Maya Kagan
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4413236 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Maya Kagan |
| PRENOMES | Maya |
| SOBRENOME | Kagan |
| ASSINATURA | KAGAN M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ariel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3849-1074 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 48 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 83 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 48 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
From uncertainty to body image concerns
Periods of war and prolonged national crisis constitute heightened psychological stressors, generating increased emotional dysregulation and uncertainty. Guided by Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, the current study examined whether emotional eating mediates the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and body image, and whether fear of weight gain moderates these associations among Israeli civilians during the ongoing Israel-Hamas …
Adverse childhood experiences, loneliness, and doomscrolling on social media newsfeeds among adult men across Generations X, Y, Z
This study reveals generational distinctions in both the emotional mechanisms underlying doomscrolling and the broader role of digital media in the lives of men. Interpreted through the lens of generationally molded masculinities, these distinctions help contextualize differences in digital media use across cohorts, with doomscrolling representing one domain in which early adversity may be reflected later in life
Adjustment disorder symptoms among adult-child caregivers in wartime
Challenges faced by adult-child caregivers can intensify during calamitous events, potentially resulting in adjustment disorder symptoms. This study examined the contribution of demographic characteristics (age and gender), self-reported number of war-related stressful events, intolerance of uncertainty, and caregiver burden to explaining adjustment symptoms among adult-child caregivers who resided in Israel during the initial months of the Israe…
Generations X, Y, Z
In today’s sociocultural milieu, characterized by pervasive social media and evolving conceptions of masculinity, this study examines the interplay among loneliness, social media addiction, self-reliance, and life satisfaction across Generations (Gen) X, Y, and Z. Employing a comprehensive model, the study explores social media addiction as a mediator between loneliness and life satisfaction, with a focus on the moderating role of the pivotal mas…
Navigating masculinity
Exploring the link between masculine gender-role discrepancy and men’s life satisfaction
Association between war‐related stress and caregiver burden among adult children caring for aging parents
The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life in the Relationship Between Social Inclusion and Resilience Among the Generation Z Cohort Amid an Ongoing Armed Conflict
Drawing upon the Social Cure theoretical framework, this study explores the intricate relationship between social inclusion, meaning in life, and resilience among Generation Z during the Israel‐Hamas war. Notably, this cohort encounters heightened challenges in fostering close social relationships, resulting in a diminished sense of social inclusion. The study comprised 317 Israeli Generation Z adults who completed a structured online questionnai…
The Role of Physical Appearance Comparison, Self-Esteem, and Emotional Control in the Association Between Social Media Addiction and Masculine Depression
Social media has become an integral part of daily life, shaping behaviors, self-perception, and emotional well-being. However, its addictive use raises concerns about its potential to aggravate psychological challenges, particularly in the context of societal expectations of masculinity. The current report presents a study exploring the pathways through which social media addiction contributes to masculine depression, specifically examining the r…
Exploring gender differences in the mediating effect of emotional eating on anxiety and body image
Understanding Factors Explaining Social Workers’ Empathy towards Sex Offenders
Empathy is crucial for client interventions within the field of social work. However, extending empathy to challenging populations, especially sex offenders, poses substantial hurdles. Therefore, this study aimed to delve into factors explaining social workers’ empathy towards people who have sexually offended against adults, by exploring the role of select background (gender and length of professional experience) and personal (self-importance of…
Association between Workplace Bullying and Social Workers’ Well-Being
This study examines the relationship between workplace bullying and the well-being of social workers, with particular attention given to the mediating role of meaning at work. Using the conservation of resources theory, the research distinguishes between two primary sources of bullying in the workplace: managers and colleagues. Data were obtained from a sample of 296 social workers in Israel through a structured online questionnaire. The findings…
Exploring the relationship between loneliness and subjective accelerated aging among older adults
6.26). Data were collected during the first months of the Israel-Hamas war. Participant recruitment included online platforms and research assistants who actively allocated participants. Participants completed questionnaires of demographic characteristics, loneliness, meaning in life, self-efficacy, and subjective accelerated aging. Results showed a positive direct association between loneliness and subjective accelerated aging. The moderated med…
Examining the effect of previous interactions with social workers on divorced fathers' perceptions of them and the likelihood of seeking their help
The mediating roles of optimism, loneliness, and psychological distress in the association between a sense of community and meaning in life among older adults
A sense of community is known to be a protective factor for the well‐being of older adults and meaning in life associated with positive mental outcomes. Nevertheless, there is a need to expand the knowledge of the role of a sense of community in meaning in life, particularly among older adults. Intending to broaden the empirical understanding from this perspective, the current study examined the mediating roles of optimism, loneliness, and psycho…
Exploring the Relationship between Ethical Conflicts and Psychological Distress among Social Workers
This study examines the association between ethical conflicts and psychological distress among social workers and the role of economic and social exchange in mediating this relationship. It also explores the moderating effect of burnout on the association between ethical conflicts and both social and economic exchange. The sample consisted of 568 Israeli social workers, where the majority were women. A moderated mediation model was employed to an…
The Role of Demographics, Professional Quality of Life and Public Image in Social Workers’ Self-Esteem
Professional self-esteem refers to the importance that individuals attribute to their profession. It plays an important role in many personal and work-related aspects in the life of social workers (SWs). The purpose of the current study was to examine the contribution of select demographic variables (gender, length of professional experience and satisfaction with pay), variables related to professional quality of life (secondary traumatic stress,…
Factors Associated with Israeli Social Workers’ Intention to Stay in the Profession
The phenomenon of social workers leaving the profession occurs frequently, underscoring the importance of understanding factors contributing to the intention to stay (ITS) in the profession. Based on the job demands-resources theory (JD-R), this study examined selected social worker workplace "demands" (i.e., their organizational sector of employment and level of work-family conflict) and "resources" (i.e., levels of meaning, locus of control, an…
Exploring the Role of Discrepancy Stress and Muscle Dysmorphia in the Association Between Gender Role Discrepancy and Masculine Depression in Israeli Men
Explaining Psychological Distress among Men in the Helping Professions
Men in the helping professions face many challenges, including stressors related to the nature of the work itself and work environments typically considered "feminine", which may be related to psychological distress. The current study used a serial-parallel mediation model to explore whether selected work-related indices are associated with psychological distress among men in the helping professions. Specifically, the model examined the role of s…
Intolerance to uncertainty and self-efficacy as mediators between personality traits and adjustment disorder in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic
The Role of Restrictive Emotionality and Social Interaction Anxiety in the Association Between Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder and Masculine Depression
Muscle dysmorphic disorder (MDD) is a mental disorder characterized by men’s exaggerated self-perception as insufficiently muscular and lean and pathological preoccupation with achieving a muscular body. MDD has been recognized as a risk factor associated with negative mental health outcomes in men. However, previous studies did not sufficiently explore the link between MDD and masculine depression. Therefore, the present study examines the media…
Generations X, Y, Z
Public perception of social workers as a source for providing help during the Covid-19 pandemic
The current study examined the contribution of select demographic and psychosocial variables, as well as prior experience with social workers (SWs), to explaining the likelihood of seeking their help by the general public in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the purpose of the study, an online questionnaire was administered to a sample of 582 respondents older than 20. Findings: The findings show that the respondents reported a fairly low …
The Silent Generation vs Baby Boomers
Work-related factors associated with psychological distress among social workers
The current study assesses the association between several work-related factors and psychological distress among social workers (SWs) in Israel. The data were collected through structured questionnaires, administered to a sample of 494 SWs. The findings suggest that most of the examined work-related factors (namely, years of professional experience, personal work-related subjection to violence, burnout, compassion fatigue, and sense of coherence)…
Intention to Leave the Profession
This study aimed to compare specific work related-factors (personal factor: length of work experience; structural factors: personal subjection to violence and fear of being subjected to violence; and psychological factors: professional quality of life—compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue) between welfare social workers (SWs) (n = 200) and health care and community SWs (n = 173). Furthermore, since the issue of turnover among S…
Comparing Transnational and Communal Diaspora Philanthropies Among Temporary Migrant Workers
Diaspora philanthropy, sending donations to the homeland, has evolved with worldwide migration. While scholars have explored diaspora philanthropy in diverse communities, no research focuses on migrant worker communities ineligible for permanent settlement in their host country. This study posits that donations within such communities should be considered to be a component of diaspora philanthropy. Based on a qualitative and quantitative study on…
Social Workers’ Attitudes toward Evidence-Based Practice
The aim of the current study was to explore the mediating role of work-related self-efficacy in the association between organizational context variables (workplace social support, accessibility of work-related data and information resources, and role ambiguity) and social workerss’ attitudes toward adoption of evidence-based practice (EBP). For the purpose of the study, 559 social workers were sampled by means of structured questionnaires. Struct…
Social Workers’ Attitudes towards Evidence-based Practice
The current study presents a multidimensional model that integrates social workers’ demographics, organisational context variables, evidence-based practice (EBP)-related factors and mental health variables and explores their contribution to social workers’ attitudes to implementing EBP. This model aims to fill a gap in the limited empirical knowledge regarding the relative and joint contribution of these factors to explaining social workers’ atti…
Psychological Distress and Intention to Leave the Profession
The purpose of the present study was to examine the association between psychological distress among social workers and their intention to leave the profession through the economic and social exchange perspective. The research sample was comprised of 380 Israeli social workers who manually filled in structured questionnaires regarding psychological distress, economic and social exchange between employees and employers in their workplace, self-def…
Utilization of social work services by former Soviet Union immigrants in Israel
This study explores the contribution of selected demographic variables (gender, age, socioeconomic status), attitudes toward social workers (SWs) and trust in them, stigma attached to seeking help from SWs, and knowledge of SWs’ professional roles, to the likelihood that immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU) in their second or third decade in Israel would seek the professional help of SWs. Structured questionnaires were administered to 21…
Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Social Workers
Objective: Social workers are at high risk of experiencing secondary traumatic stress (STS). Informed by the job demands-resources theory (JD-R), this study examined the contribution of job-related resources (i.e., resilience and social support) and job demands (i.e., the frequency of dual-obligation ethical conflict and exposure to violence) to STS among social workers. Method: The sample included 379 Israeli social workers. Controlling for gend…
The Ethical Conflict of Dual Obligations Amongst Social Workers
The purpose of the current study was to examine the frequency of ethical conflicts amongst social workers, deriving from dual obligations to clients and employers, as associated with their organisational affiliation and professional seniority. The sample included 723 social workers from three organisational sectors in Israel: the government sector, the third sector and the for-profit sector. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to e…
The likelihood of seeking help from social workers in Israel
This study was conducted in Israel. It shows that women, religious people and those with prior experience of receiving professional help from social workers have a higher likelihood of seeking help from social workers than men, non-religious people and those who have never received professional help from social workers (respectively). The conclusion of the research is that social workers must be aware of population groups who have a lower likelih…
Factors Predicting the Likelihood of Seeking Help from Social Workers in Israel
This article presents the results of a study conducted in Israel that examined the contribution of demographic factors, public attitudes toward social workers, and stigma to predicting the self-reported likelihood of seeking help from social workers. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire administered to a sample of 2,188 respondents age 21 and older who had never before sought help from a social worker or been treated by one.…
Understanding subjective well-being among social workers in Israel
Based on the conservation of resources theory, this study assesses the association between selected demographic factors (relationship status, years of work experience) and psycho-social factors (self-rated health, burnout, loneliness, and sense of coherence), and the subjective well-being of social workers. The data were collected through structured questionnaires ( n = 394). The findings suggest that relationship status, self-rated health, burno…
Personal and environmental factors associated with self-reported resilience among social workers
Resilience is a very significant issue in the context of social work practice and therefore receives a great deal of research interest. However, certain factors and combinations of factors that could explain the variability in resilience among social workers have not yet received proper research attention. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the contribution of several personal factors (gender and length of work experience) and environment…
Social and Economic Exchange Between Social Workers and their Employers in the Context of their Sectorial Affiliation and Seniority
Partial privatization creates organizational hybrids that can generate conflict between professional and institutional logic among social workers. Research is scant but necessary to identify better organizational approaches. Using the social and economic exchange (SEE) model, we examined Israeli social workers' perception of their relationships with their workplaces. To examine organizational affiliation and seniority impact on SEE, we conducted …
The Effect of Gender and Stigma on the Self-Reported Likelihood of Seeking Social Workers’ Help by Social Workers versus Non Social Workers
The current study examines the likelihood of seeking social workers’ help by social workers compared with non-social workers, taking into consideration their gender and the prevalence of stigma attached to seeking social workers' help. Data collection utilised structured questionnaires administered to a sample of 802 participants, of whom 355 were social workers and 447 non-social workers. The findings indicate that social workers, regardless of …
Examining the effect of previous interactions with social workers on divorced fathers' perceptions of them and the likelihood of seeking their help
The Role of Demographics, Professional Quality of Life and Public Image in Social Workers’ Self-Esteem
Professional self-esteem refers to the importance that individuals attribute to their profession. It plays an important role in many personal and work-related aspects in the life of social workers (SWs). The purpose of the current study was to examine the contribution of select demographic variables (gender, length of professional experience and satisfaction with pay), variables related to professional quality of life (secondary traumatic stress,…
Factors Associated with Israeli Social Workers’ Intention to Stay in the Profession
The phenomenon of social workers leaving the profession occurs frequently, underscoring the importance of understanding factors contributing to the intention to stay (ITS) in the profession. Based on the job demands-resources theory (JD-R), this study examined selected social worker workplace "demands" (i.e., their organizational sector of employment and level of work-family conflict) and "resources" (i.e., levels of meaning, locus of control, an…
Explaining Psychological Distress among Men in the Helping Professions
Men in the helping professions face many challenges, including stressors related to the nature of the work itself and work environments typically considered "feminine", which may be related to psychological distress. The current study used a serial-parallel mediation model to explore whether selected work-related indices are associated with psychological distress among men in the helping professions. Specifically, the model examined the role of s…
Adjustment Disorder Amongst Welfare Social Service Clients
Adjustment disorder is a maladaptive reaction to common life events. Levels of adjustment disorder can serve as one of the indicators of the effectiveness of social services interventions. Yet, the role of service receipt period and of social worker alternation in explaining levels of adjustment disorder remains unclear. In order to explore this issue, structured questionnaires were distributed to a random sample of 190 clients of a social servic…
Factors Predicting the Likelihood of Seeking Help from Social Workers in Israel
This article presents the results of a study conducted in Israel that examined the contribution of demographic factors, public attitudes toward social workers, and stigma to predicting the self-reported likelihood of seeking help from social workers. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire administered to a sample of 2,188 respondents age 21 and older who had never before sought help from a social worker or been treated by one.…
Work-related factors associated with psychological distress among social workers
The current study assesses the association between several work-related factors and psychological distress among social workers (SWs) in Israel. The data were collected through structured questionnaires, administered to a sample of 494 SWs. The findings suggest that most of the examined work-related factors (namely, years of professional experience, personal work-related subjection to violence, burnout, compassion fatigue, and sense of coherence)…
Intention to Leave the Profession
This study aimed to compare specific work related-factors (personal factor: length of work experience; structural factors: personal subjection to violence and fear of being subjected to violence; and psychological factors: professional quality of life—compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue) between welfare social workers (SWs) (n = 200) and health care and community SWs (n = 173). Furthermore, since the issue of turnover among S…
The Implications of Gender and Role Relationship Categories for Public Attitudes towards Social Workers in Israel
The purpose of the current study was to explore the association between gender and previous acquaintance with social workers (SWs) and between attitudes towards SWs. Attention was given to three categories of role relationships, reflecting respondents’ status with regard to SWs: (i) current and former clients of social services departments (SSDs), (ii) activists and volunteers at SSDs and (iii) people who never had any interpersonal interaction w…
The likelihood of seeking help from social workers in Israel
This study was conducted in Israel. It shows that women, religious people and those with prior experience of receiving professional help from social workers have a higher likelihood of seeking help from social workers than men, non-religious people and those who have never received professional help from social workers (respectively). The conclusion of the research is that social workers must be aware of population groups who have a lower likelih…
Utilization of social work services by former Soviet Union immigrants in Israel
This study explores the contribution of selected demographic variables (gender, age, socioeconomic status), attitudes toward social workers (SWs) and trust in them, stigma attached to seeking help from SWs, and knowledge of SWs’ professional roles, to the likelihood that immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU) in their second or third decade in Israel would seek the professional help of SWs. Structured questionnaires were administered to 21…
Understanding subjective well-being among social workers in Israel
Based on the conservation of resources theory, this study assesses the association between selected demographic factors (relationship status, years of work experience) and psycho-social factors (self-rated health, burnout, loneliness, and sense of coherence), and the subjective well-being of social workers. The data were collected through structured questionnaires ( n = 394). The findings suggest that relationship status, self-rated health, burno…
Social Support Moderates the Relationship Between Death Anxiety and Psychological Distress Among Israeli Nurses
Based on the stress-buffering model, the current study sought to examine the moderating role of perceived social support in the association between death anxiety and psychological distress among nurses. Select variables found in previous studies to correlate with psychological distress served in the current study as covariates to control for their relationship with psychological distress among nurses. These include gender, years of professional e…
The Effect of Gender and Stigma on the Self-Reported Likelihood of Seeking Social Workers’ Help by Social Workers versus Non Social Workers
The current study examines the likelihood of seeking social workers’ help by social workers compared with non-social workers, taking into consideration their gender and the prevalence of stigma attached to seeking social workers' help. Data collection utilised structured questionnaires administered to a sample of 802 participants, of whom 355 were social workers and 447 non-social workers. The findings indicate that social workers, regardless of …
The Ethical Conflict of Dual Obligations Amongst Social Workers
The purpose of the current study was to examine the frequency of ethical conflicts amongst social workers, deriving from dual obligations to clients and employers, as associated with their organisational affiliation and professional seniority. The sample included 723 social workers from three organisational sectors in Israel: the government sector, the third sector and the for-profit sector. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to e…
Psychological distress among social workers
The purpose of the current study was to examine the moderating role of social support in the association between self-efficacy and psychological distress among social workers. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire administered to a sample of 726 social workers in Israel. Selected variables, found in previous studies to correlate with psychological distress, served in the current study as covariates: gender, years of professio…
Adjustment Disorder in the Face of Covid-19 Outbreak
Based on the theoretical view of Terror Management Theory, the current research examines whether higher levels of death anxiety symptoms, in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak, increase the extent to which participants are exposed to information regarding the spread of the pandemic, as well as the fear of contagion and symptoms of hypochondriasis, which all in turn increase symptoms of adjustment disorder. A total number of 302 participants filled…
Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Social Workers
Objective: Social workers are at high risk of experiencing secondary traumatic stress (STS). Informed by the job demands-resources theory (JD-R), this study examined the contribution of job-related resources (i.e., resilience and social support) and job demands (i.e., the frequency of dual-obligation ethical conflict and exposure to violence) to STS among social workers. Method: The sample included 379 Israeli social workers. Controlling for gend…
Comparing Transnational and Communal Diaspora Philanthropies Among Temporary Migrant Workers
Diaspora philanthropy, sending donations to the homeland, has evolved with worldwide migration. While scholars have explored diaspora philanthropy in diverse communities, no research focuses on migrant worker communities ineligible for permanent settlement in their host country. This study posits that donations within such communities should be considered to be a component of diaspora philanthropy. Based on a qualitative and quantitative study on…
Social and Economic Exchange Between Social Workers and their Employers in the Context of their Sectorial Affiliation and Seniority
Partial privatization creates organizational hybrids that can generate conflict between professional and institutional logic among social workers. Research is scant but necessary to identify better organizational approaches. Using the social and economic exchange (SEE) model, we examined Israeli social workers' perception of their relationships with their workplaces. To examine organizational affiliation and seniority impact on SEE, we conducted …
Psychological Distress and Intention to Leave the Profession
The purpose of the present study was to examine the association between psychological distress among social workers and their intention to leave the profession through the economic and social exchange perspective. The research sample was comprised of 380 Israeli social workers who manually filled in structured questionnaires regarding psychological distress, economic and social exchange between employees and employers in their workplace, self-def…
Public perception of social workers as a source for providing help during the Covid-19 pandemic
The current study examined the contribution of select demographic and psychosocial variables, as well as prior experience with social workers (SWs), to explaining the likelihood of seeking their help by the general public in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the purpose of the study, an online questionnaire was administered to a sample of 582 respondents older than 20. Findings: The findings show that the respondents reported a fairly low …
The Silent Generation vs Baby Boomers
Being a parent, emotional stability, and adjustment disorder symptoms in the face of Covid ‐19
Meaning in Life among Older Adults
Meaning in life (MIL) among older adults has a significant physical and mental health impact. This study aimed to present an integrative model of factors that contribute to variability in MIL among older adults, including background characteristics (gender, age, employment status, religiosity), personality characteristics (locus of control, self-efficacy, optimism), and psycho-social factors (psychological distress and loneliness). Participants (…
The Culture of Volunteerism
The large Former Soviet Union (FSU) immigration of the 1990s, accounting for approximately 15% of the Jewish population in Israel today, plays a significant role in shaping Israeli society. Volunteering, as part of social citizenship and normative culture, is an important element of acculturation among immigrants. The present study compares volunteering attitudes and motivations among Generation 1.5 FSU immigrants in their third decade in Israel …
Social Workers’ Attitudes toward Evidence-Based Practice
The aim of the current study was to explore the mediating role of work-related self-efficacy in the association between organizational context variables (workplace social support, accessibility of work-related data and information resources, and role ambiguity) and social workerss’ attitudes toward adoption of evidence-based practice (EBP). For the purpose of the study, 559 social workers were sampled by means of structured questionnaires. Struct…
Adjustment Disorder Amongst Welfare Social Service Clients
Adjustment disorder is a maladaptive reaction to common life events. Levels of adjustment disorder can serve as one of the indicators of the effectiveness of social services interventions. Yet, the role of service receipt period and of social worker alternation in explaining levels of adjustment disorder remains unclear. In order to explore this issue, structured questionnaires were distributed to a random sample of 190 clients of a social servic…
Social Workers’ Attitudes towards Evidence-based Practice
The current study presents a multidimensional model that integrates social workers’ demographics, organisational context variables, evidence-based practice (EBP)-related factors and mental health variables and explores their contribution to social workers’ attitudes to implementing EBP. This model aims to fill a gap in the limited empirical knowledge regarding the relative and joint contribution of these factors to explaining social workers’ atti…
Personal and environmental factors associated with self-reported resilience among social workers
Resilience is a very significant issue in the context of social work practice and therefore receives a great deal of research interest. However, certain factors and combinations of factors that could explain the variability in resilience among social workers have not yet received proper research attention. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the contribution of several personal factors (gender and length of work experience) and environment…
Psychology (40 obras) · Social Psychology (33 obras) · Clinical Psychology (24 obras) · Social Work Education and Practice (21 obras) · Political science (20 obras) · Psychiatry (18 obras) · Social Psychology (18 obras) · Social Work (16 obras) · Burnout (11 obras) · Developmental psychology (11 obras)