Golan Shahar, PhD
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2025
The role of pain personification in endometriosis: Risk and resilience
Szachter Y, Lassri D, Shahar G. The role of pain personification in endometriosis: Risk and resilience. Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 2025, 196: 112295. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-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 effectVulnerabilityEffect 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 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 distressExperiential 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 Original ResearchTime 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.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObject 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.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpersonal-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 structureDepressionAffectBelongingnessAdulthoodA double-edged sword: Self-concept clarity as a prospective predictor of romantic relationship satisfaction in the face of conflict
Szachter Y, Bar-Shachar Y, Soffer-Dudek N, Shahar G, Bar-Kalifa E. A double-edged sword: Self-concept clarity as a prospective predictor of romantic relationship satisfaction in the face of conflict. Personality And Individual Differences 2025, 233: 112914. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2024.112914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-concept clarityDaily relationship satisfactionRelationship satisfactionHigher self-concept clarityRomantic relationship satisfactionThree-way interactionCouple therapyRomantic partnersDaily satisfactionProspective predictorsSense of self-coherenceDaily conflictAdult couplesDyad membersDaily diariesPersonal characteristicsSelf-PerceptionFace of conflictSelf-coherenceEffects of conflictDaily deviationsConsecutive daysPractical implicationsSatisfactionConflict