RACHEL LEVY‐SHIFF
Biographic Data
| ID | 5706174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | RACHEL LEVY‐SHIFF |
| GIVEN NAMES | RACHEL |
| FAMILY NAME | LEVY‐SHIFF |
| SIGNATURE | SHIFF R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 163 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Child feeding perceptions among mothers with eating disorders
Maternal adjustment and infant outcome in medically defined high-risk pregnancy
Biological and psychosocial risk factors in high-risk pregnancy and their relation to infant developmental outcomes were explored in a sample of 153 pregnant Israeli women who had pregestational diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes mellitus, or were nondiabetic. Questionnaires on coping and resources as well as well-being and distress during the 2nd trimester were administered. Estimates of maternal fuels (HbAlc and fructosamine) were obtained…
Effect of Gender-Role Orientation of Primiparous Mothers on Their Cognitive Appraisals, Coping Strategies, and Mood Postpartum
Well-being in aging
Cognitive appraisals, coping strategies, and support resources as correlates of parenting and infant development
By applying R. S. Lazarus's (1993) theoretical model, the authors explored the dynamics of stress and coping as central mechanisms underlying parenting adjustment and infant development. Longitudinal assessment of 140 primiparous mothers included measures of cognitive appraisals of parenting, coping strategies used, and supportive coping resources at pregnancy and 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months postpartum. Maternal outcome measures of adjustmen…
The contribution of adult attachment style to the adjustment to infertility
This study examines the contribution of adult attachment style to the adjustment to infertility. Both husbands and wives of 80 infertile couples undergoing medical treatment completed the Attachment Style Scale, the Mental Health Inventory and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. One year later, data were collected on whether women became pregnant. Diagnosis of male infertility was significantly more distressing than diagnosis of female infertility. Sign…
Intimate relationships among adolescent romantic partners and same-sex friends
Based on a comprehensive understanding of intimacy, and emerging from a systems theory, this chapter examines adolescent intimacy in close friendships and romantic relationships. Males and females deal differently with the balancing of closeness and individuality in the two types of close friendships. In addition, development of an intimate romantic relationship requires greater commitment for males than for females
Stress and adjustment in the transition to adolescence
Coping and Locus of Control
To address the role of maternal coping and control beliefs in the development of coping and locus of control in their adolescent children, 68 yoked pairs of Israeli mothers and their male, seventh- and eighth-grade children completed questionnaires related to coping styles and locus of control. Regression analyses revealed a strong similarity between adolescents' coping profiles and those of their mothers in a manner relecting the hypothesized im…
Individual and contextual correlates of marital change across the transition to parenthood
To explore multiple prenatal antecedents and postnatal correlates of change in marital adjustment and satisfaction in men and women across the transition to parenthood, 102 couples from diverse sociocultural backgrounds were studied longitudinally from pregnancy to the 9th postpartum month. Guided by an ecological model, the pre- and postnatal assessments included questionnaires of marital adjustment, personality traits, attitudes toward parentho…
Gender differences in the relation between stressful life events and adjustment among school-aged children
Innocent bystanders
Basic theoretical paradigms and constructs are identified within the extant literature that may usefully contribute to comprehending the effect of war upon young children as well as the nature of personal, situational, and familial moderating factors. These concerns are illustrated with empirical data regarding infants and toddlers and their response to the recent Gulf War. Potential applications of these heuristic models are explicated for the s…
Moderating effects of adolescent social orientation on the relation between social support and self-esteem
Threat of missile attacks in the Gulf War
Mothers' perceptions of their infants' and toddlers' reactions to stressors related to the Gulf War were examined. Substantial distress reactions were displayed in somatic symptoms, behavioral disturbances, difficulties in routine functioning, and regressive behavior. Coping reactions were manifested in cooperative, helpful, and symbolic behavior. Reactions were found to be related to proximity to missile target zones, family reactions, and age o…
Children's vulnerability to stressful life events in mothers' eyes
The impact of stress and coping
Transition to parenthood in adoptive families
The transition to adoptive parenthood was investigated in a short-term longitudinal study exploring preadoption/prenatal parental expectations and postadoption/postnatal parental experiences. Ss were 104 Israeli first-time adoptive and biological parent couples. Also investigated was the extent to which individual and contextual antecedents assessed by questionnaires in the expectancy period predicted parental experiences when the infants were 4 …
Psychological adjustment of adoptive parents-to-be
Adjustment and functioning of adoptive parents-to-be were examined during the last stage of expectancy, focusing on possible antecedents or determinants of successful parenting. Results failed to support expectations of short-term adverse effects from transitional stresses, and suggested that the expectancy period may not be equivalent for adoptive and biological parents, especially for mothers. Programmatic implications are discussed
Social support and self-esteem in adolescence
Antecedents of fathering
Social behavior of urban and kibbutz preschool children in Israel
Social Behaviour of Hearing‐impaired and Normally‐hearing Preschoolers
S ummary . The relationship between social behaviour and hearing loss was studied in Israeli preschool‐age children. Free play interactions were observed in mainstreamed settings among 36 children with varying degrees of hearing loss (severe loss, profound loss) and normal hearing. Social competence and hearing impairment were inversely related: the profoundly impaired were markedly less skilful than the normal hearing, while the severely impaire…
Individual and contextual correlates of marital change across the transition to parenthood
To explore multiple prenatal antecedents and postnatal correlates of change in marital adjustment and satisfaction in men and women across the transition to parenthood, 102 couples from diverse sociocultural backgrounds were studied longitudinally from pregnancy to the 9th postpartum month. Guided by an ecological model, the pre- and postnatal assessments included questionnaires of marital adjustment, personality traits, attitudes toward parentho…
Antecedents of fathering
Transition to parenthood in adoptive families
The transition to adoptive parenthood was investigated in a short-term longitudinal study exploring preadoption/prenatal parental expectations and postadoption/postnatal parental experiences. Ss were 104 Israeli first-time adoptive and biological parent couples. Also investigated was the extent to which individual and contextual antecedents assessed by questionnaires in the expectancy period predicted parental experiences when the infants were 4 …
Social support and self-esteem in adolescence
Cognitive appraisals, coping strategies, and support resources as correlates of parenting and infant development
By applying R. S. Lazarus's (1993) theoretical model, the authors explored the dynamics of stress and coping as central mechanisms underlying parenting adjustment and infant development. Longitudinal assessment of 140 primiparous mothers included measures of cognitive appraisals of parenting, coping strategies used, and supportive coping resources at pregnancy and 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months postpartum. Maternal outcome measures of adjustmen…
The impact of stress and coping
Effect of Gender-Role Orientation of Primiparous Mothers on Their Cognitive Appraisals, Coping Strategies, and Mood Postpartum
Gender differences in the relation between stressful life events and adjustment among school-aged children
The contribution of adult attachment style to the adjustment to infertility
This study examines the contribution of adult attachment style to the adjustment to infertility. Both husbands and wives of 80 infertile couples undergoing medical treatment completed the Attachment Style Scale, the Mental Health Inventory and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. One year later, data were collected on whether women became pregnant. Diagnosis of male infertility was significantly more distressing than diagnosis of female infertility. Sign…
Moderating effects of adolescent social orientation on the relation between social support and self-esteem
Social behavior of urban and kibbutz preschool children in Israel
Child feeding perceptions among mothers with eating disorders
Maternal adjustment and infant outcome in medically defined high-risk pregnancy
Biological and psychosocial risk factors in high-risk pregnancy and their relation to infant developmental outcomes were explored in a sample of 153 pregnant Israeli women who had pregestational diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes mellitus, or were nondiabetic. Questionnaires on coping and resources as well as well-being and distress during the 2nd trimester were administered. Estimates of maternal fuels (HbAlc and fructosamine) were obtained…
Well-being in aging
Coping and Locus of Control
To address the role of maternal coping and control beliefs in the development of coping and locus of control in their adolescent children, 68 yoked pairs of Israeli mothers and their male, seventh- and eighth-grade children completed questionnaires related to coping styles and locus of control. Regression analyses revealed a strong similarity between adolescents' coping profiles and those of their mothers in a manner relecting the hypothesized im…
Social Behaviour of Hearing‐impaired and Normally‐hearing Preschoolers
S ummary . The relationship between social behaviour and hearing loss was studied in Israeli preschool‐age children. Free play interactions were observed in mainstreamed settings among 36 children with varying degrees of hearing loss (severe loss, profound loss) and normal hearing. Social competence and hearing impairment were inversely related: the profoundly impaired were markedly less skilful than the normal hearing, while the severely impaire…
Social behavior of urban and kibbutz preschool children in Israel
Social Behaviour of Hearing‐impaired and Normally‐hearing Preschoolers
S ummary . The relationship between social behaviour and hearing loss was studied in Israeli preschool‐age children. Free play interactions were observed in mainstreamed settings among 36 children with varying degrees of hearing loss (severe loss, profound loss) and normal hearing. Social competence and hearing impairment were inversely related: the profoundly impaired were markedly less skilful than the normal hearing, while the severely impaire…
Social support and self-esteem in adolescence
Antecedents of fathering
Psychological adjustment of adoptive parents-to-be
Adjustment and functioning of adoptive parents-to-be were examined during the last stage of expectancy, focusing on possible antecedents or determinants of successful parenting. Results failed to support expectations of short-term adverse effects from transitional stresses, and suggested that the expectancy period may not be equivalent for adoptive and biological parents, especially for mothers. Programmatic implications are discussed
Transition to parenthood in adoptive families
The transition to adoptive parenthood was investigated in a short-term longitudinal study exploring preadoption/prenatal parental expectations and postadoption/postnatal parental experiences. Ss were 104 Israeli first-time adoptive and biological parent couples. Also investigated was the extent to which individual and contextual antecedents assessed by questionnaires in the expectancy period predicted parental experiences when the infants were 4 …
Children's vulnerability to stressful life events in mothers' eyes
The impact of stress and coping
Gender differences in the relation between stressful life events and adjustment among school-aged children
Innocent bystanders
Basic theoretical paradigms and constructs are identified within the extant literature that may usefully contribute to comprehending the effect of war upon young children as well as the nature of personal, situational, and familial moderating factors. These concerns are illustrated with empirical data regarding infants and toddlers and their response to the recent Gulf War. Potential applications of these heuristic models are explicated for the s…
Moderating effects of adolescent social orientation on the relation between social support and self-esteem
Threat of missile attacks in the Gulf War
Mothers' perceptions of their infants' and toddlers' reactions to stressors related to the Gulf War were examined. Substantial distress reactions were displayed in somatic symptoms, behavioral disturbances, difficulties in routine functioning, and regressive behavior. Coping reactions were manifested in cooperative, helpful, and symbolic behavior. Reactions were found to be related to proximity to missile target zones, family reactions, and age o…
Coping and Locus of Control
To address the role of maternal coping and control beliefs in the development of coping and locus of control in their adolescent children, 68 yoked pairs of Israeli mothers and their male, seventh- and eighth-grade children completed questionnaires related to coping styles and locus of control. Regression analyses revealed a strong similarity between adolescents' coping profiles and those of their mothers in a manner relecting the hypothesized im…
Individual and contextual correlates of marital change across the transition to parenthood
To explore multiple prenatal antecedents and postnatal correlates of change in marital adjustment and satisfaction in men and women across the transition to parenthood, 102 couples from diverse sociocultural backgrounds were studied longitudinally from pregnancy to the 9th postpartum month. Guided by an ecological model, the pre- and postnatal assessments included questionnaires of marital adjustment, personality traits, attitudes toward parentho…
Stress and adjustment in the transition to adolescence
Intimate relationships among adolescent romantic partners and same-sex friends
Based on a comprehensive understanding of intimacy, and emerging from a systems theory, this chapter examines adolescent intimacy in close friendships and romantic relationships. Males and females deal differently with the balancing of closeness and individuality in the two types of close friendships. In addition, development of an intimate romantic relationship requires greater commitment for males than for females
Well-being in aging
Cognitive appraisals, coping strategies, and support resources as correlates of parenting and infant development
By applying R. S. Lazarus's (1993) theoretical model, the authors explored the dynamics of stress and coping as central mechanisms underlying parenting adjustment and infant development. Longitudinal assessment of 140 primiparous mothers included measures of cognitive appraisals of parenting, coping strategies used, and supportive coping resources at pregnancy and 1 month, 6 months, and 12 months postpartum. Maternal outcome measures of adjustmen…
The contribution of adult attachment style to the adjustment to infertility
This study examines the contribution of adult attachment style to the adjustment to infertility. Both husbands and wives of 80 infertile couples undergoing medical treatment completed the Attachment Style Scale, the Mental Health Inventory and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. One year later, data were collected on whether women became pregnant. Diagnosis of male infertility was significantly more distressing than diagnosis of female infertility. Sign…
Effect of Gender-Role Orientation of Primiparous Mothers on Their Cognitive Appraisals, Coping Strategies, and Mood Postpartum
Maternal adjustment and infant outcome in medically defined high-risk pregnancy
Biological and psychosocial risk factors in high-risk pregnancy and their relation to infant developmental outcomes were explored in a sample of 153 pregnant Israeli women who had pregestational diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes mellitus, or were nondiabetic. Questionnaires on coping and resources as well as well-being and distress during the 2nd trimester were administered. Estimates of maternal fuels (HbAlc and fructosamine) were obtained…
Child feeding perceptions among mothers with eating disorders
Developmental psychology (22 works) · Psychology (22 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works)