Transgenerational trauma and resilience in post-communist Central Europe: A comparative study of survivors, their descendants, and control groups

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023752%3A_____%2F25%3A43921418" target="_blank" >RIV/00023752:_____/25:43921418 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100509" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100509</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100509" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100509</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Transgenerational trauma and resilience in post-communist Central Europe: A comparative study of survivors, their descendants, and control groups

Original language description

Background: One way to explore the psychological consequences of state oppression is by focusing on the lasting effects on survivors and their descendants.Objective: In the context of former Czechoslovakia, this study compares the experiences of two generations of families expelled from the country during the “Asanace” campaign with control groups of people whose families have not encountered any forms of oppression.Method: Overall, 58 people participated; 29 from the first and second generations were matched with 29 controls. Questionnaires assessing the severity of stress and trauma-related symptoms, coping strategies, resilience, and family communication were administered.Results: No significant differences were found between the first generation of survivors and the control group. The analysis revealed heightened vulnerability of the second generation as the group reported higher severity of stress and trauma-related symptoms and lower ability to recover from stress.Conclusions: This study investigates the psychological consequences of state oppression on Czechoslovakian dissidents and their offspring, contributing to the understanding of historical trauma and resilience in post-totalitarian countries of Eastern and Central Europe.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA22-04477S" target="_blank" >GA22-04477S: Expulsion, uprooting and change of life line - intergenerational study</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Journal of Trauma &amp; Dissociation

ISSN

2468-7499

e-ISSN

2468-7499

Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

"Article Number: 100509"

UT code for WoS article

001399728200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85214901278