Psychological reactions to the coronavirus pandemic: a comparative study of Holocaust survivors and other older adults in Israel

Abstract Background The current study examines psychological reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults living in Israel. Based on the ‘life events, stress, coping and health theory,’ we hypothesized that due to their traumatic early life history and dearth of emotional and physical copin...

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Main Authors: Sara Carmel, Yaacov G. Bachner, Ella Cohn-Schwartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04052-5