Unit:
Κατεύθυνση ΨυχολογίαLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Supervisors info:
Αντωνία Παπαστυλιανού, Καθηγήτρια Κοινωνικής Ψυχολογίας, Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας του ΕΚΠΑ
Ασημίνα Ράλλη, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια Εξελικτικής Ψυχολογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Φωτεινή Πολυχρόνη, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια Εκπαιδευτικής Ψυχολογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Original Title:
Διαγενεακή μεταβίβαση τραύματος : Γονικός τύπος, έκθεση σε τραύμα πολέμου, ψυχοπαθολογία, μετατραυματική διαταραχή και ανθεκτικότητα. Μεικτή μελέτη σε Κυπριακό πληθυσμό.
Translated title:
Intergenerational trauma transmission: Parental type, exposure to war trauma, psychopathology, post-traumatic stress disorder and resilience. Mixed study in Cypriot population.
Summary:
The present research concerns the trauma created in an entire generation after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and its transgenerational transmission. Trauma, psychopathology, resilience and parenting style are also studied. In the present research, a mixed methodology was used, which is basically qualitative but also includes a small-scale quantitative study. 38 people participated in the qualitative research. The first generation consists of 18 people ,7 men and 11 women with a mean age of 67.8 years. A prerequisite for their participation was to be war refugees and to have memories of the war.
The second generation consisted of 12 people , 3 men and 9 women with an average age of 42 years and the third generation consisted of 8 people of which 5 men and 3 women with an average age of 15.3 years. For data collection, interviews were conducted with the first generation and then with the children and their grandchildren (if any). The interviews were unstructured, however there was a general area in which the discussion was developed. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed qualitatively using empirically grounded theory, culminating in categories and subcategories that summarize the substance of the issues under study. The quantitative research involved 61 people, 33 (54.1%) were men and 28 (45.9%) women. The average age was 58.55 years. The following tools were used to collect the quantitative data: "Symptom Checklist 90 - R", "Comprehensive Trauma Inventory - 104", "Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire" and "Resilience Evaluation Scale (RES)". An improvised demographic questionnaire was also provided. The findings of the qualitative analysis of the interviews showed that the trauma of the war can be transmitted and developed by the second and third generation. This transmission emerged through verbal means such as detailed narratives and references to the event. By non-verbal means such as negative emotional mood at home, unnecessary mood swings and parents' introversion about their feelings. Still, the identification was through the transfer of the wound. Finally, the constant exposure to the media, the dividing lines, the outposts and the Turkish flags contributed to the transmission, preservation and development of the wound from the second and third generation. The findings of the quantitative research showed that the war wound affects the parental typology. High values in "Physical Injury" and "Detention and Intentional Abuse" indicate low values in parental support.
In addition, a correlation of the authoritarian type of parent with the subscale "Domestic violence and conflict" was found. Then, a predictive model emerged for the authoritarian type of parent with predictors of resilience and the trauma variable "Domestic Violence & Conflict". The findings are discussed based on the existing literature. Finally, the limitations of the research, its usefulness and some suggestions for future research are set.
Main subject category:
Philosophy - Psychology
Keywords:
Keywords: war, trauma, transgenerational trauma transmission, parental type, resilience, psychopathology, qualitative research
