The Holocaust as a context for telling life stories
Female; Humans; Male; Aged; Middle Aged; Survivors; Aging; Adolescent Transitions; 20th Century; History; Holocaust; Narration/history
Using a narrative approach, this study explores the role of the Holocaust in the life stories of Survivors, contrasted with two comparison groups (one Jewish and one non-Jewish) whose direct experiences did not include surviving the Holocaust. Using the technique of the life line and measures such as number and type of life events identified, as well as the events marking the beginning and ending of the life story, several differences were found between the three groups. Survivors identified an average of 10 life events, fewer than the non-Jewish comparison group (18) but more than the Jewish comparison group (7). Most of these events were positive, although less so for the Jewish comparison group, with very few future events identified by any of the groups. The War marked the beginning of the life story for most of the survivors and their stories ended at an earlier age than did the stories of the comparison groups. Further, WWII events predominated in the stories of the survivors, as did family births and relationship events (comparably seen in the stories of the Jewish comparisons). In contrast, the comparison groups, and particularly the non-Jewish group, identified greater numbers of career, education, illness, and family death events. It is proposed that the pronounced effect of the Holocaust in the life stories of survivors (and to a lesser, though still evident, degree of the Jewish comparisons) serves as an anchoring and contextual influence on the nature and quality of life stories told. That is, the Holocaust sets the standard for what events merit mention and further determines the nature of the events reported and their distribution.
2005
de Vries B; Suedfeld P; Krell R; Blando JA; Southard P
International Journal Of Aging & Human Development
2005
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.2190/tfha-d5k5-kqkk-8de4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.2190/tfha-d5k5-kqkk-8de4</a>
The long-term effects of later life spousal and parental bereavement on personal functioning
Female; Humans; Male; Adult; Aged; Age Factors; Sex Factors; Life Change Events; Time Factors; Sampling Studies; Regression Analysis; quality of life; Adaptation; Psychological; bereavement; Family/psychology; Bereavement Leave Policy Paper; Widowhood/psychology
Using data from Americans' Changing Lives: Wave 1, 1986, this study examined the long-term effects on the personal functioning of older women and men following the death of an adult child or a spouse. Guided by Weiss's (1993) theoretical framework, 41 bereaved parents and 143 bereaved spouses were compared to 407 nonbereaved adults on measures of perceived health, self-efficacy, depression, life satisfaction, and future orientation. Analyses revealed bereavement and gender effects and a consistent influence of the sociodemographic characteristics of education, income, and duration of bereavement on functioning.
1995
Arbuckle NW; de Vries B
The Gerontologist
1995
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1093/geront/35.5.637" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1093/geront/35.5.637</a>
PARENTAL BEREAVEMENT OVER THE LIFE-COURSE - A THEORETICAL INTERSECTION AND EMPIRICAL REVIEW
bereavement; Bereavement Leave Policy Paper
This article reviews the literature on parental bereavement over the family life course drawing attention to the meaning of the loss. The conceptual framework for this article arises from the intersection of Klass and Marwit's {[}1] theory of parental bereavement and the theory of family development as proposed by Aldous 12] and others. The review of the literature is organized according to a series of factors, proposed by Rando {[}3] and others, thought to influence the parental grief experience: the untimeliness of the death; the nature and quality of the lost relationship; the role the deceased played; the characteristics of the death; and, the social support system. The role of a family developmental perspective in the understanding of parental bereavement and the recognition of the issues involved in the losses at different family stages is discussed in relation to each factor and strategies for future research are offered.}
1994
de Vries B; RD LANA; FALCK VT
Omega
1994
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.2190/xg2g-g77d-27fl-bc0t" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.2190/xg2g-g77d-27fl-bc0t</a>
Long-Term Psychological and Somatic Consequences of Later Life Parental Bereavement
1997
de Vries B; Davis CG; Wortman CB; Lehman DR
Omega
1997
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