Tomas M. Vanderkam- Bachelor of Arts
- Researcher (Honours) at University of British Columbia
Tomas M. Vanderkam
- Bachelor of Arts
- Researcher (Honours) at University of British Columbia
Resilience, Moral Psychology, Culture, Personality, Extreme Environments
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Introduction
Current Focuses: Resilience, Moral Psychology, Culture, Personality, Extreme Environments
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September 2022 - April 2025
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Despite growing interest in resilience research, there is a notable gap in understanding the psychological characteristics predicting resilience in individuals who have experienced extreme adversity. The present study examines narratives of Ukrainian survivors of Soviet concentration camps, or GULAG (ГУЛАГ—Глaвное Управлeние исправительно-трудовых...
Building on past findings that integrative complexity (IC), achievement motive, and cultural identity strength are associated with resilience among Ukrainian GULAG survivors, this study investigates resilience factors in Ukrainian Holodomor survivors. We emphasize IC, motive imagery (MI), and cultural identity as key predictors of adaptive response...
'Understanding Resilience in Ukraine' examines psychological resilience in Ukrainian survivors of Soviet concentration camps (GULAG). Under the supervision of Dr. Peter Suedfeld—a Holocaust survivor himself—this research identifies statistically significant motivational, cognitive, and social predictors of resilience in Ukrainian survivor narrative...
