Memories of Holocaust-related traumatic experiences, sense of coherence, and survivors' subjective well-being in late life: some puzzling findings

Background and Objectives: This study explores the nexus of relationships between memories of Holocaust-related early traumatic events, survivors’ sense of coherence (SOC), and subjective well-being (SWB) in late life. Design: The basic design of this study, based 106 survivors (54% female), was cross-sectional. Methods: Participants underwent an extensive in-depth clinical interview relating to their Holocaust experiences and responded to measures of SOC and SWB.

Resource loss, self-efficacy, and family support predict posttraumatic stress symptoms: a 3-year study of earthquake survivors

Background and Objectives: Social support and self-efficacy are regarded as coping resources that may facilitate readjustment after traumatic events. The 2009 Cinchona earthquake in Costa Rica serves as an example for such an event to study resources to prevent subsequent severity of posttraumatic stress symptoms. Design: At Time 1 (1–6 months after the earthquake in 2009), N = 200 survivors were interviewed, assessing resource loss, received family support, and posttraumatic stress response.

Narrative and Silence: How Former Refugees Talk about Loss and Past Trauma

Using narrative methodology this paper analyses the life stories of 25 former refugees from two African countries, resettled in Australia. Study findings demonstrated a salient divergence between the stories of the two communities; within which there were also individual differences in structure and content of participants’ narratives. Five narrative types were identified along a continuum from detailed disclosure to near-complete silence about traumatic events and experiences.

Bridging a translational gap: using machine learning to improve the prediction of PTSD

Abstract
Background
Predicting Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a pre-requisite for targeted prevention. Current research has identified group-level risk-indicators, many of which (e.g., head trauma, receiving opiates) concern but a subset of survivors. Identifying interchangeable sets of risk indicators may increase the efficiency of early risk assessment. The study goal is to use supervised machine learning (ML) to uncover interchangeable, maximally predictive combinations of early risk indicators.

Nooit meer Auschwitz lezing door Abram de Swaan, 21 januari 2015, Het Koninklijke Instituut voor de Tropen Amsterdam

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Prof. Dr. Abram de Swaan, socioloog en emeritus 'universiteitshoogleraar' sociale wetenschap aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, hield op 21 januari 2015 de Nooit meer Auschwitz lezing en ontving de Annetje Fels Kupferschmidt-onderscheiding. www.auschwitz.nl

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Indo's in het verzet

Van de Engelandvaarders, oorlogsvliegers en verzetsmensen blijkt een opvallend deel afkomstig uit Nederlands-Indië. De weerstand tegen de Duitsers was niet alleen het werk van autochtone Nederlanders.

Themanummer: 75 jaar Tweede Wereldoorlog

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6 Gevangen door de bezetter
18 Start van het RIOD
28 Musserts racisme
42 Een ongrijpbare beul
54 Indo's in het verzet
64 Spoorwegstaking
74 Stadhuisramp in Heusden

Themanummer: vrouwen in de krijgsmacht

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8 Vrouwen in de krijgsmacht
10 Veteraan Amy van Son
14 Marine vrouwen afdeling
18 de vrouwen van Soedan
20 Bergings- en Identificatiedienst KL
22 Eerste vrouwelijke generaal
24 Kleding voor Veteran Girls
26 Partner van...

Anxiety sensitivity, catastrophic misinterpretations and panic self-efficacy in the prediction of panic disorder severity: Towards a tripartite cognitive model of panic disorder

The present study examined the contribution of three main cognitive factors (i.e., anxiety sensitivity, catastrophic misinterpretations of bodily symptoms, and panic self-efficacy) in predicting panic disorder (PD) severity in a sample of patients with a principal diagnosis of panic disorder. It was hypothesized that anxiety sensitivity (AS), catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations, and panic self-efficacy are uniquely related to panic disorder severity.

Over herdenken is altijd gesteggel, dat houdt het juist levend

Bij de blijvende belangstelling voor 'de oorlog' horen de vele monumenten en herdenkingen. En het geharrewar dat daar soms over ontstaat is niet erg, schrijft Rob van Ginkel vandaag in een opiniestuk in Het Parool. Lees verder

 

 

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