Dana Weimann-Saks

Biographic Data

ID9518983
NAMEDana Weimann-Saks
GIVEN NAMESDana
FAMILY NAMEWeimann-Saks
SIGNATUREWEIMANN-SAKS D
AFFILIATIONSYezreel Valley Academic College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Changing mindsets in prison

    Open AccessInbal Peleg‐koriat, Inbal Peleg-Koriat et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2025

    The study, conducted within the Israeli prison system, examines the psychological mechanisms that support correctional clients’ engagement with restorative justice (RJ), with a focus on incremental beliefs. It examines whether a psychological intervention aimed at strengthening these beliefs can affect attitudes toward RJ and the effectiveness of a victim awareness program (VAP). Using a randomized controlled design (N = 153), participants were a…

  • Fifa World Cup as a Media Event

    Dana Weimann‐sak, Dana Weimann-Saks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Broadcasting &…2024

    This study examined the viewing behavior of individuals (N = 515) who watched the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 to understand how second-screen usage may be related to the perception of the broadcast as a media event while considering psychological factors associated with media exposure. media event perception, engagement, transportation, and enjoyment were positively correlated with match-related and negatively correlated with match-unrelated …

  • Restorative Justice Behind Bars

    Open AccessInbal Peleg‐koriat, Dana Weimann‐sak et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2024

    Restorative justice (RJ) is a way of doing justice following an offense that is oriented toward repairing individual, relational, and social harm. Despite indications of their contribution to rehabilitation, RJ is still used infrequently, especially in serious offenses. We believe implementing them in prison is likely to provide access to RJ to a wider population. Twenty-three adult correctional clients were interviewed about their attitudes towa…

  • The Role of Proneness to Guilt and Shame Among People in Custody in Promoting Restorative Justice Processes

    Open AccessInbal Peleg‐koriat, Dana Weimann‐sak et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2021

    This research examined the role of guilt and shame proneness among people in custody in shaping attitudes toward restorative justice (RJ) and in predicting the effectiveness of RJ practices. Study 1 ( n = 110) examined the correlation between participant guilt and shame proneness and willingness to participate in an RJ process. It revealed that proneness to guilt, but not to shame, was correlated with willingness to participate in an RJ process. …

  • Promoting Inmates’ Positive Attitudes toward Participating in a Restorative Justice Process

    Open AccessDana Weimann‐sak, Dana Weimann-Saks et al.ARTICLEThe Prison Journal2020

    In the present study, we conducted an empirical experiment to examine whether exposure to a victim awareness procedure would affect inmates’ attitudes toward participating in a restorative-justice process. In addition, the study sought to evaluate whether there are differences between inmates serving their sentences in prisons with different therapeutic orientations. The findings indicate that participants who were exposed to a victim awareness p…

  • Does Character Similarity Increase Identification and Persuasion?

    Jonathan Cohen, Dana Weimann‐sak et al.ARTICLEMedia Psychology2018

    The identity of protagonists in persuasive narratives was varied to test the impact of audience-character demographic similarity on identification. In Study 1, sex and nationality, both traits that were pretested to be important to participants’ self-identity, were varied, but demographic similarity did not increase perceived similarity, identification or persuasion. In Study 2, age and city of residence, traits that were central to the story, we…