Center for Women's Health Studies and Promotion

The Center's Research Students

Name of the Student

Name of the Supervisor

Degree 

Research Area

 

 

 

 
Women coping with Stressful Life Events ​

 

 

 Ms. Shira Ackerman

 Prof. Ephrat Huss

MA

Women who are victims of childhood sexual abuse and lacking family support: Their outlook on the correct treatment framework

 

 Ms. Liron Barak

Prof. Orly Sarid
 
 Prof. Itzhak Gilat
MA
The relationship between attitudes toward using e-therapy for psychological needs (users of Eran) and mindfulness ability
 

Mr. Kfir Bar-Yosef

 Prof. Ephrat Huss

MA

 

Portrayal of stigma toward cognitive impairment by images of boys and girls

 

Ms. Tamar Dagan

 Prof. Ephrat Huss

MA

 

The use of "memory pages" in social network on Facebook as offering a treatment dimension for coping among bereaved parents from security forces

 

Ms. Liat Hoffer

 

 

 Dr. Dorit Segal-Engelchin

 

 Prof. Shifra Shvarts 

                                  

MA

 thesis completion towards a PhD degree
Women treated by irradiation for ringworm in the 1950s

 

Ms. Ilana  Karutchi

 

 Prof. Ephrat Huss

 

MA

 

Stories of coping among wives of alcoholics: A reanalysis of the "co-dependency" theory

 

Ms. Nirit Volk

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 

 Prof. Judy Postmus 

PhD

 

Resilience among mothers who were victims of childhood sexual abuse and their daughters who did or did not suffer from childhood sexual abuse

 

 

 

 

Sexuality, Pregnancy and Birth

 

Ms. Ola Abu-Halva​​

 

 

 

 Prof. Orly Sarid

 

MA

Demographic, social and psychological features of women who give birth after the age of 40

 

Ms. Shimrit Engelsman

 

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 

 Prof. Ephrat Huss

PhD

Health behaviors and subjective pregnancy and birth experiences among Haredi women in Israel

 

Ms. Sharona Peled

 

 Prof. Orly Sarid

 

 Prof. Talma Kushnir

 

PhD

 

Characteristics of labeling, communication and evaluation of quality of pre-natal services as reflected by nurses in women's health centers among lesbian and transsexual women

 

Ms. Orit Segev

 Prof. Orly Sarid 

MA

 

Feelings of self-cohesiveness and first symptoms of depression among women after a first birth

 

Ms. Meital Simhi

 Prof. Orly Sarid

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

PhD

 

Social-demographic features and health beliefs regarding service preferences in the presence of  depression or anxiety among mothers after birth

 

 Ms. Ortal Vaalni

 

 Prof. Orly Sarid

 

MA

 

The effects of social support on the first symptoms of post-partum depression and bonding with the infant

 

 

 

 

Parenting and Family Issues

 

Ms. Efrat Cohen-Noyman

 

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 

PhD

 

The mother-daughter relationship and its effect on the development of body image among adolescent girls

 

Ms. Yael Damri

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 

 DrShosh Arbel

 

 Dr. Naama AtzabaPoria-

 

 

 

PhD

 

The relationship between parental, child and contextual variables and the reflective capacity among parents of children with ADHD

 

 

Ms. Daya Ben-Yosef

 

 Dr. Dorit Segal-Engelchin

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 

MA

 

The generational transfer of health behaviors from mothers to daughters with regard to breastfeeding and body image

 

Mr. Avigdor Kaner

 

 Dr. Dorit Segal-Engelchin

 

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

PhD

The transition to fatherhood: An internet intervention for new fathers

 

Ms. Tali Nevo

 

 

 Dr. Dorit Segal-Engelchin

 

 

MA

 

The meaning of choosing sperm donation as a route to single motherhood

 

Ms. Talia Paichich-Aizen

 

 

 Dr. Dorit Segal-Engelchin

 

 

 

MA thesis completion towards a PhD degree

 

The experience of mothering among women who are partnered with a widower with young children

 

 

 

 

Women Coping With Illness and Pain

 

Ms. Naama Malul

 Prof. Orly Sarid

MA

 

The effect of hydrotherapy and length of daily practice on improving psychological function: The effect of depression and anxiety symptoms among women with fibromyalgia

 

Ms. Daniella Pratt

 

 Prof. Orly Sarid

 

 Dr. Yuval Krieger

MA

 

Perceptions of pain among hospitalized women suffering from burns: Social and demographic features