A5062304867- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Family Support in Illness
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Child Therapy and Development
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
Bar-Ilan University
2016-2025
Sapir College
2017-2022
Geha Mental Health Center
2003-2016
Rabin Medical Center
2006-2012
Tel Aviv University
2005-2008
École Normale Supérieure - PSL
2004
Childhood maltreatment has diverse, lifelong impact on morbidity and mortality. The Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) is one of the most commonly used scales to assess quantify these experiences their impact. Curiously, despite very widespread use CTQ, scores its Minimization-Denial (MD) subscale-originally designed a positive response bias-are rarely reported. Hence, little known about this measure. If biases are either common or consequential, current practices ignoring MD scale deserve revision....
This study examined attachment, coherence, and self-disclosure as predictors of intimacy in adolescent friendships well the extent to which coherence disclosure mediate relationship between attachment intimacy. Gender grade-level effects on development were also for one hundred ninety-six seventh, eighth ninth grade students (116 boys 80 girls). Attachment, strongly predicted Self-disclosure interacted influence where a tendency toward contributes greater at low (when compared high) levels...
The present study examined the course traveled from childhood emotional abuse to adulthood psychopathology. One hundred ninety-six undergraduate students age 20 45 (M = 27; SD 8.17), answered self-report questionnaires assessing in (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire), parental attitudes (Parental Bonding Instrument), psychopathological symptomatology (Brief Symptom Inventory), self-esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale), and defense mechanism organization (Defense Style Questionnaire). Results...
Although narcissism is known to correlate with interpersonal dysfunction, surprisingly little empirical research has been devoted understanding how the different types of (grandiose and vulnerable) affect marital sexual relationships. The current study aimed examine whether grandiose vulnerable differ in their associations heterosexual couples’ satisfaction relationships, intimacy mediates these associations. Results indicate that more prominent effect on Both men's women's was related own...
Abstract This study pursued two questions: Why do people in Israel divorce, and what factors contribute to their mental health afterward? To answer these questions, we gave out a questionnaire assessing reasons for divorce 56 Jewish Israeli couples 2 years after breakup. The yielded three clusters of explanations divorce: an extramarital affair, problems inherent the couple's relationship, external relationship. assessment contributing included divorcées' emotional resources, within process,...
The mediating effect of sexual motives between attachment orientation and satisfaction functioning was investigated among 128 couples (N = 256) using the actor-partner interdependence model (Campbell & Kashy, 2002). Actor effects functioning, mediated by motives, were found regarding men's satisfaction, intimacy, orgasmic responsivity. Partner revealed two significant paths in which greater women's avoidance, lower partners' intimacy motivation, turn linked with increased lack intimacy....
ABSTRACT The present study examined predictors of siblings’ relations in 202 young adults (aged 21–32 years), who completed the Adult Sibling Relationship Questionnaire and Narcissistic Personality Inventory. Results indicate that warmth between siblings is explained by gender (with women feeling closer), perceived paternal favoritism, low levels narcissism, an interaction suggesting favoritism moderates link narcissism sibling warmth. Conflict was (sisters), age, parental high extreme...
This study which assesses the association between attachment styles of drug-user husbands (n = 56) and their wives perceptions family dynamics was conducted in 1998. The population included heroin (52.9%) multidrug detoxified outpatients. All subjects completed Adult Attachment Style Scale FACES III. Results indicated that adaptability cohesion among did not differ from Israeli norm. Most drug users (60.7%) were characterized by avoidant style, followed secure style (26.8%),...
We examine resources that might moderate the effect of compassion fatigue (consisting secondary traumatization, burnout, and satisfaction) on quality social workers' married lives in Israel. Drawing conservation theory, we examined moderating role traumatic life events (contextual resources) self-differentiation professional self-esteem (personality its spillover into marital quality. Two hundred two (n = 202) workers completed 7 self-report questionnaires. Results indicated high...
ABSTRACT This qualitative study examined the alienated mothers' experience of motherhood. Data were collected by in‐depth semi‐structured interviews with 10 women whose children refused any contact them. Findings revealed one main theme, ‘Merging vs. detachment’, consisting four subthemes or motifs in these women's narratives: (i) marriage as an illusion salvation from abusive home; (ii) giving birth to a child compensation for chaotic childhood experiences; (iii) husband exploiting and...
The mediating effect of psychological aggression between narcissism and relationship satisfaction was investigated among 128 nonclinical heterosexual couples (N = 256) in enduring relationships, using the actor–partner interdependence model. results indicated two mediation paths affecting men's satisfaction: higher narcissism, their perpetration aggression, which, turn, negatively linked with own women's male partner's satisfaction. analyses also revealed one path lower Recommendations for...
Objective To test the mediating effect of perpetrating psychological abuse between insecure attachment orientations and relationship satisfaction among couples. Method The orientation was investigated 128 couples ( N = 256 participants) in enduring relationships using actor–partner interdependence model. Results Actor effects indicated men women higher anxious perpetrate more abuse, which turn is linked to their low personal satisfaction. Partner revealed two significant paths: Women...
Previous research suggested that narcissism is associated with infidelity and reduced commitment in relationships. However, the majority of studies supporting this association were conducted among individuals did not examine dyadic paths also conceptualized measured as a global variable, lacking nuance perspective two traits (i.e., grandiose vulnerable). The present study sought to attitudes toward from perspective, using personality (grandiose vulnerable) predictors. effect on was...
Eating disorders are believed to range across a spectrum of varying degrees obsessive-compulsive and impulsive behavior. Sixty anorexic (mean age = 19.8; sd 5.9) 109 bulimic 26.9; 11.3) female patients completed self-report questionnaires assessing obsessive-compulsiveness, impulsivity, depression anxiety, as well two eating disorder scales. Results yielded significantly higher levels impulsivity negative body image in the compared group. Regression analysis predicting showed that bulimia...
This study compared the levels and predictors of paternal warmth involvement 218 custodial fathers to 222 married 105 noncustodial ( NC ) divorced in Israel. The examined were fathers' perceptions their own fathers; caregiving behaviors parental self‐efficacy; child characteristics coparental coordination. Results indicated that being a father was associated with more than or father. Regression analyses revealed experience care predicted involvement, whereas control related lower warmth....