Yafit Levin
Biographic Data
| ID | 372415 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yafit Levin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yafit |
| FAMILY NAME | Levin |
| SIGNATURE | LEVIN Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ariel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5907-6569 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The development and initial psychometric evaluation of the Centrality of Loss Scale (CLS) in a national sample of bereaved adults from Poland
Centrality of loss reflects the extent to which the death of a loved one becomes a central reference point, shaping thoughts, emotions, identity, and daily activity. We developed the Centrality of Loss Scale (CLS) and tested its psychometric properties and incremental association with grief severity beyond bereavement context. A national sample of bereaved Polish adults (N = 886; 51.0% female) completed the CLS alongside measures of prolonged gri…
Prolonged grief disorder symptomology in three African countries: A network analysis and comparison
The identified PGD network highlights particular indicators and associations across three African samples. Implications for the assessment and treatment of PGD in these cultural contexts warrant consideration
The role of maternal postmigration living difficulties in intergenerational trauma transmission among asylum-seeker mother–child dyads: Exploring complex posttraumatic stress disorder as a mechanism
This study provides novel evidence that PMLD may amplify the toxicity of past maternal trauma exposure for poor child socioemotional outcomes via ICD-11 DSO symptoms. The intergenerational transmission pathway via the narrower fear-based ICD-11 PTSD, however, is independent of the degree of maternal PMLD. Findings suggest that policies designed to buffer intergenerational trauma transmission among forcibly displaced people may need to consider th…
Can the subjective perception of trauma effectively differentiate between International Classification of Diseases–11 PTSD and complex PTSD? The 2022 Russian invasion analysis
Our research contributes to the understanding of PTSD/complex PTSD during ongoing conflict and underscores the applicability of identity aspects in elucidating the influence of subjective factors on psychological outcomes. This exploration of STO represents another approach to understanding internal perspectives in trauma-related disorders. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
The Dual Burden of Emerging Adulthood: Assessing Gambling Severity, Gambling-Related Harm, and Mental Health Challenges
Growing concerns over gambling problems across age groups have sparked research in public health and psychology. During emerging adulthood, individuals are more susceptible to mental health problems and more likely to develop gambling problems than in other age groups. This study explored the potential differences between emerging adults and adults aged 30+ in terms of problem gambling severity (PGS), gambling-related harm (GRH), depression and a…
Gender differences in posttraumatic stress symptoms, marital satisfaction, and parenting behaviors in adults following typhoon Lekima
Marital satisfaction mediated the associations between four distinct PTSD symptom clusters and three types of parenting behavior, and a gender difference was found to be in these indirect relationships. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
University Students' Life Stressors and Mental Health in Georgia and German-Speaking Switzerland: Exploring the Role of Fatalism, Sense of Coherence, Cross-Cultural Coping, and Help-Seeking
Background: The university years are associated with a variety of stressors, and recently, COVID-19 has presented an additional burden on students’ mental well-being. As mental health manifestations of stressors may differ between countries, this study compared students from Switzerland and the Republic of Georgia regarding the burden of stressors and the role of potentially culture-dependent risk and protective factors of mental health (i.e., he…
The Ukraine–Russia war: A symptoms network of complex posttraumatic stress disorder during continuous traumatic stress
The results confirm the ICD-11 structure of CPTSD but suggest that continuous traumatic stress manifests in more condensed associations between CPTSD symptoms and that emotional regulation may play a vital role in activating the CPTSD network. War-exposed populations could be provided with scalable, brief self-help materials focused on fostering emotion regulation and an SoT. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Negative Affect, Fatalism, and Perceived Institutional Betrayal in Times of the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Control Beliefs
Background: A growing number of studies report that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in diverse aversive psychological reactions and created a global mental health crisis. However, the specific mechanisms underlying the negative emotional reactions as well as the differences between countries are only beginning to be explored. The present study examined the association of COVID-19-related fear and negative affect in Israel and Switzerland. The …
Posttraumatic Stress and Sexual Satisfaction in Husbands and Wives: A Dyadic Analysis
Pain perception and modulation in ex-POWs who underwent torture: The role of subjective and objective suffering
The findings demonstrate that the experience of chronic and acute pain is rooted in the subjective perception of traumatic experiences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Premature Aging Among Trauma Survivors—The Longitudinal Implications of Sleep Disruptions on Telomere Length and Cognitive Performance
Interpersonal trauma was shown to be a unique experience resulting in sleep disruptions over time, leading to cognitive impairment. These findings highlight the importance of viewing trauma survivors at high-risk for sleep disruptions. Therefore, it is imperative to inquire about sleep and diagnose cognitive disorders to help identify and treat premature aging
Loneliness and subjective physical health among war veterans: Long term reciprocal effects
The Role of Attachment of Each Partner on Marital Adjustment
This study conducted a latent profile analysis on quantitative data gathered from 156 married couples, so to learn more about the role of attachment and gender in marital adjustment. This study explored Finzi-Dottan, Cohen, and Tyano's (2004) theoretical model, which focuses on how the attachment of each partner contributes to the relationship's dynamics. Findings were that two partners with secure attachment reported the highest levels of marita…
Guilt as a mediator between depressive symptoms and subjective age: A 17-year longitudinal study of Israeli ex-prisoners of war
This longitudinal study assesses the trajectories of depressive symptoms and subjective age and the mediating role of guilt in the association between them. Two groups of aging Israeli combat veterans (M age = 57), 128 ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs), and 106 comparable combat veterans (controls), were assessed at 3 times: 18 (Time 1 [T1]), 30 (Time 2 [T2]), and 35 (Time 3 [T3]) years after the war. They filled out self-report questionnaires on dep…
Posttraumatic stress symptoms and marital adjustment among Israeli combat veterans: The role of loneliness and attachment
A sense of isolation should be addressed in therapy, as well as the interpersonal expectations of the veteran. (PsycINFO Database Record
Intergenerational transmission of captivity trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms: A twenty three-year longitudinal triadic study
Over time, both ex-POWs fathers' and mothers' PTSS are implicated in their offspring's PTSS. However, both direct and indirect effects of both parents' posttraumatic reactions contribute to the intergenerational transmission of captivity related trauma. (PsycINFO Database Record
Posttraumatic growth and perceived health: The role of posttraumatic stress symptoms
The contested discourse regarding the nature of posttraumatic growth (PTG) includes 2 main competitive claims. The first argues that PTG reflects authentic positive transformation while the second posits that PTG reflects illusory defenses that could be maladaptive in the long run. The present study assesses these competing claims by investigating secondary PTG in relation to the somatic domain. Specifically, this study investigates: (a) the asso…
World Assumptions Among Wives of Former Prisoners of War
This study examines (a) secondary trauma by evaluating World Assumptions (World Assumptions Scale scores) among spouses of Israeli ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs) and (b) the relationship between the husbands' current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and PTSD trajectory and the wives' world assumptions. Data were prospectively collected thrice for ex-POWs and comparable veterans, and twice for their spouses. This study extends current …
Loneliness and subjective physical health among war veterans: Long term reciprocal effects
Posttraumatic Stress and Sexual Satisfaction in Husbands and Wives: A Dyadic Analysis
World Assumptions Among Wives of Former Prisoners of War
This study examines (a) secondary trauma by evaluating World Assumptions (World Assumptions Scale scores) among spouses of Israeli ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs) and (b) the relationship between the husbands' current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and PTSD trajectory and the wives' world assumptions. Data were prospectively collected thrice for ex-POWs and comparable veterans, and twice for their spouses. This study extends current …
Intergenerational transmission of captivity trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms: A twenty three-year longitudinal triadic study
Over time, both ex-POWs fathers' and mothers' PTSS are implicated in their offspring's PTSS. However, both direct and indirect effects of both parents' posttraumatic reactions contribute to the intergenerational transmission of captivity related trauma. (PsycINFO Database Record
Posttraumatic growth and perceived health: The role of posttraumatic stress symptoms
The contested discourse regarding the nature of posttraumatic growth (PTG) includes 2 main competitive claims. The first argues that PTG reflects authentic positive transformation while the second posits that PTG reflects illusory defenses that could be maladaptive in the long run. The present study assesses these competing claims by investigating secondary PTG in relation to the somatic domain. Specifically, this study investigates: (a) the asso…
World Assumptions Among Wives of Former Prisoners of War
This study examines (a) secondary trauma by evaluating World Assumptions (World Assumptions Scale scores) among spouses of Israeli ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs) and (b) the relationship between the husbands' current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and PTSD trajectory and the wives' world assumptions. Data were prospectively collected thrice for ex-POWs and comparable veterans, and twice for their spouses. This study extends current …
Posttraumatic stress symptoms and marital adjustment among Israeli combat veterans: The role of loneliness and attachment
A sense of isolation should be addressed in therapy, as well as the interpersonal expectations of the veteran. (PsycINFO Database Record
Guilt as a mediator between depressive symptoms and subjective age: A 17-year longitudinal study of Israeli ex-prisoners of war
This longitudinal study assesses the trajectories of depressive symptoms and subjective age and the mediating role of guilt in the association between them. Two groups of aging Israeli combat veterans (M age = 57), 128 ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs), and 106 comparable combat veterans (controls), were assessed at 3 times: 18 (Time 1 [T1]), 30 (Time 2 [T2]), and 35 (Time 3 [T3]) years after the war. They filled out self-report questionnaires on dep…
Pain perception and modulation in ex-POWs who underwent torture: The role of subjective and objective suffering
The findings demonstrate that the experience of chronic and acute pain is rooted in the subjective perception of traumatic experiences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Premature Aging Among Trauma Survivors—The Longitudinal Implications of Sleep Disruptions on Telomere Length and Cognitive Performance
Interpersonal trauma was shown to be a unique experience resulting in sleep disruptions over time, leading to cognitive impairment. These findings highlight the importance of viewing trauma survivors at high-risk for sleep disruptions. Therefore, it is imperative to inquire about sleep and diagnose cognitive disorders to help identify and treat premature aging
Loneliness and subjective physical health among war veterans: Long term reciprocal effects
The Role of Attachment of Each Partner on Marital Adjustment
This study conducted a latent profile analysis on quantitative data gathered from 156 married couples, so to learn more about the role of attachment and gender in marital adjustment. This study explored Finzi-Dottan, Cohen, and Tyano's (2004) theoretical model, which focuses on how the attachment of each partner contributes to the relationship's dynamics. Findings were that two partners with secure attachment reported the highest levels of marita…
Negative Affect, Fatalism, and Perceived Institutional Betrayal in Times of the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Control Beliefs
Background: A growing number of studies report that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in diverse aversive psychological reactions and created a global mental health crisis. However, the specific mechanisms underlying the negative emotional reactions as well as the differences between countries are only beginning to be explored. The present study examined the association of COVID-19-related fear and negative affect in Israel and Switzerland. The …
Posttraumatic Stress and Sexual Satisfaction in Husbands and Wives: A Dyadic Analysis
Gender differences in posttraumatic stress symptoms, marital satisfaction, and parenting behaviors in adults following typhoon Lekima
Marital satisfaction mediated the associations between four distinct PTSD symptom clusters and three types of parenting behavior, and a gender difference was found to be in these indirect relationships. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
University Students' Life Stressors and Mental Health in Georgia and German-Speaking Switzerland: Exploring the Role of Fatalism, Sense of Coherence, Cross-Cultural Coping, and Help-Seeking
Background: The university years are associated with a variety of stressors, and recently, COVID-19 has presented an additional burden on students’ mental well-being. As mental health manifestations of stressors may differ between countries, this study compared students from Switzerland and the Republic of Georgia regarding the burden of stressors and the role of potentially culture-dependent risk and protective factors of mental health (i.e., he…
The Ukraine–Russia war: A symptoms network of complex posttraumatic stress disorder during continuous traumatic stress
The results confirm the ICD-11 structure of CPTSD but suggest that continuous traumatic stress manifests in more condensed associations between CPTSD symptoms and that emotional regulation may play a vital role in activating the CPTSD network. War-exposed populations could be provided with scalable, brief self-help materials focused on fostering emotion regulation and an SoT. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Prolonged grief disorder symptomology in three African countries: A network analysis and comparison
The identified PGD network highlights particular indicators and associations across three African samples. Implications for the assessment and treatment of PGD in these cultural contexts warrant consideration
The role of maternal postmigration living difficulties in intergenerational trauma transmission among asylum-seeker mother–child dyads: Exploring complex posttraumatic stress disorder as a mechanism
This study provides novel evidence that PMLD may amplify the toxicity of past maternal trauma exposure for poor child socioemotional outcomes via ICD-11 DSO symptoms. The intergenerational transmission pathway via the narrower fear-based ICD-11 PTSD, however, is independent of the degree of maternal PMLD. Findings suggest that policies designed to buffer intergenerational trauma transmission among forcibly displaced people may need to consider th…
Can the subjective perception of trauma effectively differentiate between International Classification of Diseases–11 PTSD and complex PTSD? The 2022 Russian invasion analysis
Our research contributes to the understanding of PTSD/complex PTSD during ongoing conflict and underscores the applicability of identity aspects in elucidating the influence of subjective factors on psychological outcomes. This exploration of STO represents another approach to understanding internal perspectives in trauma-related disorders. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
The Dual Burden of Emerging Adulthood: Assessing Gambling Severity, Gambling-Related Harm, and Mental Health Challenges
Growing concerns over gambling problems across age groups have sparked research in public health and psychology. During emerging adulthood, individuals are more susceptible to mental health problems and more likely to develop gambling problems than in other age groups. This study explored the potential differences between emerging adults and adults aged 30+ in terms of problem gambling severity (PGS), gambling-related harm (GRH), depression and a…
The development and initial psychometric evaluation of the Centrality of Loss Scale (CLS) in a national sample of bereaved adults from Poland
Centrality of loss reflects the extent to which the death of a loved one becomes a central reference point, shaping thoughts, emotions, identity, and daily activity. We developed the Centrality of Loss Scale (CLS) and tested its psychometric properties and incremental association with grief severity beyond bereavement context. A national sample of bereaved Polish adults (N = 886; 51.0% female) completed the CLS alongside measures of prolonged gri…
Psychology (17 works) · Clinical Psychology (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Posttraumatic stress (8 works) · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (8 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · MEDLINE (5 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (5 works)