 Efrat Sher-Censor, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside. email: efratsc at ucr dot edu
I specialize in parent-child relationships in normative and at risk populations. My areas of research are:
1. Individuation in families of adolescents and its implications on the adaptation of adolescents and early adults. More specifically, I study the interplay between culture and gender in understanding the developmental significance of individuation.
2. Child and parent inner-representations regarding their relationship, and the interplay between these representations and parent's and child's behavior.
I am currently a research associate at the University of California, Riverside. I work with Distinguished Prof. Ross Parke and Prof. Scott Coltrane at the Center for Family Studies and with Prof. Tuppett Yates at the Adversity and Adaptation Lab. I received my PhD in Developmental Psychology in Fall 2007 from the University of Haifa, Israel. My advisors were Prof. David Oppenheim and Prof. Avi Sagi-Schwartz at the Center for the Study of Child Development. More details can be found in my CV. Studies in Progress
Mothers’ representation regarding their preschool child: Associations with the emotional availability of the mother-child dyad and child adjustment (with Tuppett Yates at UC Riverside).
The individuation process in the adolescent-mother relationship: Gender differences in the dyadic communication (with David Oppenheim, Nina Koren-Karie and Avi Sagi-Schwartz at the University of Haifa, Israel).
Longitudinal effects of economic stress on Mexican American and European American adolescents (with Ross Parke and Scott Coltrane at UC Riverside).
Publications
Sher-Censor, E., Yates T. M. & Moon C. M. (in preparation). Mothers’ narratives: Coherence, Expressed Emotion and preschoolers’ adjustment in an ethnically diverse sample.
Sher-Censor, E., Parke, R. D., & Coltrane, S. (in preparation). Parental Autonomy Promoting and Psychological Control: Links with the Adjustment of Mexican American Adolescents.
Sher-Censor, E., Oppenheim, D., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (in preparation). Discrepancies in perception between female adolescents and mothers regarding their communication: Relations with the quality of the communication and adolescents’ well being.
Sher-Censor, E., & Oppenheim, D. (revised and resubmitted). Adjustment of Female Adolescents Leaving Home for the Military: Links with Earlier Individuation.
Sher-Censor, E., Parke, R. D., & Coltrane, S. (revised and resubmitted). Perceptions of Mexican American Adolescents and Parents Regarding Autonomy: Divergent Views and Adolescents' Adjustment. Sher-Censor, E. & Oppenheim, D. (2008). Les narratifs d'enfants et leur lien avec les comportements d'attachement précoce. / Children attachment narratives and early attachment behaviors. Enfance, 60, 31-41. An abbreviated version of: Sher-Censor, E., & Oppenheim, D. (2004). Coherence and representations in preschoolers' narratives: Associations with attachment in infancy. In M. W. Pratt & B. H. Fiese (Eds.), Family Stories and the Life Course: Across Time and Generations (pp. 77-107). NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Oppenheim, D., Dolev, S., Koren-Karie, N., Sher-Censor, E., Yirmiya, N., & Salomon, S. (2007). Parental resolution of the child’s diagnosis and the parent-child relationship: Insights from the Reaction to Diagnosis Interview. In D. Oppenheim & D. Goldsmith (Eds.), Clinical Application of Attachment Theory: Bridging the Gap Between Theory, Research, and Practice. (pp. 109-138). NY: Guilford.
Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., Dolev, S., Sher, E., & Etzion-Carasso A. (2002). Mother's insightfulness regarding their infants' internal experience: Relations with maternal sensitivity and infant attachment. Developmental Psychology, 38, 534-542.
Recent Presentations
Sher-Censor, E. & Oppenheim, D. (April 2009). Female Adolescents Leaving Home for the Military: Links with Earlier Individuation. Poster session presented at the 2009 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Denver, CO.
Sher-Censor, E. & Parke, R. D., & Coltrane, S. (April 2009). Perceptions of Mexican American Adolescents and Parents Regarding Autonomy: Divergent Views and Adolescents' Adjustment. Poster session presented at the 2009 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Denver, CO. Past Research Experience
Here are more details about my research experience as a graduate student at the Center for the Study of Child Development at the University of Haifa, and as a research associate at University of California, Riverside.
Personal
I am married to Aviv and mother of Ofek, Noga and Almog.
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