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Overview

Amit Bernstein is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel and works primarily in the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Their research spans across a range of psychological subfields with notable contributions in areas such as social psychology and applied psychology.

The main topics of Bernstein's work include:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access

Bernstein's recent publications reflect a strong emphasis on mindfulness-based trauma recovery, cognitive biases in depression, and metacognitive processes. Their notable papers include:

  • "Mindfulness-Based Trauma Recovery for Refugees (MBTR-R): Randomized Waitlist-Control Evidence of Efficacy and Safety," 2021, Clinical Psychological Science
  • "Mapping Dynamic Interactions Among Cognitive Biases in Depression," 2020, Emotion Review
  • "The Metacognitive Processes of Decentering Scale: Development and initial validation of trait and state versions," 2020, Psychological Assessment
  • "First, do no harm: An intensive experience sampling study of adverse effects to mindfulness training," 2021, Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • "Candidate mechanisms of action of mindfulness-based trauma recovery for refugees (MBTR-R): Self-compassion and self-criticism," 2022, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Bernstein frequently publishes in several academic venues, including:

  • Mindfulness
  • Psychological Assessment
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Psychological Inquiry
  • Clinical Psychological Science

Their collaborative network includes several frequent co-authors, among them Yuval Hadash, Iftach Amir, Anna Aizik-Reebs, Kim Yuval, and Liad Ruimi. The frequency of collaboration ranges with some co-authors contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Distress tolerance and psychopathological symptoms and disorders: A review of the empirical literature among adults.

    Teresa M. Leyro;Michael J. Zvolensky;Amit Bernstein

  • Decentering and Related Constructs: A Critical Review and Metacognitive Processes Model.

    Amit Bernstein;Yuval Hadash;Yael Lichtash;Galia Tanay

  • State Mindfulness Scale (SMS): development and initial validation.

    Galia Tanay;Amit Bernstein

  • Distress Tolerance Theory, Measurement, and Relations to Psychopathology

    Michael J. Zvolensky;Anka A. Vujanovic;Amit Bernstein;Teresa Leyro

  • Unreliability as a threat to understanding psychopathology: The cautionary tale of attentional bias.

    Thomas L Rodebaugh;Rachel B Scullin;Julia K Langer;David J Dixon

  • Temporal Dynamics of Attentional Bias

    Ariel Zvielli;Amit Bernstein;Ernst H. W. Koster

  • Marijuana use motives: concurrent relations to frequency of past 30-day use and anxiety sensitivity among young adult marijuana smokers.

    Marcel O. Bonn-Miller;Michael J. Zvolensky;Amit Bernstein

  • Integrating anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance, and discomfort intolerance: a hierarchical model of affect sensitivity and tolerance.

    Amit Bernstein;Michael J. Zvolensky;Anka A. Vujanovic;Rudolf Moos

  • Self-Compassion in Recovery Following Potentially Traumatic Stress: Longitudinal Study of At-Risk Youth

    Mordechai Zeller;Kim Yuval;Yaara Nitzan-Assayag;Amit Bernstein

  • Multimethod study of distress tolerance and PTSD symptom severity in a trauma-exposed community sample

    Erin C. Marshall-Berenz;Anka A. Vujanovic;Marcel O. Bonn-Miller;Amit Bernstein

  • Marijuana use motives: A confirmatory test and evaluation among young adult marijuana users.

    Michael J. Zvolensky;Anka A. Vujanovic;Amit Bernstein;Marcel O. Bonn-Miller

  • Cigarette Smoking and Panic Psychopathology

    Michael J. Zvolensky;Amit Bernstein

  • Posttraumatic stress symptom severity predicts marijuana use coping motives among traumatic event-exposed marijuana users.

    Marcel O. Bonn-Miller;Anka A. Vujanovic;Matthew T. Feldner;Amit Bernstein

  • Distress Tolerance Scale: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Among Daily Cigarette Smokers.

    Teresa M. Leyro;Amit Bernstein;Anka A. Vujanovic;Anka A. Vujanovic;Alison C. McLeish

  • A general approach-avoidance hypothesis of oxytocin: accounting for social and non-social effects of oxytocin

    Osnat Harari-Dahan;Amit Bernstein

  • Risk-factor research and prevention programs for anxiety disorders: a translational research framework.

    Michael J. Zvolensky;Norman B. Schmidt;Amit Bernstein;Meghan E. Keough

  • Relations between anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance, and fear reactivity to bodily sensations to coping and conformity marijuana use motives among young adult marijuana users.

    Michael J. Zvolensky;Erin C. Marshall;Kirsten Johnson;Julianna Hogan

  • DSM-oriented scales and statistically based syndromes for ages 18 to 59: linking taxonomic paradigms to facilitate multitaxonomic approaches.

    Thomas M. Achenbach;Amit Bernstein;Levent Dumenci

  • Lifetime associations between cannabis, use, abuse, and dependence and panic attacks in a representative sample

    Michael J. Zvolensky;Amit Bernstein;Natalie Sachs-Ericsson;Norman B. Schmidt

  • Incremental Validity of Mindfulness Skills in Relation to Emotional Dysregulation among a Young Adult Community Sample

    Anka A. Vujanovic;Marcel O. Bonn-Miller;Amit Bernstein;Laura G. McKee

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Zvolensky
Michael J. Zvolensky University of Houston
Anka A. Vujanovic
Anka A. Vujanovic University of Houston
Marcel O. Bonn-Miller
Marcel O. Bonn-Miller University of Pennsylvania
Matthew T. Feldner
Matthew T. Feldner University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Norman B. Schmidt
Norman B. Schmidt Florida State University
Ellen W. Leen-Feldner
Ellen W. Leen-Feldner University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Sherry H. Stewart
Sherry H. Stewart Dalhousie University
Ernst H. W. Koster
Ernst H. W. Koster Ghent University
Natalie Sachs-Ericsson
Natalie Sachs-Ericsson Florida State University
Adam W. Hanley
Adam W. Hanley Florida State University

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