DrKalayjian@Meaningfulworld.com www.meaningfulworld.com www.Drkalayjian.com When one helps another BOTH become stronger While the media was obsessively warning people about the importance of getting ready for Hurricane Sandy, I observed mixed behaviors around me. This was going to be a category 1 hurricane, a 300-mile-long swath of devastation packing 90 mph winds starting from Virginia and stretching… Continue reading >>

Abstract This study will examine meaning, resiliency, coping and post traumatic stress symptomatology among first and second generation Greek genocide survivors of Asia Minor and Pontus of the Ottoman Empire.   Although historical research documents the genocide of the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire, there are no scientific research studies pertaining to the psychosocial and spiritual… Continue reading >>

Exploration with Survivors of Ottoman Turkish of Armenians: Examining relationships of long-term mass trauma, PTSD, physical symptoms and meaning in life. This research is in data analysis phase.

A. Six-month follow up to the tsunami in Sri Lanka:  Community resiliency and meaning recovery. B. Staying Afloat: The case of volunteers of the Mental Health Project C. Impact of the hurricanes Katrina and Rita:  Coping with post disaster recovery. D. Hurricane Andrew in Florida, one year follow-up. This is in the data analysis phase.… Continue reading >>

The importance of spirituality receives overwhelming public affirmation as to its importance but it has historically neglected in education, nursing, and psychotherapy. The importance of Emotional Intelligence or EQ has been long established; spiritual needs have not been systematically examined and studied. In this study, 200 participants from north eastern US were surveyed to examine… Continue reading >>

Harold Takooshian, PhD Fordham University Ani Sanentz Kalayjian, PhD Fairleigh Dickinson University Few nations so early and fully recognized the legal equality of a women and men as did the U.S.S. R in 1917. Still, the voluminous research on soviet women shows a mixed picture. Despite de jure egalitarianism, soviet women increasingly bemoan their de… Continue reading >>