Elizabeth Midlarsky
Professor
Columbia University, USA
USA
Biography
Professor Elizabeth Midlarsky has a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Her clinical training was in both psychodynamic and social learning approaches, across the lifespan, and in both individuals and in family groups. She has research and scholarly interests in altruism and aggression through the life-span, gender and racial differences in mental health health-seeking, eating disorders, gender roles, and helping behavior as a means for coping with stress.
Research Interest
Altruism and religiousness through the life span, rescue during the Holocaust and responses by survivors and their progeny.Development and consequences of altruism and violence.