Pia Tohme
Biographic Data
| ID | 936428 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pia Tohme |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pia |
| FAMILY NAME | Tohme |
| SIGNATURE | TOHME P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lebanese American University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6608-832X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The association between anxiety and avoidant media coping: Exploring gender differences
Moderated mediation of gender on the relationship between resilience, mentalizing, and mental health outcomes in cumulative trauma survivors: The case of the 2020 Lebanese port explosion
The implications of this research are particularly crucial for regions with high exposure to traumatic events, emphasizing the need for tailored, gender-aware psychological support strategies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Disturbances in eating behavior and body image: The role of attachment, media internalization, and self-objectification
Predictors of Acculturation and Adaptation in a Sample of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
While the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has a record of approximately 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, no studies have focused on understanding the processes of acculturation and sociocultural/psychological adaptation among them in Lebanon. The aim of this study was to evaluate Syrian refugees' patterns of acculturation and adaptation; to evaluate their association with social and psychological factors such as perce…
The Influence of Multiple Community Level Traumatic Event Types on Mental Health Outcomes
Lebanon witnessed three large-scale negative community level events in 2020; a severe economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and an explosion in the port of the capital city, Beirut, which resulted in the deaths of 218 individuals and several thousand injured. The current study examined the relationship between the number of community level events individuals identified as personally impactful and corresponding levels of anxiety, depression, and…
Prevalence and correlates of mental health difficulties following the beirut port explosion: The roles of mentalizing and resilience
Presence of a previous psychiatric diagnosis, having to move houses, lower mentalizing capacities, and lower resilience scores were found to predict elevated PCL-5 scores. Findings are discussed within the framework of recommendations for interventions targeting people affected by traumatic events. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
The Psychological Impact of the Covid-19 Outbreak on Pregnancy and Mother-infant Prenatal Bonding
The Mental States Task (MST): Correlates and New Perspectives on Mentalizing in a Lebanese Student Sample
Mentalizing is defined as one's capacity to think in terms of mental states underlying one's own and others' behaviors. It has been posited to develop within the context of a secure attachment relationship and has been linked to a myriad of psychological adjustment variables. Given the scarcity of research on mentalizing in Lebanon, this study aimed to investigate mentalizing in a sample of 293 Lebanese undergraduate students using a novel tool, …
The role of perceived social support on depression and sleep during the Covid-19 pandemic
I love my selfie! An investigation of overt and covert narcissism to understand selfie-posting behaviors within three geographic communities
Preferred therapist characteristics of Muslim college women in the United Arab Emirates: Implications for psychotherapy
Therapeutic alliance and psychotherapeutic outcomes can be influenced by therapist characteristics. While research has explored preferred therapist characteristics in Western secular contexts, few studies have examined this question among Muslim populations in the Arab world. This study explores Arab, Muslim women's expressed preferences concerning therapist characteristics. Two hundred and twenty college women attending a tertiary educational in…
Disturbances in eating behavior and body image: The role of attachment, media internalization, and self-objectification
Predictors of Acculturation and Adaptation in a Sample of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
While the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has a record of approximately 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, no studies have focused on understanding the processes of acculturation and sociocultural/psychological adaptation among them in Lebanon. The aim of this study was to evaluate Syrian refugees' patterns of acculturation and adaptation; to evaluate their association with social and psychological factors such as perce…
The role of perceived social support on depression and sleep during the Covid-19 pandemic
I love my selfie! An investigation of overt and covert narcissism to understand selfie-posting behaviors within three geographic communities
Preferred therapist characteristics of Muslim college women in the United Arab Emirates: Implications for psychotherapy
Therapeutic alliance and psychotherapeutic outcomes can be influenced by therapist characteristics. While research has explored preferred therapist characteristics in Western secular contexts, few studies have examined this question among Muslim populations in the Arab world. This study explores Arab, Muslim women's expressed preferences concerning therapist characteristics. Two hundred and twenty college women attending a tertiary educational in…
The Mental States Task (MST): Correlates and New Perspectives on Mentalizing in a Lebanese Student Sample
Mentalizing is defined as one's capacity to think in terms of mental states underlying one's own and others' behaviors. It has been posited to develop within the context of a secure attachment relationship and has been linked to a myriad of psychological adjustment variables. Given the scarcity of research on mentalizing in Lebanon, this study aimed to investigate mentalizing in a sample of 293 Lebanese undergraduate students using a novel tool, …
Prevalence and correlates of mental health difficulties following the beirut port explosion: The roles of mentalizing and resilience
Presence of a previous psychiatric diagnosis, having to move houses, lower mentalizing capacities, and lower resilience scores were found to predict elevated PCL-5 scores. Findings are discussed within the framework of recommendations for interventions targeting people affected by traumatic events. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
The Psychological Impact of the Covid-19 Outbreak on Pregnancy and Mother-infant Prenatal Bonding
The Influence of Multiple Community Level Traumatic Event Types on Mental Health Outcomes
Lebanon witnessed three large-scale negative community level events in 2020; a severe economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and an explosion in the port of the capital city, Beirut, which resulted in the deaths of 218 individuals and several thousand injured. The current study examined the relationship between the number of community level events individuals identified as personally impactful and corresponding levels of anxiety, depression, and…
Predictors of Acculturation and Adaptation in a Sample of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
While the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has a record of approximately 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, no studies have focused on understanding the processes of acculturation and sociocultural/psychological adaptation among them in Lebanon. The aim of this study was to evaluate Syrian refugees' patterns of acculturation and adaptation; to evaluate their association with social and psychological factors such as perce…
Moderated mediation of gender on the relationship between resilience, mentalizing, and mental health outcomes in cumulative trauma survivors: The case of the 2020 Lebanese port explosion
The implications of this research are particularly crucial for regions with high exposure to traumatic events, emphasizing the need for tailored, gender-aware psychological support strategies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Disturbances in eating behavior and body image: The role of attachment, media internalization, and self-objectification
The association between anxiety and avoidant media coping: Exploring gender differences
Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Anxiety (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Mentalization (3 works)