2025

Alkalay, S., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2025). The legacy of Mary Main in attachment and developmental research in Israel. Attachment & Human Development, 27(1), 34-66..‏ https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2024.2422044  View

Ben-Tzur, B., & Feniger-Schaal, R. (2025). Aesthetic distance: Conceptualization and practical use. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 92, 102230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2024.102230  View

Boullion, A., Linde-Krieger, L. B., Sher-Censor, E., & Yates, T. M. (2025). Narrative development among emerging adults who aged out of foster care: Patterns and implications for adaptation. Children and Youth Services Review, 172, 108268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108268

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Green, I., Godis, T., Levy, T., Sher-Censor, E., Rotenstreich, Y., & Sher, I. Parents’ resolution with their child’s diagnosis, parent-child communication about the diagnosis, and the well-being of adolescents and young adults with vision loss. 

Oppenheim, D., Dolev, S., Hamburger, L., Lottan, R., Kunst, S., Friedelman, J., ... & Yirmiya, N. (2025). The Association Between Classroom Quality and the Social Competence of Autistic Preschool-Age Boys. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-9. DOI: 10.1007/s10803-025-06747-6  View 

Oppenheim, D., Mottes-Peleg, M., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2025). Play interactions of autistic preschoolers with their mothers and fathers without toys yield more positive interactions than play with toys. Autism, 13623613251329975 View

Oppenheim, D., Mottes‐Peleg, M., Hamburger, L., Slonim, M., Maccabi, Y., & Yirmiya, N. (2025). 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

Sher‐Censor, E., Gur‐Yaish, N., Polachek, E., & Ziv, Y. (2025). Fathers' rejection sensitivity: Links with fathers' and children's social information processing. Family Relations, 74(1), 63-79. doi: 10.1017/S0954579424001111.  View 

Sher-Censor, E., Makarov, M., & Shai, A. (2025). 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. The Breast, 80, 103884.  View

Slonim, M., Oppenheim, D., Maccabi, Y., Hamburger, L., Kalir, C., Koren-Karie, N., & Yirmiya, N. (2025). Coparenting Representations and Interactions Among Parents of Preschoolers with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Parenting, 25(1), 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2024.2426675  View

Steele, H., & Cassidy, J. (2025). Introduction to the double issue, the first and second issues of 2025, in honor of the legacy of Mary Main. Attachment & Human Development, 27(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2025.2455820 View

Yu, Y., Havron, N., & Fisher, C. (2025). Syntactic Adaptation and Word Learning in 3‐to 4‐Year‐Olds. Language Learning, 75(1), 117-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12661  View     

        2024

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

Boullion, A., Linde-Krieger, L. B., Sher-Censor, E., & Yates, T. M. (2024). 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 , 45(5), 569-578. 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

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., 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

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

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   

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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. 

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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

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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