Life Satisfaction of Holocaust Survivors

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216275%3A25520%2F22%3A39918752" target="_blank" >RIV/00216275:25520/22:39918752 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/68407700:21460/22:00356409

Result on the web

<a href="https://clinicalsocialwork.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cswhi_01_2022_05_horackova.pdf" target="_blank" >https://clinicalsocialwork.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cswhi_01_2022_05_horackova.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22359/cswhi_13_1_05" target="_blank" >10.22359/cswhi_13_1_05</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Life Satisfaction of Holocaust Survivors

Original language description

Objective: Find out the impact of the Holocaust trauma on life satisfaction of alive Czech survivors, and to compare it with a control group of respondents. Design: Prospective study Participants: The total number of respondents in the study was 130. The exposed group consisted of 65 Czech Holocaust survivors (average age 88.5 years), control group of 65 Czech seniors (average age 88 years). Methods: The article presents a quantitative research assessing the life satisfaction of survivors using the standardized Life Satisfaction Questionnaire by Fahrenberg et al. (1986) on a main group, and compares it with a control group. A non-parametric test for two selections (Mann - Whitney) at a significance level of 0.05 was used to test the hypotheses. Results: In spite of wide spectrum of the Holocaust effects, the exposed group shows higher or the same satisfactionin the most of the monitored areas compared to the control group (Health Me 4 vs. 3, p - 0.000; Workand employment Me 6 vs. 5, p - 0.000; Financial situation Me 6 vs. 4, p - 0.000; Leisure time Me 4 vs. 4, p - 0.002; Marriage and partnership Me 2 vs. 0, p - 0.284; Own self Me 4 vs. 3, p - 0.000; Sexuality Me 3 vs. 3, p - 0.879; Friends and acquaintances Me 5 vs. 4, p - 0.002; Housing Me 5 vs. 4, p - 0.000; Overall life satisfaction Me 5 vs. 4, p - 0.001). On the contrary, they are less satisfied in the area Children (Me 4 vs. 5, p - 0.016). Conclusions: The research displays integration of hardiness and vulnerability, lust for life and the ability of man to live and survive in extreme conditions and still feel a joy of life.

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

30307 - Nursing

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Clinical Social Work and Health Intervention

ISSN

2222-386X

e-ISSN

2076-9741

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

AT - AUSTRIA

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

37-44

UT code for WoS article

000782802300018

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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