In a study conducted by Donna K. Nagata, Steven J. Trierweiler, and Rebecca Talbot, they studied the long-term effects of internment on Japanese Americans. This was done through a voluntary mail back survey that was created using a similar method as the intergeneration effects of the Holocaust. The survey contained five major areas that the questions focused on: communication, socialization, general attitude, family impact, and redress. Within these areas, the questions were more specific; for example, in the area for family impact, a question may pertain to the emotional relations or family relations and the impact of internment on these subjects. The results were separated into three groups: “self-camp”, “2-parent camp”, and “no-camp”. The
