Basic information

Investigator: doc. PhDr. Marek Preiss, Ph.D.
Main recipient: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Research period:  1/1/2022 - 31/12/2024
Total budget: 4,992,000 CZK
Supported by: Czech Science Foundation (GAČR)

Annotation

Tracking the family lineage is a complicated part of psychological research. The project titled Expulsion, uprooting and change of life line - intergenerational study investigates psychological impact of the communist secret police terror in Czechoslovakia (so-called Operation “Asanace”), following the cummulation of research and therapeutic experience with transgenerational trauma. It focuses on the generation of the primary victims, dissidents forced to leave their homeland between 1977-84, as well as the 2nd and 3rd generation of their offspring, some of whom llve abroad. It aims to understand the transition of trauma, resilience, and posttraumatic growth using several metods (focus groups, in-depth interview, Modified Stroop Test, and methods oriented to stress). We shall examine transformations of the traumatic situation in time and its aftermath in the family lineage. Besides research papers (4 journal articles with IF), the authors plan a monograph.