Family Over-Involvement Mediates PTSD Symptoms in Holocaust Descendants Following the October 7 Attack: A Prospective Study.

ABSTRACT: Family over-involvement, defined as emotions, thoughts, and behaviors indicating an over-protection of family members and preoccupation with family legacy, is recognized as a unique yet underexplored mechanism in the intergenerational effects of trauma. The study examined the role of family over-involvement in predicting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among Holocaust descendants following the October 7 attack and during the Israel-Hamas War. Using a longitudinal prospective design, Israeli Jew descendants from two generations (second and third generation to those who were living during WWII) completed questionnaires via a web-based survey company a year before the October 7, 2023 attack (W1, 2022, N = 1071) and two and 9 months during the war (W3, December 2023, N = 582, an

SUBMITTER: Greenblatt-Kimron L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614288 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature