Dikla Segel‐karpa
Biographic Data
| ID | 182881 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dikla Segel‐karpa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dikla |
| FAMILY NAME | Segel‐karpa |
| SIGNATURE | KARPA D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6054-0469 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Marital responsiveness and well-being among retired Arab couples: A dyadic response surface analysis
This study explores the relationships among perceived marital responsiveness, life satisfaction, and marital quality among retired Arab couples, a context that remains largely understudied in non-Western collectivist societies compared with Western societies. The participants were 108 retired heterosexual Arab couples in Israel (216 participants; husbands’ mean age = 70.31 years, wives’ mean age = 65.07 years, mean marital duration = 43.58 years)…
Preparing future health professionals for age, cultural, and technology (ACT) Friendly Care in health sciences education
Preparing future health and social-welfare professionals to care foraging population requires an integrated educational approach. Contemporary age-friendly healthcare models emphasize person-centered geriatric care, yet effective implementation also depends on culturally responsive practice and the ethical, appropriate use of health technologies. The ACT (Aging, Culture, and Technology) framework conceptualizes these domains as interdependent com…
When You’re With Me, Baby, the Skies will be Blue for All My Life? A Dyadic Longitudinal Study of Relationship Happiness Through Midlife
Romantic relationships are critically important for a range of psychosocial outcomes across the lifespan, but few studies have examined relationship happiness in midlife. We investigate the trajectories of relationship happiness of romantic couples in midlife and examine whether children in the household, work status, and gender predict these trajectories. Dyadic latent growth curve models were applied to six waves of longitudinal data from N = 2…
Relational Turbulence Among Retired Couples in Arab Society: An Apim Analysis
Objective This study examined how relational uncertainty and partner interdependence predict marital satisfaction and intimacy among post‐retirement Arab couples in Israel. Background Retirement has rarely been studied in Arab society, despite its growing relevance due to significant shifts in family roles, gender norms, and social structures. Understanding how couples navigate this life transition is critical, especially in conservative cultural…
The Effect of Anger Communication on Anxiety in Older Couples: A Longitudinal Dyadic Investigation
Retirement Adjustment in the Pandemic – Did Risk- and Protective Factors Change
What are we worried about? Midlife married couples' financial concerns about their retirement
A Life Course, Intergenerational Perspective on Loneliness
The present study relied on 15 dyads of adult children and their older parent to better understand intergenerational family relations from a life course perspective. Interviews were analyzed relying on qualitative thematic analysis, identifying similarities and differences within and between interviews and dyads. Our analysis resulted in three major themes. The first concerns the important role of intergenerational family relation as a means to d…
Marital strain and emotional intimacy in midlife couples: The moderating role of empathy
Emotional intimacy is considered a fundamental factor contributing to the quality of marital relationships. However, marital strain can often limit intimacy. Thus, our first objective was to explore the intricate interplay between spouses' sense of intimacy and the levels of marital strain experienced by both themselves and their partners. In addition, the way partners respond to the challenges posed by marital strain can be pivotal in shaping th…
Subjective Nearness-To-Death and Retirement Anxiety Among Older Workers: A Three-Way Interaction With Work Group Identification
Retirement anxiety represents a major challenge for older workers who hold negative expectations and concerns regarding the consequences of their future retirement. Although prior studies suggest that retirement is an age-related transition that may serve as a reminder that life is nearing its end, little is known about how subjective nearness-to-death is related to retirement anxiety, and the role of work group identification as a boundary condi…
When She Worries I Worry too: Covid-19 Worries in the Context of Daughters’ and Mothers’ Relations
We examined the extent to which a daughter’s worries are related to her mother’s perceived worries about COVID-19 (i.e., the daughter’s perception of her mother’s worries). Regard, defined as reciprocity, closeness or compatibility, and responsibility, defined as guilt, burden and protectiveness, were measured as potential moderators of the relationship between the daughter’s worries and her mother’s perceived worries. A convenience sample of 438…
Optimism, pessimism and support in older couples: A longitudinal study
OBJECTIVES: Optimism is linked to varied advantageous outcomes, ranging from improved health to better relationships, while pessimism is linked to reduced well-being. Relatively little is known about how optimism and pessimism may work together to shape the perception of support within marital relationships, and whether perceived support can affect couple-members' optimism and pessimism. METHOD: We used three waves of a nationally representative …
Positive Solitude Scale: Theoretical Background, Development and Validation
The Definition and Categories of Positive Solitude: Older and Younger Adults’ Perspectives on Spending Time by Themselves
This paper attempts to develop a better understanding of the positive solitude (PS) phenomenon and its meaning among age groups, as well as formulate a unanimous definition for PS. A qualitative study ( N = 124) was conducted. Participants were gerontology professionals and laypeople. Interviews were conducted and content was analyzed in order to understand the essence of PS, themes, and subthemes. Two major categories were found: the essence and…
Cynical Hostility and Loneliness in Older Adult Married Couples: An Indirect Effect Through Friendships
Husbands and wives who have higher levels of cynical hostility may be more vulnerable to loneliness. High levels of cynical hostility in women may be related to deficits in their quantity and quality of friendship, and thus be associated with loneliness. Men who are married to women with a higher level of cynical hostility may experience increased loneliness, but this relationship is not explained by men's friendships
Longitudinal Dyadic Effects of Aging Self-Perceptions on Health
Older couples can influence each other's health indirectly, by affecting each other's SPA. This indicates that adults' SPA are interconnected, and thus, the entire couple-unit should be targeted to enhance positive SPA
Retirement anxiety and depressive symptoms among middle-aged adults: An indirect effect through death anxiety
Basing our argument on Terror Management Theory, we posit that retirement is an age-related transition, which could result in greater death saliency and anxiety, leading to increased depressive symptoms. An indirect-effect model was tested on a convenience sample of 574 Israeli Jewish older workers (mean age = 57), finding that the link between retirement anxiety and depressive symptoms is mediated through death anxiety. Anxious anticipation of r…
Change in Retirement Plans Among Midlife Couples During an Economic Recession
Husband and wife reports of retirement plans are not always congruent, and plans in retirement can be affected by large scale changes in the U.S. economy
Subjective Age and Emotion Covariation: Findings From Two Daily Experience Studies
The relationship between subjective age and emotion covariation is discussed in light of lifespan theories
Social Contact and Cognitive Functioning: The Role of Personality
Personality modifies the social contact-cognition association. Whereas extraverts may need social contact for cognitive stimulation, those who are high on Openness gain their stimulations elsewhere. The highly neurotic might experience contact as stressful and hence as less beneficial. Emotional rather than cognitive motivation might be the reason that the highly agreeable benefit less from social contact with regard to their cognitive functionin…
Number of Illnesses, Self-perceived Health, and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Employment in Older Adulthood and Old Age
Journal Article Number of Illnesses, Self-perceived Health, and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Employment in Older Adulthood and Old Age Get access Dikla Segel-Karpas Dikla Segel-Karpas Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Work, Aging and Retirement, Volume 1, Issue 4, October 2015, Pages 382–39…
Cynical Hostility and Loneliness in Older Adult Married Couples: An Indirect Effect Through Friendships
Husbands and wives who have higher levels of cynical hostility may be more vulnerable to loneliness. High levels of cynical hostility in women may be related to deficits in their quantity and quality of friendship, and thus be associated with loneliness. Men who are married to women with a higher level of cynical hostility may experience increased loneliness, but this relationship is not explained by men's friendships
Longitudinal Dyadic Effects of Aging Self-Perceptions on Health
Older couples can influence each other's health indirectly, by affecting each other's SPA. This indicates that adults' SPA are interconnected, and thus, the entire couple-unit should be targeted to enhance positive SPA
Number of Illnesses, Self-perceived Health, and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Employment in Older Adulthood and Old Age
Journal Article Number of Illnesses, Self-perceived Health, and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Employment in Older Adulthood and Old Age Get access Dikla Segel-Karpas Dikla Segel-Karpas Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Work, Aging and Retirement, Volume 1, Issue 4, October 2015, Pages 382–39…
Marital strain and emotional intimacy in midlife couples: The moderating role of empathy
Emotional intimacy is considered a fundamental factor contributing to the quality of marital relationships. However, marital strain can often limit intimacy. Thus, our first objective was to explore the intricate interplay between spouses' sense of intimacy and the levels of marital strain experienced by both themselves and their partners. In addition, the way partners respond to the challenges posed by marital strain can be pivotal in shaping th…
Retirement anxiety and depressive symptoms among middle-aged adults: An indirect effect through death anxiety
Basing our argument on Terror Management Theory, we posit that retirement is an age-related transition, which could result in greater death saliency and anxiety, leading to increased depressive symptoms. An indirect-effect model was tested on a convenience sample of 574 Israeli Jewish older workers (mean age = 57), finding that the link between retirement anxiety and depressive symptoms is mediated through death anxiety. Anxious anticipation of r…
Subjective Age and Emotion Covariation: Findings From Two Daily Experience Studies
The relationship between subjective age and emotion covariation is discussed in light of lifespan theories
Social Contact and Cognitive Functioning: The Role of Personality
Personality modifies the social contact-cognition association. Whereas extraverts may need social contact for cognitive stimulation, those who are high on Openness gain their stimulations elsewhere. The highly neurotic might experience contact as stressful and hence as less beneficial. Emotional rather than cognitive motivation might be the reason that the highly agreeable benefit less from social contact with regard to their cognitive functionin…
Number of Illnesses, Self-perceived Health, and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Employment in Older Adulthood and Old Age
Journal Article Number of Illnesses, Self-perceived Health, and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Employment in Older Adulthood and Old Age Get access Dikla Segel-Karpas Dikla Segel-Karpas Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Work, Aging and Retirement, Volume 1, Issue 4, October 2015, Pages 382–39…
Social Contact and Cognitive Functioning: The Role of Personality
Personality modifies the social contact-cognition association. Whereas extraverts may need social contact for cognitive stimulation, those who are high on Openness gain their stimulations elsewhere. The highly neurotic might experience contact as stressful and hence as less beneficial. Emotional rather than cognitive motivation might be the reason that the highly agreeable benefit less from social contact with regard to their cognitive functionin…
Subjective Age and Emotion Covariation: Findings From Two Daily Experience Studies
The relationship between subjective age and emotion covariation is discussed in light of lifespan theories
Change in Retirement Plans Among Midlife Couples During an Economic Recession
Husband and wife reports of retirement plans are not always congruent, and plans in retirement can be affected by large scale changes in the U.S. economy
Cynical Hostility and Loneliness in Older Adult Married Couples: An Indirect Effect Through Friendships
Husbands and wives who have higher levels of cynical hostility may be more vulnerable to loneliness. High levels of cynical hostility in women may be related to deficits in their quantity and quality of friendship, and thus be associated with loneliness. Men who are married to women with a higher level of cynical hostility may experience increased loneliness, but this relationship is not explained by men's friendships
Longitudinal Dyadic Effects of Aging Self-Perceptions on Health
Older couples can influence each other's health indirectly, by affecting each other's SPA. This indicates that adults' SPA are interconnected, and thus, the entire couple-unit should be targeted to enhance positive SPA
Retirement anxiety and depressive symptoms among middle-aged adults: An indirect effect through death anxiety
Basing our argument on Terror Management Theory, we posit that retirement is an age-related transition, which could result in greater death saliency and anxiety, leading to increased depressive symptoms. An indirect-effect model was tested on a convenience sample of 574 Israeli Jewish older workers (mean age = 57), finding that the link between retirement anxiety and depressive symptoms is mediated through death anxiety. Anxious anticipation of r…
Positive Solitude Scale: Theoretical Background, Development and Validation
The Definition and Categories of Positive Solitude: Older and Younger Adults’ Perspectives on Spending Time by Themselves
This paper attempts to develop a better understanding of the positive solitude (PS) phenomenon and its meaning among age groups, as well as formulate a unanimous definition for PS. A qualitative study ( N = 124) was conducted. Participants were gerontology professionals and laypeople. Interviews were conducted and content was analyzed in order to understand the essence of PS, themes, and subthemes. Two major categories were found: the essence and…
Subjective Nearness-To-Death and Retirement Anxiety Among Older Workers: A Three-Way Interaction With Work Group Identification
Retirement anxiety represents a major challenge for older workers who hold negative expectations and concerns regarding the consequences of their future retirement. Although prior studies suggest that retirement is an age-related transition that may serve as a reminder that life is nearing its end, little is known about how subjective nearness-to-death is related to retirement anxiety, and the role of work group identification as a boundary condi…
When She Worries I Worry too: Covid-19 Worries in the Context of Daughters’ and Mothers’ Relations
We examined the extent to which a daughter’s worries are related to her mother’s perceived worries about COVID-19 (i.e., the daughter’s perception of her mother’s worries). Regard, defined as reciprocity, closeness or compatibility, and responsibility, defined as guilt, burden and protectiveness, were measured as potential moderators of the relationship between the daughter’s worries and her mother’s perceived worries. A convenience sample of 438…
Optimism, pessimism and support in older couples: A longitudinal study
OBJECTIVES: Optimism is linked to varied advantageous outcomes, ranging from improved health to better relationships, while pessimism is linked to reduced well-being. Relatively little is known about how optimism and pessimism may work together to shape the perception of support within marital relationships, and whether perceived support can affect couple-members' optimism and pessimism. METHOD: We used three waves of a nationally representative …
What are we worried about? Midlife married couples' financial concerns about their retirement
A Life Course, Intergenerational Perspective on Loneliness
The present study relied on 15 dyads of adult children and their older parent to better understand intergenerational family relations from a life course perspective. Interviews were analyzed relying on qualitative thematic analysis, identifying similarities and differences within and between interviews and dyads. Our analysis resulted in three major themes. The first concerns the important role of intergenerational family relation as a means to d…
Marital strain and emotional intimacy in midlife couples: The moderating role of empathy
Emotional intimacy is considered a fundamental factor contributing to the quality of marital relationships. However, marital strain can often limit intimacy. Thus, our first objective was to explore the intricate interplay between spouses' sense of intimacy and the levels of marital strain experienced by both themselves and their partners. In addition, the way partners respond to the challenges posed by marital strain can be pivotal in shaping th…
Relational Turbulence Among Retired Couples in Arab Society: An Apim Analysis
Objective This study examined how relational uncertainty and partner interdependence predict marital satisfaction and intimacy among post‐retirement Arab couples in Israel. Background Retirement has rarely been studied in Arab society, despite its growing relevance due to significant shifts in family roles, gender norms, and social structures. Understanding how couples navigate this life transition is critical, especially in conservative cultural…
The Effect of Anger Communication on Anxiety in Older Couples: A Longitudinal Dyadic Investigation
Retirement Adjustment in the Pandemic – Did Risk- and Protective Factors Change
Marital responsiveness and well-being among retired Arab couples: A dyadic response surface analysis
This study explores the relationships among perceived marital responsiveness, life satisfaction, and marital quality among retired Arab couples, a context that remains largely understudied in non-Western collectivist societies compared with Western societies. The participants were 108 retired heterosexual Arab couples in Israel (216 participants; husbands’ mean age = 70.31 years, wives’ mean age = 65.07 years, mean marital duration = 43.58 years)…
Preparing future health professionals for age, cultural, and technology (ACT) Friendly Care in health sciences education
Preparing future health and social-welfare professionals to care foraging population requires an integrated educational approach. Contemporary age-friendly healthcare models emphasize person-centered geriatric care, yet effective implementation also depends on culturally responsive practice and the ethical, appropriate use of health technologies. The ACT (Aging, Culture, and Technology) framework conceptualizes these domains as interdependent com…
When You’re With Me, Baby, the Skies will be Blue for All My Life? A Dyadic Longitudinal Study of Relationship Happiness Through Midlife
Romantic relationships are critically important for a range of psychosocial outcomes across the lifespan, but few studies have examined relationship happiness in midlife. We investigate the trajectories of relationship happiness of romantic couples in midlife and examine whether children in the household, work status, and gender predict these trajectories. Dyadic latent growth curve models were applied to six waves of longitudinal data from N = 2…
Psychology (17 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (8 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (5 works)