Ruth Katz

ORCID: 0000-0003-1689-5526
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Research Areas
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Musicology and Musical Analysis
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Diverse Musicological Studies
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Music Technology and Sound Studies
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Simulation and Modeling Applications
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Military Strategy and Technology
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Jewish Identity and Society
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues

University of Toronto
2025

University of Haifa
2008-2024

Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel
2012-2023

Leading Age
2019

Carmel (Israel)
1988-2013

Hebrew College
1973

ABSTRACT This article provides a review of family patterns and lifestyles within Israeli society consisting trends in marriage, divorce fertility, dating, mate selection, marital relationships, dissolution. Additional topics consist parenting the place role children families, elderly their gender issues, division labor, power impact stress on families.Major are presented analyzed by adopting hybrid comparative perspective: vertical perspective, which examines changes over past five decades,...

10.1300/j002v35n01_11 article EN Marriage & Family Review 2003-01-01

This study assesses the relations between division of household labor, perceived fairness, and marital quality by comparing three ethnic‐religious groups in Israel that reflect traditional, transitional, egalitarian ideologies. The findings, based on structural equation modeling (SEM) methodology, show sense fairness mediates relation labor gender ideology moderates these for women but not men. Perceived is related to transitional families traditional ones. For women, a more segregated...

10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.00027.x article EN Journal of Marriage and Family 2002-02-01

This study examines the hypothesis that effect children have on their parents' marriages is due to stress in parental role. A multivariate model was specified assess relationship between fathers' and mothers' parenting psychological well-being perception of marital quality. In addition, effects 6 other variables were assessed: 2 competing roles (mother's employment household division labor), children-related (number age composition), duration, economic distress. Data collected from both...

10.1177/019251396017001007 article EN Journal of Family Issues 1996-01-01

This study explores the role of intergenerational exchange relationships in life satisfaction a cross‐national sample older people. Specifically, it replicates and extends by Lee, Netzer, Coward (1995) , which examined effects aid exchanged between generations—older parents their adult children. Social equity theories serve as theoretical frameworks for present research. The current research is based on data collected OASIS five countries project from 1,703 respondents (75+) living urban...

10.1111/j.1540-4560.2007.00541.x article EN Journal of Social Issues 2007-11-28

Journal Article Stability and Centrality: The Nuclear Family in Modern Israel Get access Yochanan Peres, Peres Tel-Aviv University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Ruth Katz Haifa Social Forces, Volume 59, Issue 3, March 1981, Pages 687–704, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/59.3.687 Published: 01 1981

10.1093/sf/59.3.687 article EN Social Forces 1981-03-01

The study examines stereotypes of and emotional reactions to singles by choice not choice.Participants (N = 480) read a scenario describing persons, who were either single or rated their thoughts feelings about these persons.Singles are perceived as more lonely miserable, less warm sociable, than choice.However, they successful potent.Anger sympathy mediate the relations between choosing singlehood stereotyping levels.These findings extend way in which Attribution Theory explains activation...

10.21909/sp.2015.01.672 article EN Studia Psychologica 2015-01-01

Objectives: This study aimed to explore relations between disordered eating pathology (DEP), exposure media messages and sense of empowerment in female adolescents. Additionally, it investigate parental involvement as related their daughters' empowerment. Method: Participants were 248 girls aged 12–19 who completed self-report questionnaires assessing demographic data, DEP, body image, media, type. Results: Main results showed that greater DEP poorer image both correlated significantly with...

10.1080/02673843.2015.1014925 article EN cc-by-nc International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 2015-03-13

This paper reports a study of the relationships between shared and separate living arrangements life satisfaction two generations migrants from former Soviet Union to Israel, adult children (the younger generation) their elderly parents. An attempt was made identify social, familial personal factors that affect satisfaction, special attention devoted inter-generational family solidarity informal formal social support. Data were collected stratified random sample 425 respondents – 248 in...

10.1017/s0144686x04002892 article EN Ageing and Society 2005-08-23

RÉSUMÉ Cette étude a exploré différentes dimensions des relations générationnelles entre les parents âgés et leurs enfants adultes, utilisant la deuxième vague de SHARE (Enquête sur santé, le vieillissement retraite en Europe), comparée cela aux analyses Dykstra Fokkema (2011) première vague. Puis on effectué un autre comparaison avec l'étude OASIS (Vieillesse l'autonomie: rôle systèmes service Solidarité). Le modèle solidarité intergénérationnelle servi cadre conceptuel principale. Les ont...

10.1017/s0714980815000197 article FR Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 2015-07-28

This investigation examined the cultural context of intergenerational support among older Jewish and Arab parents living in Israel. The authors hypothesized that from adult children would be more positively consequential for psychological well‐being than parents. data derived 375 adults age 65 Psychological was measured with positive negative affect subscales Positive Negative Affect Schedule. Overall, highest when filial expectations were congruent whether or not instrumental received....

10.1111/jomf.12041 article EN Journal of Marriage and Family 2013-07-01

It has been difficult historically for physicians, patients, and philosophers alike to quantify pain given that is commonly understood as an individual subjective experience. The process of measuring diagnosing often a fraught complicated process. New developments in diagnostic technologies assisted by artificial intelligence promise more accurate efficient diagnosis but these tools are known reproduce further entrench existing issues within the healthcare system, such poor patient treatment...

10.1007/s11019-025-10264-9 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Medicine Health Care and Philosophy 2025-03-15

10.1080/21528586.2025.2495071 article EN South African Review of Sociology 2025-05-12

Adjustment of Older Soviet Immigrant Parents and Their Adult Children Residing in Shared Households: An Intergenerational Comparison* This study examined the impact sociodemographic, personal, familial resources on adjustment older immigrants their adult children living multigenerational households. The sample included 200 respondents from 100 families who arrived Israel between 1989 1995. solidarity served as a conceptual framework. used both quantitative qualitative procedures. results...

10.2307/585681 article EN Family Relations 1999-01-01

This research examines the coping patterns of rural Arab family in caring for a chronically ill elderly relative. The community Israel is transition as result modernization with changes occurring traditional structure, norms and living arrangements. study was conceptualized within framework intergenerational solidarity versus ambivalence utilized qualitative approach based on phenomenological paradigm. Data were collected from 10 units homebound elder, by means in-depth interviews. Four...

10.1300/j002v30n01_11 article EN Marriage & Family Review 2000-10-16

Journal Article Stability and Centrality: The Nuclear Family in Modern Israel Get access Yochanan Peres, Peres Tel-Aviv University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Ruth Katz Haifa Social Forces, Volume 59, Issue 3, March 1981, Pages 687–704, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/59.3.687 Published: 01 1981

10.2307/2578189 article EN Social Forces 1981-03-01

Abstract The study examined employers' knowledge of and attitudes toward working carers who care for aging family members. was based on the ecological model. One hundred employers were interviewed using structured questionnaires 13 by additional in-depth interviews. Both research instruments included areas disruption to organization, existing policies, feasibility as developing appropriate policies support carers. Results show that caregiving caused a in workers' functioning mainly being...

10.1080/08959420.2011.554120 article EN Journal of Aging & Social Policy 2011-03-31

We explore from a cross-national perspective three motivations in adult children to provide help older parents: affectual solidarity, parental need for care, and filial norms. The sample is 1,055 Norway, Spain, Israel, countries selected because they represent different family cultures welfare regimes. Affectual solidarity care was found influence amount of all countries, whereas norms have no effect. Country context had differential impact. In more strongly associated with help. Israel...

10.2190/ag.71.4.b article EN The International Journal of Aging and Human Development 2010-11-12

ABSTRACT This paper introduces some key theoretical and methodological developments in the study of intergenerational family relations. It draws on observations that a number social issues are emerging have an dimension, there is growing recognition to adult ageing one has also relationships, new architecture for relations beginning take shape wake demographic change. How individuals, families societies cope with such changes provokes question how gerontologically-informed research,...

10.1017/s0144686x10000991 article EN Ageing and Society 2011-09-12

Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is a prevalent eating disorder outlined in the DSM-5. Emotional distress (including stress, anxiety, and depression) stands out as critical risk factor for developing disorders, specifically BED. Recent studies have identified differentiation of self- family pattern involving ability to balance emotions cognitions, well intimacy autonomy—as that exacerbates emotional distress. This relationship highlights importance addressing both dynamics understanding While...

10.3389/fnut.2024.1368995 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Nutrition 2024-07-08
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