Intergenerational Relations

TL;DR: This article reviews the relationship between factors associated with resilience, and aspects of the individual’s social ecology (environment) that promote and protect against the negative impact of exposure to traumatic events.

TL;DR: The comparison of the Holocaust and post-colonial Indigenous “survivance” suggests that the persistent suffering of Indigenous peoples in the Americas reflects not so much past trauma as ongoing structural violence.

TL;DR: Several culturally specific practical considerations should inform social work interventions with ethnic Arab peoples in Arab countries or in Western nations, taking into account gender relations, individuals' places in their families and communities, patterns of mental health services use, and the client's level of acculturation.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that offspring are affected by parental trauma or stress exposure is now supported empirically by data from Holocaust survivor offspring cohorts and other populations, and findings have been extended to less extreme forms of stress, where differential physical, behavioral, and cognitive outcomes are observed in affected offspring.