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Rachel Dekel is affiliated with Bar-Ilan University in Israel and has a body of work primarily situated within the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their research contributions focus on clinical psychology, sociology and political science, health, social psychology, and general health professions.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Resilience and Mental Health

Rachel Dekel has published extensively in several scholarly venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
  • Death Studies
  • European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Among their recent academic papers are:

  • "How Culture Shapes Informal Caregiver Motivations: A Meta-Ethnographic Review" (2022, Qualitative Health Research)
  • "Male intimate partner violence: Examining the roles of childhood trauma, PTSD symptoms, and dominance." (2020, Journal of Family Psychology)
  • "Personal mastery and community dedication as mediators of the association of trauma exposure with PTSS and PTG." (2020, Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy)
  • "Experiences of children growing up with a parent who has military-related post-traumatic stress disorder: a qualitative systematic review" (2021, JBI Evidence Synthesis)
  • "COVID-19 vs. terrorism: Contribution of the COR theory to the process of coping with invisible threats" (2022, Journal of Psychiatric Research)

Frequent collaborators in research include:

  • Ohad Gilbar
  • Heidi Cramm
  • Orit Nuttman-Shwartz
  • Danny Horesh
  • Noa Vilchinsky

Best Publications

  • Is there intergenerational transmission of trauma? The case of combat veterans' children.

    Rachel Dekel;Hadass Goldblatt

  • Military-related post-traumatic stress disorder and family relations: Current knowledge and future directions

    Rachel Dekel;Candice M. Monson

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and posttraumatic growth among Israeli ex-POWs.

    Zahava Solomon;Rachel Dekel

  • Being a Wife of a Veteran with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Rachel Dekel;Hadass Goldblatt;Michal Keidar;Zahava Solomon

  • Secondary traumatization among wives of PTSD and post-concussion casualties: distress, caregiver burden and psychological separation.

    N. Ben Arzi;Zahava Solomon;R. Dekel

  • Complex trauma of war captivity: a prospective study of attachment and post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Z. Solomon;R. Dekel;M. Mikulincer

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder in an interpersonal context.

    Candice M. Monson;Steffany J. Fredman;Rachel Dekel

  • The relationships between posttraumatic stress symptom clusters and marital intimacy among war veterans.

    Zahava Solomon;Rachel Dekel;Gadi Zerach

  • Emotional distress and marital adjustment of caregivers: contribution of level of impairment and appraised burden

    Rachel Dekel;Zahava Solomon;Avi Bleich

  • Intimate Partner and General Aggression Perpetration Among Combat Veterans Presenting to a Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Clinic

    Casey T. Taft;Robin P. Weatherill;Halley E. Woodward;Lavinia A. Pinto

  • Posttraumatic distress and growth among wives of prisoners of war: The contribution of husbands' posttraumatic stress disorder and wives' own attachment.

    Rachel Dekel

  • World Assumptions and Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

    Rachel Dekel;Zahava Solomon;Ask Elklit;Karni Ginzburg

  • Posttraumatic Stress and Growth: The Contribution of Cognitive Appraisal and Sense of Belonging to the Country

    Rachel Dekel;Orit Nuttman-Shwartz

  • Intervention in a Shared Traumatic Reality: A New Challenge for Social Workers

    Rachel Dekel;Nehami Baum

  • Secondary traumatization among wives of Israeli POWs : the role of POWs' distress

    Rachel Dekel;Zahava Solomon

  • Factor structure and concurrent validity of the world assumptions scale

    Ask Elklit;Mark Shevlin;Zahava Solomon;Rachel Dekel

  • Marital relations among former prisoners of war: contribution of posttraumatic stress disorder, aggression, and sexual satisfaction.

    Rachel Dekel;Zahava Solomon

  • Sense of Coherence, Ways of Coping, and Well Being of Married and Divorced Mothers

    Orna Cohen;Rachel Dekel

  • Battlefield functioning and chronic PTSD: associations with perceived self efficacy and causal attribution

    Karni Ginzburg;Zahava Solomon;Rachel Dekel;Yuval Neria

  • Sensation seeking, wartime performance, and long-term adjustment among Israeli war veterans

    Y Neria;Z Solomon;K Ginzburg;R Dekel

Frequent Co-Authors

Zahava Solomon
Zahava Solomon Tel Aviv University
Yuval Neria
Yuval Neria Columbia University
Philip Hyland
Philip Hyland National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Marylene Cloitre
Marylene Cloitre New York University
Ask Elklit
Ask Elklit University of Southern Denmark
Abigail H. Gewirtz
Abigail H. Gewirtz University of Minnesota
Candice M. Monson
Candice M. Monson Toronto Metropolitan University
Rami Benbenishty
Rami Benbenishty Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Casey T. Taft
Casey T. Taft Boston University
Mario Mikulincer
Mario Mikulincer Reichman University

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