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A Kruse·E Schmitt
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From the theoretical perspective of this contribution, analyses of psychological adjustment and coping in holocaust survivors should not only focus on the presence versus absence of diagnostic criteria of mental disorders. Coping with traumatic reminiscence in holocaust survivors is conceptualized as human behavior reflecting competences and resources as well as chances and limits of successful adjustment provided by life-long development and a given Status in society. On the basis of a clusteranalysis five pattems of coping are distinguished. The number of persons characterized by specific coping pattems indicates that most extermination camp survivors do possess effective coping abilities that allow them to establish or maintain a personal satisfying perspective on life. Coping pattems are influenced by biographical factors as well as by specific characteristics of reminiscence, health Status, social integration and financial resources.

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A Kruse, E Schmitt. 1999. [Not Available].. https://doi.org/10.13109/zptm.1999.45.3.279

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