Martin Schiff
Biographic Data
| ID | 338941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Schiff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Schiff |
| SIGNATURE | SCHIFF M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0534-7383 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 57 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 151 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 57 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
When Trauma Echoes
Help-seeking behaviour among internally displaced people in Israel
This study examined help-seeking behaviour from a Resilience Centre among displaced adults following a massive terrorist attack in south Israel on 7 October 2023, with the aim of identifying factors associated with seeking psychosocial support. Data were collected from 748 displaced residents approximately three weeks after the attack. The findings revealed that 46% (n = 341) sought help from the Resilience Centre. Gender, parental status, and wo…
Perceived Academic Achievements of Higher Education Students in Times of Covid ‐19
This multi‐wave longitudinal study among six research universities in Israel examines a potential mechanism by which COVID‐19‐related concerns in early phases are associated with students' academic achievements as the epidemic progressed. Based on Hobfoll Conservation of Resources Theory (COR), it examined the potential mediating role of loss of resources on the associations between COVID‐19‐related concerns and academic achievements. It further …
Professional quality of life among Israeli social workers in hospitals and a health maintenance organization (HMO) during the Covid-19 pandemic
We examined differences between social workers in hospitals versus social workers in community health services regarding levels of professional quality of life (ProQoL), proximity to COVID-19, resilience, perceived social support, and preparedness for the next pandemic during waves 3-5 of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel (December 2020-December 2021, the main COVID-19 variants were Alpha and Delta). We also examined the moderating role of resilien…
Perceived academic success of students during the third wave of Covid ‐19
This study examined the role of resource loss and gain in perceived academic success of higher education students during the COVID‐19 pandemic. A self‐administered questionnaire was distributed online to 10,830 students from six universities and four colleges in Israel between April 26 and July 5, 2021. We conducted descriptive analyses, correlations, and hierarchical regression to analyse the data. Consistent with the conservation of resources (…
Social support and academic experience among higher education students in Israel during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
This study focused on the implications of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the academic experience of university students and their plans for dropping out. We examined how their health, exposure to COVID, and personal COVID‐related health risk were associated with perceived social support and a positive academic experience versus plans to drop out of academic studies. We questioned 10,635 students from six research universities in Israel in a cross‐secti…
Occupational rehabilitation of Israel Defense Forces veterans with PTSD
The MOD Rehabilitation Department (RD) offers three types of rehabilitation tracks (RTs): (a) education, (b) work placement, (c) economic independence. This study aimed to examine which of the offered RTs predicted a better integration into the workforce. This is an observational, prospective, case‐controlled study. Data were collected from administrative files. The data pertained to soldiers injured in military service, under RD care and recogni…
Social support, mental health, academic coping, and perceptions of teaching quality during Covid‐19
Although social support is strongly related to college students' mental health in the context of COVID‐19, little is known about the academic mechanisms that explain and influence this relationship. This knowledge gap limits our ability to create effective interventions. Our current study extends the previous research by using longitudinal data from 2020 to 2021 and leveraging a unique panel dataset from over 1,500 university students in Israel. …
Motives for Vaccination Against Covid-19 Among the Ultra-orthodox Jewish Community in Israel
According to official data, the ultra-Orthodox group in Israel had the highest COVID-19 infection rate yet the lowest vaccination rate compared to the general population. The present study aimed to explore the rate of vaccine uptake as well as reported reasons for vaccine avoidance. In addition, we examined whether several protection motivation theory (PMT) components are good predictors of vaccine uptake. The components we addressed were: percei…
Perceived academic challenges of Jewish and Arab undergraduates during the first wave of Covid ‐19
This study examined differences between Arab and Jewish undergraduate students in their perceived academic challenges, COVID‐19‐related concerns, perceived social support and trust in the university and the government. It also examined factors associated with perceived academic challenges and the moderating role of trust in the university in the associations between COVID‐19‐related concerns and perceived academic challenges. The sample consisted…
Parenthood during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
This study sought to investigate a positive dimension of coping with the COVID‐19 pandemic, that of post‐traumatic growth (PTG). This study investigated coping difficulties and PTG amongst parent and nonparent students in Israeli Universities. A total of 4022 parents (3648 Jews and 374 Palestinian‐Arab Citizens [PACs]) and 14,651 nonparents (12,010 Jews and 2641 PACs) completed measures of coping, social support and PTG. Parents demonstrated sign…
Intergroup violence among Jewish and Arab youths in Israel
The current study illuminates the similarities (traumatic events and microaggression) and the differential associations of individual, social, and societal factors and IV among Jewish and Arab youths. Microaggression emerged as the strongest predictor for IV in both groups. These findings highlight the need to inform ecological interventions aimed at mitigating IV in a context-sensitive manner. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights r…
Child Maltreatment, Mental Health, and Self-Reported Health Among Adolescent Girls in Child Welfare
Continuous Exposure to Terrorism during the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study tested the role of perceived social support as a moderating factor in the mediation of COVID-19-related concerns in the association between continuous traumatic stress (CTS) and depression. The study participants were 499 college students who responded to an anonymous online questionnaire. Measures included the assessment of prior continuous exposure to threats of terrorism, COVID-19-related distress, perceived social support and depre…
How does social support relate to emotional availability for learning during Covid-19? A multi-group structural equation model of university students from the U.S. and Israel
Economic disadvantage and depressive symptoms among Arab and Jewish women in Israel
More attention should be paid to the associations between social determinants and mothers' mental health, with a possible shift of focus to macro-level factors, such as economic inequality and minority status
University students' psychological distress during the Covid‐19 pandemic
Using the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, we aimed to determine whether university students' loss and gain in resources during the pandemic mediated the relationships between COVID‐19 exposure/concern and depression and anxiety. In 2021, 7013 Israeli university students completed online questionnaires. We assessed the data using structural equation modeling. We found that resource loss was directly related to concern ( β = 0.32, p β = 0.7…
Postpartum Depression, Complications During Pregnancy, and Offspring Behavior Problems in Early Childhood
Challenges faced by university students during the Covid ‐19
This study focused on the specific challenges of university students in the face of the COVID‐19 pandemic and examined similarities and differences in COVID‐related concerns and difficulties in functioning in samples of undergraduate students in five countries. A sample of 4306 undergraduate university students (43.8% males, 56.2% females) from Israel, Kosovo, Ukraine, Cyprus and Germany participated in an anonymous online survey during the first…
Emotional distress and posttraumatic growth during the Covid-19 pandemic
The findings contribute to understanding the psychological response patterns of a minority group to COVID-19. The characteristics of the three classes highlight the important role of potentially negative experiences related to COVID-19 in the response patterns. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Couple relationship satisfaction
The actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) was employed in this study to investigate the mediating effect self-differentiation and spousal caregiving have on the relationship between recollection of parental care and acceptance and couple satisfaction. One hundred and forty-four non-clinical couples (N = 288) in enduring relationships were recruited. Results for actor effects revealed two mediating paths whereby, among both partners, recollec…
Covid-Related Functional Difficulties and Concerns Among University Students During Covid-19 Pandemic
Covid-Related Concerns, the Need for Help, and Perceived Microaggression among Young Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Respondents in Israel
Minority groups are especially vulnerable to the negative psychological and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study focused on one prominent minority group in Israel: ultra-Orthodox Jews. It examined the rate of exposure to COVID-19, adherence to COVID-19 mitigation guidelines, difficulties with adherence to COVID-19 guidelines, COVID-related concerns, financial hardships, the need for help, and microaggression during the first…
Adverse childhood experiences and obesity over time
Objective: The effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) on children and adolescents’ health status such as obesity are understudied. The current study addressed the effect of ACE on obesity status during childhood utilising multiple waves of national panel data. Design: Longitudinal survey. Setting: Data were drawn from three waves of the second cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II). NSCAW II study samp…
Israeli Health Care Social Workers’ Personal and Professional Concerns during the Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis
This exploratory study focuses on the personal and professional concerns of Israeli social workers in hospitals and community health settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Other studies omitted health care social workers’ needs and concerns. Participants included 126 social workers (120 females, 5 males and 1 other gender identity) in hospitals and community health settings who completed an online survey during the height of the fir…
Functioning of Israeli group-homes alumni
Perceptions of readiness to leave care among adolescents in foster care in Israel
Leaving Care
This study examines the retrospective reports of alumni of Israeli group homes on their experiences of leaving care, taking into account possible gender differences as well as associations with their experiences while in care. The reports of 94 alumni (38 men and 56 women) interviewed by phone revealed major difficulties associated with the transition from the group home. About half perceived their transition from care as "quite hard" or "very ha…
Measuring Satisfaction With Organizations
The study explored the process through which customers assess their satisfaction with service organizations. Our theoretical analysis suggests that when a general satisfaction question appears after questions about specific domains were asked (SG order), the earlier questions increase the accessibility of both positive and negative information. In contrast, when a general satisfaction question appears prior to any other question (GS order), negat…
Cross-National Adolescent Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Reports
Living in the shadow of terrorism
Psychological Distress and Intimate Physical and Sexual Abuse among Women in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programs
Guided by the cognitive theory of stress and coping and the comprehensive health‐seeking and coping paradigm, this study examines associations among intimate partner abuse and psychological distress, posttraumatic stress disorder, childhood sexual abuse, and current drug use among a cohort of 416 women randomly recruited from New York City methadone treatment programs. Findings expand on past evidence of the high prevalence of psychological distr…
Life Satisfaction Among Israeli Youth in Residential Treatment Care
This study is a preliminary examination of life satisfaction among 103 children in one residential treatment care (RTC) setting in Israel. Life satisfaction was examined using the Multidimensional Students Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS). Gender differences in life satisfaction and correlations with background and in-care variables were examined. The study revealed that girls were more satisfied with RTC-specific domains than boys and that the re…
High school students' posttraumatic symptoms, substance abuse and involvement in violence in the aftermath of war
Emotion Regulation in Mothers and Young Children Faced With Trauma
The present study investigated maternal emotion regulation as mediating the association between maternal posttraumatic stress symptoms and children's emotional dysregulation in a community sample of 431 Israeli mothers and children exposed to trauma. Little is known about the specific pathways through which maternal posttraumatic symptoms and deficits in emotion regulation contribute to emotional dysregulation. Inspired by the intergenerational p…
Testing Group Supervision in Fieldwork Training for Social Work Students
This study monitors group supervision for students’ field training in a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (BSW) program and compares it with the experience of the students receiving the traditional individual supervision. The experimental group supervision model is implemented in two consecutive years. Students’ experiences are compared at three points in time: before pilot study began; at the end of the 1st year of the pilot study; and at the end…
Exposure to Terrorism and Israeli Youths’ Cigarette, Alcohol, and Cannabis Use
Objectives. We investigated the consequences of exposure to acts of terrorism among Israeli adolescents. We examined whether exposure to terrorism predicted adolescents’ use of cigarettes, alcohol (including binge drinking), and cannabis after we controlled for posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms and background variables. Methods. Anonymous self-administered questionnaires were given to a random sample of 960 10th and 11th grade students…
Couple relationship satisfaction
The actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) was employed in this study to investigate the mediating effect self-differentiation and spousal caregiving have on the relationship between recollection of parental care and acceptance and couple satisfaction. One hundred and forty-four non-clinical couples (N = 288) in enduring relationships were recruited. Results for actor effects revealed two mediating paths whereby, among both partners, recollec…
Israeli Health Care Social Workers’ Personal and Professional Concerns during the Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis
This exploratory study focuses on the personal and professional concerns of Israeli social workers in hospitals and community health settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Other studies omitted health care social workers’ needs and concerns. Participants included 126 social workers (120 females, 5 males and 1 other gender identity) in hospitals and community health settings who completed an online survey during the height of the fir…
Lifetime cumulative adversity and physical health deterioration in old age
Client Satisfaction and Perceived Helping Components of an HIV/Aids Preventive Intervention for Urban Couples
The purpose of this study was to examine client satisfaction, perceived helping components, and perceived frequency of condom use among men and women who participated in an HIV/STD relationship-based preventive intervention. Method: 107 participants completed evaluation forms at the end of the last of five weekly intervention sessions. Levels of overall satisfaction, what participants liked and learned, what they felt helped them in the intervent…
Bereavement among Israeli parents who lost children in military service
This study examined parental coping with grief and identified protective factors for better coping among parents who suffered the loss of a child during military service in Israel. Coping indicators included complicated grief, functioning in life tasks, succeeding in living meaningful lives, and personal growth. Participants were 164 parents who had lost children 5-16 years previously. We found strong associations between parents' decision to con…
Foster parents exposed to political violence
Field Education
During their studies, social work students tend to think highly of their field education, but little is known about how they perceive it retrospectively after graduation. This question is relevant in view of the continuing debate on the nature and costs of field education. This, together with the advance of evidence-based social work practice, raises questions about the optimum balance between learning in the field and in the classroom. The two-y…
Correlates of Therapeutic Alliance and Treatment Outcomes Among Israeli Female Methadone Patients
Objectives: This study examines potential predictors (e.g., attachment style, frequency of therapeutic treatment sessions) of client-rated therapeutic alliance between the social worker and client. The relationship between therapeutic alliance and client’s psychological outcomes (hope and posttraumatic stress symptoms [PTS’s]) was also assessed. Methods: The study sample included 95 of 193 female clients (average age = 39.35, SD = 8.66) at four m…
Therapeutic Components and Differential Treatment Outcomes Among Clients of Israeli Services for Substance Abusers
Objective: This study is the first in a comprehensive examination of therapeutic components and outcome of interventions in a public, nonresidential service for drug addicts in Jerusalem (SHALEM). Method: Data were gathered from 153 clients (35 women, 128 men; 35 Arabs, 118 Jews; median age = 39) using clinical data mining. Results: Men who had been child victims of physical abuse (60%) showed less progress in treatment than men reporting no abus…
Children with behavior problems
Neo-transcendentalism in the New Left Counter-culture
The student movement of the 1960s has been characterized as the dawn of a new national consciousness and a new counter-culture, 'the passionate revolution of creative intelligence', and 'the saving vision our endangered civilization required'. The New Left spokesmen for the movement have proclaimed themselves the vanguard of a unique cultural and political rebellion against what they consider the evils of capitalist-pluralist America. They presen…
Neo-transcendentalism in the New Left Counter-culture
The student movement of the 1960s has been characterized as the dawn of a new national consciousness and a new counter-culture, 'the passionate revolution of creative intelligence', and 'the saving vision our endangered civilization required'. The New Left spokesmen for the movement have proclaimed themselves the vanguard of a unique cultural and political rebellion against what they consider the evils of capitalist-pluralist America. They presen…
Sweden Today
Essay| March 01 1975 Sweden Today: The Politics of Transcendentalism Martin Schiff Martin Schiff Professor of Government, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York Martin Schiff is now on leave as an assistant professor of government at John Jay College of the City University of New York where he taught since 1969. He is working as executive assistant to community school board no. 1 in Manhattan and writing a book on d…
Welfare State Bureaucracy and Democratic Control in Sweden
Social Dysfunctions and Myths
Sweden's sexual freedom and its Welfare State are said by the country's critics to have produced widespread social malaise characterized by loss of individual initiative, capitalist incentive and religious belief and a coincident rise in social problems. By comparative analysis of social indicators, this Investigation finds that, on the contrary, Sweden remains a capitalistic country in the forefront of progressive reform with an unmatched annual…
Community Control of Inner-City Schools and Educational Achievement
Education and Class
PART I: GENETICS, IQ, AND SOCIAL CLASS Historical origins IQ scores, school achievement, and social class of origin PART II: HOW MUCH COULD WE BOOST...?: How much could we boost scholastic achievement and IQ scores? How much could we boost access to universities? PART III: RELEVANT AND IRRELEVANT TECHNICAL ISSUES Twelve errors about genetics and their social consequences Genetic studies of IQ scores: asking irrelevant questions Summary and conclu…
Measuring Satisfaction With Organizations
The study explored the process through which customers assess their satisfaction with service organizations. Our theoretical analysis suggests that when a general satisfaction question appears after questions about specific domains were asked (SG order), the earlier questions increase the accessibility of both positive and negative information. In contrast, when a general satisfaction question appears prior to any other question (GS order), negat…
Psychological Distress and Intimate Physical and Sexual Abuse among Women in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programs
Guided by the cognitive theory of stress and coping and the comprehensive health‐seeking and coping paradigm, this study examines associations among intimate partner abuse and psychological distress, posttraumatic stress disorder, childhood sexual abuse, and current drug use among a cohort of 416 women randomly recruited from New York City methadone treatment programs. Findings expand on past evidence of the high prevalence of psychological distr…
Client Satisfaction and Perceived Helping Components of an HIV/Aids Preventive Intervention for Urban Couples
The purpose of this study was to examine client satisfaction, perceived helping components, and perceived frequency of condom use among men and women who participated in an HIV/STD relationship-based preventive intervention. Method: 107 participants completed evaluation forms at the end of the last of five weekly intervention sessions. Levels of overall satisfaction, what participants liked and learned, what they felt helped them in the intervent…
The role of personal contact with HIV-infected people in explaining urban, African American preadolescents' attitudes toward peers with HIV/Aids
This article presents the results of a study aimed at describing African American youths' attitudes toward peers with HIV/AIDS and identifying correlates of these attitudes based on the contact theory. Baseline data from a sample of African American, urban mothers and their youth (n = 197) participating in a family-based HIV prevention program were analyzed. In support of contact theory, preadolescents' close relationship to persons infected with…
Children with behavior problems
Life Satisfaction Among Israeli Youth in Residential Treatment Care
This study is a preliminary examination of life satisfaction among 103 children in one residential treatment care (RTC) setting in Israel. Life satisfaction was examined using the Multidimensional Students Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS). Gender differences in life satisfaction and correlations with background and in-care variables were examined. The study revealed that girls were more satisfied with RTC-specific domains than boys and that the re…
Therapeutic Components and Differential Treatment Outcomes Among Clients of Israeli Services for Substance Abusers
Objective: This study is the first in a comprehensive examination of therapeutic components and outcome of interventions in a public, nonresidential service for drug addicts in Jerusalem (SHALEM). Method: Data were gathered from 153 clients (35 women, 128 men; 35 Arabs, 118 Jews; median age = 39) using clinical data mining. Results: Men who had been child victims of physical abuse (60%) showed less progress in treatment than men reporting no abus…
Functioning of Israeli group-homes alumni
Leaving Care
This study examines the retrospective reports of alumni of Israeli group homes on their experiences of leaving care, taking into account possible gender differences as well as associations with their experiences while in care. The reports of 94 alumni (38 men and 56 women) interviewed by phone revealed major difficulties associated with the transition from the group home. About half perceived their transition from care as "quite hard" or "very ha…
Living in the shadow of terrorism
Exposure to Terrorism and Israeli Youths’ Cigarette, Alcohol, and Cannabis Use
Objectives. We investigated the consequences of exposure to acts of terrorism among Israeli adolescents. We examined whether exposure to terrorism predicted adolescents’ use of cigarettes, alcohol (including binge drinking), and cannabis after we controlled for posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms and background variables. Methods. Anonymous self-administered questionnaires were given to a random sample of 960 10th and 11th grade students…
Cross-National Adolescent Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Reports
Correlates of Therapeutic Alliance and Treatment Outcomes Among Israeli Female Methadone Patients
Objectives: This study examines potential predictors (e.g., attachment style, frequency of therapeutic treatment sessions) of client-rated therapeutic alliance between the social worker and client. The relationship between therapeutic alliance and client’s psychological outcomes (hope and posttraumatic stress symptoms [PTS’s]) was also assessed. Methods: The study sample included 95 of 193 female clients (average age = 39.35, SD = 8.66) at four m…
Testing Group Supervision in Fieldwork Training for Social Work Students
This study monitors group supervision for students’ field training in a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (BSW) program and compares it with the experience of the students receiving the traditional individual supervision. The experimental group supervision model is implemented in two consecutive years. Students’ experiences are compared at three points in time: before pilot study began; at the end of the 1st year of the pilot study; and at the end…
Perceptions of readiness to leave care among adolescents in foster care in Israel
The Role of Social Support for Israeli Adolescents Continually Exposed to Terrorism
Complicated grief and related bereavement issues for DSM-5
Bereavement is a severe stressor that typically incites painful and debilitating symptoms of acute grief that commonly progresses to restoration of a satisfactory, if changed, life. Normally, grief does not need clinical intervention. However, sometimes acute grief can gain a foothold and become a chronic debilitating condition called complicated grief. Moreover, the stress caused by bereavement, like other stressors, can increase the likelihood …
High school students' posttraumatic symptoms, substance abuse and involvement in violence in the aftermath of war
Field Education
During their studies, social work students tend to think highly of their field education, but little is known about how they perceive it retrospectively after graduation. This question is relevant in view of the continuing debate on the nature and costs of field education. This, together with the advance of evidence-based social work practice, raises questions about the optimum balance between learning in the field and in the classroom. The two-y…
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