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Batya Engel-Yeger

Batya Engel-Yeger

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Psychology

D-Index
37
Citations
6227
World Ranking
9175
National Ranking
100

Overview

Batya Engel-Yeger is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel, with a research focus spanning medicine and psychology. Their scholarly output includes a significant body of work across multiple fields, including psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. Their research also touches on developmental and educational psychology as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist has contributed to over 55 publications in medicine and around 30 in psychology. Their prominent subfields of study include:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Engel-Yeger's work covers a range of research topics, notably:

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Frequent publication venues include a variety of journals, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Children
  • American Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities

Among their recent published papers are the following:

  • The role of poor motor coordination in predicting adults' health related quality of life (2020) in Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • Executive dysfunctions mediate between altered sensory processing and daily activity performance in older adults (2021) in BMC Geriatrics
  • Sensory processing patterns affect headache severity among adolescents with migraine (2020) in The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • Association between sensory modulation and sleep difficulties in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (2021) in Sleep Medicine
  • How Self-Regulation and Executive Functions Deficits Affect Quality of Life of Children/Adolescents with Emotional Regulation Disorders (2023) in Children

The scientist's frequent collaborators include:

  • Aharon Kessel
  • Sara Rosenblum
  • Jacob Genizi
  • Ginan Hammud
  • Avi Avital

Best Publications

  • A meta-analysis of sensory modulation symptoms in individuals with autism spectrum disorders.

    Ayelet Ben-Sasson;Liat Hen;Ronen Fluss;Sharon A. Cermak

  • Inclusion of Children with Disabilities: Teachers' Attitudes and Requirements for Environmental Accommodations.

    Eynat Gal;Naomi Schreur;Batya Engel-Yeger

  • Differences in Patterns of Participation Between Youths With Cerebral Palsy and Typically Developing Peers

    Batya Engel-Yeger;Tal Jarus;Dana Anaby;Mary Law

  • Sensory processing abilities and their relation to participation in leisure activities among children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD)

    Michal Hochhauser;Batya Engel-Yeger

  • The Relationship between Sensory Processing Difficulties and Anxiety Level of Healthy Adults

    Batya Engel-Yeger;Winnie Dunn

  • Handwriting Performance, Self-Reports, and Perceived Self-Efficacy Among Children With Dysgraphia

    Batya Engel-Yeger;Limor Nagauker-Yanuv;Sara Rosenblum

  • Extreme sensory processing patterns show a complex association with depression, and impulsivity, alexithymia, and hopelessness

    Gianluca Serafini;Xenia Gonda;Giovanna Canepa;Maurizio Pompili

  • Participation patterns of school-aged children with and without DCD

    Tal Jarus;Yael Lourie-Gelberg;Batya Engel-Yeger;Orit Bart

  • Extreme sensory processing patterns and their relation with clinical conditions among individuals with major affective disorders

    Batya Engel-Yeger;Caterina Muzio;Giorgio Rinosi;Paola Solano

  • The relationship between Developmental Co‐ordination Disorders, child's perceived self‐efficacy and preference to participate in daily activities

    B. Engel-Yeger;A. Hanna Kasis

  • The relationship between sensory processing patterns, alexithymia, traumatic childhood experiences, and quality of life among patients with unipolar and bipolar disorders.

    Gianluca Serafini;Xenia Gonda;Maurizio Pompili;Zoltan Rihmer

  • The relationship between sensory processing difficulties and leisure activity preference of children with different types of ADHD

    Batya Engel-Yeger;Daniella Ziv-On

  • Executive dysfunctions among boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Performance-based test and parents report

    Ma’ayan Shimoni;Batya Engel-Yeger;Emanuel Tirosh

  • Sensory Processing Difficulties and Interpersonal Relationships in Adults: An Exploratory Study

    Nili Ben-Avi;Moshe Almagor;Batya Engel-Yeger

  • Exploring the Relationship between Affect and Sensory Processing Patterns in Adults

    Batya Engel-Yeger;Winnie Dunn

  • Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC): Establishing construct validity for Israeli children

    Batya Engel-Yeger;Sara Rosenblum;Naomi Josman

  • The relationship between sensory hypersensitivity and sleep quality of children with atopic dermatitis.

    Ayelet Shani-Adir;Dganit Rozenman;Aharon Kessel;Batya Engel-Yeger

  • Sensory hypersensitivity as a contributing factor in the relation between sleep and behavioral disorders in normal schoolchildren.

    Tamar Shochat;Orna Tzischinsky;Batya Engel-Yeger

  • Sensory processing dysfunctions as expressed among children with different severities of intellectual developmental disabilities

    Batya Engel-Yeger;Reem Hardal-Nasser;Eynat Gal

  • Relationship Between Pain Catastrophizing Level and Sensory Processing Patterns in Typical Adults

    Batya Engel-Yeger;Winnie Dunn

  • Childhood Participation in After-School Activities: What is to be Expected?

    Tal Jarus;Dana Anaby;Orit Bart;Batya Engel-Yeger

Frequent Co-Authors

Sara Rosenblum
Sara Rosenblum University of Haifa
Mario Amore
Mario Amore University of Genoa
Gianluca Serafini
Gianluca Serafini University of Genoa
Xenia Gonda
Xenia Gonda Semmelweis University
Zoltan Rihmer
Zoltan Rihmer Semmelweis University
Rachel Lev-Wiesel
Rachel Lev-Wiesel University of Haifa
John DeLuca
John DeLuca Kessler Foundation
Gustavo H. Vázquez
Gustavo H. Vázquez Queen's University

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