Shirley Ben Shlomo
Biographic Data
| ID | 313188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shirley Ben Shlomo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shirley Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Shlomo |
| SIGNATURE | BEN SHLOMO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1458-7477 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From “Stay Apart” to “Stand Together”
This qualitative phenomenological study examines how Israeli adolescents from Ultra-Orthodox, modern-religious, and secular communities reconstruct their identities across two consecutive national crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and the Iron Swords War. Based on 40 in-depth interviews with adolescents and their parents, the study explores how culturally grounded meaning systems shape developmental responses to prolonged instability. Two central dyn…
The role of maternal empathy and intrusiveness in binge eating disorder among Jewish and Arab women with elevated BMI in Israel
Archaeology and Secondary Trauma Stress Recovery for Social Workers in Shelters for Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Social workers in domestic violence shelters face chronic exposure to traumatic narratives, often resulting in secondary traumatic stress. This study examines archaeological pottery restoration as a citizen-science intervention supporting resilience among shelter-based social workers. Five licensed social workers participated in a 3-month program combining hands-on restoration with reflective dialogue, conducted during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war u…
Foster care breakdown in adolescence
Placement with a foster family is one of the care arrangements available for children who cannot live at home. Many of those in foster care are teenagers. The complexity of the development during adolescence poses major challenges and may ultimately lead to what is known in the literature as “foster breakdown.” Most of the research in this area focuses on the point of view of social workers or foster parents. The current study examines this exper…
Enhancing life satisfaction among individuals receiving methadone treatment
This study examines life satisfaction in individuals receiving methadone treatment (MT) at a public healthcare clinic in Israel, using an ecological perspective to assess multiple influencing factors. A total of 180 participants completed surveys on childhood parenting styles, sense of belonging, self-esteem, and therapeutic alliance with the social worker in the healthcare setting. High sense belonging and self-esteem, as well as a strong therap…
Still in Transition
Is There Something Wrong with What I Asked”? Digital Strategies for Achieving and Safeguarding Social Capital and Identity in a Facebook Support Group for Israeli Parents
This study aimed to investigate how a Facebook support group for parents of young children (ages 0–6) defines its boundaries and evaluates the acceptability of its members and content to safeguard the group’s social capital and identity. Adopting a qualitative critical content analysis approach, this research examined the discourse within the Sane and Rational (S&R) Parents group. This group, which had more than 12,000 members, describes itself a…
Being, Like, Their Parents Throughout Their Lifetime”—House Parents' Perceptions of Their Role in the Family‐Style Group Care
Based on the concepts in Katz and Kahn's role theory model this qualitative research examines the role perception and experience of house parents in the family‐style group care, a type of out‐of‐home placement model for at‐risk children who cannot reside with their birth families. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 18 house parents (both men and women) to gain insights into their role perception and experience. The findings revolved ar…
Families of organ donors between Jews and Arabs in Israel during a military operation
This study explores how bereaved families of organ donors become participants in an 'imagined epistemic community' of organ donor families, amidst a national conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel. Utilizing a media case study approach, we identified factors contributing to the creation of this bi-national community and examined what the families received in return for their part. Additionally, we explored the reasons behind the community spli…
Media-Based Social Work as a Modality for the Enhancement of Public Awareness of Violence against Women
Utilising framing theory and conceptual metaphor theory, the present study delves into how media can aid social workers in enhancing public awareness of social problems. A comparative content analysis was conducted, focusing on two Israeli cases involving the attempted murder of women by their partners during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Of the 570 reports analysed, 210 reports focused on the two cases of attempted murder of women by th…
Performances of Hope and Despair
We explore the phenomenon of organ donation between rivals in time of war when a significant gift such as organ donation is given not just to a "stranger" but to a stranger who may be considered an enemy. This is a case study of a unique organ donation event that occurred in Israel during Operation Guardian of the Walls in May 2021. It involved a Palestinian boy killed by a Jewish policeman and a Jewish man killed by Palestinian youths. Both vict…
Parental stress among parents of young children-the contribution of parental self- awareness, attachment orientation, quality of couple relationship and child's temperament
On the Way to Adulthood
Separation‐individuation from the community among religious Jewish teens in Israel
We wished to understand the contribution of personal, family, and community factors to the risky behaviors (RBs) of religious Jewish teens in Israel, and whether sense of community belonging mediated the religious estrangement/RB association. A convenience sample comprised 645 adolescents aged 14–19 (420 female/225 male) from Israel's national‐religious sector was used in this study. Sociodemographic characteristics, self‐esteem, future orientati…
Media Coverage of Child Welfare Social Workers and its Effect on Professional Self-Esteem
Negative coverage in the media of social workers employed in the field of child welfare frequently appears in the wake of tragedies within families. Though social workers cannot always prevent incidents of this kind, the media, and consequently the public, blame them for dereliction of duty, an attitude that can affect their professional self-esteem. The present research poses the question of how negative versus positive media coverage of social …
Life Satisfaction in Young Adults—The Moderating Role of Parental Support
The transition to adulthood in Western societies, termed emerging adulthood (EA), holds new challenges for family relationships across and within generations. Drawing on Self Determination Theory and Bowens' Family systems theory, this study examines the combined contribution of personal resources and relationships with parents and friends to satisfaction with life among young Israeli adults. It also examines the possible change in parental suppo…
Ultra-Orthodox Lesbian Women in Israel
The Jewish ultra-Orthodox community enforces strict rules concerning its members' way of life and demands that their identities be consistent with that of this conservative community. However, such congruence does not exist for ultra-Orthodox women who identify as lesbians. Drawing on social representation theory, this study examines the unique family structures that lesbian ultra-Orthodox women in Israel have adopted to accommodate their conflic…
Once in a Hundred Years
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed social work in the limelight alongside the various medical professions and has created a rare opportunity for transforming the oppressed image of the profession. Based on a broad perspective—historical, social and political—we show how the development of a collective needs-conscious identity can lead to active protests on the part of social workers against their condition. This process is brought into sharp focus …
Addiction to binge eating among women in psychologically abusive relationships
In the present study, we examined the contribution of personal resources, self-differentiation and mature emotional defense mechanisms to binge eating among women suffering from psychological abuse in their intimate relations. Three hundred and eighty Israeli women, 32% of whom were exposed to psychological abuse filled out quantitative questionnaires. Our results indicated that the higher the level of self-differentiation and the more mature the…
Are mothers a source of support for women entering fertility treatment
The significance of the mother-daughter dyad in coping with stressful circumstances led us to examine (a) the associations between the mental health of women entering fertility treatment (n = 137; 76 aged 20-34; 61 aged 35-44) and the perceived type of support they receive from their mothers; (b) whether mental health is associated with age, and whether this association is moderated by the type of mother's support. We found that women perceiving …
Past Experience with Maternal Parenting among Mothers of Pre-School Children and Maternal Acceptance–Rejection
The theory of parental acceptance–rejection and Bowlbys’ attachment theory were used as the framework for examining how the parenting style experienced by the mothers in childhood is related to acceptance–rejection of their pre-school children in the present, as well as for examining the moderating role of the care-giving system. The sample consisted of 150 Israeli mothers, who were asked to complete self-report questionnaires relating to: matern…
What factors may assist social workers to promote life satisfaction and personal growth among first‐time grandfathers
Drawing on positive psychology and the perception of families as systems, the current study examined the contribution of variables regarding first‐time grandfathers and their sons, who have become first‐time fathers, to grandfathers' life satisfaction and personal growth. In addition, the association between the frequency of meetings between grandfather and grandchild to grandfathers' life satisfaction and personal growth was examined. The sample…
Who owns the trauma? A K leinian perspective on the dialogue between child protection social workers and the media
The present paper makes use of the developmental model of movement between mental positions that was formulated by psychoanalyst M elanie K lein, aimed at understanding the dialogue that takes place between the media and social workers in the field of child welfare, centring around incidents of murder within the family. The basic concept in the paper is that when working with children who are victims of abuse and with their parents, and when repo…
Once in a Hundred Years
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed social work in the limelight alongside the various medical professions and has created a rare opportunity for transforming the oppressed image of the profession. Based on a broad perspective—historical, social and political—we show how the development of a collective needs-conscious identity can lead to active protests on the part of social workers against their condition. This process is brought into sharp focus …
Who owns the trauma? A K leinian perspective on the dialogue between child protection social workers and the media
The present paper makes use of the developmental model of movement between mental positions that was formulated by psychoanalyst M elanie K lein, aimed at understanding the dialogue that takes place between the media and social workers in the field of child welfare, centring around incidents of murder within the family. The basic concept in the paper is that when working with children who are victims of abuse and with their parents, and when repo…
Media Coverage of Child Welfare Social Workers and its Effect on Professional Self-Esteem
Negative coverage in the media of social workers employed in the field of child welfare frequently appears in the wake of tragedies within families. Though social workers cannot always prevent incidents of this kind, the media, and consequently the public, blame them for dereliction of duty, an attitude that can affect their professional self-esteem. The present research poses the question of how negative versus positive media coverage of social …
Past Experience with Maternal Parenting among Mothers of Pre-School Children and Maternal Acceptance–Rejection
The theory of parental acceptance–rejection and Bowlbys’ attachment theory were used as the framework for examining how the parenting style experienced by the mothers in childhood is related to acceptance–rejection of their pre-school children in the present, as well as for examining the moderating role of the care-giving system. The sample consisted of 150 Israeli mothers, who were asked to complete self-report questionnaires relating to: matern…
Who owns the trauma? A K leinian perspective on the dialogue between child protection social workers and the media
The present paper makes use of the developmental model of movement between mental positions that was formulated by psychoanalyst M elanie K lein, aimed at understanding the dialogue that takes place between the media and social workers in the field of child welfare, centring around incidents of murder within the family. The basic concept in the paper is that when working with children who are victims of abuse and with their parents, and when repo…
What factors may assist social workers to promote life satisfaction and personal growth among first‐time grandfathers
Drawing on positive psychology and the perception of families as systems, the current study examined the contribution of variables regarding first‐time grandfathers and their sons, who have become first‐time fathers, to grandfathers' life satisfaction and personal growth. In addition, the association between the frequency of meetings between grandfather and grandchild to grandfathers' life satisfaction and personal growth was examined. The sample…
Past Experience with Maternal Parenting among Mothers of Pre-School Children and Maternal Acceptance–Rejection
The theory of parental acceptance–rejection and Bowlbys’ attachment theory were used as the framework for examining how the parenting style experienced by the mothers in childhood is related to acceptance–rejection of their pre-school children in the present, as well as for examining the moderating role of the care-giving system. The sample consisted of 150 Israeli mothers, who were asked to complete self-report questionnaires relating to: matern…
Are mothers a source of support for women entering fertility treatment
The significance of the mother-daughter dyad in coping with stressful circumstances led us to examine (a) the associations between the mental health of women entering fertility treatment (n = 137; 76 aged 20-34; 61 aged 35-44) and the perceived type of support they receive from their mothers; (b) whether mental health is associated with age, and whether this association is moderated by the type of mother's support. We found that women perceiving …
Addiction to binge eating among women in psychologically abusive relationships
In the present study, we examined the contribution of personal resources, self-differentiation and mature emotional defense mechanisms to binge eating among women suffering from psychological abuse in their intimate relations. Three hundred and eighty Israeli women, 32% of whom were exposed to psychological abuse filled out quantitative questionnaires. Our results indicated that the higher the level of self-differentiation and the more mature the…
Once in a Hundred Years
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed social work in the limelight alongside the various medical professions and has created a rare opportunity for transforming the oppressed image of the profession. Based on a broad perspective—historical, social and political—we show how the development of a collective needs-conscious identity can lead to active protests on the part of social workers against their condition. This process is brought into sharp focus …
Life Satisfaction in Young Adults—The Moderating Role of Parental Support
The transition to adulthood in Western societies, termed emerging adulthood (EA), holds new challenges for family relationships across and within generations. Drawing on Self Determination Theory and Bowens' Family systems theory, this study examines the combined contribution of personal resources and relationships with parents and friends to satisfaction with life among young Israeli adults. It also examines the possible change in parental suppo…
Ultra-Orthodox Lesbian Women in Israel
The Jewish ultra-Orthodox community enforces strict rules concerning its members' way of life and demands that their identities be consistent with that of this conservative community. However, such congruence does not exist for ultra-Orthodox women who identify as lesbians. Drawing on social representation theory, this study examines the unique family structures that lesbian ultra-Orthodox women in Israel have adopted to accommodate their conflic…
Parental stress among parents of young children-the contribution of parental self- awareness, attachment orientation, quality of couple relationship and child's temperament
On the Way to Adulthood
Separation‐individuation from the community among religious Jewish teens in Israel
We wished to understand the contribution of personal, family, and community factors to the risky behaviors (RBs) of religious Jewish teens in Israel, and whether sense of community belonging mediated the religious estrangement/RB association. A convenience sample comprised 645 adolescents aged 14–19 (420 female/225 male) from Israel's national‐religious sector was used in this study. Sociodemographic characteristics, self‐esteem, future orientati…
Media Coverage of Child Welfare Social Workers and its Effect on Professional Self-Esteem
Negative coverage in the media of social workers employed in the field of child welfare frequently appears in the wake of tragedies within families. Though social workers cannot always prevent incidents of this kind, the media, and consequently the public, blame them for dereliction of duty, an attitude that can affect their professional self-esteem. The present research poses the question of how negative versus positive media coverage of social …
Is There Something Wrong with What I Asked”? Digital Strategies for Achieving and Safeguarding Social Capital and Identity in a Facebook Support Group for Israeli Parents
This study aimed to investigate how a Facebook support group for parents of young children (ages 0–6) defines its boundaries and evaluates the acceptability of its members and content to safeguard the group’s social capital and identity. Adopting a qualitative critical content analysis approach, this research examined the discourse within the Sane and Rational (S&R) Parents group. This group, which had more than 12,000 members, describes itself a…
Being, Like, Their Parents Throughout Their Lifetime”—House Parents' Perceptions of Their Role in the Family‐Style Group Care
Based on the concepts in Katz and Kahn's role theory model this qualitative research examines the role perception and experience of house parents in the family‐style group care, a type of out‐of‐home placement model for at‐risk children who cannot reside with their birth families. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 18 house parents (both men and women) to gain insights into their role perception and experience. The findings revolved ar…
Families of organ donors between Jews and Arabs in Israel during a military operation
This study explores how bereaved families of organ donors become participants in an 'imagined epistemic community' of organ donor families, amidst a national conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel. Utilizing a media case study approach, we identified factors contributing to the creation of this bi-national community and examined what the families received in return for their part. Additionally, we explored the reasons behind the community spli…
Media-Based Social Work as a Modality for the Enhancement of Public Awareness of Violence against Women
Utilising framing theory and conceptual metaphor theory, the present study delves into how media can aid social workers in enhancing public awareness of social problems. A comparative content analysis was conducted, focusing on two Israeli cases involving the attempted murder of women by their partners during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Of the 570 reports analysed, 210 reports focused on the two cases of attempted murder of women by th…
Performances of Hope and Despair
We explore the phenomenon of organ donation between rivals in time of war when a significant gift such as organ donation is given not just to a "stranger" but to a stranger who may be considered an enemy. This is a case study of a unique organ donation event that occurred in Israel during Operation Guardian of the Walls in May 2021. It involved a Palestinian boy killed by a Jewish policeman and a Jewish man killed by Palestinian youths. Both vict…
Foster care breakdown in adolescence
Placement with a foster family is one of the care arrangements available for children who cannot live at home. Many of those in foster care are teenagers. The complexity of the development during adolescence poses major challenges and may ultimately lead to what is known in the literature as “foster breakdown.” Most of the research in this area focuses on the point of view of social workers or foster parents. The current study examines this exper…
Enhancing life satisfaction among individuals receiving methadone treatment
This study examines life satisfaction in individuals receiving methadone treatment (MT) at a public healthcare clinic in Israel, using an ecological perspective to assess multiple influencing factors. A total of 180 participants completed surveys on childhood parenting styles, sense of belonging, self-esteem, and therapeutic alliance with the social worker in the healthcare setting. High sense belonging and self-esteem, as well as a strong therap…
Still in Transition
From “Stay Apart” to “Stand Together”
This qualitative phenomenological study examines how Israeli adolescents from Ultra-Orthodox, modern-religious, and secular communities reconstruct their identities across two consecutive national crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and the Iron Swords War. Based on 40 in-depth interviews with adolescents and their parents, the study explores how culturally grounded meaning systems shape developmental responses to prolonged instability. Two central dyn…
The role of maternal empathy and intrusiveness in binge eating disorder among Jewish and Arab women with elevated BMI in Israel
Archaeology and Secondary Trauma Stress Recovery for Social Workers in Shelters for Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Social workers in domestic violence shelters face chronic exposure to traumatic narratives, often resulting in secondary traumatic stress. This study examines archaeological pottery restoration as a citizen-science intervention supporting resilience among shelter-based social workers. Five licensed social workers participated in a 3-month program combining hands-on restoration with reflective dialogue, conducted during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war u…
Psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Work (6 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (5 works)