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Miri Scharf is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel and focuses their research primarily in the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Education, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics covered in Scharf's research include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Art Therapy and Mental Health

Miri Scharf has published recent papers that address various psychological and social issues. These include:

  • How do highly sensitive persons parent their adolescent children? The role of sensory processing sensitivity in parenting practices (2020) in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Do children's family drawings reflect adaptation in early years of elementary school? (2023) in The Arts in Psychotherapy
  • Understanding processes that advance suicidal behavior among Israeli active duty soldiers: A mediation model (2021) in the Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Protective factors against parental burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic (2024) in Scientific Reports
  • Familial pot boiler: Pressures from inside and outside and parental psychological control (2024) in Applied Developmental Science

Their frequent coauthors include Limor Goldner, Yael Enav, Nitzan Scharf, Suha Daw, and Alon Goldberg. The frequent publication venues for Scharf's work are:

  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • The Arts in Psychotherapy
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Applied Developmental Science

Best Publications

  • Adolescent Romantic Behaviors and Perceptions: Age- and Gender-Related Differences, and Links With Family and Peer Relationships

    Shmuel Shulman;Miri Scharf

  • Stability and Discriminant Validity of the Adult Attachment Interview: A Psychometric Study in Young Israeli Adults

    Abraham Sagi;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Miri Scharf;Nina Koren-Karie

  • What Does It Mean to Be an Adult? The Israeli Experience

    Ofra Mayseless;Miri Scharf

  • Adolescents' Attachment Representations and Developmental Tasks in Emerging Adulthood.

    Miri Scharf;Ofra Mayseless;Inbal Kivenson-Baron

  • Attachment and Traumatic Stress in Female Holocaust Child Survivors and Their Daughters.

    Abraham Sagi-Schwartz;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Klaus E. Grossmann

  • Long-term effects of trauma: Psychosocial functioning of the second and third generation of Holocaust survivors

    Miri Scharf

  • Sibling Relationships in Emerging Adulthood and in Adolescence.

    Miri Scharf;Shmuel Shulman;Limor Avigad-Spitz

  • “If you really love me, you will do/be…”: Parental psychological control and its implications for children's adjustment

    Miri Scharf;Limor Goldner

  • Adolescents' Attachment Representations and Their Capacity for Intimacy in Close Relationships.

    Ofra Mayseless;Miri Scharf

  • The capacity for romantic intimacy: exploring the contribution of best friend and marital and parental relationships.

    Miri Scharf;Ofra Mayseless

  • Too close for comfort: inadequate boundaries with parents and individuation in late adolescent girls.

    Ofra Mayseless;Miri Scharf

  • “I will guide you” The indirect link between overparenting and young adults׳ adjustment

    Sofie Rousseau;Miri Scharf

  • Ecological Constraints for Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment

    Abraham Sagi;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Miri Scharf;Tirtsa Joels

  • Late adolescent girls' relationships with parents and romantic partner: the distinct role of mothers and fathers.

    Miri Scharf;Ofra Mayseless

  • Putting eggs in more than one basket: a new look at developmental processes of attachment in adolescence.

    Miri Scharf;Ofra Mayseless

  • From Authoritative Parenting Practices to an Authoritarian Context: Exploring the Person–Environment Fit

    Ofra Mayseless;Miri Scharf;Michal Sholt

  • Parental divorce and young adult children's romantic relationships: resolution of the divorce experience.

    Shmuel Shulman;Miri Scharf;Daniel Lumer;Offer Maurer

  • Disorganizing Experiences in Second- and Third-Generation Holocaust Survivors

    Miri Scharf;Ofra Mayseless

  • Finding the authentic self in a communal culture: developmental goals in emerging adulthood.

    Miri Scharf;Ofra Mayseless

  • Adolescents' ADHD symptoms and adjustment: The role of attachment and rejection sensitivity.

    Miri Scharf;Assaf Oshri;Varda Eshkol;Tammy Pilowsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Ofra Mayseless
Ofra Mayseless University of Haifa
Shmuel Shulman
Shmuel Shulman Bar-Ilan University
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn University College London
Abraham Sagi
Abraham Sagi University of Haifa
Marlene M. Moretti
Marlene M. Moretti Simon Fraser University
Inge Seiffge-Krenke
Inge Seiffge-Krenke Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Kathryn A. Kerns
Kathryn A. Kerns Kent State University

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