Sigal Zilcha‐Mano
Biographic Data
| ID | 5381813 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sigal Zilcha‐Mano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sigal |
| FAMILY NAME | Zilcha‐Mano |
| SIGNATURE | MANO S Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5645-4429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Individual-Specific Animated Profiles of Mental Health
How important is the timing of the pretreatment evaluation? If we consider mental health to be a relatively fixed condition, the specific timing (e.g., day, hour) of the evaluation is immaterial and often determined on the basis of technical considerations. Indeed, the fundamental assumption underlying the vast majority of psychotherapy research and practice is that mental health is a state that can be captured in a one-dimensional snapshot. If t…
Integrating exploration and prediction in computational psychotherapy science: Proof of concept
Based on baseline predictors only, the models explained 52.8% of the variance for out-of-sample prediction in treatment outcome, and 24.1-52.8% in therapeutic alliance. The identified predictors were consistent with previous findings and point to directions for future investigation. Although limited by its sample size, this study serves as proof of the great potential of the presented approach to produce robust predictions regarding the process a…
Investigating movement synchrony in therapeutic settings using socially interactive agents: An experimental toolkit
Investigating movement synchrony in therapeutic settings using socially interactive agents: an experimental toolkit
Digital twins and the future of precision mental health
Science faces challenges in developing much-needed precision mental health treatments to accurately identify and diagnose mental health problems and the optimal treatment for each individual. Digital twins (DTs) promise to revolutionize the field of mental health, as they are doing in other fields of science, including oncology and cardiology, where they have been successfully deployed. The use of DTs in mental health is yet to be explored. In th…
Psychometric Properties of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales-Self-Report-30 (DMRS-SR-30): Internal Consistency, Validity and Factor Structure
Assessment of defense mechanisms has a longstanding history within the clinical psychology and psychopathology literature. Despite their centrality to clinical practice, there are few self-report measures that assess defenses and, those that do exist, have limitations in addressing individual defenses and levels of defensive functioning. To address this need, we investigated the psychometric properties of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scale - Sel…
How Social Experiences Affect Interpretation Bias Among Individuals With Non-clinical Depression: The Role of Ostracism
Whereas previous research showed the existence of interpretation bias among people with symptoms of depression, the present study expands previous knowledge by shedding light on the conditions under which interpretation bias emerges, suggesting that ostracism enhances negative interpretation of ambiguous information when levels of depression symptoms are higher
Is Awareness of Strengths Intervention Sufficient to Cultivate Wellbeing and Other Positive Outcomes
Moderators of response to child‐based and parent‐based child anxiety treatment: A machine learning‐based analysis
BACKGROUND: Identifying moderators of response to treatment for childhood anxiety can inform clinical decision-making and improve overall treatment efficacy. We examined moderators of response to child-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and parent-based SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) in a recent randomized clinical trial. METHODS: We applied a machine learning approach to identify moderators of treatment respons…
Case Report: Oxytocin and Its Association With Psychotherapy Process and Outcome
The potential of Oxytocin (OT) as a facilitator of psychotherapy has been previously acknowledged, nonetheless, randomized controlled trials thus far have not yielded conclusive results. One approach suggested to clarify empirical inconsistencies is to refine the study hypotheses and data collection process by utilizing an in-depth idiographic exploration of the investigated phenomena. In this case illustration we provide an in-depth analysis com…
Disentangling Trait-Like Between-Individual vs. State-Like Within-Individual Effects in Studying the Mechanisms of Change in CBT
Hofmann et al. argued that "[w]hile the clinical field has produced a dizzying number of treatment models and treatment protocols for virtually every psychiatric and psychological problem imaginable, increases in understanding of the processes of change in psychotherapy has been slow to arrive." We propose that one of the reasons for the slow progress is that prior psychotherapy research conflates trait-like and state-like components of mechanism…
From Risk to Advantage: The Role of Active Mediation in the Viewing of Big Brother by Children and Pre-adolescents
Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Italians During the First Week of Lockdown
Pandemics and government-mandated quarantining measures have a substantial impact on mental health. This study investigated the psychological impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis on Italian residents during the first week of government-imposed lockdown and the role of defense mechanisms as protective factors against distress. In this cross-sectional study, 5,683 Italians responded to an online survey assessing socio-demographi…
Toward personalized psychotherapy: The importance of the trait-like/state-like distinction for understanding therapeutic change
For the past hundred years, mechanisms of change have been the black box of psychotherapy. Thousands of studies failed to produce consistent findings, even concerning factors considered crucial for treatment success by theoretical models and decades of clinical experience. This article introduces the distinction between trait-like (TL) and state-like (SL) components of any mechanism of change (the TLSL distinction) as a potential key to the black…
Interpersonal problems of cocaine dependent adults differ from those of a normative sample
Our research examined patterns of interpersonal problems in patients with a primary diagnosis of cocaine dependence (CD), comparing them with those in a normative sample. We hypothesized that the patterns of individuals with CD would reveal constellations of interpersonal problems distinct from those of the sample, not only at baseline, but also at termination of treatment. Analysis was conducted on 402 CD patients from the training and the main …
Tourism and depressive symptoms
Is the alliance really therapeutic? Revisiting this question in light of recent methodological advances
The therapeutic value of alliance is a contested supposition. Although many theorists and researchers believe that alliance is therapeutic in itself, others see it as a byproduct of effective treatment or as a common nonspecific factor enabling the truly effective ingredients of treatment to work. For many years, the debate was confined mainly to the domain of theory, and no studies were available to confirm which of these approaches is correct. …
Psychometric development of the Problematic Pornography Use Scale
Pets as safe havens and secure bases: The moderating role of pet attachment orientations
An attachment perspective on human–pet relationships: Conceptualization and assessment of pet attachment orientations
An attachment perspective on human–pet relationships: Conceptualization and assessment of pet attachment orientations
Pets as safe havens and secure bases: The moderating role of pet attachment orientations
Tourism and depressive symptoms
Is the alliance really therapeutic? Revisiting this question in light of recent methodological advances
The therapeutic value of alliance is a contested supposition. Although many theorists and researchers believe that alliance is therapeutic in itself, others see it as a byproduct of effective treatment or as a common nonspecific factor enabling the truly effective ingredients of treatment to work. For many years, the debate was confined mainly to the domain of theory, and no studies were available to confirm which of these approaches is correct. …
An attachment perspective on human–pet relationships: Conceptualization and assessment of pet attachment orientations
Pets as safe havens and secure bases: The moderating role of pet attachment orientations
Psychometric development of the Problematic Pornography Use Scale
Is the alliance really therapeutic? Revisiting this question in light of recent methodological advances
The therapeutic value of alliance is a contested supposition. Although many theorists and researchers believe that alliance is therapeutic in itself, others see it as a byproduct of effective treatment or as a common nonspecific factor enabling the truly effective ingredients of treatment to work. For many years, the debate was confined mainly to the domain of theory, and no studies were available to confirm which of these approaches is correct. …
Interpersonal problems of cocaine dependent adults differ from those of a normative sample
Our research examined patterns of interpersonal problems in patients with a primary diagnosis of cocaine dependence (CD), comparing them with those in a normative sample. We hypothesized that the patterns of individuals with CD would reveal constellations of interpersonal problems distinct from those of the sample, not only at baseline, but also at termination of treatment. Analysis was conducted on 402 CD patients from the training and the main …
Tourism and depressive symptoms
Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Italians During the First Week of Lockdown
Pandemics and government-mandated quarantining measures have a substantial impact on mental health. This study investigated the psychological impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis on Italian residents during the first week of government-imposed lockdown and the role of defense mechanisms as protective factors against distress. In this cross-sectional study, 5,683 Italians responded to an online survey assessing socio-demographi…
Toward personalized psychotherapy: The importance of the trait-like/state-like distinction for understanding therapeutic change
For the past hundred years, mechanisms of change have been the black box of psychotherapy. Thousands of studies failed to produce consistent findings, even concerning factors considered crucial for treatment success by theoretical models and decades of clinical experience. This article introduces the distinction between trait-like (TL) and state-like (SL) components of any mechanism of change (the TLSL distinction) as a potential key to the black…
Is Awareness of Strengths Intervention Sufficient to Cultivate Wellbeing and Other Positive Outcomes
Moderators of response to child‐based and parent‐based child anxiety treatment: A machine learning‐based analysis
BACKGROUND: Identifying moderators of response to treatment for childhood anxiety can inform clinical decision-making and improve overall treatment efficacy. We examined moderators of response to child-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and parent-based SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) in a recent randomized clinical trial. METHODS: We applied a machine learning approach to identify moderators of treatment respons…
Case Report: Oxytocin and Its Association With Psychotherapy Process and Outcome
The potential of Oxytocin (OT) as a facilitator of psychotherapy has been previously acknowledged, nonetheless, randomized controlled trials thus far have not yielded conclusive results. One approach suggested to clarify empirical inconsistencies is to refine the study hypotheses and data collection process by utilizing an in-depth idiographic exploration of the investigated phenomena. In this case illustration we provide an in-depth analysis com…
Disentangling Trait-Like Between-Individual vs. State-Like Within-Individual Effects in Studying the Mechanisms of Change in CBT
Hofmann et al. argued that "[w]hile the clinical field has produced a dizzying number of treatment models and treatment protocols for virtually every psychiatric and psychological problem imaginable, increases in understanding of the processes of change in psychotherapy has been slow to arrive." We propose that one of the reasons for the slow progress is that prior psychotherapy research conflates trait-like and state-like components of mechanism…
From Risk to Advantage: The Role of Active Mediation in the Viewing of Big Brother by Children and Pre-adolescents
Psychometric Properties of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales-Self-Report-30 (DMRS-SR-30): Internal Consistency, Validity and Factor Structure
Assessment of defense mechanisms has a longstanding history within the clinical psychology and psychopathology literature. Despite their centrality to clinical practice, there are few self-report measures that assess defenses and, those that do exist, have limitations in addressing individual defenses and levels of defensive functioning. To address this need, we investigated the psychometric properties of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scale - Sel…
How Social Experiences Affect Interpretation Bias Among Individuals With Non-clinical Depression: The Role of Ostracism
Whereas previous research showed the existence of interpretation bias among people with symptoms of depression, the present study expands previous knowledge by shedding light on the conditions under which interpretation bias emerges, suggesting that ostracism enhances negative interpretation of ambiguous information when levels of depression symptoms are higher
Digital twins and the future of precision mental health
Science faces challenges in developing much-needed precision mental health treatments to accurately identify and diagnose mental health problems and the optimal treatment for each individual. Digital twins (DTs) promise to revolutionize the field of mental health, as they are doing in other fields of science, including oncology and cardiology, where they have been successfully deployed. The use of DTs in mental health is yet to be explored. In th…
Integrating exploration and prediction in computational psychotherapy science: Proof of concept
Based on baseline predictors only, the models explained 52.8% of the variance for out-of-sample prediction in treatment outcome, and 24.1-52.8% in therapeutic alliance. The identified predictors were consistent with previous findings and point to directions for future investigation. Although limited by its sample size, this study serves as proof of the great potential of the presented approach to produce robust predictions regarding the process a…
Investigating movement synchrony in therapeutic settings using socially interactive agents: An experimental toolkit
Investigating movement synchrony in therapeutic settings using socially interactive agents: an experimental toolkit
Individual-Specific Animated Profiles of Mental Health
How important is the timing of the pretreatment evaluation? If we consider mental health to be a relatively fixed condition, the specific timing (e.g., day, hour) of the evaluation is immaterial and often determined on the basis of technical considerations. Indeed, the fundamental assumption underlying the vast majority of psychotherapy research and practice is that mental health is a state that can be captured in a one-dimensional snapshot. If t…
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