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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
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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
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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
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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;
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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
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(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
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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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