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1 Name: Ada H. Zohar Date: December, 2019 CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Personal Details Home Address: 12 Shalom Yehuda Jerusalem Home Telephone Number: +972-2-6724299 Office Telephone Number: +972-9-8983013 Cellular Phone: +972-54-2681896 Electronic Address: [email protected] 2. Higher Education A. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Period of Study Name of Institution and Department Degree Year of Approval of Degree 1974-1977 Ben-Gurion University Mathematics and Philosophy B.A. 1978 1980-1983 Hebrew University Jerusalem Psychology M.A. 1984 1984-1989 Hebrew University Jerusalem Psychology Ph.D. 1990

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Name: Ada H. Zohar Date: December, 2019

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Personal Details

Home Address: 12 Shalom Yehuda Jerusalem

Home Telephone Number: +972-2-6724299

Office Telephone Number: +972-9-8983013

Cellular Phone: +972-54-2681896

Electronic Address: [email protected]

2. Higher Education

A. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

Period of

Study

Name of Institution and

Department

Degree Year of Approval of

Degree

1974-1977 Ben-Gurion University

Mathematics and

Philosophy

B.A. 1978

1980-1983 Hebrew University

Jerusalem

Psychology

M.A. 1984

1984-1989 Hebrew University

Jerusalem

Psychology

Ph.D. 1990

2

B. Post-Doctoral Studies

Period of

Study

Name of Institution,

Department and Host

Degree Year of Completion

1990-1992 Yale Medical School

Child Development

Center

Host: Prof. David Pauls

1992

1991 Jackson Laboratory ME

Short course in

experimental and

mammalian genetics

1991

3. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

Dates Name of Institution and

Department

Rank/Position

1990-1980 Hebrew University, Jerusalem Teaching Assistant,

Research Assistant,

Instructor, Clinical

Supervisor.

1992-2000 Hebrew University Jerusalem

Department of Psychology

Scheinfeld Center for Behavior

Genetics

Lecturer

1992-2000 Yale Medical School Child

Development Center

Research Associate

2000-2001 Ruppin Academic Center Senior Lecturer

2001- Ruppin Academic Center tenured

2004 Ruppin Academic Center Associate Professor

2012- Ruppin Academic Center Full Professor

2016 Washington University Medical

School Department of Psychiatry, St

Louis, MO

Visiting Scientist

3

Host: Professor Robert Cloninger

4. Offices in Academic Administration

Dates Administrative Post Name of Institution and

Department

1992-2000 Coordinator of the

Scheinfeld Center for Behavior

Genetics

Hebrew University

Department of Psychology

2001-2003 Chair of Psychology Studies within

the Department of Behavioral

Sciences

Ruppin Academic Center

2003-2007 Chair of the Department of

Behavioral Sciences

Ruppin Academic Center

2010-2016 Chair of the Graduate Program in

Clinical Psychology

Ruppin Academic Center

2011-2016 Dean of the School of Social and

Community Sciences

Ruppin Academic Center

5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the Institution

Reviewer of Grants for funding agencies.

The Israel Academy of Sciences

The Institute for Psychobiology

Ministry of Health, Chief Scientist

The UK Welcome Fund

The Binational US-Israel Foundation

The Swiss National Foundation of Science

Academic Editor

2014- PeerJ

Editorial Board Member

4

2017- European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Reviewer of scientific contributions

American Journal of Psychiatry

Developmental Psychology

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Depression and Anxiety

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry.

Psychological Medicine

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Comprehensive Psychiatry

PeerJ

PLOS

Frontiers

Journal of Affective and Anxiety Disorders

Psychology

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Child and Youth Welfare Services

Reviewer of Scientific Grants

Israel Health Ministry

Swiss Science Foundation

Israel Psychobiological Institute

Israel Science Foundation

Binational Science Foundation

Guest Editor of Refereed Scientific Journal

Zohar, A.H., Golan, S., & Apter, A. (2007). Special issue in honor of Sidney Blatt for

the Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Zohar, A.H., Asherson, P. & Eisenberg, J. (2008) . Special issue of the Israel Journal of

Psychiatry and Related Sciences on Adult ADHD.

Reviewer of Academic Programs

5

Review of degree programs in psychology for the Israel Commission of Higher

Education.

Reviewer of Ph.D. theses

Tel-Aviv University

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Haifa University

Volunteer work

Clinical supervision for ERAN Jerusalem hot-line volunteers

Crisis intervention for Meitiv, Herzog Memorial Hospital walk-in crisis center

Hillel – pro bono therapy for young people in the process of leaving the Haredi world

Scientific consultation

The inder-disciplinary clinic for Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, Department of Child

Neurology, Shaarei Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem.

The Bi-National United States Israel Science Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel.

Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel.

Landau Prize, for lifetime achievement in psychology

Membership in Professional Societies (current and past)

Behavior Genetics Association

Israeli Psychological Association

Israeli Society of Human Genetics

International Genetic Epidemiology Society

International Society of Psychiatric Genetics

American Society of Human Genetics

Israeli Society of Hypnosis

Biological Psychiatry

European Society of Health Psychology

APA Health Psychology

Association of Psychological Science

Israel Academy of Eating Disorders

World Association of Personality Research

Eating Disorders Research Society

6

Committee Work

Department of

Psychology,

Hebrew University

1992-1993 Committee for reconsidering criteria

for accepting MA students

1993-1996 Development committee

1993-1996 Infrastructure committee

1993-1997 MA student committee

Hebrew University

1995-1996 Committee for a graduate program in

genetic counseling

Scientific

Committees of

International

Conferences

1995 Understanding Youth Suicide

1995 International Stress Society

1996 Symposium on Gilles de la Tourette

Syndrome

1999-2000 The Promised Childhood Jerusalem

Ruppin Academic

Center

2001 Development committee

2002 The Future of Ruppin Think Tank

Ruppin Academic

Center

2004-2005 Research and Development Committee

Ruppin Academic

Center

2004-2005 Committee for Evaluation of the

Executive Bachelor's Degree in

Business Administration

Ruppin Academic

Day

May 2005 Planning and Organizing a student

college conference

Ruppin Academic

Center

March 2007- Steering Committee of the Learning

Disability Support Center

Ruppin Academic

Center

October 2007 In charge of sexual harassment issues

for Ruppin employees and students

Ruppin Academic

Center

January 2008 Chairman of the Research Promotion

Committee of the School of

Management and Social Sciences

Ruppin Academic

Center

January 2008 Member of the Committee for

accompanying the founding of the

department of Social Work

7

Ruppin Academic

Center

2010-2016 Chair of Promotion and Appointment

Committee for Social and Community

Sciences

Ruppin Academic

Center

2017- Member of Institutional Promotion and

Appointment Committee

Ruppin Academic

Center

2018-2020 Institutional Committee for Faculty

Excellence

6. Participation in Scholarly Conferences

a. Active Participation

Date Name of

Conference

Place of

Conference

Subject of Lecture/Discussion Role

June 26-29th

2014

16th International

Conference for

Philosophy,

Psychiatry, &

Psychology:

Neuroscience,

Logics, and

Development

Varna,

Bulgaria

Stability and

change in

personality:

Implications for

health and well-

being

Plenary

Lecture

With

Ben

Sandbank

and Michal

Gelfin

March 12-

14th 2015

International

Convention of

Psychological

Sciences

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Personality and

HRV: An

exploratory study

and a replication.

Lecture in

symposium

With Natalie

Aviv

May 20-24th

2015

27th Annual

Convention of the

Association for

Psychological

Science

NYC, NY Stability and

Change in

Personality in

Older Adults

Lecture,

Chair of

Symposium

May 20-24th

2015

27th Annual

Convention of the

Association for

Psychological

Science

NYC, NY Confirming

pathways from

personality to HRV

Poster

presentation

With

Natalie Aviv

September

17-19th 2015

21st Annual

meeting of the

Eating Disorders

Research Society

Taormina,

Sicily

My sister myself:

A controlled study

of the relationship

between women

with a lifetime

diagnosis of AN

and their sisters.

Poster

presentation

May 26-29th

2016

28th Annual

Convention of the

Association for

Chicago IL Ritualistic

Behavior of

Typically

Lecture and

Chair of

Symposium

8

Psychological

Science

Developing

Children

April 28th

2017

3rd International

Scientific and

Practical

Psychology

Conference:

Health and

Personality

Riga

Stradina

Universitate,

Riga, Latvia

Heart rate variability – its

structure, measurement and

implications for physical and

mental health

Plenary

address

April 29th

2017

3rd International

Scientific and

Practical

Psychology

Conference:

Health and

Personality

Riga

Stradina

Universitate,

Riga, Latvia

Heart rate variability

biofeedback – Its rationale and

its practice.

Workshop

Leader

September

14-16th, 2017

23rd Annual

meeting of the

Eating Disorders

Research Society

Leipzig,

Germany

The well-rounded body image

– and healthy eating behavior Poster

presentation

September

28-29th,

2017

23rd International

Conference on

Adolescent

Medicine & Child

Psychology

Berlin,

Germany

How children become fussy

eaters: Findings from the

Ruppin Mother & Child

Longitudinal Study

Keynote

address

August 2-4

2018

Australia and

New Zealand

Eating Disorder

Society 18th

annual meeting

Melbourne

Australia

Child’s and mother’s

antecedents to children's picky

eating: Lessons from a

longitudinal study

Oral

Presentation

November

2018

Obesity Week

March 7-9

2019

International

Conference of

Psychological

Sciences

Paris

France

Self compassion moderates

the effect of high

perfectionism on

psychosomatic distress

Poster

Presentation

March 7-9

2019

International

Conference of

Psychological

Sciences

Paris

France

Passive and active

procrastination in terms of

temperament and character

Poster

Presentation

March 7-9

2019

International

Conference of

Psychological

Sciences

Paris

France

Picky eating in young

children: Contributions of

children and mothers

Poster

Presentation

March 7-9

2019

International

Conference of

Psychological

Sciences

Paris

France

Executive function and pro-

social judgement in young

children

Poster

Presentation

April 2-6

2019

Third World

Conference of the

World

Association of

Hanoi

Vietnam

Symposium: Genes and

personality: Novel approaches

for finding the lost heredity of

personality.

Symposium

9

Personality

Research

April 2-6

2019

Third World

Conference of the

World

Association of

Personality

Research

Hanoi

Vietnam

Pathways from personality to

health and health behavior Oral

Presentation

April 2-6

2019

Third World

Conference of the

World

Association of

Personality

Research

Hanoi

Vietnam

Hoarding, hostile world

assumptions, Type D

personality and fear of death

E-poster

Presentation

Sept 6-8

2019

XXV annual

meeting of the

Eating Disorders

Research Society

Chicago

USA

Deserving of Love and

Passion Poster

Presentation

February 24-

25

American

Association of

Social and

Behavioral

Sciences

Los Vegas

USA

A longitudinal study of

children’s picky eating Oral

Presentation

Zohar AH

Pick S

Lev-Ari L

Bachner-

Melman R

June 11-13

2020

International

Conference on

Eating Disorders

Sydney

Australia

Disordered eating and body

image in Arab Muslim and

Jewish women in Israel

Poster

Presentation Nsirat, A.,

Bachner-

Melman, R.,

Lev-Ari, L.,

& Zohar,

A.H.

June 11-13

2020

International

Conference on

Eating Disorders

Sydney

Australia

Validation of a questionnaire

to assess recovery from an

eating disorder

Oral

Presentation

Bachner-

Melman, R.,

Lev-Ari, L.,

Zohar, Ada

H., &

Linetzky, M.

Bachner-Melman, R., Lev-Ari, L., Zohar, Ada H., & Linetzky, M. (2020). Validation of a

questionnaire to assess recovery from an eating disorder [Oral presentation at 2020

International Conference on Eating Disorders, Sydney, Australia, June 11-13, 2020].

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b. Organization of Conferences or Sessions

Date Name of

Conference

Place of Conference Subject of Lecture/

Role at Conference/

Comments

Role

May 20-24th

2015

27th Annual

Convention of the

Association for

Psychological

Science

NYC, NY Organizer of

Symposium

Personality across

the lifespan

May 25-29,

2016

28th Annual

Convention of the

Association for

Psychological

Science

Chicago, IL Organizer of

Symposium

Symposium on

routine ritualistic

behavior in young

children: Correlates

and consequences

September

28-29th,

2017

23rd International

Conference on

Adolescent Medicine

& Child Psychology

Berlin, Germany Organizing

Committee

Committee Member

April 2-6,

2019

3rd International

Conference of The

World Association

for Personality

Research

Hanoi, Vietnam Symposium

Convener

7. Invited Lectures\Colloquium Talks

Date Place of Lecture Name of Forum Presentation/Comments

1993 Jerusalem, Israel Tafnit meeting on ADHD in

adolescence

The evidence for a genetic

vulnerability predisposing to

attentional deficit hyperactive

disorder.

1993 Jerusalem, Israel Psychiatry Dept. Grand

Rounds, Hadassah Ein-Carem

Medical Center, Hebrew

University of Jerusalem,

Genetic epidemiology of

obsessive-compulsive

disorder

1993 Jerusalem, Israel The Departmental seminar of

the Human Genetics Dept.,

Hadassah Ein-Carem Medical

Center

Developments in Psychiatric

Genetics

11

1994 Jerusalem, Israel National Institute for Testing

and Evaluation,

Familial aspects of

outstanding mathematical

reasoning ability

1994 Neve-Ilan, Israel Ministry of Education

Conference on promoting

science education among

adolescents

Familial aspects of

outstanding mathematical

reasoning ability and

mentoring relationships:

possible conclusions for

educators

1995 Jerusalem, Israel Psychiatry Dept. grand rounds,

Hadassah Ein-Carem Medical

Center, Hebrew University

Cognitive function in OCD:

dichotomy vs. continuum.

1995 Jerusalem, Israel Mental Health Clinic of the

Kibbutz Movement

From childhood ritual to

childhood OCD:

developmental and diagnostic

considerations.

1995 Jerusalem, Israel Mental Health Clinic of the

Kibbutz Movement

Diagnostic and therapeutic

considerations in childhood

OCD.

1996 Beer Sheva, Israel

Annual Meeting of the Israeli

Psychological Association,

An update in psychiatric

genetics

1998 Mexico City,

Mexico

Inst. Mexicano de Psiquiatria Epidemiological studies of

obsessive-compulsive

disorder and Gilles de la

Tourette’s disorder.

1998 Mexico City,

Mexico

Faculty and students of

Universidad Hebraica

Why are children in the same

family so different?

1998 Mexico City,

Mexico

Faculty of Education,

Universidad AnuA.H.ac,

Genetic influence on

outstanding mathematical

reasoning ability.

1999 Tel-Aviv Israel

International Meeting for

Advances in Research and

Treatment of ADHD

The epidemiology and

cognitive deficits of ADHD in

Israeli adolescents.

1999 Tel-Aviv Israel

International Meeting for

Advances in Research and

Treatment of ADHD

Public policy for adolescents

with ADHD in the military, a

panel discussion.

2001 Ramat-Aviv,

Israel

Grand Rounds, Telem Suicidality in a young woman

with borderline personality

disorder

2003 Tel-Hashomer,

Israel

The Gertner Center

for Bioethics, The

Israel Ministry of

Health.

The behavior genetics of

personality

2003 Jerusalem, Israel Conference of adoptive parents

of Israel, Givat-Ram,

ADHD and adoption

2005 Ramat Aviv,

Israel

Department of Psychiatry,

Sackler School of Medicine,

Tel-Aviv University

Update on the genetics of

anxiety disorders and Gilles

de la Tourrete syndrome.

12

2008 St. Louis, Mo,

USA

The 7th Annual Peggy Sansone

Memorial Lecture. Washington

University, Medical School

The TCI and Type D

Personality Neck and Neck

2009 Jerusalem, Israel Grand Rounds in the

North Jerusalem

Mental Health Clinic,

Hertzog Hospital.

ADHD in Adults

2016 St. Louis, Mo,

USA

The 15th Memorial Peggy

Sansone lecture, Grand

Rounds, Washington

University School of Medicine

The Mind Body Problem

Revisited: Personality and

HRV

2016 Chicago, Illinois,

USA

Symposium, APS Ritualistic Compulsive

Behavior in Young Children:

Correlates and Consequence

2016 St. Louis, MO,

USA

The 15th Annual Peggy

Sansone Memorial Lecture

Department of Psychiatry

Washington University

The Mind Body Problem

Revisited: Personality and

Heart Rate Variability

2019 Givat Chaim

Ichud, Israel

Psychological Center Research

Meeting

Heart Rate Variability and

Personality

8. Research Grants

a. Grants Awarded

Role in

Resear

ch

Co-Researchers Topic Founded by/Amount Year

PI A family susceptibility

study of PTSD and past

trauma

Milton Rosenbaum

Foundation for Clinical

Research/$15,000.

1993-1994

PI A feasibility grant for the

Genetic Study of GTS,

Tics and OCD in Israel.

(25)

Israel Ministry of Health/

$5,000.

1995-1996

Co-PI David Pauls A Genetic Study of GTS,

Tics and OCD in Israel

(25)

Fogarty Research Council/

$58,400

1996-1999

Co-PI Richard Ebstein The genetics of normal

personality

(21, 26 ,27)

Herzog Hospital

Jerusalem

20,000NIS

2002-2003

PI The effects of immigration

on personality and

psychopathology, the case

of Iranian Jews in Israel

and in the United States

Ruppin Academic Center

for Immigration,

Absorption and Social

Integration/5000$

2006-2007

13

Co-PI C Robert

Cloninger

TCI and D Personality

Predicting Adult Physical

and Mental Health

(52,53,54,56,58)

BSF/140,000$ 2006-2010

Co-PI Marjii Vroling &

Maayan Shorer

A writing intervention for

trauma processing in

Israeli children

KNAW/50,000euro 2018-2020

9. Scholarships, Awards and Prizes

1984-1990 Dean of Social Science Scholarship

1985-1989 Scheinfeld Scholarship for research in behavior genetics

1985-1989 Scholarship for clinical psychology, Hebrew University Hadassah

Medical Center, Ein-Carem

1990 Alex Berger Prize for excellence in Ph.D. research

1990-1991 The Rothschild Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship

1991-1992 The Harris Family Yale Child Study Post-Doctoral Fellowship for

Research in Psychopathology

10. Teaching

a. Courses Taught in Recent Years

Year Name of Course Type of Course

Lecture/Seminar/Workshop/High

Learn Course/Introduction

Course (Mandatory)

Degree Number

of

Students

2017 Behavioral Genetics Lecture BA 65

2018 Applications of

Behavioral Genetics

Lecture BA 16

2018 Developmental

Psychology

Adolescence to End

of Life

Lecture (mandatory) BA 99

14

2017-

2018

Personality and

Psychopathology

Research Seminar BA 19

2017-

2018

Neurodevelopmental

Disorders

Lecture MA 25

2018 Adult

Psychopathology

Lecture MA 48

B.Supervision of Graduate Students MA students

Name of Student Co-

Supervisor

/Evaluator

(E)

Title of

Thesis

Degree Date of

Completion/in

Progress

Students`

Achievements

Orna Moschel-Ravid

HUJI MA 1994-1995

Rotem Bruno HUJI MA 1994-1995

Leora David-Keshet

HUJI MA 1994-1996

Levia Felz HUJI MA 1994-1996

Aya Abudi HUJI MA 1995-1997

Dorya Lifshitz HUJI MA 1995-1997

Dafna Bahat HUJI MA 1995-1997

Adit Shifman-Nir

HUJI MA 1995-1997

Chava Barkai-

Meltzer HUJI MA 1994-1997

Ornit Freudenstein

HUJI MA 1994-1997

Galit Mei-Tal HUJI MA 1995-1998

Lillia Tawil HUJI MA 1996-1998

Limor Chen-

Abramov HUJI MA 1995-1998

Eitan Goldman

HUJI MA 1995-1998

Sarit Dag HUJI MA 1995-1999

Sharon Cohen HUJI MA 1996-1998

Chamutal Yakir

HUJI MA 1996-2000

Lilach Lev-Ari

HUJI MA 1997-1999

Michal Achiam

HUJI MA 1998-2000

Einat Mor HUJI MA 1997-2000

Inbar Bine-Agai

HUJI

MA 1999-2001

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Name of

Student

Co-Supervisor

/Evaluator (E)

Title of Thesis Degree Date of

Completion/in

Progress

Students`

Achievements

Ben

Sandbank

Prof. Robert

Cloninger

Washington

University

Stability and

Change in

Temperament and

Character in Older

Israeli Adults

MA 2014 (Ch. 7)

Reut Zraaya-

Blum

Dr. Jacob Ablin

(TAU)

Prof. Dan

Buskila (BGU)

Distinctive

personality profiles

of fibromyalgia

and chronic fatigue

syndrome patients

MA 2014 (71)

Tamar Eilat Prof. Alan Apter

(TAU; Ruppin)

An exploratory

study of adolescent

response to

fluoxetine using

psychological and

biological

predictors

MA 2014 (72)

Merav

Berman

MA 2013- 2014

Noya

Lampert

MA 2013 - 2014

Ofir Shalev MA 2013- 2014

Yifat Gonen Ben-

Anat (Tel-Aviv

College)

MA 2010 -2012

Dana Dahan (Ariel

University) MA 2010 -2013

Dikla Ben-Simchon

(Tel-Aviv College) MA 2010 -2012

Amir Weiss MA 2011 -2013

Emuna Cohen MA 2011 -2013

Roni Shaul MA 2011 -2012

Sarit Kubi MA 2011 -2013

Lior Yisrael Yehieli MA 2011 -2013

Limor Litvak MA 2011 -2014

Sharon Naaman-

Reznik MA 2011 -2013

Ran Sapir MA 2012 -2013

Gite Gafni MA 2012 -2014

Reut Peleg MA 2012 -2014

Michal Gelpin MA 2012-2014

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Moshe

Bernstein

MA 2013- 2016

Michal

Shoshan-

Berlin

MA 2014- 2015

Ido

Averbuch

Prof. Shmotkin

(TAU)

Hostile World

Assumptions of

heterosexual and

homosexual men

and women

MA 2016

Shachar Ben

Bassat

Prof. Karni

Ginsburg of

TAU

MA 2014- 2016

Shay Tzafrir

.

Dr. Rachel

Bachner

MA 2014- 2016

Yoel Kassel MA 2016-

Alexandra

Dobkin .

Prof. Shulamit

Kreitler of TAU

MA 2016-

Mor Ofri MA 2016-2017

Noam Koren MA 2016-2017

Lior

Shimone

MA 2016-2017

Tirza

Feldman .

Dr. Rafi

Youngmann

MA 2016-2017

Ofer Kremer with Prof. Amit

Bernstein Haifa

University

MA 2016-2018

Maya

Silberpenig

Prof. Danny

Hoofien HUJI

MA 2017-2018

Sharon

Sharon

.Prof. Danny

Hoofien HUJI

MA 2017-2018

Natalie Aviv Prof. Shamgar

Ben-Elyahu

(TAU)

HRV feedback and

emotional

regulation in

individuals with

and without

ADHD

MA 2017-2018 Lecture at

ICPS 2015

and Poster at

APS 2015

May Russo Prof. Hoofien

(HUJI)E

Children’s theory

of mind and

executive function

MA 2017-2018

Avremi

Friedlander

Prof. Pesach

Lichtenberg

(HUJI)

A comparison of

two brief

interventions to

enhance empathy

MA 2017-2018

Naama

Hamo

Dr. Amitai

Abramovitch,

Texas State

University

A computerized

neuropsychological

evaluation of

cognitive functions

MA 2017-2018 (73)

17

in a subclinical

obsessive-

compulsive sample

Shmuel

Melese

Prof. Dov

Shmotkin

TAU(E)

Aintegration,

temperament and

character and

executive function

MA 2017-2019

Renana

Shemesh

MA 2017-2018

Gabi Hanga . Prof. Robert

Cloninger

WUSTL

MA 2017-2019

Shahar

Pesach-Pik

MA 2017-2019

Maor Biton . Prof. Dov

Shmotkin TAU

MA 2017-

Daniel

Shemesh

MA 2017-

Noam Sarna Prof. Telma

Hendel TAU

MA 2017-

Liza Lazarov

.

Prof. Eitan

Bachar HUJI

MA 2017 -

Joshua

Kadosh

Adi Luria

(Ruppin, CS)

Ilan Dar-Nimrod

Sidney

University

Australia (E)

The cost and

benefits of

maximizing vs.

satisficing

MA 2017-

Matan Eshed Prof. Goren TAU Psychological

flexibility, social

curiosity and

interaction with

social robots

MA 2017-

Avichai

Elimelech

Dr. Sharon

Avidor (Ruppin)

Caretakers of

Alzheimer Disease

patients: The effect

of personality on

stress

MA 2018-

Maor

Yeshua

A self-compassion

meditation

intervention to

alleviate

psychosomatic

distress

MA 2018 -

Shaked Lior Prof. Koby

Ablin, TAU

The role of

traumatic events in

the severity of

Fibromyalgia

MA

Noa

Reindhart

Prof. Eva Gilboa

(BIU)

Sexual satisfaction

in adults with OCD

and social anxiety

MA

18

Ph.D. students

Name of

Student

Institution

Co-Supervisor

/Evaluator (E)

Title of Thesis Degree Date of

Completion/in

Progress

Naomi Bacon

Schnoor

HUJI

Prof. Charlie

Greenbaum

Ph.D. 2005

Rachel

Bachner-

Melman

HUJI

Prof Yoel Elizur &

Prof. Richard

Ebstein

Ph.D. 2007

Keren Naor

Bar Ilan

University

Prof. Cohen Raz Ph.D 2006-

Gila Abells

Sutton, DVM, MSc,

DACVIM-LA

Koret School of

Veterinary

Medicine

Ph.D. 2011

Kyra Sarner

HUJI

Prof. Benny Lehrer A family study of

Anorexia

Nervosa

Ph.D. 2014

Dana Dahan

HUJI

Prof. Yoel Elizur

Dr. Maayan

Davidov

The influence of

a structured

intervention

program on

preschooler’s

externalizing

behavior and

developmental

trajectories

Ph.D. In progress

Psychiatry Students, M.D., supervised for their Basic Research requirement

Name of

Student

Institution

Co-Supervisor

/Evaluator (E)

Title of Thesis Degree Date of

Completion/in

Progress

Dr. Gila Shen

HUJI

. Basic Research MD. 1995

Dr. Desmond

Kaplan, HUJI

. Basic Research MD. 1996

Opponent at Ph.D. vivas:

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Institution Ph.D. Candidate Title of Thesis Date

Linchuping

University,

Medical

School,

Sweden

Sven Brändström Measuring

Personality in the

Context of

Psychiatry

2009

Helsinki

University,

Faculty of

Behavioral

Sciences,

Finland

Kim Josefsson Environmental

antecedents in

childhood, and

developmental

trends of

personality and

well-being

outcomes in

adulthood

2013

12. Professional Experience

Year Activity License Number

1985 Listed in the Israel Book of Psychologists #2434

1985-1989 Post-graduate internship in clinical psychology,

Hebrew University Medical Center at Hadassah

Ein-Carem

November 1989 Board certification as an expert clinical

psychologist

The Health Ministry Council of Clinical

Psychology

#2589

2000-2002 Expert clinical psychologist at Telem Clinic

Jerusalem

2003- Private clinical work. Foci: OCD. GTS, Eating

disorders, personality and adjustment disorders.

2002-2003 Hypnosis Training, The Tel-Aviv University

Sackler School of Medicine, Continuing Education

2006 Instructor of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback,

Heartmath Institute,

2017 Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Level 1 training

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PUBLICATIONS

Ph.D. Dissertation

Title: Mathematical reasoning ability: Its structure, and some aspects of its genetic

transmission.

Supervisors: Professor Ruth Guttman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Professor

Benson Ginsburg, University of Connecticut at Storrs.

Publications 3,9,14

A. Articles in Refereed Journals

Published

1. Guttman, R., & Zohar, A.H. (1987). Spouse similarities in personality items:

Changes over years of marriage and implications for mate selection. Behavior

Genetics, 17, 179-189.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065996

2. Guttman, R., Zohar, A.H. Willerman, L. & Kahanaman, I. (1988). Spouse

similarities in personality traits for intra- and interethnic marriages in Israel.

Personality and Individual Differences, 9, 763-770. https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-

8869(88)90065-7

3. Zohar, A.H., & Guttman R. (1988). The forgotten realm of genetic differences.

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 11, 217.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00049669

4. Zohar, A.H., & Guttman, R. (1989). Mate preference is not mate selection.

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 12, 38-39.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00024262

5. Zohar, A.H., Ratzoni, G., Pauls, D.L., Apter, A., Bleich, A., Kron, Rappaport, M.,

Weizman, A., & Cohen D.J. (1992). An epidemiological study of obsessive-

compulsive disorder and related disorders in Israeli adolescents. Journal of American

Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 31(6), 1057-1061. [citations=261

https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199211000-00010

5. Zohar, A.H., Ratzoni, G., Pauls, D.L., Apter, A., Bleich, A., Kron, Rappaport, M.,

Weizman, A., & Cohen D.J. (1992). An epidemiological study of obsessive-

compulsive disorder and related disorders in Israeli adolescents. Journal of American

Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 31 (6), 1057-1061. [citations=261;

IF(2016)=6.442]

https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199211000-00010

6. Apter A, Pauls DL, Bleich A, Zohar, A.H., Kron S, Ratzoni G, Dycian A, Kotler

M, Weizman A, Cohen DJ. (1992) A population-based epidemiological study of

Tourette syndrome among adolescents in Israel. Advances in Neurology, 58, 61-65.

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7. Apter, A., Pauls, D.L., Bleich, A., Zohar, A.H., Kron, S., Ratzoni, G., Dycian, A.,

Kotler, M., Weizman, A., Gadot, N., & Cohen. D. (1993). An epidemiological study

of Gilles De La Tourette syndrome in Israel. Archives of General Psychiatry, 50, 734-

738. [citations=242; IF(RG )=6.78]

https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1993.01820210068008

8. Blatt S.J. Zohar, A.H., Quinlan D.M. Zuroff D.C. Mongrain M. (1995). Subscales

within the dependency factor of the depressive experiences questionnaire. Journal of

Personality Assessment, 64(2), 319-339. [citations=182

https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa6402_11

9. Zohar, A.H., (1995). Developmental patterns of mathematically gifted individuals

as viewed though their narratives. Narrative Study of Lives, 3,100-115.

10. King, R., Zohar, A.H., Pauls, D.L., Ratzoni, G., Binder, M., Apter, A., Kron, S.,

Dycian, A., Leckman, J.F., & Cohen, D.J. (1995). An epidemiological study of

trichotillomania in Israeli adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 1212-1215. [citations=72; IF(5)=1.885]

https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199509000-00019

11. Zohar, A.H., LaBuda, M., & Moschel-Ravid, O. (1995). Obsessive-compulsive

behaviors and cognitive functioning: A study of compulsivity, frameshifting, and type

A activity patterns in a normal population. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and

Behavioral Neurology, 8(3),163-167.

12. Blatt, S.J., Zohar, A.H., Quinlan, D.M., Luthar S., & Hart B. (1996). Levels of

relatedness within the dependency factor of the Depressive Experiences

Questionnaire for adolescents. Journal of Personality Assessment, 67(1), 51-70.

https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa6701_4

13. Apter, A., Fallon, T.J., King, R.A., Zohar, A.H., Binder M., Weizman A.,

Leckman, J.F., Pauls D.L., Kron S. & Cohen, D.J. (1996). Obsessive-compulsive

characteristics: from symptoms to syndrome. Journal of the American Academy of

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 35(7), 907-912. [citations=124; IF(5)=1.885]

https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199607000-00016

14. Zohar, A.H., (1996). Genetic influences on sex differences in Outstanding

Mathematical Reasoning Ability. Behavior and Brain Sciences, 19(2), 266-267.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00042655

15. Zohar, A.H., Pauls, D.L., Ratzoni, G., Apter, A., Bleich, A., Kron, S., Rappaport,

M., Weizman, A., & Cohen, D.J. (1997). OCD with and without tics in an

epidemiological sample of Israeli adolescents: Are they distinct sub-types? American

Journal of Psychiatry, 154(2), 274-276. [citations=127; IF(2016)=14.176]

16. Zohar, A.H., & Bruno, R. (1997), Normative and pathological obsessive¬

compulsive behavior and ideation in childhood: A question of timing. Journal of

Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 38(8), 993-999. [citations=64

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01616.x

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17. Zohar, A.H., (1998), Individual differences in some special abilities is

genetically influenced. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21(3), 431-432

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X98511235

18. Shamir, A., Ebstein, R.P., Nemanov, L., Zohar, A.H., Belmaker, R.H., & Agam,

G. (1998). Inositol Monophosphatase in immortalized lymphoblastoid cell lines

indicates susceptibility to bipolar disorder and response to Lithium therapy.

Molecular Psychiatry (6), 481-482.

https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4000470

19. Eisenberg, J., Mei-Tal, G., Steinberg, A., Tartakovsky, E., Zohar, A.H.,

Gritsenko, I., and Ebstein, R.P. (1999). A haplotype relative risk study of catechol-O-

methyltransferase (COMT) and ADHD: Association of the high-enzyme activity val

allele with the ADHD impulsive hyperactive phenotype, American Journal of

Medical Genetics, 88, 497-502. [citations=205; IF(2000)= 1.82]

https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991015)88:5<497::AID-

AJMG12>3.3.CO;2-6

20. Eisenberg, J., Zohar, A.H, Mei‐Tal, G., Steinberg, A., Tartakovsky, E., Gritsenko,

I., ... & Ebstein, R. P. (2000). A haplotype relative risk study of the dopamine D4

receptor (DRD4) exon III repeat polymorphism and attention deficit hyperactivity

disorder (ADHD). American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 96(3), 258-261.

https://doi.org/10.1002/1096-8628(20000612)96:3<258::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-8

21. Zohar, A.H., (1999) The epidemiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in

children and adolescents, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America,

8, 445-60. Review. [citations=403; IF(5)=1.885]

https://doi.org/10.1016/S1056-4993(18)30163-9

22. Eisenberg ,J., Zohar, A.H., Mei-Tal, G., Steinberg, A., Tartakovsky, E.,

Gritsenko, I., Nemanov, L., and Ebstein, R.P. (2000) A haplotype relative risk study

of the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) exon III repeat polymorphism and ADHD.

American Journal of Medical Genetics, 96, 258-261.

https://doi.org/10.1002/1096-8628(20000612)96:3<258::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-8

23. Zohar, A.H., Felz, L. Ritualistic behavior in young children. (2001). Journal of

Abnormal Child Psychology, 29,121-128. [citations=121; IF(2001)=2.61]

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005231912747

24. Zohar, A.H., Lev-Ari, L., Benjamin, J., Ebstein, R., Lichtenberg, P., and Osher,

Y. (2001) The psychometric properties of the Hebrew version of Cloninger's TPQ.

Personality and Individuals Differences, 30, 118-128.

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00112-4

25. Henrich, C.C., Blatt, S.J., Kuperminc, G.P., Zohar, A.H., & Leadbeater, B.J.

(2001) Levels of interpersonal concerns and social functioning in early adolescence.

Journal of Personality Assessment, 76, 48-67. [citations=64; IF(2012)=1.874]

https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327752JPA7601_3

26. Alsobrook J.P.II, Zohar A.H, Leboyer, M., Chabane, N., Ebstein, R.P., Pauls,

D.L. (2002) Association between the COMT locus and OCD in females but not in

males, American Journal of Medical Genetics, 114:116-20. [citations=145;

23

IF(2002)=1.77]

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.10040

27. Ebstein, R.P., Zohar, A.H., Benjamin, J., Belmaker, R.H. (2002) An update of

molecular genetic studies of human personality traits. Applied Bioinformatics, 1(2),

57-68.

28. Zohar, A.H., Dina, C., Osher, Y., Bachner-Melman, R., Benjamin, R.H., Ebstein,

R.P. (2003) Tridimensional personality questionnaire trait of harm avoidance (anxiety

proneness) is linked to a locus on chromosome 8p21. American Journal of Medical

Genetics, 117B, 66-69.

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.10029

29. Zohar, A.H., Shen, G., Dycian, A., Pauls, D.L., Apter, A., King, R., Cohen, D.J.,

Kron, S. (2004) The Military Life Scale: A measure of perceived stress and support in

the Israeli Defense Force. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Allied Professions, 1, 33-

44.

30. Gothelf, D., Presburger G., Zohar, A.H., Burg M., Nahmani, A., Frydman, M.,

Michaelovsky, E., Shohat, M., Inbar D., Aviram-Goldring A., Yeshaya. J., Steinberg

T., Finkelstein, Y., Frisch, A., Weizman A., Apter, A., (2004) Obsessive-compulsive

disorder in patients with velocardiofacial (22q11 Deletion) Syndrome. American

Journal of Medical Genetics B Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 126B(1), 99-105.

[citations=149 (1), 99-105. [citations=149; IF(2012)=1.874]

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.20124

31. Kamer, A., Zohar, A.H., Youngmann, R. Diamond, G.W., Inbar, D., Senecky, Y.

(2004) A prevalence estimate of pervasive developmental disorder among immigrants

to Israel and Israeli natives: A file review study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric

Epidemiology, 2, 141-145.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-004-0696-x

32. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Elizur, Y., Nemanov, L., Gritsenko, I., Konis,

D., & Ebstein, R.P.(2004) Association between a vasopressin receptor AVPRIA

promoter region microsatellite and eating behavior measured by a self-report

questionnaire (Eating Attitudes Test) in a family-based study of a non-clinical

population. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 36, 451-460.

https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.20049

33. Zohar, A.H., Goldman, E., Calamary, R., and Mashiah, M. (2005) Religiosity and

obsessive-compulsive behavior in Israeli Jews. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43,

857-868.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2004.06.009

34. Bachner-Melman R., Zohar, A.H., Bacon-Schnoor, N., Elizur, Y., Nemanov, L.,

Gritsenko, I. & Ebstein R.P. (2005) Linkage between vasopressin receptor AVPR1A

promoter region microsattelites and two measures of social behavior in man. Journal

of Individual Differences, 26(1), 2-10.

https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001.26.1.2

35. Dina, C., Nemanov, I., Grtitsenko, I., Rosolio, N., Osher, Y., Heresco-Levy, U.,

Sariahvilli, E., Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Benjamin, J., Belmaker, R.H., &

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Ebstein, R.P. (2005) Fine mapping of a region of chromosome 8p gives evidence for

a QTL contributing to individual differences in an anxiety-related personality trait:

TPQ harm avoidance. American Journal of Medical Genetics B. Neuropsychiatric

Genetics, 132, 104-108.

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.30099

36. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Nemanov, L., Heresco-Levy U., Gritsenko, I.,

& Ebstein, R.P. (2005) Association between the Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 gene

(IGF2) and Scores on the Eating Attitudes Test in nonclinical subjects: a family-

based study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 2256-2262.

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.162.12.2256

37. Bachner-Melman R., Gritsenko, I., Nemanov, L., Zohar, A.H., Dina, C., &

Ebstein, R.P. (2005) Dopaminergic polymorphisms associated with self-report

measures of human altruism: A fresh phenotype for the dopamine D4 receptor.

Molecular Psychiatry 10, 333-335. [citations=109; IF(2016)=13.2]

38. Bachner-Melman R., Dina, C., Zohar, A.H., Constantini, N., Lerer, E., Hoch, S.,

Swlla, S., Nemanov, L., Gritsenko, I., Lichtenberg, P., Granot, R., & Ebstein, R.P.

(2005) AVPR1a and SLC6A4 gene polymorphisms are associated with creative dance

performance. PLoS (Public Library of Science Genetics, 1 (3) e42. [citations=218;

IF(2016)=6.1]

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0010042

39. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R., & Constantini, N. (2006). How

anorexic-like are the symptom and personality profiles of aesthetic athletes? Medicine

& Science in Sports & Exercise, 38, 628-636.

https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000210188.70295.c0

40. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R (2006). An examination of

cognitive versus behavioral components of recovery from anorexia nervosa. Journal

of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194, 697-703. [citations=69; IF=1.86]

https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nmd.0000235795.51683.99

41. Ben-Zion, I.Z., Tessler, R., Cohen, L., Raz, Y., Bachner-Melman, R., Gritsenko,

I., Nemanov, L., Zohar, A.H., Belmaker, R.H., Benjamin, J., & Ebstein, R.P. (2006).

Polymorphisms in the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) contribute to individual

differences in human sexual behavior: desire, arousal and sexual function. Molecular

Psychiatry, 11, 782-786 [citations=119; IF(2016)=13.2]

https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4001832

42. Gothelf D, Michaelovsky E, Frisch A, Zohar, A.H. Presburger G, Burg M,

Aviram-Goldring A, Frydman M, Yeshaya J, Shohat M, Korostishevsky M, Apter A,

Weizman A. (2007). Association of the low-activity COMT 158 Met allele with

ADHD and OCD in subjects with velocardiofacial syndrome. International Journal of

Neuropsychopharmacology, 31, 301-308.

43. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R.P., Bachar, E. (2007). The

relationship between selflessness levels and the severity of anorexia nervosa

symptomotology. European Eating Disorders Review. 15(3), 213-20.

https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.740

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44. Zohar, A.H., Giladi, L., & Givati, T., (2007). Holocaust exposure and disordered

eating: A study of multi-generational transmission. European Eating Disorders

Review, 15(1), 50-57.

https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.730

45. Bachner-Melman, R., Lerer, E., Zohar, A.H., Kremer, I., Elizur, Y., Nemanov, L.,

Golan, M., Blank, S, Gritsenko, I. & Ebstein, R.P. (2007) Anorexia nervosa,

perfectionism and dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4). American Journal of Medical

Genetics, B Neuropsychiatric Genetetics, 144(6), 748-756. [citations=70; IF(RG)=

5.08]

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.30505

46. Zohar, A.H. (2007) Models of Personality and Psychopathology: A comparison of

the Blatt and the Cloninger models of personality and their predictive validity for

onset of psychopathology. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 44, 292-

300.

47. Shahar, G., Zohar, A.H., & Apter, A. (2007). Personality matters: A special issue

in honor of Sidney J. Blatt. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 44,

251-255.

48. Bachner-Melman, R., Bacon-Shnoor, N. (equal first authorship), Zohar, A.H.,

Elizur, Y., and Ebstein, R.P. (2009). The Psychometric properties of the Revised Self-

Monitoring Scale (RSMS) and the Concern for Appropriateness Scale (CAS) in

Hebrew. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 25, 8-1

https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759.25.1.8

49. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., (equal first authorship) Kremer, I., Ebstein,

R.P. (2009). Psychological profiles of women with a past or present diagnosis of

anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Mental Health, 4(2), 1-10.

50. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Elizur, Y.,Kremer, I., Golan, M., & Ebstein,

R.P. (2009). Protective self-presentation style: Association with disordered eating and

anorexia nervosa mediated by sociocultutral attitudes towards appearance. Eating and

Weight Disorders. Studies on Anorexia Bulimia Obesity, 14, 1-12.

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03327789

51. Bachner-Melman R., Zohar, A.H., Kremer, I., Komer, M., Blank, S., Golan, M,

& Ebstein, R.P. (2009). Self-monitoring in anorexia nervosa. International Journal of

Social Psychiatry. 55, 170-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764008094647

52. Zohar A.H. & Konfortes H (2010). The diagnosis of ADHD in Israeli adults: The

psychometric properties of the Hebrew ASRS. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and

Related Sciences, 47, 308-15.

53. Cloninger, C.R., Zohar, A.H., & Cloninger, K.M. (2010). Promotion of well-

being in person-centered mental health care. Focus, VIII, 165-180.

https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.8.2.foc165

54. Cloninger, C.R., & Zohar, A.H. (2011). Personality and the perception of health

and happiness. Journal of Affective Disorders, 128, 24-32. [245 citations; IF

26

(5)=3.845]

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2010.06.012

55. Zohar, A.H., & Cloninger C.R. (2011). The psychometric properties of the TCI-

140 in Hebrew. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 27, 73-80.

https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000046

56. Beiser, M., Zilber, N., Simich, L., Youngmann, R., Zohar, A.H., Taa, B., Hou, F.

(2011). Regional effects on the mental health of immigrant children: Results from the

New Canadian Children and Youth Study. Health & Place, 17, 822-829.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.03.005

57. Zohar, A.H., Denollet, J.K., Lev Ari,L., & Cloninger, C.R. (2011). The

Psychometric properties of the DS14 in Hebrew and the prevalence of Type D in

Israeli adults. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 27, 274-281.

https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000074

58. Freudenstein, O., Zohar, A.H., Apter , A., Shoval, G., Weizman, A., Zalsman, G.

(2011). Parental bonding in severely suicidal adolescent inpatients. European

Psychiatry 26, 504-507.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.01.006

59. Cloninger, C.R., Zohar, A.H., Hirschmann, S., & Dahan, D. (2012). The

psychological costs and benefits of being highly persistent: Personality profiles

distinguish mood disorders from anxiety disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders,

136, 758-766. [105 citations; IF(5 )=3.845]

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2011.09.046

60. Freudenstein, O., Apter , A., Valevski, A., Zohar, A.H., Shoval, G., Nahshoni,

E., Weizman, A., Zalsman, G. (2012). Perfectionism, narcissism, and depression in

suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescent inpatients. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 52, 746-

752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.08.011

61. Lev-Ari, L. & Zohar, A.H. (2013). The Psychometric properties of the

Retrospective Child Feeding Questionnaire in Hebrew. Appetite, 65, 14-19.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.01.007

62. Lev-Ari, L. & Zohar, A.H. (2013). Nothing gained: An explorative study of the

long term effects of perceived maternal feeding practices on women's and men's adult

BMI, body image dissatisfaction, and disordered eating. International Journal of

Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.2013.779378

63. Zohar, A.H., McCraty, R., & Cloninger, C.R. (2013). Personality and heart rate

variability: Exploring pathways from personality to cardiac coherence and health.

Open Journal of Social Sciences, 6, 32-40

https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2013.16007

64. Gamliel, E., Zohar, A. H., & Kreiner, H. (2013). Personality traits moderate

attribute framing effects. Social Psychological and Personality Science,

https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550613516874

27

65. Sapir, R., Zohar, A. H., Bersudsky, Y., Belmaker, R. H., & Osher, Y. (2013).

Behavioral addictions in euthymic patients with bipolar I disorder: a comparison to

controls. International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, 1(1), 1-6.

https://doi.org/10.1186/2194-7511-1-27

66. Lev-Ari, L., Katz-Baumgarten, I. & Zohar, A.H. (2014). Mirror mirror on the

wall: How women learn body dissatisfaction. Journal of Eating Behaviors, 15, 397-

402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.04.015

67. Lev-Ari, L., Katz-Baumgarten, I. & Zohar, A.H. (2014). Show me your friends,

and I shall show you who you are: The way attachment and social comparisons

influence body dissatisfaction. European Eating Disorders Review, 22(6), 463-469.

https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2325

68. Ein-Dor, T., Coan, J.A., Reizer, A., Blair Gross, E., Dahan, D., Wegener, M.A.,

Carel, R., Cloninger, C.R., Zohar , A.H. (2015). Sugarcoated isolation: Evidence that

social avoidance is linked to higher basal glucose levels. Frontiers in Psychology,

section Evolutionary Psychology and Neuroscience, 6, 1-10

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00492

69. Zohar A.H., & Dahan, D. (2016). Young children's ritualistic compulsive-like

behavior and executive function: A cross sectional study. Child Psychiatry & Human

Development, 47(1), 13-22.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-015-0539-x

70. Zohar, A.H. (2016). Is Type-D Personality Trait(s) or State? An Examination of

Type-D Temporal Stability in Older Adults in the Community. PeerJ epublication

Febuary 9 2016. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1690

71. Zohar, A.H., Lev-Ari, L., Bachner-Melman, R. (2016). My sister myself: A

controlled study of the relationship between women with a lifetime diagnosis of

anorexia nervosa and their sisters. European Eating Disorders Review, 24(6), 466-

473. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2465

72. Ablin, J.N., Zohar, A.H., Zaraya-Blum, R., & Buskila, D. (2016). Distinctive

personality profiles of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients. PeerJ .

PubMed 27672497 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2421

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2421

73. Zohar, A.H , Eilat, T., Amitai, M., Taler, M., Bari, R., Chen, A., Apter, A.,

Weizman, A., & Fennig, S. (2018). An exploratory study of adolescent response to

fluoxetine using psychological and biological predictors. PeerJ.

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4240

74. Hamo, N., Abramovitz, A., & Zohar, A.H. (2018). A computerized

neuropsychological evaluation of cognitive functions in a subclinical obsessive-

compulsive sample. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 59,

142-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.01.004

75. Zohar, A.H., Lev-Ari, L., Bachner-Melman, R. & Kreitler, S. (2017). The well

rounded body image: The Dresdner Körperbildfragebogen DKB-35 in Hebrew. Israel

Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences 54(3), 22-27.

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76. Zohar, A.H., Lev-Ari, L., Bachner-Melman, R. (2017). The EDE-Q in Hebrew:

Structural and convergent validity in a population sample. Israel Journal of Psychiatry

and Related Sciences 54(3), 15-20.

77. Zohar, A.H., Zwir, I., Wang, J., Cloninger, C.R., & Anokhin, A. (2019). The

development of temperament and character during adolescence: Gender differences in

two phases of change. Development and Psychopathology, 31(2), 601-617.

doi:10.1017/S0954579418000159.

78. Gelfin, M., Zohar, A.H., Lev-Ari, L. (2018). A randomized control trial of a

positive psychology intervention: Mediation of therapeutic gain by changes in

personality. International Journal of Psychology & Psychological Therapy, 18(2)

193-205.

79. Katz-Baumgarten, I., Lev-Ari, L., & Zohar, A. H. (2018). Ever since I can

remember myself: Implications of attachment and perceived maternal feeding

practices on adult women's body dissatisfaction. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and

Related Sciences 55(1), 10-18.

80. Zohar, A.H., Lev-Ari, L., & Bachner-Melman R. (2018). A model for the

formation of maternal authority styles starting from attachment, and mediated by

temperament and character. International Journal of Psychology and Behavior

Analysis, 4 (145).

https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2018/145

81. Yeshua, M., Zohar, A.H., & Berkovitz L. (2018). "Silence! The body is

speaking" - A correlational study of personality, perfectionism, and self-compassion

as risk and protective factors for psychosomatic symptoms distress. Psychology,

Health & Medicine (Manuscript ID PHM-2018-04-0358.R1) doi:

10.1080/13548506.2018.1546016.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2018.1546016

82. Bachner-Melman, R., Zontag-Oren, E., Zohar, A.H., & Sher, H. (2018). Lives on

the line: The online lives of girls and women with and without a lifetime eating

disorder diagnosis, Frontiers in Psychology: section Eating

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02128

83. Bachner-Melman, R., Lev-Ari, L., Zohar, A.H., & Lev, S-L. (2018). Can

recovery from an eating disorder be measured? Towards a standardized questionnaire.

Frontiers in Psychology: section Eating

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02456

84. Zohar A.H., Lev-Ari, L., & Bachner-Melman, R. (2019). Child and maternal

correlates of picky eating in young children. Psychology, 10, 1249-1261.

https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2019.109080.

85. Zohar, A.H., Pesah-Shimone L., Hen, M. (2019). Active and passive

procrastination in terms of temperament and character. PeerJ e6988

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86. Bachner-Melman, R. & Zohar, A.H. (2019). Potential risk and protective factors

for eating disorders in Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish women. Journal of Health and

Religion, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00854-2

87. Lev-Ari, L., & Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R. & Mankuta, D.

(2020). Weight gain, feeding and eating in the first year of life of babies of smoking

and non-smoking mothers. Early Human Development, 140, 1-6,

http://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2019.104889

Chapters in Scientific Books (which are not Conference Proceedings)

Published

1. A., Pauls, D.L., Bleich, A., Zohar, A.H., Kron, S., Dycian, A., Ratzoni, G., &

Cohen, D.J. (1992). A population based epidemiological study of Tourette syndrome

among adolescents in Israel. In T.N. Chase, A.J. Friedhoff, & D.J. Cohen (Eds.),

Tourette syndrome: Neurobiology, genetics, and treatment. New York: Raven Press,

chapter 8, 61-65.

2. Zohar, A.H., Apter, A., King, R., Pauls, D.L., Leckman, J.F., Cohen D.J. (1999)

The epidemiology of Gilles de la Tourette Disorder, tic-related obsessive-compulsive

disorder and attention deficit hyperactive disorder. In: JF Leckman & DJ Cohen

(Eds.), Tourette's Syndrome tics, obsessions, compulsions: Developmental

Psychopathology, and clinical care. New-York: John Wiley & Sons, chapter 10, 177-

193.

3. Zohar, A.H. (1999) The epidemiology of OCD in childhood and adolescence. In

RA King NS L Scahill (Eds.) Obsessive compulsive disorder in children and

adolescents, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, WB

Saunders Company, Pennsylvania, chapter 2, 445-460.

4. King, R., Apter, A., Zohar, A.H (2007) Toward a typology of late adolescent

suicide. Chapter 12, 315-322. 2Mayes, L.C., Fonagy, P., Target, M. (Eds).

Developmental science and psychoanalysis: Integration and innovation: Celebrating

the renewal of the collaboration of the Yale Child Study Center and the Anna Freud

Centre in promoting psychoanalytic developmental research. London: Karnac Books.

5. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R.P., and Cooper-Kazaz, R. (2010).

Recovery from anorexia nervosa : A comparison between cognitive and behavioral

aspects of the disorder. In J. Zwikel, O. Sarid, & D. Segal-Engelchin (Eds.), Mind-

body mosaic: Women’s health in Israel. Beer Sheva: Ben Gurion University Press (in

Hebrew).

6. Bachner-Melman R. & Zohar, A.H. (equal first-authorship, 2014). Addressing the

imbalance: The downside of extraversion, and the upside of introversion in

Psychology of extraversion. New York: Nova Science.

7. Zohar, A.H., Sandbank, B., & Gelfin, M. (2015). The range of plasticity of

personality: Implications for identity. In: Stoyanov Drozdstoj (Ed.) Towards a new

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philosophy of mental health: Perspectives from neuroscience and humanities.

Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 156-172.

8. Zohar, A.H. (2019). Chapter 2: Personality stability and change in Alzheimer’s

disease and major depressive disorder. In: Personality and brain disorders:

Associations and interventions. In the Series: Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience.

ISBN: 978-3-319-90064-3. Danilo Garcia, Trevor Archer, Richard M. Kostrzewa

(Eds.). New York: Springer.

Other Scientific Publications

1. Zohar, A.H., Gonen, Y., Yemini, S. (2007). The World Health Organization official

Hebrew version of the ASRS-v1.1 six-item-screen. http://www.who.int/research/en/

2. Zohar, A.H., Gonen, Y., Yemini, S. (2007). The World Health Organization official

Hebrew version of the ASRS-v1.1 eighteen-item-screen.

http://www.who.int/research/en/

Published Abstracts

1. Zohar, A.H., & Guttman, R. (1984). Similarity between spouses in personality

traits and leisure preferences: Changes over twenty years of marriage. Israeli

Psychological Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Jerusalem, Israel.

2. Zohar, A.H., & Epstein, B. (1985). Demographic variables affecting family size in

a sample of professionals in Jerusalem. International Meeting of Applied

Psychology, Jerusalem, Israel.

3. Zohar, A.H., & Willerman, L. (1988). Sex differences in mate selection. Behavior

Genetics Association Annual Meeting, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

4. Zohar, A.H. (1989). Gender differences in mathematical reasoning ability. GASAT

Fifth International Conference, Haifa, Israel.

5. Zohar, A.H. (1990). Familial influences on outstanding mathematical

reasoning ability. Behavior Genetics Association Annual Meeting,

Aussios, France.

6. Zohar, A.H. (1991). Mentoring relationships of individuals with

Outstanding Mathematical Reasoning Ability. Behavior Genetics Annual

Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri.

7. Blatt, S.J., & Zohar, A.H. (1991). Application of SSA to theory

refinement: Identifying further subtypes of depression. Facet Theory

Third International Conference, Jerusalem, Israel.

8. Zohar, A.H., Ratzoni, G., Binder, M., Pauls, D.L., Apter, A. Kron, S.,

Dycian, A., King, R., Leckman, J.F., & Cohen, D.J. (1993). The role of

childhood symptoms in adolescent onset Obsessive-CompulsiveDisorder

and other anxiety disorders. American Society of Human Genetics,

Annual Meeting, 53(3) (Supple. #822), New- Orleans, Louisiana.

9. Zohar, A.H., Ratzoni, G., Binder, M., Pauls, D.L., Apter, A., Kron, S.,

Dycian, A., King, R., & Cohen, D.J. (1993). An epidemiological study of

obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders in Israeli

adolescents. Psychiatric Genetics, 3(3), 184. Presented at the annual

meeting of the International Society for Psychiatric Genetics, New

Orleans, Louisiana.

10. King, R., Zohar, A.H., Ratzoni, G., Binder, M., Pauls, D.L., Apter, A.,

Kron, S., Dycian, A., & Cohen, D.J. (1993). An epidemiological study of

trichotillomania and anxiety disorders in Israeli adolescents. Proceedings

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of the 12th International Association of Child and Adolescent

Psychiatrists and Allied Professions. Chicago, Illinois.

11. Kaplan, D., Zohar, A.H., Apter, A., Kron, S., Dycian, A., Weizman, A.,

Moshkovitz, J., Pauls, D.L., King, R., & Cohen, D.J. (1994). Adolescents

with obsessive-compulsive disorder in the army: Impact of psychosocial

stress during military service on clinical expression. Proceedings of the

13th International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists and

Allied Professions (p. 229). Abstract # SP-61-401. San Francisco,

California.

12. Apter, A., & Zohar, A.H. (1994). An epidemiological study of anxiety

disorders in adolescents. Proceedings of the 13th International

Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists and Allied Professions

(p. 210). Abstract # OS-31-1. San Francisco, California.

13. Zohar, A.H., Pauls, DL, & Apter, A (1995). OCD with and without tics

in an epidemiological sample of Israeli adolescents. Psychiatric Genetics

5(1): 32. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for

Psychiatric Genetics, Cardiff, Wales.

14. Zohar, A.H. (1996). A test of the Stress-Diathesis model: adolescents

with OCD serving in the military. Presented at the annual meeting of the

Israel Psychological Association, Beer Sheva, Israel.

15. Zohar A.H. & Dag S (1997) A controlled family study of OCD.

Presented at the World Conference on Psychiatric genetics, Santa-Fe,

New Mexico. Psychiatric Genetics 74(6) #242.

16. Zohar A.H. (1997) Psychotherapy in a biological era: working through

genetic information in psychotherapy. Annual Scientific Meeting of the

Israeli Psychological Association, Tel-Aviv.

17. Zohar A.H. (1997) Organizer and chair of symposium on “Genes

Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology”. Thematic meeting of the

World Psychiatric Association, Jerusalem, Israel.

18. Zohar A.H. (1997) Psychotherapy with first-degree relatives of

individuals with serious psychopathology. Thematic Meeting of the

World Psychiatric Association, Jerusalem Israel.

19. Abramov L & Zohar A.H. (1998) A controlled community-based family

study of major depression with postpartum onset. World Conference on

Psychiatric Genetics, Bonn, Germany.

20. Lev-Ari L, Zohar A.H., & Pauls DL (1998) TPQ profiles of OCD

families, GTS families, and normal controls. World Conference on

Psychiatric Genetics, Bonn, Germany.

21. Zohar A.H. (1999) A controlled family study of OCD and GTS.

Presented at the World Conference on Psychiatric Genetics , Monterey,

California.

22. Zohar A.H. (2001) Subtypes of OCD from the Jerusalem Family Study.

Presented at the Promised Childhood 2000 Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

23. Zohar A.H. (2001) Expert Panel on Tourette's Syndrome. Presented at

the Promised Childhood 2000 Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

24. Zohar A.H. (2001) Chair of sessions on Molecular Genetics of

Childhood Syndromes and Subtypes of OCD at the Promised Childhood

2000 Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

25. Gothelf, D., Zohar A.H. (2001) The phenomenology of obsessive-

compulsive symptoms in children and adolescents with VCFS. Promised

Childhood 2000 Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

26. . Zohar A.H. (2001) Dimensions of the Y-BOCS and their familiality.

Promised Childhood 2000 Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

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27. Zohar A.H. (2001) The behavior genetics of gender roles. The annual

scientific meeting of the College for Administration and Management on

Genetics and Sex Differences, Rishon-LeZion, Israel.

28. Ebstein, R.P., Zohar, A.H, Benjamin, J., Osher, Y., Bachner-Melman,

R., Gritsenko, I., Belmaker, and R.H., Kotler, M. (2001) Linkage study

of tridimensional personality questionnaire (TPQ) traits in normal sib

pairs to selected chromosomal regions. Conference of the International

Society for Psychiatric Genetics in Saint Louis, U.S.A.

29. Rosolio, N., Zohar, A.H, Dina, C., Osher, Y., Bachner-Melman, R.,

Benjamin, J., Belmaker, R.H., and Ebstein, R.P. (2002) The

tridimensional personality questionnaire trait of Harm Avoidance

(anxiety proneness) is linked to a locus on chromosome 8. Seventh

annual meeting of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry, Kfar

Giladi, Israel.

30. Zohar A.H. (2002) Chair of session on continuity and non-continuity

between childhood rituality and obsessive-compulsive disorder in

children. The International Association of Child and Adolescent Mental

Health, Brisbane Australia.

31. Zohar A.H., Yakir, C., Bain-Agai, I. (2002) A longitudinal study of

children’s normative rituality. The International Association of Child

and Adolescent Mental Health, Brisbane Australia.

32. Zohar, A.H. (2003) Longitudinal study of children’s ritual, compulsive-

like behavior. The 50th Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Miami Beach, Florida.

33. Zohar, A.H. (2004) Psychological profiles of women with Anorexia

Nervosa: endophenotypes or correlates of disorder? The scientific

meeting of the Israeli Eating Disorder Association, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

34. Zohar, A.H., Bacner-Melamed R., and Ebstein R. (2004) Psychological

profiles of women with Anorexia Nervosa: endophenotypes or correlates

of disorder? The Scientific Meeting of the American Eating Disorder

Society, Orlando, Florida.

35. Bachner-Melamed R., Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R. (2004) Self-presentation

and disordered eating in normal controls and in women with anorexia

nervosa. The scientific meeting of the American Eating Disorder

Society, Orlando, Florida

36. Ebstein, R., Bachner-Melamed, R., Zohar, A.H. (2004) Candidate genes

for disordered eating in normal controls and in women with anorexia

nervosa. The scientific meeting of the American Eating Disorder Society,

Orlando, Florida.

הקשר בין יחסים משפחתיים לבין הסתגלות עדה זוהר.נעמי בקון שנור, צ'ארלס גרינבאום, .37

של מתבגרים: השוואה בין מחוננים ולא מחוננים. "נעורים בעולם משתנה", הכנס המדעי

.2005ליוני 8אביב, -הראשון , אוניברסיטת ת"א, רמת

38. Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R.P., Pauls, D.L. (2005) TPQ profiles of patients

with OCD and GTS and their first degree relatives. Scientific Meeting of

Biological Psychiatry, 29 June-3 July, Vienna, Austria.

39. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Ebstein, R.P. (2005) TPQ profiles of

women with a lifetime history of anorexia nervosa. Scientific Meeting of

Biological Psychiatry, 29 June-3 July, Vienna, Austria.

40. Bachner-Melman, R., Gritsenko, I., Dina, C., Zohar, A., Kremer, I., and

Ebstein, R.P. (2005). Epistatis between arginine vasopressin receptor

1A(AVPR1A) and serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) polymorphisms confer

risk for anorexia nervosa and smoking. American Journal of Medical

Genetics, 138B(1), 95 [Poster at the 13th World Congress on Psychiatric

Genetics, Boston, MA, Oct. 14-19, 2005.

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41. Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A.H., Kremer, I., Nemanov, L., Gritsenko,

I., Lerer, E., & Ebstein, R.P. (2006) Anorexia nervosa (AN),

perfectionism and common genetic polymorphisms: dopamine D4

receptor (DRD4), insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) and arginine

vasopressin receptor 1a (AVPR1a). Paper presented at the Israeli

Biological Psychiatry Meeting, Kfar Giladi, March 18.

42. Bachner-Melman R., Zohar A.H., Bacon-Shnoor N., Elizur Y., Nemanov

L., Gritsenko I., and Ebstein R.P. (2008). Link Between Vasopressin

Receptor AVPR1A Promoter Region Microsatellites and Measures of

Social Behavior in Humans Paper presented at the Israeli Biological

Psychiatry Meeting, Kfar Giladi, March 7.

43. Zohar, A.H., & Dahan, D. (2009). Muscle dysmorphia in Israeli males:

Reverse anorexia? Israeli Association of Eating Disorders BiAnnual

Scientific Meeting, January 26-27, Maale HaChamisha, Israel.

44. Lev-Ari, L., & Zohar, A.H. (2009). Maternal supervision of child's

eating: Nothing Gained. Israeli Association of Eating Disorders BiAnnual

Scientific Meeting, January 26-27, Maale HaChamisha, Israel...

45. Zohar, A.H. (2010). Emotion recognition by facial expression:

immigrants versus native Israelis. Internation Scientific Meeting of

Transcultural Psychiatry, June 2010, Amsterdam.

46. Zohar, A.H. (2010). Personality as predictor of subjective and objective

health. Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Health Psychology

Association, September 2010, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

47. Zohar, A.H., Cloninger, C.R., Hirschmann, S., & Dahan, D. (2012).

Grouping risk and resilience factors by personality profile. European

Association of Personality Psychology Annual Meeting, July 2012,

Trieste, Italy.

48. Zohar, A.H., Cloninger, C.R., Hirschmann, S., & Dahan, D. (2012). Type

D and the TCI profiles and their relationship to well-being, mental and

physical health. European Health Psychology Society Annual Meeting,

August 2012, Prague, Czech Republic.

49. Baumgarten-Katz, I., Lev-Ari, L., Dahan, D., David, L. & Zohar, A.H.

(2013, February). Ever since I can remember myself: Implications of

attachment and perceived maternal feeding practices on women's body

dissatisfaction. Paper presented at the International Conference on

Treatment Modalities for Eating Disorders: Consensus & Controversy.

Ramada Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel.

50. Lev-Ari, L., Baumgarten-Katz, I., Dahan, D., David, L. & Zohar, A.H.

(2013, February). Mirror, mirror on the wall: How women learn body

dissatisfaction. Paper presented at the International Conference on

Treatment Modalities for Eating Disorders: Consensus & Controversy.

Ramada Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel.

51. Zohar, A.H. & Dahan, D. (2013). 24-hour ambulatory HRV and

personality. World Association of Social Psychiatry, July 2013, Lisbon,

Portugal.

52. Zohar, A.H., & Youngman, R. (2013). Cross-cultural perspective on

post-partum depression. Symposium chaired at the World Association of

Social Psychiatry, July 2013, Lisbon, Portugal.

53. Zohar, A.H., & Dahan, D. (2013). 24-hour ambulatory HRV, personality

and objective and subjective sleep quality. European Health Psychology,

July 2013, Bordeaux, France.

54. Zohar, A.H. (2013). Personality and HRV: Exploring pathways from

personality to cardiac coherence and health. International Invited

Workshop in Medical Psychology, December 2013, Sanaya, China.

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55. Lev-Ari, L., Baumgarten-Katz, I., & Zohar, A.H. (2014). Tell me who

your friends are, and I shall tell you who you are: Attachment, social

comparisons, and body dissatisfaction. Presented at the International

Conference on Eating Disorders: Coming of Age as a Global Field

(ICED), New York, 2014

56. Zohar, A.H., Sandbank, B., & Gelfin M. (2014). Stability and change in

personality: Implications for health and well-being. 16th International

Conference for Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology: Neuroscience,

Logics, and Development, June 26-29, Varna, Bulgaria.

57. Shaul, R. & Zohar, A.H. (2014). Asperger Disorder, ToM and D2:D4

digit ratio as proxy for fetal testosterone exposure. International

Neuropsychology Society Mid-Year Meeting, July 9-11, Jerusalem,

Israel.

58. Zohar A.H., & Gelfin, M. (2014). Is improvement in well-being

mediated by changes in personality? European Health Psychology Society

annual scientific meeting, Innsbruck Austria, August 25-30, 2014.

59. Zohar, A.H. (2014). Perinatal health of different population groups in

Israel. World Psychiatric Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Madrid

Spain, September 14-19, 2014.

60. Zohar, A.H. (2015). A replication of the association betwenn HRV and

TCI character traits. Oral presentation at the International Conference of

the Association of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, Holland, March,

2015.

61. Zohar, A.H., & Gelfin, M. (2015). Is lasting improvement in well-being

mediated by change in personality? Poster presentation at the

International Conference of the Association of Psychological Science,

Amsterdam, Holland, March, 2015.

62. *Lev-Ari, L., Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A. H., Ebstein, R, P., &

Mankuta, D.(2015). Eat my child, eat! Mother's postpartum change in

attachment and body image. Presented at the Obesity Summit, London,

England, April, 2015. *This poster won first prize at the conference.

63. Zohar A.H. (2015). Stability and change in personality in adults: The

range of plasticity. Oral presentation at the Association for Psychological

Science, NYC, May 20-24.

64. Aviv, N., & Zohar, A.H. (2015). Confirming pathways from personality

to HRV. Poster presentation at the Association for Psychological Science,

NYC, May 20-24.

65. Zohar, A.H., Lev-Ari, L., Bachner-Melman, R. (2015). My sister

myself: A controlled study of the relationship between women with a

lifetime diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and their sisters. Poster

presentation at the Eating Disorders Research Society, Taormina Sicily,

September 2015.

66. Zohar A.H. (2016). Ritualistic Behavior of Typically Developing

Children. 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological

Science, May 26-May29th Chicago, IL.

67. Ablin, J.N., Zohar, A.H., Zaraya-Blum, R., & Buskila, D. (2016).

Distinctive personality profiles of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome patients.Poster presentation at the American College of

Rheumatology, Washington D.C., November 11-16.

68. Lev-Ari, L., Zohar, A. H., Bachner-Melman, R., Globus, I., Burstein-

Klomek, A., & Latzer, Y. (2017). Disordered eating, weight and shape

concerns among bariatric patients and controls. Presented at the ECO2017

- the 24th European Congress on Obesity, Porto, Portugal, May, 2017.

69. Lev-Ari, L., Bachner-Melman, R., Zohar, A. H., & Mankuta, D. (2017). Weight

Gain, Feeding and Eating in the First Year of Life of Babies of Smoking and Non-

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Smoking Mothers. Presented at the ECO2017 - the 24th European Congress on

Obesity, Porto, Portugal, May, 2017.

70. Zohar, A.H. (2017). Heart rate variability – its structure, measurement and

implications for physical and mental health. Plenary delivered at: Third International

Scientific and Practical Psychology Conference: Health and Personality

Development, an Integrative Approach, Riga Stradina Universitate, Riga, Latvia,

April 28, 2017.

71. Zohar, A.H. (2017). Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback – Its rationale and its

practice. Workshop delivered at: Third International Scientific and Practical

Psychology Conference: Health and Personality Development, an Integrative

Approach, Riga Stradina Universitate, Riga, Latvia. Apri 29, 2017.

72. Zohar A.H., Lev-Ari, L., Bachner-Melman, R. & Laufer-Ayash, Y. (2017). The

well-rounded body image – and healthy eating behavior. Poster presented at: Eating

Disorders Research Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Leipzig Germany, Sept 14-

17, 2017.

73. Bachner-Melman, R., Zontag-Oren, E., Zohar, A.H. & Sher, H. (2017). Lives on

the line: Internet use of women with and without EDs. Poster presented at: Eating

Disorders Research Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Leipzig Germany, Sept 14-

17, 2017.

74. Zohar, A.H. (2017). How children become fussy eaters: Findings from the Ruppin

Mother & Child Longitudinal Study. Keynote delivered at: 23rd Scientific Meeting

of the Child Psychology and Adolescent Psychiatry Society, Berlin, Germany,

September 28-29 2017.

75. Zohar, A.H. (2018). Picky Eating: Lessons from the Ruppin Longitudinal Study of

Mothers and Children. The Australian and New Zealand Eating Disorders Academy

Meeting, Melbourne Australia, August 2-4, 2018.

76. Lev-Ari, L., Zohar, A. H., & Bachner-Melman, R. Fat and dissatisfied? Feeling

good towards your body mediates the relationship between BMI and disordered

eating. Presented at Obesity Week 2018, Tennessee, USA, November, 2018.

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