Efrat Sher‐censor
Biographic Data
| ID | 1464186 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Efrat Sher‐censor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Efrat |
| FAMILY NAME | Sher‐censor |
| SIGNATURE | CENSOR E S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2961-3129 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Spontaneous movements of preterm-born infants predict social competence and self-esteem at early school age
13.75). Children's motor skills were evaluated using a standard test, and mothers' emotional availability was observed during mother-child play interactions. Mothers and teachers reported children's social competence, and teachers reported children's self-esteem. After controlling for child gender, gestational age at birth, and mothers' education level, the results indicated that atypical spontaneous movements in infancy predicted lower social co…
Fathers' rejection sensitivity
Parents Value Demonstration as a Determinant of Youth Experiences and Responses to Parents’ Warnings Following the Onset of Risk Behavior
When parents first learn about their adolescent’s problem behaviors, they may warn their teen that further involvement in problem behaviors will lead to increased restraints, surveillance, or resource withdrawal. However, research has not investigated how adolescents experience and respond to such warnings. Drawing on research on the benefits of parents’ demonstration of the merit of their values in their behavior (inherent value demonstration), …
Narrative development among emerging adults who aged out of foster care
Integrating attachment and linguistic perspectives on the coherence of narratives regarding close relationships
In this multidisciplinary study, we offer an integrative view on the coherence of narratives regarding close relationships. We show how coherence, as conceptualized by attachment researchers, is manifested in discursive syntactic structure, as conceptualized by linguists. To illustrate this correspondence, we use narratives of six mothers about their adolescent child and their relationship. Narratives were elicited with the widely used Five Minut…
Associations of mothers' rejection sensitivity with children's cognitions about peer rejection and social self-perceptions
This study examined the associations between mothers' predisposition to show rejection sensitivity and children's cognitions regarding peer rejection and their social self-perceptions. It also explored whether these associations were mediated by mothers' behaviors in situations that might suggest their children were rejected by peers. Participants were 122 Jewish Israeli mothers and their kindergarten children (50.82% female; MChild age in months…
Spontaneous movements, motor milestones, and temperament of preterm‐born infants
Preterm‐born infants and their mothers are at higher risk of showing less attuned interactions. We sought to identify characteristics of preterm‐born infants associated with the attunement of mother–infant interactions at the corrected ages of 3–4 months, looking specifically at motor behaviors. We focused on infants’ spontaneous movements, achievement of motor milestones, and temperament, which at this young age is often manifested via movement.…
Parental Expressed Emotion, Parenting Stress, and Behavioral Problems of Young Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and Idiopathic Autism Spectrum Disorder
Narrative Coherence About Romantic Partners During Pregnancy
Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Classroom Experiences in Kindergartens Serving Low SES Families
Research Findings: This study focused on kindergartens serving low SES families and examined the associations between teachers’ perceptions of their teaching experiences in their classroom and observed global classroom quality. Forty teachers and their classrooms participated. Teachers’ perceptions of their teaching experiences in the classroom were assessed via the valence and multidimensionality of their narratives on their teaching experiences…
A mental health course for developmental allied healthcare professionals
We examined the effectiveness of a mental health course for developmental allied healthcare professionals (DAHPs) that focused on emotional and relational processes inherent to treatment. We hypothesized that (a) following the course, DAHPs would report increased awareness and sense of competence in dealing with these processes; (b) an increased sense of competence would be associated with decreased burnout; (c) following the course, DAHPs would …
How Should Mothers React When They First Learn About Their Child’s Involvement With Deviant Peers? The Adolescents’ Perspective
Mothers’ Narratives on their Immigration Experiences
We examined the hypothesis that lower maternal relatedness mediates the associations of immigrant mothers' acculturative stress and lack of benefit finding in immigration with poorer adjustment of their adolescents in terms of more externalizing problems and lower school achievements and self-worth. Participants were 93 adolescents (47.31% girls, M age = 16.04) and their mothers (M age = 45.83) from middle-class families. Mothers immigrated to Is…
Mothers' rejection sensitivity and their information processing of possible social rejection of their child
Parents often guide the interactions of their young children with their peers. Identifying factors that may shape parents' behaviors in such situations is thus important. The objective of this study was to investigate whether maternal rejection sensitivity (RS) would be related to mothers' responses to challenges in their children's peer interactions. Specifically, we examined whether mothers' RS would be associated with their information process…
The associations between national identity and adjustment
Mother–Adolescent Dialogues and Adolescents' Behavior Problems in a Multicultural Sample
This study examined whether the link between higher maternal sensitive guidance of emotional dialogues and fewer adolescent behavior problems is mediated by adolescents' more coherent representations of their mothers. The study also explored the consistency of this model across families from varied cultural backgrounds. Participants were 143 Jewish-Israeli mother-adolescent dyads from three cultural groups: immigrants from the Former Soviet Union…
Preschoolers’ self-regulation moderates relations between mothers’ representations and children’s adjustment to school
Consistent with models of environmental sensitivity (Pluess, 2015), research suggests that the effects of parents' behaviors on child adjustment are stronger among children who struggle to regulate their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors compared with children with better self-regulation. This study extended prior research by assessing maternal representations of the child, which presumably underlie mothers' parenting behaviors, to evaluate the m…
Five Minute Speech Sample in developmental research
The Quality of Spontaneous Movements of Preterm Infants
The assessment of the quality of infants’ spontaneous movements is a diagnostic tool for the young nervous system. We examined whether it relates to the quality of the interactions between infants born preterm and their mothers. Thirty‐nine healthy infants born preterm ( M age in weeks = 14.59, SD = 2.21; 38.46% female) and their mothers participated in the study. Infants’ quality of spontaneous movements was assessed using the General Movement A…
The Challenges of Israeli Adolescent Girls
Parents’ Promotion of Psychological Autonomy, Psychological Control, and Mexican–American Adolescents’ Adjustment
Mexican-American adolescents are at an elevated risk for adjustment difficulties. In an effort to identify parenting practices that can affect the adjustment of Mexican-American youth, the current study examined parents' promotion of psychological autonomy and parents' psychological control as perceived by Mexican-American early adolescents, and explored their associations with adolescents' adjustment in the context of acculturation. In 5th grade…
Perceptions of Mexican American Adolescents and Parents Regarding Parental Autonomy Promoting
Our study examined discrepancies in Mexican American adolescent–parent perceptions regarding parental autonomy promoting and their associations with adolescents’ adjustment. A total of 138 Mexican American sixth graders reported their global self-worth and depressive symptoms. Adolescents and parents also reported their perceptions of parental autonomy promoting. Discrepancies in perceptions of adolescents and their fathers, in particular fathers…
Perceptions of Mexican American Adolescents and Parents Regarding Parental Autonomy Promoting
Our study examined discrepancies in Mexican American adolescent–parent perceptions regarding parental autonomy promoting and their associations with adolescents’ adjustment. A total of 138 Mexican American sixth graders reported their global self-worth and depressive symptoms. Adolescents and parents also reported their perceptions of parental autonomy promoting. Discrepancies in perceptions of adolescents and their fathers, in particular fathers…
The Challenges of Israeli Adolescent Girls
The associations between national identity and adjustment
Preschoolers’ self-regulation moderates relations between mothers’ representations and children’s adjustment to school
Consistent with models of environmental sensitivity (Pluess, 2015), research suggests that the effects of parents' behaviors on child adjustment are stronger among children who struggle to regulate their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors compared with children with better self-regulation. This study extended prior research by assessing maternal representations of the child, which presumably underlie mothers' parenting behaviors, to evaluate the m…
Mothers' rejection sensitivity and their information processing of possible social rejection of their child
Parents often guide the interactions of their young children with their peers. Identifying factors that may shape parents' behaviors in such situations is thus important. The objective of this study was to investigate whether maternal rejection sensitivity (RS) would be related to mothers' responses to challenges in their children's peer interactions. Specifically, we examined whether mothers' RS would be associated with their information process…
Mother–Adolescent Dialogues and Adolescents' Behavior Problems in a Multicultural Sample
This study examined whether the link between higher maternal sensitive guidance of emotional dialogues and fewer adolescent behavior problems is mediated by adolescents' more coherent representations of their mothers. The study also explored the consistency of this model across families from varied cultural backgrounds. Participants were 143 Jewish-Israeli mother-adolescent dyads from three cultural groups: immigrants from the Former Soviet Union…
Parents’ Promotion of Psychological Autonomy, Psychological Control, and Mexican–American Adolescents’ Adjustment
Mexican-American adolescents are at an elevated risk for adjustment difficulties. In an effort to identify parenting practices that can affect the adjustment of Mexican-American youth, the current study examined parents' promotion of psychological autonomy and parents' psychological control as perceived by Mexican-American early adolescents, and explored their associations with adolescents' adjustment in the context of acculturation. In 5th grade…
Narrative development among emerging adults who aged out of foster care
Associations of mothers' rejection sensitivity with children's cognitions about peer rejection and social self-perceptions
This study examined the associations between mothers' predisposition to show rejection sensitivity and children's cognitions regarding peer rejection and their social self-perceptions. It also explored whether these associations were mediated by mothers' behaviors in situations that might suggest their children were rejected by peers. Participants were 122 Jewish Israeli mothers and their kindergarten children (50.82% female; MChild age in months…
How Should Mothers React When They First Learn About Their Child’s Involvement With Deviant Peers? The Adolescents’ Perspective
Mothers’ Narratives on their Immigration Experiences
We examined the hypothesis that lower maternal relatedness mediates the associations of immigrant mothers' acculturative stress and lack of benefit finding in immigration with poorer adjustment of their adolescents in terms of more externalizing problems and lower school achievements and self-worth. Participants were 93 adolescents (47.31% girls, M age = 16.04) and their mothers (M age = 45.83) from middle-class families. Mothers immigrated to Is…
Perceptions of Mexican American Adolescents and Parents Regarding Parental Autonomy Promoting
Our study examined discrepancies in Mexican American adolescent–parent perceptions regarding parental autonomy promoting and their associations with adolescents’ adjustment. A total of 138 Mexican American sixth graders reported their global self-worth and depressive symptoms. Adolescents and parents also reported their perceptions of parental autonomy promoting. Discrepancies in perceptions of adolescents and their fathers, in particular fathers…
Parents’ Promotion of Psychological Autonomy, Psychological Control, and Mexican–American Adolescents’ Adjustment
Mexican-American adolescents are at an elevated risk for adjustment difficulties. In an effort to identify parenting practices that can affect the adjustment of Mexican-American youth, the current study examined parents' promotion of psychological autonomy and parents' psychological control as perceived by Mexican-American early adolescents, and explored their associations with adolescents' adjustment in the context of acculturation. In 5th grade…
Five Minute Speech Sample in developmental research
The Quality of Spontaneous Movements of Preterm Infants
The assessment of the quality of infants’ spontaneous movements is a diagnostic tool for the young nervous system. We examined whether it relates to the quality of the interactions between infants born preterm and their mothers. Thirty‐nine healthy infants born preterm ( M age in weeks = 14.59, SD = 2.21; 38.46% female) and their mothers participated in the study. Infants’ quality of spontaneous movements was assessed using the General Movement A…
The Challenges of Israeli Adolescent Girls
Preschoolers’ self-regulation moderates relations between mothers’ representations and children’s adjustment to school
Consistent with models of environmental sensitivity (Pluess, 2015), research suggests that the effects of parents' behaviors on child adjustment are stronger among children who struggle to regulate their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors compared with children with better self-regulation. This study extended prior research by assessing maternal representations of the child, which presumably underlie mothers' parenting behaviors, to evaluate the m…
Mother–Adolescent Dialogues and Adolescents' Behavior Problems in a Multicultural Sample
This study examined whether the link between higher maternal sensitive guidance of emotional dialogues and fewer adolescent behavior problems is mediated by adolescents' more coherent representations of their mothers. The study also explored the consistency of this model across families from varied cultural backgrounds. Participants were 143 Jewish-Israeli mother-adolescent dyads from three cultural groups: immigrants from the Former Soviet Union…
The associations between national identity and adjustment
Mothers' rejection sensitivity and their information processing of possible social rejection of their child
Parents often guide the interactions of their young children with their peers. Identifying factors that may shape parents' behaviors in such situations is thus important. The objective of this study was to investigate whether maternal rejection sensitivity (RS) would be related to mothers' responses to challenges in their children's peer interactions. Specifically, we examined whether mothers' RS would be associated with their information process…
Mothers’ Narratives on their Immigration Experiences
We examined the hypothesis that lower maternal relatedness mediates the associations of immigrant mothers' acculturative stress and lack of benefit finding in immigration with poorer adjustment of their adolescents in terms of more externalizing problems and lower school achievements and self-worth. Participants were 93 adolescents (47.31% girls, M age = 16.04) and their mothers (M age = 45.83) from middle-class families. Mothers immigrated to Is…
Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Classroom Experiences in Kindergartens Serving Low SES Families
Research Findings: This study focused on kindergartens serving low SES families and examined the associations between teachers’ perceptions of their teaching experiences in their classroom and observed global classroom quality. Forty teachers and their classrooms participated. Teachers’ perceptions of their teaching experiences in the classroom were assessed via the valence and multidimensionality of their narratives on their teaching experiences…
A mental health course for developmental allied healthcare professionals
We examined the effectiveness of a mental health course for developmental allied healthcare professionals (DAHPs) that focused on emotional and relational processes inherent to treatment. We hypothesized that (a) following the course, DAHPs would report increased awareness and sense of competence in dealing with these processes; (b) an increased sense of competence would be associated with decreased burnout; (c) following the course, DAHPs would …
How Should Mothers React When They First Learn About Their Child’s Involvement With Deviant Peers? The Adolescents’ Perspective
Spontaneous movements, motor milestones, and temperament of preterm‐born infants
Preterm‐born infants and their mothers are at higher risk of showing less attuned interactions. We sought to identify characteristics of preterm‐born infants associated with the attunement of mother–infant interactions at the corrected ages of 3–4 months, looking specifically at motor behaviors. We focused on infants’ spontaneous movements, achievement of motor milestones, and temperament, which at this young age is often manifested via movement.…
Parental Expressed Emotion, Parenting Stress, and Behavioral Problems of Young Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and Idiopathic Autism Spectrum Disorder
Narrative Coherence About Romantic Partners During Pregnancy
Associations of mothers' rejection sensitivity with children's cognitions about peer rejection and social self-perceptions
This study examined the associations between mothers' predisposition to show rejection sensitivity and children's cognitions regarding peer rejection and their social self-perceptions. It also explored whether these associations were mediated by mothers' behaviors in situations that might suggest their children were rejected by peers. Participants were 122 Jewish Israeli mothers and their kindergarten children (50.82% female; MChild age in months…
Integrating attachment and linguistic perspectives on the coherence of narratives regarding close relationships
In this multidisciplinary study, we offer an integrative view on the coherence of narratives regarding close relationships. We show how coherence, as conceptualized by attachment researchers, is manifested in discursive syntactic structure, as conceptualized by linguists. To illustrate this correspondence, we use narratives of six mothers about their adolescent child and their relationship. Narratives were elicited with the widely used Five Minut…
Fathers' rejection sensitivity
Parents Value Demonstration as a Determinant of Youth Experiences and Responses to Parents’ Warnings Following the Onset of Risk Behavior
When parents first learn about their adolescent’s problem behaviors, they may warn their teen that further involvement in problem behaviors will lead to increased restraints, surveillance, or resource withdrawal. However, research has not investigated how adolescents experience and respond to such warnings. Drawing on research on the benefits of parents’ demonstration of the merit of their values in their behavior (inherent value demonstration), …
Narrative development among emerging adults who aged out of foster care
Spontaneous movements of preterm-born infants predict social competence and self-esteem at early school age
13.75). Children's motor skills were evaluated using a standard test, and mothers' emotional availability was observed during mother-child play interactions. Mothers and teachers reported children's social competence, and teachers reported children's self-esteem. After controlling for child gender, gestational age at birth, and mothers' education level, the results indicated that atypical spontaneous movements in infancy predicted lower social co…
Psychology (20 works) · Developmental psychology (17 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Narrative (8 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works)