Long-Term Effects of the Holocaust on Selected Social Attitudes and Behaviors of Survivors: A Cautionary Note

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Title
Long-Term Effects of the Holocaust on Selected Social Attitudes and Behaviors of Survivors: A Cautionary Note
Abstract
The authors compare a random sample of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust living in Montreal with two Jewish control groups. Modest or insignificant differences were found on measures of perceived anti-Semitism, economic and political satisfaction, social segregation, economic achievement, and propensity to migrate from Quebec. The authors caution against overgeneralization of a clinical construct, the survivor syndrome, and point to the need for further research into the remarkable capacities of human beings to overcome the most severe forms of victimization.
Publication
Social Forces
Volume
Vol. 60
Issue
no. 1
Pages
1-19
Date
1981
Language
en
Citation
Weinfeld, Morton, John J. Sigal, and William W. Eaton. “Long-Term Effects of the Holocaust on Selected Social Attitudes and Behaviors of Survivors: A Cautionary Note.” Social Forces Vol. 60, no. 1 (1981): 1–19.
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