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Sigal Zilcha-Mano

Sigal Zilcha-Mano

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Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
6338
World Ranking
8278
National Ranking
84

Overview

Sigal Zilcha-Mano is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel and specializes in psychology, with a significant focus on clinical psychology.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Applied Psychology

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Recent papers by Sigal Zilcha-Mano demonstrate diverse contributions to the field:

  • "Identifying Predictors of Psychological Distress During COVID-19: A Machine Learning Approach," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "The reciprocal relationship between alliance and early treatment symptoms: A two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis," 2020, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • "Toward personalized psychotherapy: The importance of the trait-like/state-like distinction for understanding therapeutic change," 2020, American Psychologist
  • "Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Italians During the First Week of Lockdown," 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Age-Related Hearing Loss, Late-Life Depression, and Risk for Incident Dementia in Older Adults," 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez
  • Amit Lazarov
  • Tohar Dolev-Amit
  • Bret R. Rutherford
  • Jessie L. Frijling

Sigal Zilcha-Mano has published extensively in specific venues, with multiple articles appearing in the following journals:

  • Psychotherapy
  • Psychotherapy Research
  • Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • An attachment perspective on human–pet relationships: Conceptualization and assessment of pet attachment orientations

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Mario Mikulincer;Phillip R. Shaver

  • Is the alliance really therapeutic? Revisiting this question in light of recent methodological advances.

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano

  • Pets as safe havens and secure bases: The moderating role of pet attachment orientations

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Mario Mikulincer;Phillip R. Shaver

  • Psychometric development of the Problematic Pornography Use Scale

    Ariel Kor;Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Yehuda A. Fogel;Mario Mikulincer

  • Pet in the therapy room: an attachment perspective on Animal-Assisted Therapy.

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Mario Mikulincer;Phillip R. Shaver

  • A wait-list randomized controlled trial of loving-kindness meditation programme for self-criticism.

    Ben Shahar;Ohad Szsepsenwol;Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Netalee Haim

  • Does alliance predict symptoms throughout treatment, or is it the other way around?

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Ulrike Dinger;Kevin S. McCarthy;Jacques P. Barber

  • The relationship between alliance and outcome: Analysis of a two-person perspective on alliance and session outcome.

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano;J. Christopher Muran;Clara Hungr;Catherine F. Eubanks

  • A meta-analytic review of psychodynamic therapies for anxiety disorders.

    John R. Keefe;Kevin S. McCarthy;Ulrike Dinger;Sigal Zilcha-Mano

  • One size does not fit all: Examining heterogeneity and identifying moderators of the alliance–outcome association.

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Paula Errázuriz

  • The reciprocal relationship between alliance and early treatment symptoms: A two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis.

    Christoph Flückiger;Julian Rubel;A. C. Del Re;Adam O. Horvath

  • Identifying Predictors of Psychological Distress During COVID-19: A Machine Learning Approach.

    Tracy A Prout;Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Katie Aafjes-van Doorn;Vera Békés

  • The Development and Validation of the Langer Mindfulness Scale - Enabling a Socio-Cognitive Perspective of Mindfulness in Organizational Contexts

    Michael Pirson;Ellen J. Langer;Todd Bodner;Sigal Zilcha-Mano

  • The associations among improvement and alliance expectations, alliance during treatment, and treatment outcome for major depressive disorder

    Jacques P Barber;Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Robert Gallop;Marna Barrett

  • Major developments in methods addressing for whom psychotherapy may work and why

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano

  • Toward personalized psychotherapy: The importance of the trait-like/state-like distinction for understanding therapeutic change.

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano

  • Early development of mechanisms of change as a predictor of subsequent change and treatment outcome: The case of working alliance.

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Paula Errázuriz

  • Interpersonal Problems, Dependency, and Self‐Criticism in Major Depressive Disorder

    Ulrike Dinger;Ulrike Dinger;Marna S. Barrett;Johannes Zimmermann;Henning Schauenburg

  • Implementing precision methods in personalizing psychological therapies: Barriers and possible ways forward.

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  • Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Italians During the First Week of Lockdown

    Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe;Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Tracy A. Prout;John Christopher Perry

  • Therapist-reported alliance: Is it really a predictor of outcome?

    Sigal Zilcha-Mano;Nili Solomonov;Harold Chui;Kevin S. McCarthy

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques P. Barber
Jacques P. Barber Adelphi University
J. Christopher Muran
J. Christopher Muran Adelphi University
Mario Mikulincer
Mario Mikulincer Reichman University
Phillip R. Shaver
Phillip R. Shaver University of California, Davis
Ellen J. Langer
Ellen J. Langer Harvard University
Yuval Neria
Yuval Neria Columbia University
Julian A. Rubel
Julian A. Rubel Osnabrück University
Melanie M. Wall
Melanie M. Wall Columbia University
Simone Shamay-Tsoory
Simone Shamay-Tsoory University of Haifa

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