Merav Jedwab

Biographic Data

ID6023823
NAMEMerav Jedwab
GIVEN NAMESMerav
FAMILY NAMEJedwab
SIGNATUREJEDWAB M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore
ORCID0000-0002-8946-8026
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS32
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX4

  • Parental Self-Efficacy and Child Externalizing and Internalizing Problems during Wartime

    Open AccessMuriel Balkanyi-Nehora, Merav JedwabARTICLEJournal of Child & Adolescent…2025

    This study explored the indirect effects of negative parental practices, specifically parental submission and power struggles, in the associations between parental self-efficacy (PSE) and children’s internalizing and externalizing problems. Data were collected through an online survey conducted three months after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War, from 226 Israeli mothers of children aged 6–18. A parallel indirect effects model was employed to…

  • Decision‐Making in Child Welfare Among Arab Child Protection Officers in Israel

    Open AccessMerav Jedwab, Nuzha Allassad Alhuzail et al.ARTICLEChild & Family Social Work2025References: 5

    Child protection officers (CPOs) play a critical role in protecting children at risk and make important decisions that significantly impact children and their families. These decisions are influenced by wider contexts such as family, system, organization and multiple cultural contexts. Working in the Arab community, which has different values and norms from mainstream Israeli society, requires the CPOs to consider the cultural context within thei…

  • The Implications of Wartime Evacuation for Israeli Families With Young Children

    Open AccessEinav Segev, Yael Hochman et al.ARTICLEChild & Family Social Work2025References: 6

    The current study examines the perceptions of Israeli social workers during the Israel–Hamas war regarding evacuated families with young children, the interventions they implemented and their experiences of working with these families within a shared traumatic reality. The study adds to the limited literature on the wartime implications and interventions for families with young children during prolonged evacuation. Eleven social workers were inte…

  • Being a part of the community and working within it

    Open AccessNuzha Allassad Alhuzail, Merav Jedwab et al.ARTICLEThe British Journal of Social Work2025References: 41

    Israel’s Youth Law (Care and Supervision), enacted in 1960, outlines protocols for addressing the needs of minors at risk, particularly those subjected to maltreatment within their families. Arab child protection officers (CPOs) in Israel operate within a multifaceted social milieu characterized by a patriarchal and traditional structure and undergoing transformation. This society contends with substantial violence and the pervasive influence of …

  • The Complex Role of Child Protection Officers in Arab Society in Israel

    Open AccessNuzha Allassad Alhuzail, Merav JedwabARTICLEThe British Journal of Social Work2024Cited by: 2References: 29

    The Arab population in Israel is an ethnic, national, Indigenous minority experiencing discrimination and inequality, especially in education, health and welfare. This population’s constant societal change is coupled with social problems such as violence, crime, unemployment and poverty. These characteristics pose many challenges to social workers, particularly those empowered by the Youth Law (Care and Supervision), 1960, known as child protecti…

  • The use of mental health services among children in kinship care

    Yanfeng Xu, Merav Jedwab et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2022References: 3

    This study examined predisposing, enabling, and need factors associated with mental health (MH) services, the use of school-based, medical-based, and specialty MH services, and the use of ≥2 MH services among children in kinship care. We analyzed a sample of children in kinship care (N = 718) selected from wave II of the National Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-Being II. Results indicated that child’s age, gender, ethnicity (being Hispanic) a…

  • Risk and protective factors associated with grandparent kinship caregivers' psychological distress in Covid‐19

    Open AccessYanfeng Xu, Merav Jedwab et al.ARTICLEChild & Family Social Work2021Cited by: 3References: 9

    COVID-19 and its related policy measures have increased the psychological distress of individuals, including grandparent kinship caregivers. Guided by the Resilience Model of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation, this study examines relationships between material hardship, parenting stress, social support, resilience and psychological distress of grandparent kinship caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the moderating role of k…

  • A review of foster home policies and regulations in the United States designed to support foster homes families

    Merav Jedwab, Anusha Chatterjee et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2020

    Foster parents are required to learn and to navigate a range of policies and regulations in order to make decisions that are in the best interest of the foster child. This paper reviews four policies and regulations (foster parent handbooks, pre-service and in-service training, respite care, and information on points of contact) intended to support family foster homes and examines whether these policies and regulations are available and accessibl…

  • Understanding the Relationships between Parenting Stress and Mental Health with Grandparent Kinship Caregivers’ Risky Parenting Behaviors in the Time of Covid-19

    Open AccessYanfeng Xu, Qi Wu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2020Cited by: 4References: 4

  • Kinship care first? Factors associated with placement moves in out-of-home care

    Open AccessMerav Jedwab, Yanfeng Xu et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020Cited by: 8References: 56

  • Caseworkers' insights and experiences with successful reunification

    Open AccessMerav Jedwab, Anusha Chatterjee et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2018Cited by: 7References: 34

  • Predictors of reentry into the foster care system

    Open AccessMerav Jedwab, Terry V ShawARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2017Cited by: 8References: 33