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Research paper thumbnail of Conflict between family and work:The issue of the 21st century

Research paper thumbnail of Empowering Couples Victimized by Terror Attacks in Israel

Proceedings of The International Conference on Research in Psychology, 2019

Israel has suffered intensive terror attacks for more than two decades. People have been brutally... more Israel has suffered intensive terror attacks for more than two decades. People have been brutally attacked at home while sleeping in their beds, when driving their cars, or simply when walking down the street or eating in a restaurant. Some have lost spouses or other relatives, their health, and/or property. For those who have experienced a terrorist attack, daily life becomes seriously disrupted. Most suffer from PTSD, which needs to be addressed to help them on the road to rehabilitation. Professional literature dealing with PTSD notes that resilience, self-efficacy, hardiness, and social support among other variables, are what help these people survive and take steps to a normal-or at least manageable-life. The workshop we shall be presenting is based on a three-day workshop we have conducted numerous times in Israel, in which we have treated hundreds of couples where one has been injured or traumatized in a terrorist strike. Our workshop interventions in Israel are sponsored by the "One Family" Israel Emergency Solidarity Fund. Our intervention method relies on "group power." Participants are encouraged to freely tell of their experiences to the group. The empathy and support they receive from the group and the facilitator helps them rebuild their strength. Our experiences have discovered many brave people who, in the group setting, have listened to total strangers and provided vital empathetic social support. Individual characteristics that help in recovery are resilience, optimism, religious belief, a strong drive to survive despite the difficult situation, and a strong, healthy marriage.

Research paper thumbnail of Attachment Style and Family Functioning as Discriminating Factors in Eating Disorders

Contemporary Family Therapy, 2002

This study sought to examine the extent to which family environment and attachment styles are con... more This study sought to examine the extent to which family environment and attachment styles are concurrently related to eating disorders. The Adult Attachment Scale and the Family Environment Scale were administered to 25 anorexic and 33 bulimic female patients at intake in an eating disorder clinic, and 37 age-matched female controls. Eating disorder patients were found to be less secure,

Research paper thumbnail of Dying To Be Thin: Attachment to Death in Anorexia Nervosa

The Scientific World Journal, 2005

Anorexia Nervosa (AN) usually follows a prolonged course accompanied by significant morbidity and... more Anorexia Nervosa (AN) usually follows a prolonged course accompanied by significant morbidity and high mortality. AN patients have been found to have elevated and attempted suicide rates, with suicide being the second most common cause of death in AN after the complications of the disorder itself. The suicide risk in AN is similar to that in major depression or conduct disorder and linked mainly to longer duration of illness, lower weight, bingeing and purging, impulsivity-related manifestations, comorbid substance abuse, and affective disorder. This paper reviews suicidal tendency and disturbed body image, death and eating disorders, and attachment and death with clinical implications related to AN.

Research paper thumbnail of Dying to live: attachment to life in anorexia nervosa

Research paper thumbnail of Coping with distress and self harm: The impact of a primary prevention program among adolescents

Journal of Adolescence, 1993

Research paper thumbnail of Empowering Couples Victimized by Terror in Israel

Research paper thumbnail of Conflict Between Family and Work: The Issue of the 21st Century

Research paper thumbnail of Role of Culture in Body Image Perception Among Arab Mothers and Daughters in Israel

Research paper thumbnail of A Multidimensional Approach to Explore Cross-Cultural Differences in Coping Behavior: Comparing Druze and Jews in Israel

The Journal of Social …, 2011

Assuming that culture is a multidimensional variable, the current study explored the possibility ... more Assuming that culture is a multidimensional variable, the current study explored the possibility that the interactions between ethnicity and other culture-related variables--rather than ethnicity alone--will better describe differences in coping behavior. In the study, cross-cultural differences among Israeli Jews and Israeli Druze in the use of various ways of coping were examined while also taking into account respondents' gender, age, self-esteem, sense of coherence, national identification, and religiosity. Comparing Israeli Jews and Israeli Druze, results indicate significant differences in levels of religiosity and coherence. Referring to coping behavior, findings show that differences in ways of coping could be attributed mainly to gender differences rather than ethnic differences Thus, at least in the case of comparing Israeli Jews vs. Israeli Druze, religiosity and gender are powerful determinants of coping behavior, while ethnicity has only a limited contribution in explaining variance in a preferred way of coping. It is suggested that ethnicity has a moderating role in shaping coping behavior, as it might influence person's self-perception and level of emotionality, which in turn shape the person's ways of coping. Future explorations among various age and ethnic groups are needed to enable generalization of the current study findings.

Research paper thumbnail of Attachment Styles and Attraction to Death: Diversities Among Eating Disorder Patients

The American Journal of Family Therapy, 2005

... DOI: 10.1080/01926180590952418 Zipora Hochdorf a , Yael Latzer b , Laura Canetti c & Eyta... more ... DOI: 10.1080/01926180590952418 Zipora Hochdorf a , Yael Latzer b , Laura Canetti c & Eytan Bachar d pages 237-252. Available online: 23 Feb 2007. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Attachment Styles and Attraction to Death: Diversities Among Eating Disorder Patients

The American Journal of Family Therapy, 2005

... DOI: 10.1080/01926180590952418 Zipora Hochdorf a , Yael Latzer b , Laura Canetti c & Eyta... more ... DOI: 10.1080/01926180590952418 Zipora Hochdorf a , Yael Latzer b , Laura Canetti c & Eytan Bachar d pages 237-252. Available online: 23 Feb 2007. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Attachment style and family functioning as discriminating factors in eating disorders

Contemporary Family Therapy, 2002

... This suggestion is supported by research showing Page 3. 583 YAEL LATZER, ZIPORA HOCHDORF, EI... more ... This suggestion is supported by research showing Page 3. 583 YAEL LATZER, ZIPORA HOCHDORF, EITAN BACHAR, AND LAURA CANETTI ... Research has also revealed a relationship between family environment and attachment styles (Mazor, 1994; Hochdorf, 1999). ...

Research paper thumbnail of Conflict between family and work:The issue of the 21st century

Research paper thumbnail of Empowering Couples Victimized by Terror Attacks in Israel

Proceedings of The International Conference on Research in Psychology, 2019

Israel has suffered intensive terror attacks for more than two decades. People have been brutally... more Israel has suffered intensive terror attacks for more than two decades. People have been brutally attacked at home while sleeping in their beds, when driving their cars, or simply when walking down the street or eating in a restaurant. Some have lost spouses or other relatives, their health, and/or property. For those who have experienced a terrorist attack, daily life becomes seriously disrupted. Most suffer from PTSD, which needs to be addressed to help them on the road to rehabilitation. Professional literature dealing with PTSD notes that resilience, self-efficacy, hardiness, and social support among other variables, are what help these people survive and take steps to a normal-or at least manageable-life. The workshop we shall be presenting is based on a three-day workshop we have conducted numerous times in Israel, in which we have treated hundreds of couples where one has been injured or traumatized in a terrorist strike. Our workshop interventions in Israel are sponsored by the "One Family" Israel Emergency Solidarity Fund. Our intervention method relies on "group power." Participants are encouraged to freely tell of their experiences to the group. The empathy and support they receive from the group and the facilitator helps them rebuild their strength. Our experiences have discovered many brave people who, in the group setting, have listened to total strangers and provided vital empathetic social support. Individual characteristics that help in recovery are resilience, optimism, religious belief, a strong drive to survive despite the difficult situation, and a strong, healthy marriage.

Research paper thumbnail of Attachment Style and Family Functioning as Discriminating Factors in Eating Disorders

Contemporary Family Therapy, 2002

This study sought to examine the extent to which family environment and attachment styles are con... more This study sought to examine the extent to which family environment and attachment styles are concurrently related to eating disorders. The Adult Attachment Scale and the Family Environment Scale were administered to 25 anorexic and 33 bulimic female patients at intake in an eating disorder clinic, and 37 age-matched female controls. Eating disorder patients were found to be less secure,

Research paper thumbnail of Dying To Be Thin: Attachment to Death in Anorexia Nervosa

The Scientific World Journal, 2005

Anorexia Nervosa (AN) usually follows a prolonged course accompanied by significant morbidity and... more Anorexia Nervosa (AN) usually follows a prolonged course accompanied by significant morbidity and high mortality. AN patients have been found to have elevated and attempted suicide rates, with suicide being the second most common cause of death in AN after the complications of the disorder itself. The suicide risk in AN is similar to that in major depression or conduct disorder and linked mainly to longer duration of illness, lower weight, bingeing and purging, impulsivity-related manifestations, comorbid substance abuse, and affective disorder. This paper reviews suicidal tendency and disturbed body image, death and eating disorders, and attachment and death with clinical implications related to AN.

Research paper thumbnail of Dying to live: attachment to life in anorexia nervosa

Research paper thumbnail of Coping with distress and self harm: The impact of a primary prevention program among adolescents

Journal of Adolescence, 1993

Research paper thumbnail of Empowering Couples Victimized by Terror in Israel

Research paper thumbnail of Conflict Between Family and Work: The Issue of the 21st Century

Research paper thumbnail of Role of Culture in Body Image Perception Among Arab Mothers and Daughters in Israel

Research paper thumbnail of A Multidimensional Approach to Explore Cross-Cultural Differences in Coping Behavior: Comparing Druze and Jews in Israel

The Journal of Social …, 2011

Assuming that culture is a multidimensional variable, the current study explored the possibility ... more Assuming that culture is a multidimensional variable, the current study explored the possibility that the interactions between ethnicity and other culture-related variables--rather than ethnicity alone--will better describe differences in coping behavior. In the study, cross-cultural differences among Israeli Jews and Israeli Druze in the use of various ways of coping were examined while also taking into account respondents' gender, age, self-esteem, sense of coherence, national identification, and religiosity. Comparing Israeli Jews and Israeli Druze, results indicate significant differences in levels of religiosity and coherence. Referring to coping behavior, findings show that differences in ways of coping could be attributed mainly to gender differences rather than ethnic differences Thus, at least in the case of comparing Israeli Jews vs. Israeli Druze, religiosity and gender are powerful determinants of coping behavior, while ethnicity has only a limited contribution in explaining variance in a preferred way of coping. It is suggested that ethnicity has a moderating role in shaping coping behavior, as it might influence person's self-perception and level of emotionality, which in turn shape the person's ways of coping. Future explorations among various age and ethnic groups are needed to enable generalization of the current study findings.

Research paper thumbnail of Attachment Styles and Attraction to Death: Diversities Among Eating Disorder Patients

The American Journal of Family Therapy, 2005

... DOI: 10.1080/01926180590952418 Zipora Hochdorf a , Yael Latzer b , Laura Canetti c & Eyta... more ... DOI: 10.1080/01926180590952418 Zipora Hochdorf a , Yael Latzer b , Laura Canetti c & Eytan Bachar d pages 237-252. Available online: 23 Feb 2007. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Attachment Styles and Attraction to Death: Diversities Among Eating Disorder Patients

The American Journal of Family Therapy, 2005

... DOI: 10.1080/01926180590952418 Zipora Hochdorf a , Yael Latzer b , Laura Canetti c & Eyta... more ... DOI: 10.1080/01926180590952418 Zipora Hochdorf a , Yael Latzer b , Laura Canetti c & Eytan Bachar d pages 237-252. Available online: 23 Feb 2007. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Attachment style and family functioning as discriminating factors in eating disorders

Contemporary Family Therapy, 2002

... This suggestion is supported by research showing Page 3. 583 YAEL LATZER, ZIPORA HOCHDORF, EI... more ... This suggestion is supported by research showing Page 3. 583 YAEL LATZER, ZIPORA HOCHDORF, EITAN BACHAR, AND LAURA CANETTI ... Research has also revealed a relationship between family environment and attachment styles (Mazor, 1994; Hochdorf, 1999). ...