Thematic Content Analyses: Nomothetic Methods for Using Holocaust Survivor Narratives in Psychological Research

The overwhelming majority of psychological research on Holocaust survivors follows an ldiographic model, which is concerned with studying and understanding individual personalities and how they have been affected by their experiences. Most such publications emphasize pathological characteristics, us...

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History, 20th Century
Holocaust - ethnology
Holocaust - history
Holocaust - legislation & jurisprudence
Holocaust - psychology
Individuality
Life Change Events
Memory
Mental Health - history
Personality
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Research - history
Research Personnel - education
Research Personnel - history
Research Personnel - psychology
Research Subjects - legislation & jurisprudence
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Social Behavior
Survivors - history
Survivors - legislation & jurisprudence
Survivors - psychology
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