Intergenerational trauma studies, once originated within Holocaust survivors’ second generation studies, are now expanding into many more areas. Inspired by research of the effects of the Holocaust on the second generation, the field of intergenerational trauma has progressed significantly during the last few decades. Further studies are needed to explore the links between parental and child sense of coherence in other samples. The study raises broader questions about the intergenerational aspects of resilience. Our study indicates the links between parental and the second generation’s sense of coherence in the families of survivors of political violence. Post-traumatic stress symptoms were associated negatively with a sense of coherence in the second generation. A significant positive correlation between parental and adult offsprings’ sense of coherence was found. We found a high vulnerability in the second generation of the Lithuanian families of political violence survivors, with a 29% of probable PTSD in the second generation based on self-report measures. Post-traumatic stress symptoms were assessed in the second generation of survivors. Life-time traumatic experiences and sense of coherence were measured in both parents and their offspring. A total of 110 matched pairs of communist regime political violence survivors (mean age = 73.22 years) and their adult offspring (mean age = 44.65 years) participated in this study. We aimed to explore post-traumatic stress in the second generation of the Lithuanian survivors of political violence, and analyze links between parental and adult offsprings’ sense of coherence in the families exposed to political violence during the oppressive communist regime in Lithuania. Little is known about intergeneration effects on mental health in the families of survivors of political oppression of communist regime in Central and Eastern Europe. Department of Clinical and Organizational Psychology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.Evaldas Kazlauskas * Danute Gailiene Ieva Vaskeliene Monika Skeryte-Kazlauskiene
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