Survivor guilt
A critical review from the lens of the Holocaust
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11657802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel Juni (New York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 321-337 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Victimology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-7580 • E-ISSN: 2047-9433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0269758016637480 |
| OpenAlex | W2365782192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
Survivor guilt is a construct which is ill defined in the literature. Disparate overlapping and inconsistent formulations are outlined and critiqued from the orientation of reactions of Jewish Holocaust victims. Utilizing the perspective of Defense Mechanism Theory, guilt is explored as an adaptive construct of mastery and survival in extreme conditions. Aspects of culpability in guilt are examined. Brief quotes from survivor narratives are presented to elaborate nuances of guilt experiences. Defensive strategies which coincide with exposure to violence and suffering of others and where there is no overt personal threat experienced by the ‘survivor’ are highlighted. A framework is proposed synthesizing the various motifs, bridging emotions ranging from self-recrimination to traumatic anxiety. The assumptions that survivor guilt is engendered by survival and that it entails feelings of guilt are both challenged
Anxiety · Construct (python library · Criminology · Culpability · Feeling · Narrative · Perspective (graphical · Remorse · The Holocaust · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
The expression of the emotions in man and animals.
Shame
Moral Heuristics
Symptomatology and Management of Acute Grief
Guilt-Induced Self-Punishment as a Sign of Remorse
Concerning Remorse
Responses to Victimizations and Belief in a Just World
Human Nature And Suffering
Negative emotionality and relationships with God among religious Jewish Holocaust survivors
Psychotherapist's participation in the conspiracy of silence about the Holocaust
Anality
Remorse as a derivative psychoanalytic construct
The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence
Politics and the Life Sciences
Constructing the Victim
It Could Happen to Anyone
Death in Life
Survivor guilt, submissive behaviour and evolutionary theory
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis
Guilt
The perils of outperformance
Dynamics of Jewish Jokes
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |