Adjunct Faculty
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Adjunct rank detailsGolan Shahar, PhD
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2026
Enhancing the Use of the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale: The Adaptive and Maladaptive Scores Grid
Strifler Y, Stein M, Slavin-Mulford J, Kedar K, Shahar G. Enhancing the Use of the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale: The Adaptive and Maladaptive Scores Grid. Psychoanalytic Psychology 2026 DOI: 10.1037/pap0000606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSCORS-GSocial cognitionObject relationsMeasures of object relationsThematic Apperception Test cardsObject Relations ScaleMaladaptive scoresMaladaptive functioningNarrative responsesIntrapsychic functioningRelations ScaleObject representationsMethodological refinementsCognitionClinically meaningful variationsTest cardMeaningful variationSocialScoresClinically significant variationsComposite rateSelfGranular examinationResponseRate methodComplexity of exposure to mass-casualty conflict and terror stress: A population study following a major civilian targeted event
Shahar G, Elad-Strenger J, Lassri D, Lerman S, Schiller M, Aloni R, Ben-Shachar M, Shelef L. Complexity of exposure to mass-casualty conflict and terror stress: A population study following a major civilian targeted event. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2026, 405: 121565. PMID: 41796772, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubjective stressLife stressCurvilinear effectMajor life stressHierarchical regression analysisTrauma exposureSomatic symptomsComplex traumaStressful eventsSymptom typeExposure domainsSignificant othersMissile attacksPredictors of outcomeEffects of exposurePreventive interventionsCombat participationPhysical violenceComprehensive conceptualizationSelfSymptomsPTSDAnxietyDepressionRegression analysis
2025
Effect of a Major Political Crisis on Negative and Positive Affect: The Israeli Legislative Reform/Overhaul
Meirovitch-Shoham M, Shahar G, Elad-Strenger J, Davidovitch N, Greenberg D, Grotto I, Shalev H, Tendler A, Aharonson-Daniel L. Effect of a Major Political Crisis on Negative and Positive Affect: The Israeli Legislative Reform/Overhaul. International Journal Of Stress Management 2025, 32: 502-515. DOI: 10.1037/str0000360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive affectLarge-scale protestsNegative affectVoting patternsPolitical crisisPolitical stressorsNonviolent resistanceSelf-report measures of attitudesPublic affectionSelf-report measuresLegislative reformCommunity resilienceLegislative processMeasures of attitudesReduced well-beingJudicial systemJewish Israeli adultsEffects of COVID-19Legislative planWell-beingIndividual resilienceReformDispositional resiliencePsychological covariatesEmotional distressCOVID-19 Specific Anxiety, Perceived Stress Related to Missile Attacks, and Anxiety “Episodes”
Szachter Y, Shalev H, Ahronson-Daniel L, Davidovitch N, Greenberg D, Grotto I, Tendler A, Shahar G. COVID-19 Specific Anxiety, Perceived Stress Related to Missile Attacks, and Anxiety “Episodes”. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2025 PMID: 40839465, DOI: 10.1037/tra0002027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComparative analysis of depression and anxiety in Psoriasis and Multiple Sclerosis: The role of body image and illness personification as serial mediators
Barazani T, Shahar G, Aloni R. Comparative analysis of depression and anxiety in Psoriasis and Multiple Sclerosis: The role of body image and illness personification as serial mediators. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2025, 190: 357-363. PMID: 40819624, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.08.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Anxiety and Depression ScaleStructural equation modelingBody perceptionSerial mediation modelAnalysis of depressionAnxiety and Depression ScaleAdult sufferingMediation modelAnxietyDepressionMultiple sclerosisDepression ScaleIllness typeUnique effectsBivariate effectsBody imageEquation modelingDepression/anxietyIndirect effectsIllnessTailored interventionsChronic illnessChronic diseasesNegative perceptionsPerceptionDepressive Personality Vulnerability and Adaptation to Breast Cancer: A Matter of Self‐Criticism?
Shahar G, Aslan C, Rüdiger Z, Elmar B, Globus O, Beutel M. Depressive Personality Vulnerability and Adaptation to Breast Cancer: A Matter of Self‐Criticism? Stress And Health 2025, 41: e70054. PMID: 40448936, DOI: 10.1002/smi.70054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-CriticismPersonal vulnerabilitySupportive-expressive psychodynamic psychotherapyDepressive personality vulnerabilitySymptoms of depressionPsychodynamic psychotherapyPersonality dimensionsComorbid depressionAdaptive outcomesRandomized clinical trialsDepressionRank-orderConfounding roleGeneralized linear modelSymptomatic loadPersonal resilienceBreast cancerIllness managementDiagnosis of breast cancerSymptomsBreast symptomsPsychotherapyAnxietyNO effectVulnerabilityExperiential avoidance in depression, anxiety, obsessive–compulsive related, and posttraumatic stress disorders: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
Shahar G. Experiential avoidance in depression, anxiety, obsessive–compulsive related, and posttraumatic stress disorders: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychoanalytic Psychology 2025, 42: 123-127. DOI: 10.1037/pap0000533.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsTime to (re-)integrate dissociation into psychoanalytic psychotherapy? An introduction to the special issue on dissociative disorders and psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Cundy P, Shahar G. Time to (re-)integrate dissociation into psychoanalytic psychotherapy? An introduction to the special issue on dissociative disorders and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. 2025, 1-5. DOI: 10.4324/9781003560616-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpilogue: the formidable human need to “not know”
Amir D, Chefetz R, Costanzo A, Cundy P, Joiner T, Robison M, Şar V, Santoro G, Schimmenti A, Shahar G, Soffer-Dudek N, Somer E. Epilogue: the formidable human need to “not know”. 2025, 227-230. DOI: 10.4324/9781003560616-10.BooksObject relations theoristsTrait dissociationFragmentation of consciousnessDissociative patientsMaladaptive daydreamingEarly traumaMetapsychological frameworkSuicide attemptsPsychodynamic perspectiveExperiences of detachmentSubstance abuseDissociative phenomenaState dissociationPsychological dynamicsTherapeutic actionMentalPrimary correlateMainstream psychoanalysisRelations theoristsClinical fragmentsPsychotherapyClinical practiceEmpirical researchDaydreamingDepressionOpen Access: Dissociation in suicidal depression: a Reformulated Object-Relations Theory (RORT) perspective
Shahar G, Robison M, Joiner T. Open Access: Dissociation in suicidal depression: a Reformulated Object-Relations Theory (RORT) perspective. 2025, 198-226. DOI: 10.4324/9781003560616-9.ChaptersInterpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behaviorTheory of suicidal behaviorDepressive positionInterpersonal-psychological theoryObject-relations theoryMelanie Klein's notionFailed belongingnessSuicidal behaviorSuicidal depressionInterpersonal strifeSuicide riskTrauma-basedMental representationsInterpersonal actionsMental processesCase illustrationSuicideKill oneselfKlein's notionBasic-levelDissociative structureDepressionAffectBelongingnessAdulthood