Background The current study aims to determine whether elderly Holocaust survivors are
affected differently from non-survivors by the adversity of aging and cancer. Method …

OBJECTIVE: History of prolonged traumatization has been associated with reduced quality
of life (QoL) and difficulties in coping with major life-threatening conditions. We assessed the …

Objective: The Holocaust has become an iconic example of immense human-made
catastrophes, and survivors are now coping with normal aging processes. Childhood trauma …

Background: Psychache can and does co-exist alongside resilience and coping amongst
trauma survivors. This has been the center of the a-integrative theory of aging demonstrating …

Objectives: This study examined the relative effect of positive and negative autobiographical
aspects in later life as a function of the traumatic experience of the Holocaust and age …

Objective Although high rates of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychological
morbidity have been consistently reported in Holocaust survivors (HS), reports are …

This study aimed to examine Shmotkin's model according to which older people who
experienced trauma would commonly demonstrate a general, mainly physical, resilience …

This study explores current expressions of past trauma among Holocaust survi vors. Medical
records and extensive interviews were analyzed for 38 Holocaust survivors who were …

This article examines a community-based sample of Holocaust survivors aged 75 and over,
in comparison to persons of similar age and sociocultural background who did not …