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Yuval Palgi is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel and primarily works in the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Health, and Applied Psychology. Their research extensively covers topics related to Aging and Gerontology Research, Optimism, Hope, and Well-being, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Health disparities and outcomes, and Resilience and Mental Health.

Palgi's recent publications highlight a focus on mental health challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Notable works include "The loneliness pandemic: Loneliness and other concomitants of depression, anxiety and their comorbidity during the COVID-19 outbreak" (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders), which has received significant citations. Other papers include "No psychological vaccination: Vaccine hesitancy is associated with negative psychiatric outcomes among Israelis who received COVID-19 vaccination" (2021, Journal of Affective Disorders).

Other important papers in the broader collaborative network featuring related topics are "COVID-19 related loneliness and sleep problems in older adults: Worries and resilience as potential moderators" (2020, Personality and Individual Differences), "COVID-19-Related Loneliness and Psychiatric Symptoms Among Older Adults: The Buffering Role of Subjective Age" (2020, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry), and "COVID-19 health worries and anxiety symptoms among older adults: the moderating role of ageism" (2020, International Psychogeriatrics).

Frequent coauthors with whom Palgi has collaborated include Amit Shrira, Lee Greenblatt-Kimron, Ehud Bodner, Yaakov Hoffman, and Boaz M. Ben-David.

Palgi's work appears predominantly in several publication venues including Innovation in Aging, International Psychogeriatrics, The Journals of Gerontology Series B, Journal of Psychiatric Research, and Psychiatry Research.

  • Main fields of study: Psychology
  • Subfields of study: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Health, Applied Psychology
  • Main research topics: Aging and Gerontology Research, Optimism, Hope, and Well-being, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Health disparities and outcomes, Resilience and Mental Health

  • Recent papers: "The loneliness pandemic: Loneliness and other concomitants of depression, anxiety and their comorbidity during the COVID-19 outbreak" (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • "No psychological vaccination: Vaccine hesitancy is associated with negative psychiatric outcomes among Israelis who received COVID-19 vaccination" (2021, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • "COVID-19 related loneliness and sleep problems in older adults: Worries and resilience as potential moderators" (2020, Personality and Individual Differences)
  • "COVID-19-Related Loneliness and Psychiatric Symptoms Among Older Adults: The Buffering Role of Subjective Age" (2020, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)
  • "COVID-19 health worries and anxiety symptoms among older adults: the moderating role of ageism" (2020, International Psychogeriatrics)

  • Frequent coauthors: Amit Shrira, Lee Greenblatt-Kimron, Ehud Bodner, Yaakov Hoffman, Boaz M. Ben-David

  • Frequent publication venues: Innovation in Aging, International Psychogeriatrics, The Journals of Gerontology Series B, Journal of Psychiatric Research, Psychiatry Research

Best Publications

  • The loneliness pandemic: Loneliness and other concomitants of depression, anxiety and their comorbidity during the COVID-19 outbreak.

    Yuval Palgi;Amit Shrira;Lia Ring;Ehud Bodner

  • COVID-19 related loneliness and sleep problems in older adults: Worries and resilience as potential moderators

    Ephraim S. Grossman;Yaakov S.G. Hoffman;Yuval Palgi;Amit Shrira

  • COVID-19-Related Loneliness and Psychiatric Symptoms Among Older Adults: The Buffering Role of Subjective Age.

    Amit Shrira;Yaakov Hoffman;Ehud Bodner;Yuval Palgi

  • COVID-19 health worries and anxiety symptoms among older adults: the moderating role of ageism.

    Yoav S. Bergman;Sara Cohen-Fridel;Amit Shrira;Ehud Bodner

  • Ageism in Mental Health Assessment and Treatment of Older Adults

    Ehud Bodner;Yuval Palgi;Mary F. Wyman;Mary F. Wyman

  • Resilience and Vulnerability Among Aging Holocaust Survivors and Their Families: An Intergenerational Overview

    Dov Shmotkin;Amit Shrira;Shira C. Goldberg Ma;Yuval Palgi

  • For Better and for Worse: The Relationship between Future Expectations and Functioning in the Second Half of Life

    Amit Shrira;Yuval Palgi;Menachem Ben-Ezra;Tal Spalter

  • The interactive effect of subjective age and subjective distance-to-death on psychological distress of older adults

    Amit Shrira;Ehud Bodner;Yuval Palgi

  • Associations of loneliness in older married men and women.

    Liat Ayalon;Sharon Shiovitz-Ezra;Yuval Palgi

  • Trauma transmission through perceived parental burden among Holocaust survivors’ offspring and grandchildren.

    Sonia E. Letzter-Pouw;Amit Shrira;Menachem Ben-Ezra;Yuval Palgi

  • Transgenerational effects of trauma in midlife: Evidence for resilience and vulnerability in offspring of Holocaust survivors.

    Amit Shrira;Yuval Palgi;Menachem Ben-Ezra;Dov Shmotkin

  • Losing My Religion: A Preliminary Study of Changes in Belief Pattern After Sexual Assault:

    Menachem Ben-Ezra;Yuval Palgi;Dina Sternberg;Dina Berkley

  • The predicament of time near the end of life: Time perspective trajectories of life satisfaction among the old-old.

    Yuval Palgi;Dov Shmotkin

  • Impact of war stress on posttraumatic stress symptoms in hospital personnel.

    Menachem Ben-Ezra;Yuval Palgi;Nir Essar

  • In the eye of the storm or the bullseye of the media: social media use during Hurricane Sandy as a predictor of post-traumatic stress.

    Robin Goodwin;Yuval Palgi;Yaira Hamama-Raz;Menachem Ben-Ezra

  • The effect of prolonged exposure to war stress on the comorbidity of PTSD and depression among hospital personnel.

    Yuval Palgi;Menachem Ben-Ezra;Shai Langer;Nir Essar

  • The Definition and Categories of Positive Solitude: Older and Younger Adults’ Perspectives on Spending Time by Themselves:

    Sharon Ost Mor;Yuval Palgi;Dikla Segel-Karpas

  • Do Holocaust survivors show increased vulnerability or resilience to post-Holocaust cumulative adversity?

    Amit Shrira;Yuval Palgi;Menachem Ben-Ezra;Dov Shmotkin

  • No psychological vaccination: Vaccine hesitancy is associated with negative psychiatric outcomes among Israelis who received COVID-19 vaccination.

    Yuval Palgi;Yoav S. Bergman;Boaz Ben-David;Boaz Ben-David;Boaz Ben-David;Ehud Bodner

  • Previous exposure to the World Trade Center terrorist attack and posttraumatic symptoms among older adults following Hurricane Sandy.

    Amit Shrira;Yuval Palgi;Yaira Hamama-Raz;Robin Goodwin

  • Delineating Terminal Change in Subjective Well-Being and Subjective Health

    Yuval Palgi;Amit Shrira;Menachem Ben-Ezra;Tal Spalter

Frequent Co-Authors

Menachem Ben-Ezra
Menachem Ben-Ezra Ariel University
Dov Shmotkin
Dov Shmotkin Tel Aviv University
Liat Ayalon
Liat Ayalon Bar-Ilan University
Krzysztof Kaniasty
Krzysztof Kaniasty Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Philip Hyland
Philip Hyland National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Thanos Karatzias
Thanos Karatzias Edinburgh Napier University
Zahava Solomon
Zahava Solomon Tel Aviv University
Mark Shevlin
Mark Shevlin University of Ulster
Arthur Wingfield
Arthur Wingfield Brandeis University
Andrea Z. LaCroix
Andrea Z. LaCroix University of California, San Diego

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