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Anat Zaidman-Zait

Anat Zaidman-Zait

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Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
4549
World Ranking
10254
National Ranking
125

Overview

Anat Zaidman-Zait is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and neuroscience with a focus on autism spectrum disorder and related developmental issues.

Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with notable emphasis in Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. Subfields also include Psychiatry and Mental Health, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Hearing Impairment and Communication
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Anat Zaidman-Zait include:

  • "Trajectories of Symptom Severity in Children with Autism: Variability and Turning Points through the Transition to School" (2021), published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • "Predictors of language regression and its association with subsequent communication development in children with autism" (2022), published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "Factor analysis of the children's sleep habits questionnaire among preschool children with autism spectrum disorder" (2020), published in Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • "Profiles and Predictors of Academic and Social School Functioning among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder" (2020), published in the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
  • "Pragmatics and Peer Relationships Among Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Hearing Adolescents" (2020), published in PEDIATRICS

Their frequent co-authors include Eric Duku, Stelios Georgiades, Connor M. Kerns, Isabel M. Smith, and Lonnie Zwaigenbaum.

Publication venues where Anat Zaidman-Zait frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Autism
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • Development and Psychopathology

Best Publications

  • Promoting Children’s Prosocial Behaviors in School: Impact of the “Roots of Empathy” Program on the Social and Emotional Competence of School-Aged Children

    Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl;Veronica Smith;Anat Zaidman-Zait;Clyde Hertzman

  • Examination of bidirectional relationships between parent stress and two types of problem behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder.

    Anat Zaidman-Zait;Anat Zaidman-Zait;Pat Mirenda;Eric Duku;Peter Szatmari;Peter Szatmari

  • Predictors of Expressive Vocabulary Growth in Children With Autism

    Veronica Smith;Pat Mirenda;Anat Zaidman-Zait

  • Impact of personal and social resources on parenting stress in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder

    Anat Zaidman-Zait;Pat Mirenda;Eric Duku;Tracy Vaillancourt

  • An item response theory analysis of the Parenting Stress Index‐Short Form with parents of children with autism spectrum disorders

    Anat Zaidman-Zait;Pat Mirenda;Bruno D. Zumbo;Stephen Wellington

  • Parenting a Child with a Cochlear Implant: A Critical Incident Study.

    Anat Zaidman-Zait

  • Relationships, Communication, and Career in the Parent-Adolescent Projects of Families with and without Challenges.

    Richard A. Young;Sheila Marshall;José F. Domene;Juliette Arato-Bolivar

  • Sleep quality, cortisol levels, and behavioral regulation in toddlers

    Anat Scher;Wendy A. Hall;Anat Zaidman-Zait;Joanne Weinberg

  • Transition to Adulthood

    Richard A. Young;Sheila K. Marshall;Ladislav Valach;José F. Domene

  • Everyday problems and stress faced by parents of children with cochlear implants.

    Anat Zaidman-Zait

  • Cochlear Implants in Children with Hearing Loss: Maternal Expectations and Impact on the Family.

    Anat Zaidman-Zait;Tova Most

  • The Impact of Childhood Hearing Loss on the Family: Mothers' and Fathers' Stress and Coping Resources.

    Anat Zaidman-Zait;Tova Most;Ricardo Tarrasch;Eliana Haddad-eid

  • Repetitive Behavior Severity as an Early Indicator of Risk for Elevated Anxiety Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Danielle A. Baribeau;Simone Vigod;Eleanor Pullenayegum;Connor M. Kerns

  • Cortisol levels in relation to maternal interaction and child internalizing behavior in preterm and full‐term children at 18 months corrected age

    Susanne Brummelte;Ruth E. Grunau;Anat Zaidman-Zait;Joanne Weinberg

  • Factor analysis of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form with parents of young children with autism spectrum disorders.

    Anat Zaidman-Zait;Pat Mirenda;Bruno D. Zumbo;Stelios Georgiades

  • The Needs of Parents of Children with Cochlear Implants.

    Tova Most;Anat Zaidman-Zait

  • Providing Web-based Support for Families of Infants and Young Children With Established Disabilities

    Anat Zaidman-Zait;Janet R. Jamieson

  • Transition to Adulthood as a Parent-Youth Project: Governance Transfer, Career Promotion, and Relational Processes.

    Richard A. Young;Sheila K. Marshall;José F. Domene;Matthew Graham

  • Parental Involvement in the Habilitation Process Following Children's Cochlear Implantation: An Action Theory Perspective.

    Anat Zaidman-Zait;Richard A. Young

  • Family Support Needs as Perceived by Parents of Preadolescents and Adolescents Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

    Janet R Jamieson;Anat Zaidman-Zait;Brenda Poon

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Szatmari
Peter Szatmari University of Toronto
Pat Mirenda
Pat Mirenda University of British Columbia
Tracy Vaillancourt
Tracy Vaillancourt University of Ottawa
Eric Duku
Eric Duku McMaster University
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum University of Alberta
Charlotte Waddell
Charlotte Waddell Simon Fraser University
Connor M. Kerns
Connor M. Kerns University of British Columbia
Richard A. Young
Richard A. Young University of British Columbia
Mayada Elsabbagh
Mayada Elsabbagh McGill University
Joanne Volden
Joanne Volden University of Alberta

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