Eyal Lahav

Biographic Data

ID5154279
NAMEEyal Lahav
GIVEN NAMESEyal
FAMILY NAMELahav
SIGNATURELAHAV E
AFFILIATIONSOpen University of Israel
ORCID0000-0002-7840-9506
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Effort and Hedonic Capital as Coping Strategies for Well-Being in Wartime

    Open AccessEyal Lahav, Arie Sherman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Happiness Studies2026

  • Nationalism and military policies in an age of increasing risks – a comparative analysis of Japan and Israel

    Open AccessEyal Lahav, Shosh Shahrabani et al.ARTICLEIsrael Affairs2026References: 15

    Nationalism can significantly affect how military operations are perceived and conducted. Israel faced military risks since its establishment, while Japan has enjoyed peace for 70 years, but recent geopolitical changes have heightened perceptions of military risk. We therefore conducted a survey to examine how Japanese participants evaluate military policies and personal attributes. The results reveal a positive relationship between nationalism a…

  • How does a wartime situation influence perceptions and memory of third-generation Holocaust survivors

    Open AccessEyal Lahav, Gila Oren et al.ARTICLEIsrael Affairs2026References: 37

    This longitudinal study examines the attitudes held by third generation Holocaust survivors in Israel towards the Holocaust, focusing on the impact of the Iron Swords war between Israel and Hamas, which began on 7 October 2023. Returning to participants who completed a survey during a period of normalcy in August 2022, we inquired about their connection to the Holocaust and their perspective on the events of October 7. The current questions were …

  • The Longitudinal Effect of Pre-war Investments in Hedonic Capital on Wartime Well-Being

    Open AccessEyal Lahav, Arie Sherman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Happiness Studies2025

    There is a gap in our understanding of people’s longitudinal emotional reactions before and during an ongoing war. The paper analyzes the impact of the Iron Swords War between Israel and Hamas on measures of Israelis’ subjective well-being, including fear and anxiety. Two questions are probed: (1) How are the affective components—negative and positive emotions—which tend to fluctuate, and the more stable components—global life evaluation and mean…

  • Gender differences in the stability of trust and risk-taking

    Doron Sonsino, Max Shifrin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Trust Research2023Cited by: 1References: 10

    The individual willingness to trust is compared to the inclination to take lottery risk in six distinct scenarios, controlling the return distributions. Trust responds to changes in the admissible return levels, but exhibits significantly smaller responsiveness to return expectations compared to parallel risk-taking. Paired comparisons suggest that the investors sacrifice 5% of the expected payoff to trust anonymous responders. Trust is more calc…

  • You are not in the army now! A field study on the impact of a Preparation for Civilian Life program on young soldiers

    Open AccessMerav Lavie, Eyal Lahav et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2022References: 41

    Recent years have seen the implementation of educational programs aimed at developing future orientation and better employability skills, mostly for people new to or returning to the job market. In a field study, we investigated the impact of a 5‐day program on reintegration to civilian life on young Israeli combat soldiers' time preferences, gratitude, patriotism, and perceptions of their combat experience. Questionnaires administered before and…

  • Optimism and precautionary measures during the Covid-19 outbreak in China

    Eyal Lahav, Mosi Rosenboim et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2021

    Optimism and support for government actions should be considered when promoting policies related to health behavior such as social distancing

  • Don’t Let Them Fool You

    Open AccessEyal Lahav, Tal Shavit et al.ARTICLEYoung2017Cited by: 2References: 10

    In the last 20 years, adolescents have gradually become very important clients for the banking industry. The current study investigates, using data collected in a survey, whether adolescents offered two options for investing in a saving certificate choose the financially preferable one and whether this choice is related to their time preference, after controlling for gender and bank account ownership. The participants were 270 adolescents from pu…