2024

Alkalay, S., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2024). The legacy of Mary Main in attachment and developmental research in Israel. Attachment & Human Development, 1-33.‏ https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2024.2422044  View

Aravena-Bravo, P., Cristia, A., Garcia, R., Kotera, H., Nicolas, R. K., Laranjo, R., ... & Woon, F. T. (2024). Towards Diversifying Early Language Development Research: The First Truly Global International Summer/Winter School on Language Acquisition (/L+/) 2021. Journal of Cognition and Development, 25(2), 242-260. DOI:10.1080/15248372.2023.2231083  View

Babineau, M., Barbir, M., de Carvalho, A., Havron, N., Dautriche, I., & Christophe, A. (2024). Syntactic bootstrapping as a mechanism for language learning. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1-12. View

Ben-Tzur, B., & Feniger-Schaal, R. (2024). Aesthetic distance: Conceptualization and practical use. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 102230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2024.102230  View

Boullion, A., Linde-Krieger, L. B., Sher-Censor, E., & Yates, T. M. Emancipated Foster Youth's Narrative Features Across the Transition to Adulthood: Patterns and Implications for Adaptation. Available at SSRN 4967912. DOI:10.2139/ssrn.4967912  View‏ 

Dagan, O., Schuengel, C., Verhage, M. L., Madigan, S., Roisman, G. I., Bernard, K., ... & Volling, B. L. (2024). Configurations of mother–child and father–child attachment relationships as predictors of child language competence: An individual participant data meta‐analysis. Child development, 95(1), 50-69. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13998 . View

Dagan, O., Schuengel, C., Verhage, M. L., Madigan, S., Roisman, G. I., Van IJzendoorn, M., ... & Oosterman, M. (2024). Attachment relationship quality with mothers and fathers and child temperament: An individual participant data meta-analysis. Developmental Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/dev0001677  View

Feniger-Schaal, R., Constien, T., & Orkibi, H. (2024). Playfulness in times of extreme adverse conditions: a theoretical model and case illustrations. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1-10.  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03936-z  View

Feniger-Schaal, R., & Shabtay, A. G. (2024). Challenges and strengths in the use of photovoice with people with intellectual disabilities. Evidence-Based Nursing, 27(4), 149-149. DOI: 10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103782  View

Moshe, S., Oppenheim, D., Slonim, M., Hamburger, L., Maccabi, Y., & Yirmiya, N. (2024). Positive and challenging themes in parents’ perceptions of their relationships with their child with autism: Comparison between mothers and fathers. Autism, 28(3), 744-754. https://doi.org/10.1177/136236132311825  View

Nir, B., & Sher-Censor, E. (2024). Integrating attachment and linguistic perspectives on the coherence of narratives regarding close relationships: A qualitative illustration. Acta Psychologica, 246, 104242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104242  View

Oppenheim, D., Bernard, K., Dozier, M., Lieberman, A. F., Mays, M & West, J. (2024). An Invited Commentary on Mentoring in Infant Mental Health: A Symposium Commemorating Robert N. Emde. Infant Mental Health Journal 2024;1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22127  View

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Slonim, M., Mottes-Peleg, M., Sher-Censor, E., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2024). Maternal and paternal insightfulness and reaction to the diagnosis in families of preschoolers with Autism spectrum disorder: associations with observed parental sensitivity and inter-parent interaction. Attachment & Human Development, 26(1), 22-40. View

Oppenheim, D., Mottes‐Peleg, M., Hamburger, L., Slonim, M., Maccabi, Y., & Yirmiya, N. (2024). The social skills of autistic boys in preschool: the contributions of their dyadic and triadic interactions with their parents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14061  View 

River, L. M., Narayan, A. J., Castillo, M. L., Sher-Censor, E., & Lieberman, A. F. (2024). Narratieve coherentie over de intieme partner tijdens de zwangerschap: relatie met kindermishandeling en PTSS-symptomen. Gezinstherapie Wereldwijd, 35(3), 242-264.

Sher-Censor, E., Dolev, S., Shalem Gan-Or, M., & Zach, E. (2024). Positive and multifaceted perceptions of Israeli kindergarten teachers contribute to developmental gains of children with developmental delay. Early Child Development and Care, 1-14. View

Sher-Censor, E., Feniger-Schaal, R., Slonim, M., & Koren-Karie, N. (2024). Effects of adverse childhood experiences on observed parenting and children’s behavior problems among Jewish and Arab Muslim families in Israel. Development and Psychopathology, 4,1-11.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424001111  View

Sher‐Censor, E., Gur‐Yaish, N., Polachek, E., & Ziv, Y. (2024). Fathers' rejection sensitivity: Links with fathers' and children's social information processing. Family Relations. doi: 10.1017/S0954579424001111.  View 

Sher-Censor, E., Harel, M., Oppenheim, D., & Aran, A. (2024). Parental Representations and Emotional Availability: The Case of Children with Autism and Severe Behavior Problems. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-14. View

Sher-Censor, E., Makarov, M., & Shai, A. The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Pain and Subjective Cognitive Decline in Patients Treated for Localized Breast Cancer: The Mediating Role of Sense of Coherence, Sense of Danger, and Psychosocial Distress and Danger. Sense of Danger, and Psychosocial Distress and Danger.‏  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5019984  View

Slonim, M., Oppenheim, D., Maccabi, Y., Hamburger, L., Kalir, C., Koren-Karie, N., & Yirmiya, N. (2024). Coparenting Representations and Interactions Among Parents of Preschoolers with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Parenting, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2024.2426675 View

Steffan, A., Zimmer, L., Arias‐Trejo, N., Bohn, M., Dal Ben, R., Flores‐Coronado, M. A., ... & Schuwerk, T. (2024). Validation of an open source, remote web‐based eye‐tracking method (WebGazer) for research in early childhood. Infancy, 29(1), 31-55. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12564 

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Stern, A., Feniger-Schaal, R., & Rabinowitch, T. C. (2024). ‘Just Play’: Developing a drama therapy dyadic play intervention for children with intellectual developmental disabilities and their parents. Drama Therapy Review, 10(2), 163-171.  https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00154_7  View

Stolarski, E., Cohen, D., Deitcher-Mizrachi, C., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2024). Early childcare setting in Israel: Structural quality, caregiver sensitivity, and children's behaviour. Early Child Development and Care, 194(5-6), 685-694.

https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2023.2267783  View

Tamari, R., Aviezer, O., & Oppenheim, D. (2024). Early maternal guidance of mother-child emotion dialogues predicts adolescents’ attachment representations: a longitudinal study. Attachment & Human Development, 26(5), 446-463. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2024.2391310  View

Yu, Y., Havron, N., & Fisher, C. (2024). Syntactic Adaptation and Word Learning in 3‐to 4‐Year‐Olds. Language Learning. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12661  View

2023

Ariav-Paraira, I., Oppenheim, D., & Sagi-Schwartz., A., & Zreik, G. (2023). Disrupted Maternal Communication and Disorganized Attachment in the Arab Society in Israel. Infant Mental Health Journal, 44(3), 335-347. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22047 View

Dolev, S., Sher-Censor, E., Zach, E. & Shalem Gan-Or, M. (2023). Teacher-child one-on-one playtime: Teachers’ non-intrusiveness predicts developmental gains of children with developmental delay. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 136, 104478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104487 PMID: 36958126. View

Feniger‐Schaal, R., Stern, A., & Elizarov, E. (2023). The effect of medical/therapeutic clowns on the playfulness of children with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023; 36(1), 186–195.‏ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jar.13049   

https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.13049  View

Golan, M., Shkara, M. A., & Havron, N. (2023). Children infer the meaning of novel verbs through morphological bootstrapping. 

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Havron, N., de Carvalho, A., Babineau, M., Barbir, M., Dautriche, I., & Christophe, A. (2023) There might be more to being pragmatic about syntactic bootstrapping: A look at person and prosody in naturalistic child-directed speech. Journal of Child Language, 50, 1074-1078.  DOI:10.1017/S0305000923000181

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36891934/ View

Keisari, S., Feniger-Schaal, R., Butler, J. D., Sajnani, N., Golan, N., & Orkibi, H. (2023). Loss, Adaptation and Growth: The Experiences of Creative Arts Therapists during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 82,  101983, 1-11. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2022.101983 View

Kosie, J., Zettersten, M., Abu-Zhaya, R., Amso, D., Babineau, M., Baumgartne, H., ... & Casey, Z. (2023). ManyBabies 5: A large-scale investigation of the proposed shift from familiarity preference to novelty preference in infant looking time. Jan 2023. DOI:10.31234/osf.io/ck3vd

https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/ck3vd View

Moshe, S., Oppenheim, D., Slonim, M., Hamburger, L., Maccabi, Y., & Yirmiya, N. (2023). Positive and challenging themes in parents’ perceptions of their relationships with their child with autism: Comparison between mothers and fathers. Autism, 13623613231182513 View

Opie, J. E., Booth, A. T., Rossen, L., Fivaz‐Depeursinge, E., Duschinsky, R., Newman, L., ... & McHale, J. P. (2023). Initiating the dialogue between infant mental health and family therapy: a qualitative inquiry and recommendations. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 44(4), 412-439. https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.1569. View

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Hamburger, L., Maccabi, Y., Slonim, M., & Yirmiya, N. (2023). Parental insightfulness is associated with cooperative interactions in families of preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64(9), 1359-1368. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13788. Online ahead of print. https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jcpp.13788   View

Serur, Y., Sher-Censor, E., Frumer, D., Daon, K., Sobol Havia, D., Weinberger, R., Shulman, C., & Gothelf, D. (2023). Parental Expressed Emotion and behavioral problems in young children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and Idiopathic Autism Spectrum Disorder. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 54(4), 1085-1093. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01310-7 View

Yuval-Adler, S. & Oppenheim, D. (2023). The contribution of mother-father-child interactions to children’s emotion narratives. Social Development, 32(1), 299–314. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12642 View

2022

 Ariav-Paraira, I., Oppenheim, D., and Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2022). Disrupted Affective Communication Characterizes Mothers of Infants with Disorganized but also Ambivalent Attachments: An Israeli study. Child Development, 93(1), e59-e70. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13679. Epub 2021 Oct 1. View

Ariav-Paraira, I., Oppenheim, D., & Sagi-Schwartz., A. (2022). The combined contribution of maternal sensitivity and disrupted affective communication to infant attachment in an Israeli Sample. Attachment and Human Development, 1-18. DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2022.2136724. View 

Babineau, M., Havron, N., de Carvalho, A., Dautriche, I. & Christophe, A. (2022) Learning to predict: Before and beyond the syntactic bootstrapper. Language Acquisition, 30(3-4), 337-360. https://doi.org/10.1080/10489223.2022.2078211

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Bergmann, C., et al., (2022). Young children’s screen time during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 12 countries. Scientific Reports, 12, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05840-5  View

Cohen, L., Sher-Censor, E., Oppenheim, D., Dassa, A., Ayalon, L., & Palgi, Y. (2022). Emotional availability in dyads of nursing aide - person with dementia: Old tool, new perspective. Dementia, 21(3), 882-898. https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012211065396  View

Cohen, L., Sher-Censor, E., Oppenheim, D., Dassa, A., Ayalon, L., & Palgi, Y. (2022). Nursing aides’ mentalization, expressed emotion, and observed interaction with residents with dementia: A quasi-experimental study. Geriatric Nursing, 45, 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2022.03.002. View

Cohen, L., Sher-Censor, E., & Palgi, Y. (2022). "Video-Feedback" Intervention Aiming to Elevate Nursing Aide's Sensitivity Toward Their Residents with Dementia: Content Validity Using an Expert Panel. Gerontology and Geriatrics, 3, 1-24. (In Hebrew).

Charpentier, Mora, S., Bastianoni, C., Koren-Karie, N., Cavanna, M., and Bizzi, F. (2022). Parental mentalizing during middle-childhood: how is the adoption of a reflective stance associated with child’s psycho-logical outcomes? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(10):6205. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19106205. PMID: 35627742 PMCID: PMC9140343 View

Cristia, A., Farabolini, G., Scaff, C., Havron, N., & Stieglitz, J. (2022). Correction: Infant-directed input and literacy effects on phonological processing: Non-word repetition scores among the Tsimane’. Plos one, 17(9), e0274528. SEP2022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274528

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Dagan, O., et al. (2022). Configurations of Mother-Child and Father-Child Attachment Relationships as Predictors of Child Language Competence: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. August 2022. New Directions for Child & Adolescent Development,2021, 67-94. DOI:10.1002/cad.20450

DOI:10.31234/osf.io/ts4hq https://psyarxiv.com/ts4hq/ View

Dolev, S. (2022). The development of the self-concept. 387-395. In Dolev, S., Fridman, A., Shany, Y. & Dror, O. (Eds.). Birth to three childhood educators: practical, pedagogic and theoretical aspects. The Israeli Institute of Early Childhood Education. (Hebrew) https://www.oranim.ac.il/sites/heb/content/kidum/institute/m-h.pdf

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Dolev, S. & Fridman, A. (2022). Development – An introduction. 338-340. In Dolev, S., Fridman, A., Shany, Y. & Dror, O. (Eds.). Birth to three childhood educators: practical, pedagogic and theoretical aspects. The Israeli Institute of Early Childhood Education. (Hebrew) https://www.oranim.ac.il/sites/heb/content/kidum/institute/m-h.pdf View

Feniger-Shaal, R., & Koren-Karie, N. (2022). Moving with you: linking attachment and bodily expression, The Arts in Psychotherapy, 80, 101950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2022.101950 View

Feniger-Schaal, R., Orkibi, H., Keisari, S., Sajnani, N. L., & Butler, J. D. (2022). Shifting to tele-creative arts therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international study on helpful and challenging factors. The Arts in psychotherapy, 78, 101898. DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2022.101898 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35221415/ View

Forslund, T.,….Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2022) Attachment goes to court: child protection and custody issues. Attachment & Human Development, 24(1), 1-52. https://doi: 10.1080/14616734.2020.1840762 (There are also Polish, French, Spanish, and Italian versions) View 

Gavron, T., Feniger-Schaal, R., & Peretz, A. (2022). Relationship Aspects of Mothers and Their Adolescents with Intellectual Disability as Expressed through the Joint Painting Procedure. Children, 9(6), 922.‏ DOI: 10.3390/children9060922

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Gurgand, L., Lamarque, L., Havron, N., Y, J., Ramus, F., & Peyre, H. (2022). The Influence of Sibship Composition on Language Development at Age 2 years in the ELFE Birth Cohort Study. Developmental Science https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/z4wxr

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Havron, N. (2022) Why not both? Using multiple measures to improve reliability in infant studies. Infant and Child Development,31(5), e2336. doi: 10.1002/icd.2336

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Havron, N., Lovcevic, I., & Tsuji, S. (2022). The Effect of Older Sibling, Postnatal Maternal Stress, and Household Factors on Language Development in Two- to Four-Year-Old Children. Developmental Psychology. 58(11):2096-2113. doi: 10.1037/dev0001417. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001417 View

Havron, N., Scaff, S., Hitczenko, K., & Cristia, A. (2022). Community-set goals are needed to increase diversity in language acquisition research: A commentary on Kidd and Garcia. First Language. 42(6), 765-769. https://doi.org/10.1177/01427237221096087  View

Kartushina, N., ...Havron, N., … Mayor, J. (2022). COVID-19 first lockdown as a unique window into language acquisition: What you do (with your child) matters. Language Development Research.  https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5ejwu View

Keisari, S., Feniger-Schaal, R., Palgi, Y., Golland, Y., Gesser-Edelsburg, A., & Ben-David, B. (2022). Synchrony in old age: Playing the mirror game improves cognitive performance. Clinical Gerontologist, 45(2), 312-326.‏ DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2020.1799131  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32762289/ View

Lev-Ancav, O., Sher-Censor, E., Einspieler, C., Achamyelesh Jacobi, O., Daube Fishman, G., & Benni-Shrem, S. (2022). Spontaneous movements, motor milestones and temperament of preterm infants: Associations with mother-infant attunement. Infancy, 27(2), 412–432. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12451 View

Levert-Levitt, E., Shapira, G., Sragovich, Shomron, N., Lam, J. C. K., Li, V.O. K., Heimesaat, M.M., Bereswill, S., Ben Yehuda, A., Sagi-Schwartz, A., Solomon, Z., & Gozes, I. (2022). Oral microbiota signatures in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) veterans. Molecular Psychiatry, 27, 4590-4598. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01704-6 .‏ View

Loukatou, G., Scaff, C., Demuth, K., Cristia, A., & Havron, N. (2022). Child-directed and overheard input from different speakers in two distinct cultures. Journal of Child Language, 49(6), 1173-1192. doi:10.1017/S0305000921000623

Link to preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qm3dp  View 

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., & Joels, T. (2022). Attachment to fathers and mothers in pre-schoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Attachment & Human Development, 24(5), 645–658.  PMID: 35469537 

DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2022.2068624  View

Overbeek, M.M., Koren-Karie, N., Schipper, J.C. de, Delft, I. van & Schuengel, C. (2022). Quality of mother-child dialogue about emotional events, coping and posttraumatic stress symptoms among children exposed to interpersonal trauma. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 15(2), 201-208. 

doi: 10.1007/s40653-021-00381-x. eCollection 2022 Jun. View

Piot, L., Havron, N., & Cristia, A. (2022). Socioeconomic status correlates with measures of Language Environment Analysis (LENA) system: a meta-analysis. Journal of Child Language, 49, 1037-1051. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000921000441 View

Pulchook, E., Gur Yaish, N., Sher-Censor, E., & Ziv, Y. (2022). Mothers’ Rejection Sensitivity and Their Children’s Cognitions Regarding Peer Rejection and Social Self-Perception. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(6), 1792-1809.   https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221131077 View

River, L. M., Narayan, A. J., Castillo, M. L., Sher-Censor, E., & Lieberman, A. F. (2022). Narrative coherence about romantic partners during pregnancy: Associations with childhood maltreatment and PTSD symptoms. Journal of Family Violence, 38(4), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-022-00404-7. View

Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2022). Kann ein extremes Trauma weitergegeben werden? Eine Drei-Generationen-Studie mit Holocaust-Überlebenden und ihren Nachkommen. In: K. H. Brisch (Hrsg.), Trauma und Bindung zwischen den Generationen. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, S. 178–199 (German version).

Shahar-Lahav, R., Sher-Censor, E., & Hebel, O. (2022). Emotional availability in dyads of mothers and children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 who use augmentative and alternative communication. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 38 (3), 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2022.2124928

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Sher-Censor, E., & Shaher-Lahav, R. (2022). Parents’ resolution of their child’s diagnosis: A systematic review. Attachment and Human Development. 24(5) 580-604. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2022.2034899 . View

Stolarski, E., Cohen, D., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2022). Caregivers' sensitive responsiveness and children's involvement in early care settings. Hokrim @ Hagil Harach (Researchers @ Early Childhood), 17, 29-56 (in Hebrew).  

Zadok Boneh, M., Feniger-Schaal, R., Aviram Bivas, t., & Danial-Saad, A. (2022). Teachers under stress during the COVID-19: cultural differences. Teachers and Teaching, 28(2), 164-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2021.2017275

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Zreik, G., Golden, D., & Oppenheim, D. (2022). Challenges of Mothering in Extended Families: The Case of Palestinian Mothers in Israel. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 53(6), 626–642. View