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Professor Dekel's Articles
Please find Professor Dekel's CV here:
Dekel CV March 2021
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Neria, Y., Solomon, Z., Ginzburg, K., Dekel, R., Enoch, D., & Ohry, A. (1998). The emotional cost of war for soldiers and civilians in Israeli society. Society and Welfare, 18, 125-139. (Hebrew).

emotional cost
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Neria, Y., Solomon, Z., & Dekel, R. (1998). Eighteen-year follow-up study of Israeli prisoners of war and combat veterans. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 186, 174-182.
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18 Year
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Dekel, R., & Peled, E. (2000). Staff burnout in Israeli battered women’s shelters. Journal of Social Service Research, 26, 65-76.
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staff_burn_out
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Ben Arzi, N., Solomon, Z., & Dekel, R. (2000). Secondary traumatization among wives of PTSD and post-concussion casualties: Distress, caregiver burden and psychological separation. Society & Welfare, 20, 585-602. (Hebrew).

post-concussion
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Cohen, O. & Dekel, R. (2000).  Sense of coherence, ways of coping, and well being of married and divorced mothers.  Contemporary Family Therapy, 22(4), 467-486.
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mothers
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Neria, Y., Solomon, Z., Ginzburg, K., Dekel, R. (2000).  Sensation seeking, wartime performance, and long-term adjustment among Israeli war veterans.  Personality and Individual Differences, 29, 921-932.
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Neria, J., Solomon, Z., & Dekel, R. (2000). Adjustment to war captivity: The role of socio-demographic background, trauma severity, and immediate response, in the long-term mental health of Israeli, ex-POWs. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 13, 229-246.
 
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Neria, Y., Solomon, Z., Dekel, R., & Ginzburg, K. (2000). Redeemed Yom Kippur War prisoners: Predictors of adjustment problems-therapeutic and rehabilitative Implications. Society and Welfare, 20, 159-174. (Hebrew).

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Neria, Y., Solomon, Z., Ginzburg, K., Dekel, R., Enoch, D., & Ohry, A. (2000). Posttraumatic residues of captivity: A follow up of Israeli ex-prisoners of war. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61(1), 39-46.
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residue_captivity
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Shindler, S., Frid, B., Zomer, E., Friedman, A., Dekel, R., & Solomon, Z. (2000). The contribution of support, containment and setting boundaries toward coping in post traumatic families. Society and Welfare, 20, 463-480. (Hebrew).

contribution
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Schelleles, S., & Dekel, R. (2001). Personality organization of post-traumatic stress disorders patients and their spouses. Sichot, XV, 208-218. (Hebrew).

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Neria, Y., Guttman-Steinmetz, S., Koenen, K., Levinovsky, L., Zakin, G., Dekel, R. (2001). Do attachment and hardiness relate to each other and to mental health in real-life stress?  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 18(6), 844-858. 
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hardiness
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Cohen, E., Dekel, R., Solomon, Z. (2002). Long-term adjustment and the role of attachment among Holocaust child survivors. Personality and Individual Differences, 33, 299–310.
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Peled, E., Spiro, S., Dekel, R. (2002). Where do they go from here?  Destinations of youth exiting a shelter.  Children and Youth Services Review, 24(4), 269-285.
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Dekel, R., Solomon, Z., Ginzburg, K., Neria, Y. (2003).  Combat exposure, wartime performance, and long-term adjustment among combatants.  Military Psychology, 15(2), 117-131.
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Dekel, R., Peled, E., Spiro, S. (2003). Shelters for houseless youth: A follow-up evaluation.  Journal of Adolescence, 26, 201-212. doi:10.1016/S0140-1971(02)00130-6.
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Cohen, E., Dekel, R., Solomon, Z., Lavie, T. (2003). Posttraumatic stress symptoms and fear of intimacy among treated and non-treated survivors who were children during the Holocaust. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiology, 38, 611–617. doi: 10.1007/s00127-003-0681-9.
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ptsd_intimacy
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Ginzburg, K., Solomon, Z., Dekel, R., Neria, Y. (2003). Battlefield functioning and chronic PTSD: associations with perceived self efficacy and causal attribution. Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 463–476.
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battlefield_functioning
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Dekel, R., Solomon, Z., & Bleich, A. (2004). The contribution of social disability to the evaluation of mental disability among PTSD veterans.  Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 41(4), 237-247.
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Dekel, R., Solomon, Z., Elklit, A., Ginzburg, K. (2004). World assumptions and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Social Psychology, 144(4), 407-20.
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Dekel, R. (2004). Motherhood in time of terror: Subjective experiences and responses of Israeli mothers. Affilia,19, 24-38.
motherhood terror
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Dekel, R., Benbenishty, R., Amram, Y. (2004). Therapeutic communities for drug addicts: Prediction of long-term outcomes. Addictive Behaviors, 29, 1833–1837.
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Dekel, R., Solomon, Z., Ginzburg, K., Neria, Y. (2004). Long-term adjustment among Israeli war veterans: The role of attachment style. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 17(2), 141-152. doi: 10.1080/10615800410001721184.
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adjustment attachment
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Davidson-Arad, B., Dekel, R., Wozner, Y. (2004).  Correspondence in residents’ and staff members’ assessments of the quality of life of children in residential care facilities.   Social Indicators Research, 68, 77-89. 
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correspondence
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Itzhaky, H., Gerber, P., Dekel, R. (2004). Empowerment, skills, and values: A comparative study of nurses and social workers. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 41, 447–455. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2003.10.012.
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empowerment_skills
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Dekel, R., Goldblatt, H., Keidar, M., Solomon, Z., Polliack, M.  (2005).  Being a wife of a veteran with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.  Family Relations, 54, 24-36.
Vet Wife PTSD
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Dekel, R., Solomon, Z., & Bleich, A. (2005). Emotional distress and marital adjustment of caregivers: Contribution of level of impairment and appraised burden. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 18, 71-82.
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emotional_distress
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Dekel, R., Goldblatt, H., & Solomon, Z. (2005). Trapped in captivity: Marital perceptions of wives of former prisoners of war. Women & Health, 42, 1-18.
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Itzhaky, H & Dekel, R. (2005). Helping victims of terrorism: What makes social work effective? Social Work, 50(4), 335-343.
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Peled, E., Spiro, S., & Dekel, R. (2005). My home is not my castle: Follow-up of residents of shelters for homeless youth. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 22, 3–4. doi: 10.1007/s10560-005-0011-z.
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Solomon, Z. & Dekel, R. (2005). Posttraumatic stress disorder among Israeli ex-prisoners of war 18 and 30 years after release. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 66(8), 1031-1037.
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Zeira, A. & Dekel, R. (2005). The self-image of adolescents and its relationship to their perceptions of the future. International Social Work, 48(2), 177–191. doi: 10.1177/0020872805050208.
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self_image
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Dekel, R. & Solomon, Z. (2006). Secondary traumatization among wives of Israeli POWs: The role of POWs’ distress. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41, 27-33.
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Dekel, R. & Solomon, Z. (2006). Marital relations among former prisoners of war: Contribution of posttraumatic stress disorder, aggression and sexual satisfaction. Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 709-712.
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Dekel, R., Hantman, S., Ginzburg, K. & Solomon, Z. (2006). The cost of caring? Social workers in hospitals confront ongoing terrorism. British Journal of Social Work, 37(7), 1247-1261. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl081.
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Finzi-Dottan, R., Dekel, R., Lavi, T., Su’ali, T. (2006). Posttraumatic stress disorder reactions among children with learning disabilities exposed to terror attacks. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 47, 144–151. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.05.001.​
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ld___ptsd
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Itzhaky, H & Dekel, R. (2006). Community intervention with Jewish Israeli mothers in times of terror. British Journal of Social Work, 38(3), 462-475. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl368.
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community intervention
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Kutz, I. & Dekel, R. (2006). Follow-up of victims of one terrorist attack in Israel: ASD, PTSD and the perceived threat of Iraqi missile attacks. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 1579–1589. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2006.01.002.
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asd_ptsd
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Roe, D., Dekel, R., Harel, G., Fennig, S. (2006). Clients’ reasons for terminating psychotherapy: A quantitative and qualitative inquiry. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 79, 529–538. doi:10.1348/147608305X90412.
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Roe, D., Dekel, R., Harel, G., Fennig, S., Fennig, S. (2006). Clients' feelings during termination of psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 70, 68-81. doi: 10.1521/bumc.2006.70.1.68.
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client_feelings
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Kovatz, S., Kutz, I., Rubin, G., Dekel, R., & Shenkman, L. (2006). Comparing the distress of American and Israeli medical students studying in Israel during a period of terror. Medical education, 40(4), 389-393.‏
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Solomon, Z., & Dekel, R. (2007). PTSD and post traumatic growth among Israeli former POWs.  Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20, 303-312.
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Nuttman-Shwartz, O. & Dekel, R. (2007). Challenges for students working in a shared traumatic reality. British Journal of Social Work, 39, 522-538.
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Dekel, R. (2007). Post-traumatic distress and growth among wives of POWs: The contribution of husbands’ PTSD and their own attachment.  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77, 419-426.
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Dekel, R. & Hobfoll, S. (2007). The impact of resource loss on Holocaust survivors facing war and terrorism in Israel. Aging & Mental Health, 11, 159-167.
 
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Dekel, R., Enoch, G., & Solomon, Z. (2008). The contribution of captivity and PTSD to marital adjustment of Israeli couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 25, 497-510.
contribution captivity
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Nuttman-Shwartz, O., & Dekel, R. (2008). Training students for a shared traumatic reality. Social Work, 53, 279-281.
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trainingstudents
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Dekel, R., & Goldblatt, H. (2008). Is there intergenerational transmission of trauma? The case of combat veterans’ children.  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 78, 281-289.
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intergenerational
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Dinshtein, J., & Dekel, R., & Polliack, M. (2008). The moderating role of maternal relationships in secondary traumatization among adult offspring of veterans with PTSD. Society & Welfare, 28, 267-292. (Hebrew).
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moderating
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Solomon, Z., Dekel, R. (2008). The contribution of loneliness and posttraumatic stress disorder to marital adjustment following war captivity: A longitudinal study.  Family Process, 47, 261-272.  
loneliness
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Solomon, Z., Dekel, R., & Mikulincer, M. (2008). Complex trauma of war captivity:  A prospective study of attachment and post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychological Medicine, 38, 1427-1434. 
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Solomon, Z., Dekel, R., & Zerach, G. (2008). The relationship between posttraumatic stress symptom clusters and marital intimacy among war veterans. Journal of Family Psychology, 22(5), 659-666.  
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Kutz, I., Resnik, V., & Dekel, R. (2008). The effect of single-session modified EMDR on acute stress syndromes. Journal of EMDR Practice and research, 2(3), 190-200.‏
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Magen, L., & Dekel, R. (2008). Long term implications of sibling loss in adulthood: Intimacy, meaning of life and mourning response. Megamot, 45, 555-575. (Hebrew).
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Solomon, Z., Dekel, R., Zerach, G., & Horesh, D. (2009). Differentiation of the self and posttraumatic symptomatology among ex-POWs and their wives. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 35(1), 60-73. 
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Dekel, R., & Nuttman-Shwartz, O. (2009). Posttraumatic stress and growth:  The contribution of cognitive appraisal and sense of belonging to the country. Health & Social Work, 34(2), 87-96.  
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Nuttman-Shwartz, O. & Dekel, R. (2009). Ways of coping and sense of belonging in the face of a continuous threat. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22(8), 667-670.
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Solomon, Z., Dekel, R. Zerach, G. (2009) Posttraumatic stress disorder and marital adjustment: The mediating role of forgiveness. Family Process, 48(4), 546–558.
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Spiro, S., Dekel, R., Peled, E. (2009). Dimensions and correlates of client satisfaction: An evaluation of a shelter for runaway and homeless youth. Research on Social Work Practice, 19, 261-270.
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Taft, C. T., Weatherill, R. P., Woodward, H. E., Pinto, L. A., Watkins, L. E., Miller, M. W., & Dekel, R.  (2009). Intimate partner and general aggression perpetration among combat veterans presenting to a posttraumatic stress disorder clinic. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 79(4), 461-468.
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Ofir, S., Harel, D., Harpaz, A., Yanai, T., Zvineri, S., Reggev, N., & Dekel, R. (2009). Orphans in custody: Issues in rearing and caring for orphans whose both parents were killed in terror attacks. Journal of Welfare and Social Security Studies, 80, 129-152. (Hebrew). 
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orphans custody
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Dekel, R. & Baum, N. (2010). Intervention in a shared traumatic reality: A new challenge for social workers.  British Journal of Social Work, 40, 1927-1944. 
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Dekel, R. (2010). Couple forgiveness, self-differentiation and secondary traumatization among wives of former POWs.  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27(7), 924-937. 
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Dekel, R. (2010). Mental health practitioners’ experiences during the shared trauma of the forced relocation from Gush Katif. Clinical Social Work Journal, 38, 388-396. 
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Dekel, R., & Monson, C. (2010). Military-related post-traumatic stress disorder and family relations: Current knowledge and future directions.  Aggression and Violent Behavior, 15, 303-309.  
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Peled, E., & Dekel, R. (2010). Excusable deficiency: Staff perceptions of mothering at shelters for abused women. Violence against Women, 16(11), 1224-1241.  
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deficiency
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Nuttman-Shwartz, O., Dekel, R, & Tuval-Mashiach, R. (2011). Post-traumatic stress and growth following forced relocation. British Journal of Social Work, 41, 486-501.  
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Ranz, R., & Dekel, R. (2011). Evaluating intervention outcomes in therapeutic communities for drug abuse: Comparing Israeli born and CIS-born users. Journal of Welfare and Social Security Studies, 85, 119-142. (Hebrew).
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evaluating intervention
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​Shoval, Y., Levi, O., Dekel, R., Solomon, Z. (2011). Evaluating the current status of psychological debriefing: A review of clinical studies. Society and Welfare, 31, 173-204. (Hebrew).
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current status
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Vilchinsky, N., Dekel, R., Leibowitz, M., Reges, O., Khaskia, A., Mosseri, M. (2011). Dynamics of support perceptions among couples coping with cardiac illness: The effect on recovery outcomes. Health Psychology, 30(4), 411-419.  

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Dekel, R., & Tuval-Mashiach, R. (2012). Multiple losses of social resources following collective trauma: The case of the forced relocation from Gush Katif. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 4(1), 56-65.

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Ranz, R., Dekel, R., Itzhaky, H. (2012). Therapeutic communities for drug addicts in Israel: Comparing addicts born in the Former Soviet Union and in Israel. Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 33(4), 155–165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09641861211298958.
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therapeutic communities
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Harel, G., Atzmon, T., Shapira, L. & Dekel, R. (2013). Group intervention with mothers of children who have been removed from the home. Society and Welfare, 33(3), 501-517. (Hebrew).

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Bayer-Topilsky, Tali; Itzhaky, Haya; Dekel, Rachel; Marmor, Yariv N. (2013).  Mental health and post traumatic growth in civilians exposed to ongoing terror.  Journal of Loss and Trauma, 18(3), 227-247.

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Lavi, T., Green, O., & Dekel, R.. (2013). The contribution of personal and exposure characteristics to the adjustment of adolescents following war. Journal of Adolescence, 36, 21-30.  
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exposure characteristics
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Vilchinsky, N., Dekel, R., Asher, Z., Leibowitz, M., Mosseri, M. (2013).  The role of illness perceptions in the attachment-related process of affect regulation. Anxiety, Stress & Coping: An International Journal, 26(3), 314-329.

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Vin-Raviv, N., Dekel, R., Barchana, M., Linn, S. & Keinan-Boker, L. (2013). World War II-related post-traumatic stress disorder and breast cancer risk among Israeli women: a case-control study. International Psychogeriatric Association, 26(3), 499-508. doi:10.1017/S1041610213002081.
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Dekel, R., Vilchinsky, N., Liberman, G., Leibowitz, M., Khaskia, A., Mosseri, M. (2014). Marital satisfaction and depression among couples following men's Acute Coronary Syndrome: Testing dyadic dynamics in a longitudinal design. British Journal of Health Psychology, 19(2), 347-362.
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coronary
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Dekel, R., Solomon, D., Sturm, M. & Halpern, M. (2014). Aspects of coping among women with physical disabilities: a literature review.  Society and Welfare, 34(3), 305-334. (Hebrew). 
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Tuval-Mashiach, R., Dekel, R. (2014).  Religious meaning-making at the community level: The forced relocation from the Gaza Strip. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 6(1), 64-71. 
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Vilchinsky, N., Dekel, R., Revenson, T. A., Liberman, G., & Mosseri, M. (2014). Caregivers’ burden and depressive symptoms: The moderational role of attachment orientations. Health Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000121.

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Pardess, E., Mikulincer, M., Dekel, R, & Shaver, P.R. (2014). Dispositional attachment orientations, contextual variations in attachment security, and compassion fatigue among volunteers working with traumatized individuals. Journal of Personality. 82(5), 355-366.
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Dekel, R., Levinstein, Y., Siegel, A., Fridkin, S., Svetlicky, V. (2015).  Secondary traumatization of partners of war veterans: The role of boundary ambiguity.  Journal of Family Psychology.
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Pagorek-Eshel, S. & Dekel, R.  (2015).  Parental self-efficacy and paternal involvement in the context of political violence.  Clinical Social Work Journal.

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Lavi, T, Dekel, R., & Nuttman-Shwartz, O. (2015). Sharing the "Protected Room": therapeutic work in a Shared Traumatic Reality. Society and Welfare, 35(2), 261-284. (Hebrew).

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Nuttman-Shwartz, O., Dekel, R., & Regev, I. (2015). Continuous exposure to life threats among different age groups in different types of communities. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0038772.

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Vin-Raviv, N., Dekel, R., Barchana, M., Linn, S., & Keinan-Boker, L. (2015). Challenges in recruiting aging women holocaust survivors to a case control study of breast cancer. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 8(6), 265 – 272. doi:10.3928/19404921-20150522-07.
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​Lavi, T., Nuttman-Shwartz, O. & Dekel, R. (2015). Therapeutic intervention in a continuous shared traumatic reality: An example from the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. British Journal of Social Work, 1–17. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcv127.
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continuous STR
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Shoval-Zuckerman, Y., Dekel, R., Solomon, Z., & Levi, O. (2015). The effectiveness of early group intervention for military reserves soldiers: The role of the repressive coping style. The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 52(3), 49.‏
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Dekel, R., & Solomon, D.  (2016).  The contribution of maternal care and control to adolescents’ adjustment following war. Journal of Early Adolescence, 36(2) 198-221.  doi: 10.1177/0272431614561263.
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Soskolne V., Dekel  R., Vinker  S. (2016). Glycemic control of diabetes patients under continuous rocket attacks.  Disaster and Military Medicine, 2(1).  DOI: 10.1186/s40696-016-0011-x.
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Tangir, G., Dekel, R., Lavi, T., Gewirtz, A. H., & Zamir, O. (2016). The contribution of maternal care and control, and community type to children’s adjustment to political violence. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000209 

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Dekel, R., Nuttman-Shwartz, O. & Lavi, T. (2016). Shared traumatic reality and boundary theory: How mental health professionals cope with the home/work conflict during continuous security threats, Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, 15(2), 121-134, DOI: 10.1080/15332691.2015.1068251
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Dekel, R., Siegel, A., Fridkin, S., & Svetlitzky, V. (2017). The double-edged sword: The role of empathy in military veterans’ partners distress. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 10, 216-224.  
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Dekel, R. (2017). My personal and professional trauma resilience truisms. Traumatology, 23(1), 10.‏​
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Hershkowitz M., Dekel, R,, Fridkin, S., & Freedman, S. (2017). Posttraumatic stress disorder, parenting, and marital adjustment among a civilian population. Front. Psychol. 8:1655. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01655

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Tangir, G., Dekel, R., Lavi, T., Gewirtz, A. H., & Zamir, O. (2017). Children's adjustment in a climate of political violence: Comparing mother and child reports. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-10.‏​

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Gilbar, O., Benbenishty, R., Schiff, M., & Dekel, R. (2017). Foster parents exposed to political violence: The role of support in addressing emotional and functional difficulties. Children and Youth Services Review.

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 Schiff, M., Dekel, R., Gilbar, O., & Benbenishty, R. (2017). Posttraumatic distress and need for help among Israeli social workers in foster care agencies following armed conflict. Child & Family Social Work, 23, 466-474.
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Ben-Porat, A., Levy, D., Kattoura, O., Dekel, R., & Itzhaky, H. (2017). Domestic violence in Arab society : A comparison of Arab and Jewish women in shelters in Israel. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517731789
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Gilbar, O., Hyland, P., Cloitre, M., & Dekel, R. (2018). ICD-11 complex PTSD among Israeli male perpetrators of intimate partner violence: Construct validity and risk factors. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 54, 49–56. ​ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2018.01.004
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Koren, E., Siegel, A., Shlezinger, A., Sher-Dotan, M., & Dekel, R. (2018). The contribution of mastery to mental health and purpose in life among female veterans with disabilities in Israel. Health Care for Women International, 39(3), 289–302. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2017.1397673

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Gilbar, O., Dekel, R., Spector-Mersel, G., & Levi, O. (2018,). The crisis in achieving a sense of manhood among Israeli veterans who suffer From Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. 

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Pagorek-Eshel, S., & Dekel, R. (2018). Fathers' authoritative and authoritarian attitudes and paternal involvement in a climate of political violence. Journal of Family Studies, 1-16.‏
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Dekel, R., Siegel, A., Fridkin, S., & Svetlitzky, V. (2018). Does it help? The contribution of wives' ways of giving support to their veteran husbands’ posttraumatic stress symptoms and functional impairment. Journal of Traumatic Stress.  31-856-865

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Cramm, H., Murphy, S., Godfrey, C. M., Dekel, R., & McKeown, S. (2018). Experiences of children exposed to parental post-traumatic stress disorder while growing up in military and veteran families: a systematic review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 16(4), 852-859.‏​

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​Fait, K., Vilchinsky, N., Dekel, R., Levi, N., Hod, H., & Matetzky, S. (2018). Cardiac-disease-induced PTSD and Fear of illness progression: Capturing the unique nature of disease-related PTSD. General Hospital Psychiatry.‏
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Refaeli, T., Levy, D., Ben-Porat, A., Dekel, R., & Itzhaky, H. (2019). Personal and environmental predictors of depression among victims of intimate partner violence: Comparison of immigrant and Israeli-born women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34, 1487-1511.‏

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Nuttman-Shwartz, O., Shorer, S., & Dekel, R. (2019). Long-term grief and sharing courses among military widows who remarried. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy.‏ Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000439

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Dekel, R., Shaked, O., Ben-Porat, A., & Itzhaky, H. (2019). The interrelations of physical and mental health: Self-rated health, depression, and PTSD among female IPV survivors. Violence Against Women, 1077801219832916.‏​

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Shoval-Zuckerman, Y.,  Dekel, R., Cohen, G., &  Levi, O., (2019) Adjustment profiles of Yom Kippur war veterans seeking delayed help from the IDF. International Review of Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2019.1601072
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Dekel, R., Shaked, O. Z., Ben-Porat, A., & Itzhaky, H. (2019). Posttraumatic stress disorder upon admission to shelters among female victims of domestic violence: an ecological model of trauma. Violence and Victims, 34(2), 329-345.‏​
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Ennis, N., Shorer, S., Shoval‐Zuckerman, Y., Freedman, S., Monson, C. M., & Dekel, R. (2019). Treating posttraumatic stress disorder across cultures: A systematic review of cultural adaptations of trauma‐focused cognitive behavioral therapies. Journal of Clinical Psychology.‏

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Gilbar, O., Dekel, R., Hyland, P., Cloytre, M. (2019). The role of complex posttraumatic stress symptoms in the association between exposure to traumatic events and severity of intimate partner violence. Child Abuse & Neglect, 98, 104174.
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Levy, D., Ben-Porat, A., Kattoura, O., Dekel, R., & Itzhaky, H. (2019). Predicting depression among Jewish and Arab Israeli women who are victims of intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801219861166
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Gilbar, O., Taft, C., & Dekel, R. (2020). Male intimate partner violence: Examining the roles of childhood trauma, PTSD symptoms, and dominance. Journal of Family Psychology.‏​
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Dekel, R., Shaked, O., Ben-Porat, A., & Itzhaky, H. (2020). The interrelations of physical and mental health: self-rated health, depression, and PTSD among female IPV survivors. Violence against women, 26(3-4), 379-394.‏​
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Zamir, O., Gewirtz, A., Dekel, R., Lavi, T., & Tangir-Dotan, G. (2020). Mothering under political violence: Posttraumatic symptoms, observed maternal parenting practices, and child externalizing behavior. International Journal of Psychology, 55, 123-132.

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Sadeh, Y., Dekel, R., Brezner, A., Landa, J., & Silberg, T. (2020). Child and family factors associated with posttraumatic stress responses following a traumatic medical event: The role of medical team support. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45(9), 1063-1073.
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Siegel, A., Dekel, R., & Svetlicky, V.  (2020).  The contribution of empathy to the adjustment of male military veterans and their female partners. Family Relations. doi:10.1111/fare.12523
 
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Dekel, R., Solomon, Z., & Horesh, D. (2021). Predicting secondary posttraumatic stress symptoms among spouses of veterans: Veteran’s distress or spouse’s perception of that distress?. Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy.‏​
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Hussein, S., Sadeh, Y., Dekel, R., Shadmi, E., Brezner, A., Landa, J., & Silberg, T. (2021). Using a biopsychosocial approach to examine differences in post-traumatic stress symptoms between Arab and Jewish Israeli mothers following a child’s traumatic medical event. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20, 1-12.‏​
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Shaked, O., Dekel, R., Ben-Porat, A., & Itzhaky, H. (2021). Predicting changes in PTSD and Depression among female intimate partner violence survivors during shelter residency : A longitudinal study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13(3), 349–358.
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Zanbar, L., Kaniasty, K., Ben-Tzur, N., & Dekel, R. (2021). Personal mastery and community dedication as mediators of the association of trauma exposure with PTSS and PTG. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13(2), 174–184.
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Adelstein Yardeni, N., Dekel, R., & Ramon, D. (2022). The contribution of self-disclosure as a personal and interpersonal characteristic within the couple relationship to recovery from posttraumatic stress. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.‏​
adelstein2022.pdf
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Eisenberg, R., Fait, K., Dekel, R., Levi, N., Hod, H., Matezki, S., & Vilchinsky, N.  (2022). Cardiac-disease-induced posttraumatic stress symptoms (CDI-PTSS) among cardiac patients’ partners: A longitudinal study. Health Psychology.‏​
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Gouzman, J., Soskolne, V., & Dekel, R. (2022). Framing the meaning of COVID-19 and the psychological responses to it: Insights gleaned from selected theoretical approaches. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(13), 3046-3058.‏​
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Krinkin, Y., Enosh, G., & Dekel, R. (2022). The religious implications of being sexually abused by a rabbi: qualitative research among Israeli religious men. Child Abuse & Neglect, 134, 105901.‏​
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Sadeh, Y., Dekel, R., Brezner, A., Landa, J., & Silberg, T. (2022). Families following pediatric traumatic medical events: identifying psychosocial risk profiles using latent profile analysis. European journal of psychotraumatology, 13(2), 2116825.‏​
sadeh2022.pdf
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Shelef, L., Schiff, M., Pat-Horenczyk, R., & Dekel, R. (2022). COVID-19 vs. terrorism: Contribution of the COR theory to the process of coping with invisible threats. Journal of Psychiatric Research.‏​
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Siegel, A. & Dekel, R. (2022). Frontline love: Romantic partners of frontline doctors and nurses during the New York City COVID-19 outbreak. Journal of Marriage and Family. DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12831.
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Zarzycki, M., Seddon, D., Bei, E., Dekel, R., & Morrison, V. (2022). How culture shapes informal caregiver motivations: a meta-ethnographic review. Qualitative Health Research, 32(10), 1574-1589.‏
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