Miri Kestler-Peleg
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 190163 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Miri Kestler-Peleg |
| NOMBRES | Miri |
| APELLIDO | Kestler-Peleg |
| FIRMA | KESTLER-PELEG M |
| AFILIACIONES | Ariel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0006-4448 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Exploring the link between masculine gender-role discrepancy and men’s life satisfaction
Child-Centrism as an Adaptive Parenting Style
These findings highlight that higher prenatal life satisfaction indirectly fosters an adaptive form of child-centrism through maternal self-efficacy and positive affect. Integrating motherhood into a woman's sense of identity appears to be a protective factor, promoting healthier cognitive and affective parenting resources. Preventive interventions could focus on strengthening women's life satisfaction and self-efficacy early in pregnancy, thereb…
Fluctuations in adult attachment among experienced mothers during re‐transitioning to motherhood
Transition to motherhood encompasses intensive caring for another and thus may activate adult attachment. The current study aimed to examine the fluctuations in adult attachment among the rarely examined population of experienced mothers during their re‐transition to motherhood. A sample of 186 Israeli women was followed at the third trimester of pregnancy (T1), 2 months (T2) and 5 months (T3) after giving birth. Participants completed questionna…
Exploring the Role of Discrepancy Stress and Muscle Dysmorphia in the Association Between Gender Role Discrepancy and Masculine Depression in Israeli Men
Intolerance to uncertainty and self-efficacy as mediators between personality traits and adjustment disorder in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic
Personal resources associated with peripartum depression among mothers of Nicu hospitalised preterm infants
OBJECTIVE: The high prevalence of peripartum depression (PPD) among mothers of preterm infants concerns health professionals due to its implications for mothers' and infants' health. A model for explaining PPD, consisting of four personal resources was examined: locus of control, intolerance to uncertainty, maternal self-efficacy, and quality of the couple relationship. DESIGN: In one of the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Israel, …
Being a parent, emotional stability, and adjustment disorder symptoms in the face of Covid ‐19
I’ll Be There”
Mothers of infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are at a high risk for psychological distress, which is of concern to health and social professionals due to the negative implications for mothers and infants. A model for explaining maternal psychological distress, consisting of intolerance to uncertainty and support from informal (spouse, family, and friends) and formal (medical staff) systems was examined. Data was coll…
The cost of pleasing social expectations
In a social atmosphere of expecting mothers to sacrifice their own wellbeing for the sake of their children's wellbeing, pregnant women are compelled to find their stance in relation to these sets of expectations. The current study aimed at exploring the relationship between Israeli women's tendency to meet social expectations, that is, defensiveness at the end of pregnancy and parental self-efficacy five months postnatal, and at examining the ro…
Death Anxiety and Loneliness among Older Adults
Death anxiety and loneliness are major issues for older people. The present study aimed to broaden the understanding of factors that are linked with increased loneliness in old age by examining the association between death anxiety and loneliness, and the role of an unexplored variable among older adults, namely, parental self-efficacy. A convenience sample of 362 Israeli parents over the age of 65 was recruited through means of social media. Par…
Adjustment Disorder in the Face of Covid-19 Outbreak
Based on the theoretical view of Terror Management Theory, the current research examines whether higher levels of death anxiety symptoms, in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak, increase the extent to which participants are exposed to information regarding the spread of the pandemic, as well as the fear of contagion and symptoms of hypochondriasis, which all in turn increase symptoms of adjustment disorder. A total number of 302 participants filled…
BRCA and Motherhood
The threat of cancer and the effects of risk-reducing surgery can have a significant impact on family planning and family life. In this qualitative study, we examine intersecting experiences of BRCA carrier status, subsequent risk-reducing surgery, and motherhood by analyzing in-depth interviews with 16 Jewish, Israeli mothers (ages 36-57) who underwent risk-reducing mastectomies and/or oophorectomies. Time emerged as a prism through which the BR…
Spousal Relationship (E) Quality and Adjustment to Motherhood in Israel
Contemporary families experience the paradox of traditionalism/postmodernism especially in the postnatal period which presents many challenges to couples subsystem. One of them is the change in roles, which often leads to decreased relationships' equality. This article tests the impact of change in perceived spousal equality after giving birth on relationships' quality and the implications of the latter for mothers' psychological adjustment. Part…
Anxiety and defensiveness as predictors of maternal child-centrism
Maternal child-centrism is widely regarded in Western societies as the ideal of being a good mother. However, it has recently been criticized for the toll it takes on mothers. This study examines the widespread maternal practice of child-centrism. It is the first, to our knowledge, to examine predictors of the tendency towards child-centrism. Nowadays, with the social unwritten imperative to prioritize children's needs regardless of maternal stan…
Intergenerational Transmission of Sociability
This study focuses on the psychological mechanisms of mothering involved in the association of maternal sociability and the sociability of their preschool children. In particular, it is posited that this association is mediated by two maternal psychological conceptualizations: (a) perception of ability to take on the role of motherhood (i.e., maternal competence) and (b) perception of distribution of resources between child and self (i.e., matern…
Breastfeeding motivation and Self-Determination Theory
Anxiety and defensiveness as predictors of maternal child-centrism
Maternal child-centrism is widely regarded in Western societies as the ideal of being a good mother. However, it has recently been criticized for the toll it takes on mothers. This study examines the widespread maternal practice of child-centrism. It is the first, to our knowledge, to examine predictors of the tendency towards child-centrism. Nowadays, with the social unwritten imperative to prioritize children's needs regardless of maternal stan…
Breastfeeding motivation and Self-Determination Theory
BRCA and Motherhood
The threat of cancer and the effects of risk-reducing surgery can have a significant impact on family planning and family life. In this qualitative study, we examine intersecting experiences of BRCA carrier status, subsequent risk-reducing surgery, and motherhood by analyzing in-depth interviews with 16 Jewish, Israeli mothers (ages 36-57) who underwent risk-reducing mastectomies and/or oophorectomies. Time emerged as a prism through which the BR…
Intergenerational Transmission of Sociability
This study focuses on the psychological mechanisms of mothering involved in the association of maternal sociability and the sociability of their preschool children. In particular, it is posited that this association is mediated by two maternal psychological conceptualizations: (a) perception of ability to take on the role of motherhood (i.e., maternal competence) and (b) perception of distribution of resources between child and self (i.e., matern…
The cost of pleasing social expectations
In a social atmosphere of expecting mothers to sacrifice their own wellbeing for the sake of their children's wellbeing, pregnant women are compelled to find their stance in relation to these sets of expectations. The current study aimed at exploring the relationship between Israeli women's tendency to meet social expectations, that is, defensiveness at the end of pregnancy and parental self-efficacy five months postnatal, and at examining the ro…
Breastfeeding motivation and Self-Determination Theory
Anxiety and defensiveness as predictors of maternal child-centrism
Maternal child-centrism is widely regarded in Western societies as the ideal of being a good mother. However, it has recently been criticized for the toll it takes on mothers. This study examines the widespread maternal practice of child-centrism. It is the first, to our knowledge, to examine predictors of the tendency towards child-centrism. Nowadays, with the social unwritten imperative to prioritize children's needs regardless of maternal stan…
Intergenerational Transmission of Sociability
This study focuses on the psychological mechanisms of mothering involved in the association of maternal sociability and the sociability of their preschool children. In particular, it is posited that this association is mediated by two maternal psychological conceptualizations: (a) perception of ability to take on the role of motherhood (i.e., maternal competence) and (b) perception of distribution of resources between child and self (i.e., matern…
Spousal Relationship (E) Quality and Adjustment to Motherhood in Israel
Contemporary families experience the paradox of traditionalism/postmodernism especially in the postnatal period which presents many challenges to couples subsystem. One of them is the change in roles, which often leads to decreased relationships' equality. This article tests the impact of change in perceived spousal equality after giving birth on relationships' quality and the implications of the latter for mothers' psychological adjustment. Part…
BRCA and Motherhood
The threat of cancer and the effects of risk-reducing surgery can have a significant impact on family planning and family life. In this qualitative study, we examine intersecting experiences of BRCA carrier status, subsequent risk-reducing surgery, and motherhood by analyzing in-depth interviews with 16 Jewish, Israeli mothers (ages 36-57) who underwent risk-reducing mastectomies and/or oophorectomies. Time emerged as a prism through which the BR…
Death Anxiety and Loneliness among Older Adults
Death anxiety and loneliness are major issues for older people. The present study aimed to broaden the understanding of factors that are linked with increased loneliness in old age by examining the association between death anxiety and loneliness, and the role of an unexplored variable among older adults, namely, parental self-efficacy. A convenience sample of 362 Israeli parents over the age of 65 was recruited through means of social media. Par…
Adjustment Disorder in the Face of Covid-19 Outbreak
Based on the theoretical view of Terror Management Theory, the current research examines whether higher levels of death anxiety symptoms, in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak, increase the extent to which participants are exposed to information regarding the spread of the pandemic, as well as the fear of contagion and symptoms of hypochondriasis, which all in turn increase symptoms of adjustment disorder. A total number of 302 participants filled…
Personal resources associated with peripartum depression among mothers of Nicu hospitalised preterm infants
OBJECTIVE: The high prevalence of peripartum depression (PPD) among mothers of preterm infants concerns health professionals due to its implications for mothers' and infants' health. A model for explaining PPD, consisting of four personal resources was examined: locus of control, intolerance to uncertainty, maternal self-efficacy, and quality of the couple relationship. DESIGN: In one of the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Israel, …
Being a parent, emotional stability, and adjustment disorder symptoms in the face of Covid ‐19
I’ll Be There”
Mothers of infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are at a high risk for psychological distress, which is of concern to health and social professionals due to the negative implications for mothers and infants. A model for explaining maternal psychological distress, consisting of intolerance to uncertainty and support from informal (spouse, family, and friends) and formal (medical staff) systems was examined. Data was coll…
The cost of pleasing social expectations
In a social atmosphere of expecting mothers to sacrifice their own wellbeing for the sake of their children's wellbeing, pregnant women are compelled to find their stance in relation to these sets of expectations. The current study aimed at exploring the relationship between Israeli women's tendency to meet social expectations, that is, defensiveness at the end of pregnancy and parental self-efficacy five months postnatal, and at examining the ro…
Intolerance to uncertainty and self-efficacy as mediators between personality traits and adjustment disorder in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic
Fluctuations in adult attachment among experienced mothers during re‐transitioning to motherhood
Transition to motherhood encompasses intensive caring for another and thus may activate adult attachment. The current study aimed to examine the fluctuations in adult attachment among the rarely examined population of experienced mothers during their re‐transition to motherhood. A sample of 186 Israeli women was followed at the third trimester of pregnancy (T1), 2 months (T2) and 5 months (T3) after giving birth. Participants completed questionna…
Exploring the Role of Discrepancy Stress and Muscle Dysmorphia in the Association Between Gender Role Discrepancy and Masculine Depression in Israeli Men
Exploring the link between masculine gender-role discrepancy and men’s life satisfaction
Child-Centrism as an Adaptive Parenting Style
These findings highlight that higher prenatal life satisfaction indirectly fosters an adaptive form of child-centrism through maternal self-efficacy and positive affect. Integrating motherhood into a woman's sense of identity appears to be a protective factor, promoting healthier cognitive and affective parenting resources. Preventive interventions could focus on strengthening women's life satisfaction and self-efficacy early in pregnancy, thereb…
Psychology (16 obras) · Developmental psychology (13 obras) · Clinical Psychology (12 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Psychiatry (8 obras) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 obras) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (7 obras) · Medicine (7 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras)