Golan Shahar, PhD
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2025
Experiential 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
2024
Childhood Maltreatment and Heroism
Szachter Y, Shahar G. Childhood Maltreatment and Heroism. 2024, 215-218. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48129-1_319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBullying and Heroism
Szachter Y, Shahar G. Bullying and Heroism. 2024, 152-156. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48129-1_181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeroism, Depression, and Anxiety
Szachter Y, Shahar G. Heroism, Depression, and Anxiety. 2024, 1103-1110. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48129-1_159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeroic Self-Representations and Shahar’s Heroic Self-Representation Scale (HERS)
Al-hzayel H, Shahar G. Heroic Self-Representations and Shahar’s Heroic Self-Representation Scale (HERS). 2024, 988-989. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48129-1_280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDepression/anxiety symptoms versus depressive personality vulnerability in the adaptation to breast cancer: A matter of self-criticism?
Raz B, Shahar G, Aslan C, Rüdiger Z, Elmar B, Globus O, Beutel M. Depression/anxiety symptoms versus depressive personality vulnerability in the adaptation to breast cancer: A matter of self-criticism? Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 2024, 181: 111760. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111760.Peer-Reviewed Original Research