Psychic Impact and Outcome of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). A Psychoanalytic Research Project at the Sigmund-Freud-Institut, Frankfurt (Germany)1

Abstract

The paper lines out a research project done as a cooperation between Sigmund-Freud-Institut (Frankfurt, Germany) and 5 Chinese professors of different universities. It focusses at traumatic experiences of witnesses of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and the transgenerational transfer to one of their children. Method and results of this qualitative research are outlined. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.