... Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Journal Article]. The transgenerational impact of Holocaust tr... more ... Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Journal Article]. The transgenerational impact of Holocaust trauma: Current state of the evidence. ... Topics discussed include personality and family characteristics of COHSs and the intergenerational transmission of traumatic impact. ...
Twenty patients whose psychotherapies were suddenly interrupted by a strike were interviewed by a... more Twenty patients whose psychotherapies were suddenly interrupted by a strike were interviewed by a staff psychologist. Two patterns were indicated by the detailed interview data—one was characterized by initial emotional distress reaction, reactivation of previous traumata and vigorization of psychiatric symptomatology. The other was characterized by relative absence of all these manifestations.
How quarrel involvement (QI) relates to social likeability (SL) and scholastic attainment (SA) wa... more How quarrel involvement (QI) relates to social likeability (SL) and scholastic attainment (SA) was investigated in a group of 201 Israeli school-aged children, boys and girls, from Grades 2, 4, and 6. QI as well as SL scores were obtained from peer ratings, and SA was rated by home-class teachers. The results indicate significant gender differences in QI, with boys being consistently rates as more involved in quarrels than girls. No overall developmental trend in QI was found. Very high correlations between peer ratings of QI submitted by boy raters and by girl raters indicate that QI was a reliably assessable personal characteristic. A clear inverse relation between QI and SL was found for both boys and girls from both cross-gender and within-gender perspectives, the only exception being a lack of such a relation for girls in fourth and sixth grades from the boys' perspective. A clear inverse relation between QI and SA was found for boys in all grade levels. This relation held only for girls in second grade, not for girls in fourth and sixth grades.
The substance and dynamics of secrets were elicited and analyzed for 180 children at three grade ... more The substance and dynamics of secrets were elicited and analyzed for 180 children at three grade levels, to examine developmental trends and gender differences. The recorded frequencies were subjected to loglinear analyses. The results, which revealed a grade effect regarding topics of secrets, indicated a developmental shift in topics with age from secrets pertaining to possessions to secrets pertaining to interpersonal relations, heterosexual involvement, and moral transgressions. A grade effect also emerged regarding reasons for secrecy; a shift was indicated from need for exclusiveness typical of younger children to socially embedded reasons for secrecy characteristic of older children. A gender main effect regarding topics of secrets indicated that boys more often than girls bear secrets pertaining to possessions and moral transgressions, whereas girls tend more often than boys to bear secrets pertaining to family issues. No gender effect was evident, however, in regard to reasons for secrecy. The developmental trends in both aspects of secrecy investigated may be conceived in the framework of a dual shift from separateness to relatedness and from true latency to late latency.
Bipolar manic-depressive patients in remission are considered normal by phenomenological criteria... more Bipolar manic-depressive patients in remission are considered normal by phenomenological criteria but many psychotherapists have noted specific personality markers. The Rorschach test was chosen to study such personality markers since it may provide rich information at a psychological level distant from overt behavior and symptoms. 35 bipolar manic-depressives in a euthymic state were tested with the Rorschach Projective Technique. The scores were analyzed using Exner's Comprehensive System methods and compared with his stratified normal control sample. Nine variables differentiated the patients from controls so that at least 50% of the patients were beyond one standard deviation from the controls' mean. These variables might be personality expressions of the genetic predisposition to bipolar illness and might thus be measurable even when the patients are clinically free of affective illness.
Despite the importance of the assessment of ego strength for appropriate assignment of clients fo... more Despite the importance of the assessment of ego strength for appropriate assignment of clients for psychotherapy and/or rehabilitation, existing techniques have not fulfilled expectations. A method for assessing ego strength through the Rorschach Test independent of clinical criterion is proposed. In addition to certain variables of Klopfer's RPRS (M+, FM+, FC+ plus CF+), sharply preceived space responses are included. They constitute a highly intercorrelated global measure of ego strength and are also highly correlated to a relatively independent Rorschach variable of global ego efficiency, i.e. integrated whole responses. In accordance with prediction, non-controlled color responses as well as accuracy of form perception did not correlate in a non-clinical sample with either measure of ego strength.
International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2010
... Journal of Special Education , 27: 66???81. [CrossRef], [Web of Science ??], [CSA] View all r... more ... Journal of Special Education , 27: 66???81. [CrossRef], [Web of Science ??], [CSA] View all references; Soodak, Podell, and Lehman 199853. Soodak, LC, Podell, DM and Lehman, LR 1998. Teacher, student, and school attributes as predictors of teachers' responses to inclusion. ...
Thirty-four female applicants for rhinoplasty were assessed prior to undergoing surgery by means ... more Thirty-four female applicants for rhinoplasty were assessed prior to undergoing surgery by means of a measuring scale for objective evaluation of the nasal shape. This scale yields an objective nasal deformity score as well as a measure of validity of subjective perception of nasal shape (nose image) and deformity. Subjects were assessed also for identity integration by a short measure of Eriksonian identity, and for psychological well-being and self-acceptance by means of the appropriate California Psychological Inventory (CPI) scales.
Evaluating preoperative expectations and post-A operative results of the physical aspects of a rh... more Evaluating preoperative expectations and post-A operative results of the physical aspects of a rhinoplasty is a challenge. Using a graphic scale of 4 aspects of the )'~ nose--length, width, hump, and tip--can enable almost anyone to achieve a more or less objective evaluation of nasal characteristics. The scale ranges from 1, being the "nicest," to 7, being the "worst." The scales can be prepared on translucent sheets suitable for superimposing on pre-and postoperative photographs, and the differences in scores give a value to the result.
Thirty-four female patients who underwent rhinoplasty were followed through assessment of postsur... more Thirty-four female patients who underwent rhinoplasty were followed through assessment of postsurgical satisfaction (pss), perception of subjective improvement, objective improvement (surgeon's ratings), and objective post-surgical nasal deformity. Assessments of pss and subjective improvement were obtained on 3 occasions: TI, 1 week after surgery, on cast removal; T2, 1 month after cast removal; and T3, 3 months after cast removal. The investigation was aimed at examination of the relationship of patients' subjective post-surgical appraisals of the operation with objective indices of outcome of rhinoplasty. Results indicated that at Tj, pss is totally dissociated from objective outcome or its appraisal by the patient. At T2 an association between objective outcome and pss and subjective appraisal of outcome is evident, but seems to reflect the total reliance of the patients' judgment on surgeons' appraisals. At T3 a paradoxical trend is indicated: slim objective favorable outcomes correlate with high pss, while a considerable share of patients with whom a highly favorable outcome has been attained express relatively low pss. This paradoxical trend may be well understood when applying Cognitive Dissonance Theory. The whole pattern of results point again at highly complex and powerful psychological processes, some of them seemingly irrational, operating within patients when relating to rhinoplasty, a simple superficial surgical procedure.
Urinary incontinence in children aged 2 to 6 years whose mothers varied in ethnic descent, in lev... more Urinary incontinence in children aged 2 to 6 years whose mothers varied in ethnic descent, in level of education, and in immigration status was studied in Israel. Mothers of 302 children were interviewed in well-baby clinics regarding primary and secondary urinary incontinence of their children. A significant age trend was found for attaining primary urinary continence. However, various interactions between mothers' ethnic descent, mothers' level of education, and mothers' immigration status were associated with different rates of primary and secondary urinary incontinence in their children. Moreover, sex differences in rates of primary and secondary urinary incontinence were also associated with mothers' ethnic descent and level of education. It is suggested that different levels of maternal emotional availability to the child in the various subgroups can account for most of the findings.
... Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Journal Article]. The transgenerational impact of Holocaust tr... more ... Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Journal Article]. The transgenerational impact of Holocaust trauma: Current state of the evidence. ... Topics discussed include personality and family characteristics of COHSs and the intergenerational transmission of traumatic impact. ...
Twenty patients whose psychotherapies were suddenly interrupted by a strike were interviewed by a... more Twenty patients whose psychotherapies were suddenly interrupted by a strike were interviewed by a staff psychologist. Two patterns were indicated by the detailed interview data—one was characterized by initial emotional distress reaction, reactivation of previous traumata and vigorization of psychiatric symptomatology. The other was characterized by relative absence of all these manifestations.
How quarrel involvement (QI) relates to social likeability (SL) and scholastic attainment (SA) wa... more How quarrel involvement (QI) relates to social likeability (SL) and scholastic attainment (SA) was investigated in a group of 201 Israeli school-aged children, boys and girls, from Grades 2, 4, and 6. QI as well as SL scores were obtained from peer ratings, and SA was rated by home-class teachers. The results indicate significant gender differences in QI, with boys being consistently rates as more involved in quarrels than girls. No overall developmental trend in QI was found. Very high correlations between peer ratings of QI submitted by boy raters and by girl raters indicate that QI was a reliably assessable personal characteristic. A clear inverse relation between QI and SL was found for both boys and girls from both cross-gender and within-gender perspectives, the only exception being a lack of such a relation for girls in fourth and sixth grades from the boys' perspective. A clear inverse relation between QI and SA was found for boys in all grade levels. This relation held only for girls in second grade, not for girls in fourth and sixth grades.
The substance and dynamics of secrets were elicited and analyzed for 180 children at three grade ... more The substance and dynamics of secrets were elicited and analyzed for 180 children at three grade levels, to examine developmental trends and gender differences. The recorded frequencies were subjected to loglinear analyses. The results, which revealed a grade effect regarding topics of secrets, indicated a developmental shift in topics with age from secrets pertaining to possessions to secrets pertaining to interpersonal relations, heterosexual involvement, and moral transgressions. A grade effect also emerged regarding reasons for secrecy; a shift was indicated from need for exclusiveness typical of younger children to socially embedded reasons for secrecy characteristic of older children. A gender main effect regarding topics of secrets indicated that boys more often than girls bear secrets pertaining to possessions and moral transgressions, whereas girls tend more often than boys to bear secrets pertaining to family issues. No gender effect was evident, however, in regard to reasons for secrecy. The developmental trends in both aspects of secrecy investigated may be conceived in the framework of a dual shift from separateness to relatedness and from true latency to late latency.
Bipolar manic-depressive patients in remission are considered normal by phenomenological criteria... more Bipolar manic-depressive patients in remission are considered normal by phenomenological criteria but many psychotherapists have noted specific personality markers. The Rorschach test was chosen to study such personality markers since it may provide rich information at a psychological level distant from overt behavior and symptoms. 35 bipolar manic-depressives in a euthymic state were tested with the Rorschach Projective Technique. The scores were analyzed using Exner's Comprehensive System methods and compared with his stratified normal control sample. Nine variables differentiated the patients from controls so that at least 50% of the patients were beyond one standard deviation from the controls' mean. These variables might be personality expressions of the genetic predisposition to bipolar illness and might thus be measurable even when the patients are clinically free of affective illness.
Despite the importance of the assessment of ego strength for appropriate assignment of clients fo... more Despite the importance of the assessment of ego strength for appropriate assignment of clients for psychotherapy and/or rehabilitation, existing techniques have not fulfilled expectations. A method for assessing ego strength through the Rorschach Test independent of clinical criterion is proposed. In addition to certain variables of Klopfer's RPRS (M+, FM+, FC+ plus CF+), sharply preceived space responses are included. They constitute a highly intercorrelated global measure of ego strength and are also highly correlated to a relatively independent Rorschach variable of global ego efficiency, i.e. integrated whole responses. In accordance with prediction, non-controlled color responses as well as accuracy of form perception did not correlate in a non-clinical sample with either measure of ego strength.
International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2010
... Journal of Special Education , 27: 66???81. [CrossRef], [Web of Science ??], [CSA] View all r... more ... Journal of Special Education , 27: 66???81. [CrossRef], [Web of Science ??], [CSA] View all references; Soodak, Podell, and Lehman 199853. Soodak, LC, Podell, DM and Lehman, LR 1998. Teacher, student, and school attributes as predictors of teachers' responses to inclusion. ...
Thirty-four female applicants for rhinoplasty were assessed prior to undergoing surgery by means ... more Thirty-four female applicants for rhinoplasty were assessed prior to undergoing surgery by means of a measuring scale for objective evaluation of the nasal shape. This scale yields an objective nasal deformity score as well as a measure of validity of subjective perception of nasal shape (nose image) and deformity. Subjects were assessed also for identity integration by a short measure of Eriksonian identity, and for psychological well-being and self-acceptance by means of the appropriate California Psychological Inventory (CPI) scales.
Evaluating preoperative expectations and post-A operative results of the physical aspects of a rh... more Evaluating preoperative expectations and post-A operative results of the physical aspects of a rhinoplasty is a challenge. Using a graphic scale of 4 aspects of the )'~ nose--length, width, hump, and tip--can enable almost anyone to achieve a more or less objective evaluation of nasal characteristics. The scale ranges from 1, being the "nicest," to 7, being the "worst." The scales can be prepared on translucent sheets suitable for superimposing on pre-and postoperative photographs, and the differences in scores give a value to the result.
Thirty-four female patients who underwent rhinoplasty were followed through assessment of postsur... more Thirty-four female patients who underwent rhinoplasty were followed through assessment of postsurgical satisfaction (pss), perception of subjective improvement, objective improvement (surgeon's ratings), and objective post-surgical nasal deformity. Assessments of pss and subjective improvement were obtained on 3 occasions: TI, 1 week after surgery, on cast removal; T2, 1 month after cast removal; and T3, 3 months after cast removal. The investigation was aimed at examination of the relationship of patients' subjective post-surgical appraisals of the operation with objective indices of outcome of rhinoplasty. Results indicated that at Tj, pss is totally dissociated from objective outcome or its appraisal by the patient. At T2 an association between objective outcome and pss and subjective appraisal of outcome is evident, but seems to reflect the total reliance of the patients' judgment on surgeons' appraisals. At T3 a paradoxical trend is indicated: slim objective favorable outcomes correlate with high pss, while a considerable share of patients with whom a highly favorable outcome has been attained express relatively low pss. This paradoxical trend may be well understood when applying Cognitive Dissonance Theory. The whole pattern of results point again at highly complex and powerful psychological processes, some of them seemingly irrational, operating within patients when relating to rhinoplasty, a simple superficial surgical procedure.
Urinary incontinence in children aged 2 to 6 years whose mothers varied in ethnic descent, in lev... more Urinary incontinence in children aged 2 to 6 years whose mothers varied in ethnic descent, in level of education, and in immigration status was studied in Israel. Mothers of 302 children were interviewed in well-baby clinics regarding primary and secondary urinary incontinence of their children. A significant age trend was found for attaining primary urinary continence. However, various interactions between mothers' ethnic descent, mothers' level of education, and mothers' immigration status were associated with different rates of primary and secondary urinary incontinence in their children. Moreover, sex differences in rates of primary and secondary urinary incontinence were also associated with mothers' ethnic descent and level of education. It is suggested that different levels of maternal emotional availability to the child in the various subgroups can account for most of the findings.
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