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Overview

Ada H. Zohar is affiliated with Ruppin Academic Center in Israel and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their work focuses extensively on clinical psychology and intersects with psychiatry and mental health, public health, pharmacy, and social psychology.

Their research topics cover several areas related to eating behaviors and disorders, child nutrition, obesity, and psychosomatic conditions. Key topics include:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Ada H. Zohar has published numerous papers, frequently collaborating with multiple coauthors. Frequent coauthors include Lilac Lev-Ari, Rachel Bachner-Melman, Maor Yeshua, Michal Linketsky, and Andrea Berger.

Their recent publications include:

  • "A longitudinal study of maternal feeding and children's picky eating," 2020, Appetite
  • "Two to Tango? The Dance of Maternal Authority and Feeding Practices with Child Eating Behavior," 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

In addition, they have contributed to research published by coauthors in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • PeerJ
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Ada H. Zohar's work is characterized by its focus on maternal feeding practices, child eating behavior, and related psychosomatic and mental health issues. The studies often intersect with public health concerns, particularly those addressing obesity and diet.

Best Publications

  • The Epidemiology of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents

    Ada H. Zohar

  • Personality and the perception of health and happiness.

    C. Robert Cloninger;Ada H. Zohar

  • AVPR1a and SLC6A4 gene polymorphisms are associated with creative dance performance.

    Rachel Bachner-Melman;Christian Dina;Ada H Zohar;Naama Constantini

  • An Epidemiological Study of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders in Israeli Adolescents

    Ada H. Zohar;Gidi Ratzoni;David L. Pauls;Alan Apter

  • An epidemiologic study of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome in Israel.

    Alan Apter;David L. Pauls;Avi Bleich;Ada H. Zohar

  • Subscales within the dependency factor of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire

    Sidney J. Blatt;Ada H. Zohar;Donald M. Quinlan;David C. Zuroff

  • Haplotype relative risk study of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): association of the high-enzyme activity Val allele with ADHD impulsive-hyperactive phenotype.

    Jacques Eisenberg;Galit Mei-Tal;Avraham Steinberg;Eduardo Tartakovsky

  • The psychological costs and benefits of being highly persistent: Personality profiles distinguish mood disorders from anxiety disorders

    C. Robert Cloninger;Ada H. Zohar;Schmuel Hirschmann;Dana Dahan;Dana Dahan

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder in patients with velocardiofacial (22q11 deletion) syndrome.

    Doron Gothelf;Gadi Presburger;Ada H. Zohar;Merav Burg

  • Ritualistic behavior in young children.

    Ada H. Zohar;Levia Felz

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder with and without tics in an epidemiological sample of adolescents.

    Ada H. Zohar;David L. Pauls;Gidi Ratzoni;Alan Apter

  • Association between the COMT locus and obsessive-compulsive disorder in females but not males.

    John P. Alsobrook;Ada H. Zohar;Marion Leboyer;Nadia Chabane

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Characteristics: From Symptoms to Syndrome

    Alan Apter;Theodore J. Fallon;Robert A. King;Gidi Ratzoni

  • Polymorphisms in the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) contribute to individual differences in human sexual behavior: desire, arousal and sexual function

    I Z Ben Zion;R Tessler;L Cohen;E Lerer

  • Dopaminergic polymorphisms associated with self-report measures of human altruism: a fresh phenotype for the dopamine D4 receptor.

    R Bachner-Melman;I Gritsenko;L Nemanov;A H Zohar

  • An examination of cognitive versus behavioral components of recovery from anorexia nervosa.

    Rachel Bachner-Melman;Ada H. Zohar;Richard P. Ebstein

  • A haplotype relative risk study of the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) exon III repeat polymorphism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

    Jacques Eisenberg;Ada Zohar;Galit Mei-Tal;Avraham Steinberg

  • Anorexia nervosa, perfectionism, and dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4).

    Rachel Bachner-Melman;Elad Lerer;Ada H. Zohar;Ilana Kremer

  • Promotion of Well-Being in Person-Centered Mental Health Care

    C. Robert Cloninger;Ada H. Zohar;Kevin M. Cloninger

  • Personality and Heart Rate Variability: Exploring Pathways from Personality to Cardiac Coherence and Health

    Ada H. Zohar;C. Robert Cloninger;Rollin McCraty

  • AVPR1a and SLC6A4 Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated with Creative Dance

    Performance Bachner-Melman;Christian Dina;Ada H. Zohar;Naama Constantini

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard P. Ebstein
Richard P. Ebstein Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Alan Apter
Alan Apter Reichman University
C. Robert Cloninger
C. Robert Cloninger Washington University in St. Louis
Donald J. Cohen
Donald J. Cohen Yale University
Mordechai Shohat
Mordechai Shohat Tel Aviv University
Sidney J. Blatt
Sidney J. Blatt Yale University
Gil Zalsman
Gil Zalsman Tel Aviv University
Donald M. Quinlan
Donald M. Quinlan Yale University
Moshe Kotler
Moshe Kotler Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Doron Gothelf
Doron Gothelf Tel Aviv University

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