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Rachel Lev-Wiesel

Rachel Lev-Wiesel

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Psychology

D-Index
32
Citations
4067
World Ranking
10944
National Ranking
138

Overview

Rachel Lev-Wiesel is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel and conducts research primarily in the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences. Their research focuses extensively on Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science, with a notable presence in Conservation, Social Psychology, and Health subfields.

Their work covers a variety of topics related to trauma, mental health, and therapy, particularly emphasizing Child Abuse and Trauma, Art Therapy and Mental Health, and Intimate Partner and Family Violence. Other significant themes in their research include Child Therapy and Development, Psychological Testing and Assessment, Child Welfare and Adoption, as well as Migration, Health and Trauma.

Rachel Lev-Wiesel frequently publishes in journals such as the Journal of Loss and Trauma, Children, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, The Arts in Psychotherapy, and Frontiers in Psychology.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Rachel Lev-Wiesel include:

  • "Can artificial intelligence achieve human-level performance? A pilot study of childhood sexual abuse detection in self-figure drawings," 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • "Perceptions of Child Abuse as Manifested in Drawings and Narratives by Children and Adolescents," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Use of Self-Figure Drawing as an Assessment Tool for Child Abuse: Differentiating between Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Abuse," 2022, Children
  • "Children drawing violence: To what extent does it reflect actual experience," 2020, The Arts in Psychotherapy
  • "Introduction to the Special Issue The Use of Creative Art Therapies in the Prevention, Screening, and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse," 2022, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Collaboration plays an important role in their research. Frequent coauthors include Bussakorn Binson, Limor Goldner, Meghna Girish, Susan Weinger, and Nisara Jaroenkajornkij.

Best Publications

  • POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AMONG HOLOCAUST CHILD SURVIVORS

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Marianne Amir

  • Secondary Traumatic Stress, Psychological Distress, Sharing of Traumatic Reminisces, and Marital Quality among Spouses of Holocaust Child Survivors.

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Marianne Amir

  • Time does not heal all wounds: Quality of life and psychological distress of people who survived the Holocaust as children 55 years later

    Marianne Amir;Rachel Lev-Wiesel

  • POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AMONG FEMALE SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE IN RELATION TO THE PERPETRATOR IDENTITY

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Marianne Amir;Avi Besser

  • Growth in the Shadow of War: The Case of Social Workers and Nurses Working in a Shared War Reality

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Hadass Goldblatt;Zvi Eisikovits;Hanna Admi

  • Childhood sexual abuse as a predictor of birth-related posttraumatic stress and postpartum posttraumatic stress.

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Shir Daphna-Tekoah;Mordechai Hallak

  • Peer Rejection During Adolescence: Psychological Long-Term Effects—A Brief Report

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Orit Nuttman-Shwartz;Rotem Sternberg

  • Child sexual abuse: A critical review of intervention and treatment modalities

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel

  • Drawings vs. narratives: drawing as a tool to encourage verbalization in children whose fathers are drug abusers

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Revital Liraz

  • Past Traumatic Events: Are They a Risk Factor for High-Risk Pregnancy, Delivery Complications, and Postpartum Posttraumatic Symptoms?

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Roni Chen;Shir Daphna-Tekoah;Moshe Hod

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, psychological distress, personal resources, and quality of life in four groups of Holocaust child survivors.

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Marianne Amir

  • Social rejection by peers: a risk factor for psychological distress

    Anat Beeri;Rachel Lev-Wiesel

  • Attitude towards Marriage and Marital Quality: A Comparison Amoung Israeli Arabs Differentiated by Religion

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Alean Al-Krenawi

  • Prevalence of Child Maltreatment in Israel: A National Epidemiological Study

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Zvi Eisikovits;Maya First;Ruth Gottfried;Ruth Gottfried

  • Indicators constituting the construct of 'perceived community cohesion'

    Rachel Lev‐Wiesel

  • The Sensory Profile of People With Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms

    Batya Engel-Yeger;Dafna Palgy-Levin;Rachel Lev-Wiesel

  • Quality of Life in Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Who Have Undergone Therapy

    Rachel Lev-wiesel

  • Laughing through this pain: medical clowning during examination of sexually abused children: an innovative approach.

    Dafna Tener;Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Nessia Lang Franco;Shoshi Ofir

  • The Physical and Psychosocial Health of Bedouin Arab Women of the Negev Area of Israel

    Julie Cwikel;Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Alean Al-Krenawi

  • Psychological Symptomatology among Palestinian Male and Female Adolescents Living under Political Violence 2004–2005

    Alean Al-Krenawi;Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Mahmud A. Sehwail

  • Willingness to disclose child maltreatment: CSA vs other forms of child abuse in relation to gender.

    Rachel Lev-Wiesel;Maya First

Frequent Co-Authors

Avi Besser
Avi Besser Hadassah Academic College
Batya Engel-Yeger
Batya Engel-Yeger University of Haifa
Marc Gelkopf
Marc Gelkopf University of Haifa

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