Publications
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. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2024.2341732
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
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. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2024.2326416
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
Pulchook, E., Gur Yaish, N., Sher-Censor, E., & Ziv, Y. (2023). Mothers’ Rejection Sensitivity and Their Children’s Cognitions Regarding Peer Rejection and Social Self-Perception. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221131077
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, 673-686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-022-00404-7
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).
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
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. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2022.03.002.
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. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2022.2034899
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, doi: 10.1177/14713012211065396
Serur, Y., Sher-Censor, E., Frumer, D., Daon, K., Sobol Havia, D., Weinberger, R., Shulman, C., & Gothelf, D. (2022). Parental Expressed Emotion and behavioral problems in young children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and Idiopathic Autism Spectrum Disorder. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s10578-021-01310-7
Lev-Enacab, O., Sher-Censor, E., Einspieler, C., Jacobi, O. A., Daube-Fishman, G., & Beni-Shrem, S. (2022). Spontaneous movements, motor milestones, and temperament of preterm-born infants: Associations with mother–infant attunement. Infancy, 27, 412– 432. doi: 10.1111/infa.12451
Sher-Censor, E., Yitshaki, N., & Assor, A. (2021). How should mothers react when they first learn about their child’s involvement with deviant peers? The adolescents’ perspective. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. doi: 10.1007/s10964-020-01383-y
Sher-Censor, E., & Mizrachi-Zinman, A. (2021). Mothers’ narratives on their immigration experiences: Associations with maternal relatedness and adolescent adjustment. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31 (2), 351-367. doi: 10.1111/jora.12601
Zohar, O., Sher-Censor, E., &. Elata, J., (2021). A mental health course for Developmental Allied Healthcare Professionals: An exploration of potential effectiveness. Infant Mental Health Journal, 42, 233-245. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21899
Sher-Censor, E., Gur-Yaish, N., Shiff, H., & Harel-Zeira, N., (2020). Mothers’ attachment style and their information processing of stressful situations involving their children, Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29 (11), 3059-3070. doi: 10.1007/s10826-020-01802-5
Dolev, S., Sher-Censor, E., & Tal, L. (2020). Teachers’ perceptions of their classroom experiences in kindergartens serving low SES families: Associations with global classroom quality. Early Education and Development, 32 (4), 572-588. doi: 10.1080/10409289.2020.1785228
Sher-Censor, E., Dan Ram-On, T., Rudstein-Sabbag, L., Watemberg, M., & Oppenheim, D. (2020). The Reaction to Diagnosis Questionnaire: A preliminary validation of a new self-report measure to assess parents’ resolution of their child’s diagnosis. Attachment and Human Development, 22 (4), 409-424. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2019.1628081
Sher-Censor, E. (2019). Assessing the coherence of parents’ short narratives regarding their child using the Five Minute Speech Sample Procedure. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 151, e60025, doi:10.3791/60025
Sher-Censor, E., Nahamias-Zlotolov, A., & Dolev, S. (2019). Special education teachers’ narratives and attachment style: Associations with classroom emotional support. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28, 2232-2242 . doi: 10.1007/s10826-019-01440-6.
Gur-Yaish, N., Harel-Zeira, N., Sher-Censor, E., & Opper, H. (2019). Mothers’ rejection sensitivity and their information processing of possible social rejection of their child. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36 (7), 1939-1953. doi: 10.1177/0265407518774853
Sher-Censor, E., Benish-Weisman, M., Gal, L., & Karni, S. (2018). The association between national identity and adjustment: What can we learn from autobiographical narratives? International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 67, 12-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2018.08.003
Sher-Censor, E., Shulman, C., & Cohen, E. (2018). Associations among mothers’ representations of their relationship with their toddlers, maternal parenting stress, and toddlers’ internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Infant Behavior and Development, 50, 132-139. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2017.12.005
Sher-Censor, E., Dolev, S., Said, M., Baransi, N., & Amara, K. (2017). Coherence of representations regarding the child, resolution of the child’s diagnosis and emotional availability: A study of Arab-Israeli mothers of children with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47 (10), 3139-3149. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3228-8i:
Sher-Censor, E., Koren-Karie, N., Getzov, S. & Rotman, P. (2017). Mother-adolescent dialogues and adolescents’ behavior problems in a multicultural sample: The mediating role of representations. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28, 211-228. doi: 10.1111/jora.12327
Aviezer, O., Sher-Censor, E., & Stein-Lahad, T. (2017). Earliest memories in Israeli kibbutz upbringing: It is parental engagement that makes a difference. Memory, 25, 1375-1389. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2017.1307991
Sher-Censor, E., Khafi, T., & Yates, T. M . (2016). Preschoolers’ self-regulation moderates relation between mothers’ representations and children’s adjustment to school. Developmental Psychology, 52, 1793-1804. doi: 10.1037/dev0000178
Dolev, S., Sher-Censor, E., Baransi, N., Amarah K., & Said, M. (2016). Resolution of the child’s ASD diagnosis among Arab-Israeli mothers: Associations with maternal sensitivity and wellbeing. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 21, 73-83. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2015.09.004
Lev-Eancab, O., Sher-Censor, E., Einspieler, C., Benni-Shrem, S., & Daube Fishman, G. (2015). The quality of spontaneous movements of infants born preterm: Associations with the quality of mother-infant interaction. Infancy, 20, 634-660. doi: 10.1111/infa.12096
Khafi, T. Y., Yates, T. M., & Sher-Censor, E. (2015). The meaning of Emotional Overinvolvement in early development: Prospective relations with child behavior problems. Journal of Family Psychology, 29, 585 – 594. doi: 10.1037/fam0000111
Sher-Censor, E. (2015). Five Minute Speech Sample in developmental research: A review. Developmental Review, 36, 127-155. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2015.01.005
Sher-Censor, E., Assor, A., & Oppenheim, D., (2015). The Interplay between observed maternal perspective taking and clear expectations: Links with male adolescents’ externalizing and internalizing problems. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 930-936. doi: 10.1007/s10826-014-9903-x
Sher-Censor, E. (2015). The challenges of Israeli adolescent girls: Gender differences in observed autonomy and relatedness in adolescent-mother interactions. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 72, 150-162. doi: 10.1007/s11199-015-0445-5.
Sher-Censor, E. & Yates, M. T. (2015) Mothers’ Expressed Emotion and narrative coherence: Associations with preschoolers’ behavior problems in a multiethnic sample. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 1392-1405. doi: 10.1007/s10826-014-9946-z.
Sher-Censor, E., Grey, K., & Yates, M. T. (2013). The intergenerational congruence of narrative affective content and narrative coherence. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37, 340-348. doi: 0.1177/0165025413482760
Sher-Censor, E., Oppenheim, D., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2012). Individuation of female adolescents: Relations with adolescents’ perceptions of maternal behavior and with adolescent-mother discrepancies in perceptions. Journal of Adolescence, 35, 397-405. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.07.018
Sher-Censor, E., Parke, R. D., & Coltrane, S. (2011). Perceptions of Mexican American adolescents and parents regarding autonomy: Divergent views and adolescents’ adjustment. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 31, 671 – 693. doi:10.1177/0272431610373099
Sher-Censor, E., Parke, R. D., & Coltrane, S. (2011). Parents’ promotion of psychological autonomy, psychological control, and Mexican American adolescents’ adjustment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40, 620-632. doi:10.1007/s10964-010-9552-3
Sher-Censor, E., & Oppenheim, D. (2010). Adjustment of female adolescents leaving home for the military: Links with earlier individuation. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 625-632. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.12.001
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. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.38.4.534