The Psychological Consequences of the Holodomor in Ukraine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21239128 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Вікторія Горбунова (0000-0002-9106-3589, Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University), Viktoriia Gorbunova, Vitalii Klymchuk (0000-0001-7898-5530, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 33-68 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2292-7956 • E-ISSN: 2292-7956 |
| Publisher | University of Alberta Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21226/ewjus609 |
| OpenAlex | W3097663026 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 11 |
The Holodomor (derived from the Ukrainian words “to kill by starvation”) (1932-33) was the largest famine in Ukrainian history. This article presents the results of a psychological study of personal attitudes to Holodomor events and of worldviews and behavioural strategies connected to famine exposure in the family histories of the survey participants. The results of a survey of 721 respondents showed (1) close connections between a respondent’s pattern of keeping silent about traumatic events that occurred during the Holodomor and the extent of suffering that the respondent’s family experienced during the Holodomor, and (2) close connections between the avoidance of Holodomor-related storytelling and a denial and devaluation of Holodomor events within families. The most common family behavioural strategies of descendants of Holodomor victims showed proper feeding, substantial food storage, and regular health check-in. The most common respondent attitudes comprised a distrust of authority, disappointment with the government, and a priority of family needs over community needs
Denial · Dieting · Disappointment · Distrust · Famine · Humiliation · Political science · Respondent · Ukrainian · Human Health and Disease · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Law · Medicine · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
Transgenerational transfer of genocidal trauma
Psychosocial Resilience and Human Security
Trauma and Healing through Postgenerational Holodomor Survivor Research
(En)Countering epistemic imperialism
Echoes of the Holodomor under Russian occupation
‘A Starving Man Does Not Sniff His Food’
Moral Injury and Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder in War
Prologue
Transmission of Holocaust Trauma - An Integrative View
Multigenerational Perspectives on Coping with the Holocaust Experience
Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects
The effect of post-traumatic stress disorder on refugees' parenting and their children's mental health
Thirty Years of Research on the Holodomor
Intergenerational perceptions of mass trauma’s impact on physical health and well-being
Rwanda – lasting imprints of a genocide
In the Search for a Post-Communist Syndrome
Parental styles in the intergenerational transmission of trauma stemming from the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
Was the Ukrainian famine of 1932–1933 genocide
| Citations per year | 2.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |