Orna Braun-Lewensohn
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 234562 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Orna Braun-Lewensohn |
| PRENOMES | Orna |
| SOBRENOME | Braun-Lewensohn |
| ASSINATURA | BRAUN-LEWENSOHN O |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9749-2763 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 63 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Coping and distress in divided societies
The October 7, 2023, attack and ensuing Iron Swords War exposed Israeli society to severe and prolonged collective stress. This study examined differences between Jewish and Arab citizens in terms of exposure to war-related events, hope, family quality of life, and community and national resilience, as well as psychological distress. Guided by the ecological theory, we aimed to explore (a) group differences in coping resources and distress, (b) a…
Parents' WhatsApp coping resources in the context of ongoing political conflicts
Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment. In this study, we examined how parents cope with prolonged political violence online, based on Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory…
Cumulative Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress
This study explored how exposure to sexual and conflict-related violence relates to the severity of post-traumatic symptoms and how personal and community resilience factors and coping strategies mediate that relationship. Self-report questionnaires were completed by 568 Israeli women, who were classified into four exposure groups: (a) high sexual violence, (b) high conflict-related violence, (c) dual high exposure, and (d) low exposure. Signific…
Have Coping Resources and Trust in State Institutions Helped Jews and Arabs to Overcome Stress During the Iron Swords War
The events of 7 October 2023 and the subsequent Iron Swords War have profoundly impacted Israeli society, leaving both Jewish and Arab populations exposed to unprecedented levels of violence and uncertainty. This study examined the roles of trust in state institutions and a sense of coherence (SOC) as coping resources that may mitigate psychological distress following exposure to such events. Four hundred and seventy-one participants (69.9% Jewis…
Mental health literacy as a barrier and facilitator for service use
BACKGROUND: Mental health literacy (MHL) has been related to health behaviors and outcomes. However, studies examining MHL as a barrier and facilitator to service use are limited, especially among minority groups. AIMS: This study examined MHL as a barrier and facilitator to mental health service use among the Palestinian Bedouin minority in Israel. METHODS: Twenty-five Bedouins (15 women) from southern Israel participated in semi-structured, in-…
Unraveling Trust Issues Towards Mental Health Professionals Among Bedouin-Arab Minority in Israel
Women's Empowerment for a Sustainable Future
The book focusses on women’s empowerment paying special regard to balanced cultural, transcultural and positive psychology perspectives.
Parents’ Digital Coping Resources With Ongoing Political Conflicts
Mobile technologies such as the instant messaging application WhatsApp have become significant resources for information and social support in times of crisis, as well as for crisis communication. In times of crisis, these applications afford the exchange of real-time information and can influence users' coping behaviors. Conversely, they have also been reported to constitute a potential source of misinformation and increased exposure to emotiona…
Mental Health Underutilization by Palestinian-Arabs in Israel
BACKGROUND: Many studies show that members of minority groups underutilize mental health services and report more barriers to such utilization than majority groups. However, very little is known about these barriers and their relation to mental health service use among the Palestinian-Arab minority in Israel. AIMS: This study examined barriers to mental health service use in this population based on the stigma-related, attitudinal, and instrument…
Challenges, Opportunities, and Coping in the Wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, which lasted more than two years and included several waves, the present study focused on Jewish communities around the world, in order to understand the role of community during the pandemic. This study focused on the community mechanisms that helped community members to cope with the pandemic. To that end, between October 2021 and July 2022, in-person interviews were conducted with leaders and memb…
Diversity management in the integration of minorities in the job market
Purpose Cultural variance represents a significant challenge to policy designers and, in practice, to employers in the varied employment spaces. Providing workplace accessibility for the integration of various cultural groups requires deep thinking and creating unique possibilities for each group in accord with its particular heritage. Ultra-Orthodox society in Israel is a religious minority group that has undergone significant changes, from a de…
Women's Empowerment for a Sustainable Future
Ultra-Orthodox Women in the Job Market
This study explored the mental health and job satisfaction of Ultra-Orthodox women who work in different cultural environments. Data were gathered from 304 Ultra-Orthodox women who belong to various streams in this society and who were recruited by the Midgam research panel. The participants filled out self-reported questionnaires that assessed their family quality of life, community sense of coherence, diversity climate, inclusive leadership, jo…
Diversity Climate, Salutogenic Theory, and the Occupational Health of College-Educated Women from Conservative Communities
Over the past four decades, there have been significant changes in workplaces around the world, including a workforce that has become more diverse as the relative proportion of women in the workforce has increased. This trend has included the increased workforce participation of women from conservative minority groups. This article discusses the significance of the integration of college-educated women from conservative minority groups into the w…
Effective Ways to Encourage Health-Care Practices among Cultural Minorities in Israel during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Following the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, policymakers have been occupied with the questions of whether and how to specially address unique cultural groups coping with the pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the potential for a culturally tailored approach to the transmission of health messages in a time of crisis among two minority populations within Israeli society: the Ultra-Orthodox population and the Arab population. To that end, 380 …
Women in Refugee Camps
The present study aimed to explore the coping resources and mental health of women who have fled Syria to a neighboring European country. To that end, we examined the roles of sociodemographic factors, situational factors, and personal and community sense of coherence (SOC and ComSOC, respectively) in mental-health outcomes. One hundred and eleven refugee women aged 19-70 filled out self-reported questionnaires during August 2018 in a refugee cam…
Analysis of the Differential Relationship between the Perception of One’s Life and Coping Resources among Three Generations of Bedouin Women
Bedouin society has undergone rapid changes over the past decade. The younger generation of Bedouin women is better educated, which has enabled them to enter different professions, increased their incomes and elevated their social status. We examined the sense of coherence (SOC) and its components of meaningfulness, manageability and comprehensibility as well as the use of coping strategies among Bedouin women from three age groups. We also inves…
Between the Inside and the Outside World
Agency of preservation or change
Within the last two decades, significant changes have been taking place in ultra-Orthodox society in Israel regarding higher education and entry into the workforce. This study examines the socio-religious identity of educated ultra-Orthodox women in light of their entry into the workforce. Findings show that although these women are leading a process of academic and occupational changes in the ultra-Orthodox community, they actually function as a…
Shifts in Traditional Methods of Coping Among Elderly Bedouin Men
Elderly Bedouin men in southern Israel are a unique traditional population living in remote unrecognized villages and experiencing rapid social transition, in addition to deep poverty and political tension. In this study, we aimed to explore stressful events, as self-defined by the participants, and the ways in which these men have coped with those stressful events. This study involved 12 men, aged 69−74, who participated in in-depth narrative in…
Youth from Fundamentalist Societies
The contribution of guardian care and peer support for psychological resilience among orphaned adolescents in Ethiopia
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the contributions of guardians’ care, and peer support to psychological resilience. Three-hundred orphan adolescents (OAs) living in Dessie, Ethiopia, aged 12–20 (M = 15.5 ± 1.23), of which 165 (55%) were boys, filled out self-reported questionnaires, which included resilience, guardian care and peer support scales. Results show that the majority of the OA living in Dessie town are resilient. Olde…
The ‘Parent Circle’ Peace Education Program
Community Sense of Coherence Among Adolescents as Related to Their Involvement in Risk Behaviors
The current study employs a new concept–community sense of coherence (CSOC)–that measures youth's perceptions of their own community and its potential as a source for protective factors and assets. The theoretical foundation for this measure is the salutogenic approach and its concept of “sense of coherence.” A total of 1023 students from the 8th to 11th grades, living in 3 Israeli communities, filled out self-reported questionnaires that include…
Sense of Coherence, Values, Youth Involvement, Civic Efficacy and Hope
Agency of preservation or change
Within the last two decades, significant changes have been taking place in ultra-Orthodox society in Israel regarding higher education and entry into the workforce. This study examines the socio-religious identity of educated ultra-Orthodox women in light of their entry into the workforce. Findings show that although these women are leading a process of academic and occupational changes in the ultra-Orthodox community, they actually function as a…
Community Resilience and Sense of Coherence as Protective Factors in Explaining Stress Reactions
Between the Inside and the Outside World
Community Sense of Coherence Among Adolescents as Related to Their Involvement in Risk Behaviors
The current study employs a new concept–community sense of coherence (CSOC)–that measures youth's perceptions of their own community and its potential as a source for protective factors and assets. The theoretical foundation for this measure is the salutogenic approach and its concept of “sense of coherence.” A total of 1023 students from the 8th to 11th grades, living in 3 Israeli communities, filled out self-reported questionnaires that include…
Sense of Coherence, Values, Youth Involvement, Civic Efficacy and Hope
Adolescents’ Mental Health Outcomes According to Different Types of Exposure to Ongoing Terror Attacks
Coping Resources as Explanatory Factors of Stress Reactions During Missile Attacks
Paths to Depression Among Two Different Cultural Contexts
Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in the number of Bedouin Arab students studying at institutions of higher education in Southern Israel. To date, research on Bedouin students is limited, particularly with regard to their coping and adjustment. The main aim of the current study is to shed more light on potential pathways between vulnerability factors and depression among Bedouin Arab and Jewish students. This study was designe…
Diversity management in the integration of minorities in the job market
Purpose Cultural variance represents a significant challenge to policy designers and, in practice, to employers in the varied employment spaces. Providing workplace accessibility for the integration of various cultural groups requires deep thinking and creating unique possibilities for each group in accord with its particular heritage. Ultra-Orthodox society in Israel is a religious minority group that has undergone significant changes, from a de…
Attitudes toward war and peace and their relations with anxiety reactions among adolescents living in a conflictual area
The present study examined attitudes toward war and peace during a violent conflict and their relationships with anxiety reactions. We aimed to find out if attitudes toward the conflict in general or attitudes toward the specific operation are linked to anxiety reactions during a stressful situation and if a personal coping resource mediates the relationships between these attitudes and anxiety. Data were gathered on November 2012 from 78 Jewish …
Adolescents’ Mental Health Outcomes According to Different Types of Exposure to Ongoing Terror Attacks
Sense of coherence, hope and values among adolescents under missile attacks
This study aimed to explore measures of spirituality – sense of coherence (SOC), hope and values – among adolescents living in a violent political area and experiencing missile attacks. The three variables represent attributes of spirituality, such as searching for meaning and purpose in life, hope and feelings about the future, as well as values and beliefs. Adolescence seems to be an important developmental stage where many structures, such as …
Coping Resources as Explanatory Factors of Stress Reactions During Missile Attacks
Coping Strategies as Mediators of the Relationship between Chronic Exposure to Missile Attacks and Stress Reactions
Neighbourhood Perceptions and Sense of Coherence in Adolescence
Community Resilience and Sense of Coherence as Protective Factors in Explaining Stress Reactions
Attitudes toward war and peace and their relations with anxiety reactions among adolescents living in a conflictual area
The present study examined attitudes toward war and peace during a violent conflict and their relationships with anxiety reactions. We aimed to find out if attitudes toward the conflict in general or attitudes toward the specific operation are linked to anxiety reactions during a stressful situation and if a personal coping resource mediates the relationships between these attitudes and anxiety. Data were gathered on November 2012 from 78 Jewish …
Coping Resources and Extra-Curricular Activity as Explanatory Factors of Exposure to Violence
Paths to Depression Among Two Different Cultural Contexts
Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in the number of Bedouin Arab students studying at institutions of higher education in Southern Israel. To date, research on Bedouin students is limited, particularly with regard to their coping and adjustment. The main aim of the current study is to shed more light on potential pathways between vulnerability factors and depression among Bedouin Arab and Jewish students. This study was designe…
The ‘Parent Circle’ Peace Education Program
Community Sense of Coherence Among Adolescents as Related to Their Involvement in Risk Behaviors
The current study employs a new concept–community sense of coherence (CSOC)–that measures youth's perceptions of their own community and its potential as a source for protective factors and assets. The theoretical foundation for this measure is the salutogenic approach and its concept of “sense of coherence.” A total of 1023 students from the 8th to 11th grades, living in 3 Israeli communities, filled out self-reported questionnaires that include…
Sense of Coherence, Values, Youth Involvement, Civic Efficacy and Hope
Youth from Fundamentalist Societies
The contribution of guardian care and peer support for psychological resilience among orphaned adolescents in Ethiopia
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the contributions of guardians’ care, and peer support to psychological resilience. Three-hundred orphan adolescents (OAs) living in Dessie, Ethiopia, aged 12–20 (M = 15.5 ± 1.23), of which 165 (55%) were boys, filled out self-reported questionnaires, which included resilience, guardian care and peer support scales. Results show that the majority of the OA living in Dessie town are resilient. Olde…
Shifts in Traditional Methods of Coping Among Elderly Bedouin Men
Elderly Bedouin men in southern Israel are a unique traditional population living in remote unrecognized villages and experiencing rapid social transition, in addition to deep poverty and political tension. In this study, we aimed to explore stressful events, as self-defined by the participants, and the ways in which these men have coped with those stressful events. This study involved 12 men, aged 69−74, who participated in in-depth narrative in…
Women in Refugee Camps
The present study aimed to explore the coping resources and mental health of women who have fled Syria to a neighboring European country. To that end, we examined the roles of sociodemographic factors, situational factors, and personal and community sense of coherence (SOC and ComSOC, respectively) in mental-health outcomes. One hundred and eleven refugee women aged 19-70 filled out self-reported questionnaires during August 2018 in a refugee cam…
Analysis of the Differential Relationship between the Perception of One’s Life and Coping Resources among Three Generations of Bedouin Women
Bedouin society has undergone rapid changes over the past decade. The younger generation of Bedouin women is better educated, which has enabled them to enter different professions, increased their incomes and elevated their social status. We examined the sense of coherence (SOC) and its components of meaningfulness, manageability and comprehensibility as well as the use of coping strategies among Bedouin women from three age groups. We also inves…
Between the Inside and the Outside World
Agency of preservation or change
Within the last two decades, significant changes have been taking place in ultra-Orthodox society in Israel regarding higher education and entry into the workforce. This study examines the socio-religious identity of educated ultra-Orthodox women in light of their entry into the workforce. Findings show that although these women are leading a process of academic and occupational changes in the ultra-Orthodox community, they actually function as a…
Effective Ways to Encourage Health-Care Practices among Cultural Minorities in Israel during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Following the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, policymakers have been occupied with the questions of whether and how to specially address unique cultural groups coping with the pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the potential for a culturally tailored approach to the transmission of health messages in a time of crisis among two minority populations within Israeli society: the Ultra-Orthodox population and the Arab population. To that end, 380 …
Ultra-Orthodox Women in the Job Market
This study explored the mental health and job satisfaction of Ultra-Orthodox women who work in different cultural environments. Data were gathered from 304 Ultra-Orthodox women who belong to various streams in this society and who were recruited by the Midgam research panel. The participants filled out self-reported questionnaires that assessed their family quality of life, community sense of coherence, diversity climate, inclusive leadership, jo…
Diversity Climate, Salutogenic Theory, and the Occupational Health of College-Educated Women from Conservative Communities
Over the past four decades, there have been significant changes in workplaces around the world, including a workforce that has become more diverse as the relative proportion of women in the workforce has increased. This trend has included the increased workforce participation of women from conservative minority groups. This article discusses the significance of the integration of college-educated women from conservative minority groups into the w…
Women's Empowerment for a Sustainable Future
The book focusses on women’s empowerment paying special regard to balanced cultural, transcultural and positive psychology perspectives.
Parents’ Digital Coping Resources With Ongoing Political Conflicts
Mobile technologies such as the instant messaging application WhatsApp have become significant resources for information and social support in times of crisis, as well as for crisis communication. In times of crisis, these applications afford the exchange of real-time information and can influence users' coping behaviors. Conversely, they have also been reported to constitute a potential source of misinformation and increased exposure to emotiona…
Mental Health Underutilization by Palestinian-Arabs in Israel
BACKGROUND: Many studies show that members of minority groups underutilize mental health services and report more barriers to such utilization than majority groups. However, very little is known about these barriers and their relation to mental health service use among the Palestinian-Arab minority in Israel. AIMS: This study examined barriers to mental health service use in this population based on the stigma-related, attitudinal, and instrument…
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