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Unnikrishnan, R., & Misra, A. (2021). Diabetes and COVID19: a bidirectional relationship. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1-5.

Abstract:

The advent and rapid spread of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID19) pandemic across the world has focused attention on the relationship of commonly occurring comorbidities such as diabetes on the course and outcomes of this infection. While diabetes does not seem to be associated with an increased risk of COVID19 infection per se, it has been clearly demonstrated that the presence of hyperglycemia of any degree predisposes to worse outcomes, such as more severe respiratory involvement, ICU admissions, need for mechanical ventilation and mortality. Further, COVID19 infection has been associated with the development of new-onset hyperglycemia and diabetes, and worsening of glycemic control in pre-existing diabetes, due to direct pancreatic damage by the virus, body’s stress response to infection (including cytokine storm) and use of diabetogenic drugs such as corticosteroids in the treatment of severe COVID19. In addition, public health measures taken to flatten the pandemic curve (such as lockdowns) can also adversely impact persons with diabetes by limiting their access to clinical care, healthy diet, and opportunities to exercise. Most antidiabetic medications can continue to be used in patients with mild COVID19 but switching over to insulin is preferred in severe disease.

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דברה שמואלי ושי בן יוסף (2021) ערכת יישום -פיתוח חוסן מקומי. ישראל 100

תקציר

חוסן מקומי הופך בשנים האחרונות למושג מפתח בהתנהלות רשויות מקומיות. מטרת הערכה, שפותחה במסגרת פרוייקט "ישראל 100" לתת בידי מנהיגות הרשות המקומית כלים מעשיים לקביעת מדיניות, תכנון, יישום, מדידה ומעקב, לחיזוק חוסן מקומי בשיתוף מגוון מחזיקי עניין, בעת שגרה ובמצבי חרום ושיקום.
לאפשר לפעילים קהילתיים לפעול לחיזוק החוסן הקהילתי, באופן שיטתי, בשיתוף הרשות ומגוון מחזיקי עניין, בעת שגרה ובמצבי חרום ושיקום.

הערכה המוצעת מאפשרת למנהיגות המקומית להוביל מהלך ארוך טווח, הנושא פירות רבים, משפר את איכות חיי היום יום ואת ההערכות וההתמודדות במצבי חרום ואסון. היא נותנת כלים מעשיים לקביעת מדיניות, יישום, מדידה ומעקב, לחיזוק חוסן העיר והעירייה, בשיתוף מגוון מחזיקי עניין.

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United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), (2012). How To Make Cities More Resilient. A Handbook for Local Government Leaders. A contribution to the Global Campaign 2010-2015 - Making Cities Resilient – My City is Getting Ready!, Geneva, March 2012
Abstract:
With over half the world’s population now living in urban areas, making cities safer is a long-term challenge that can be achieved. Cities are engines of national growth and dynamic in their governance systems and capacities. Throughout history, disaster events have disrupted urban life. An extreme and changing climate, earthquakes, and emergencies triggered by man-made hazards are increasingly putting pressure on people and threatening the prosperity of cities. This Handbook for Local Government Leaders provides mayors, governors, councillors and others with a generic framework for risk reduction and points to good practices and tools that are already being applied indifferent cities for that purpose. It responds to the following key questions: WHY building disaster resilience is beneficial; WHAT kind of strategies and actions are required; and HOW to go about the task. Because cities, towns and municipalities differ in size, social, economic and cultural profiles and exposure to risk, each one will approach the tasks differently
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Ben-Yaakov, O., & Ben-Ari, O. T. (2021). COVID-19-Related anxieties and parenting stress among first-time mothers and fathers in their first year of parenthood. Psychology & Health, 1-15.

Abstract:

Introduction: The changes accompanying the transition to parenthood, joined by the fears aroused by the COVID-19 pandemic, may lead to high levels of parental anxieties and stress, particularly among parents of young infants. This study, conducted in the midst of the crisis, explores the level of COVID-19-related anxieties and parenting stress of Israeli parents in their first year of parenthood.

Methods: First-time mothers (n = 469) and fathers (n = 137), aged 21-50, completed self-report questionnaires in April, 2020. They were divided into two groups: parents of younger infants (aged 3-6 months); parents of older infants (aged 7-12 months).

Results: The levels of all COVID-19-related anxieties were quite high, with the greatest concern aroused by public transportation and public places, followed by concerns over the possible infection of family members and the infant, going for infant check-ups, getting the virus themselves, and the health of the infant. In both groups, mothers reported higher COVID-19-related anxieties than fathers. Fathers of older infants reported higher parenting stress than mothers.

Discussion: The results highlight the need to be attentive to the double stress of new parents in the first year of parenthood in a time of crisis, and to the potentially greater vulnerability of fathers of older infants.

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Taubman–Ben‐Ari, O., Chasson, M., & Abu‐Sharkia, S. (2020). Childbirth anxieties in the shadow of COVID‐19: Self‐compassion and social support among Jewish and Arab pregnant women in Israel. Health & Social Care in the Community.

Abstract:

The study examined two angles of childbirth anxieties of Jewish and Arab pregnant women in Israel during the COVID‐19 pandemic (March‐April, 2020). Specifically, we examined the contribution of personal resources: self‐compassion and perceived social support, as well as a couple of COVID‐19‐related fears of being infected and concern for the foetus, to both the woman's global fear of childbirth (FOC) and her COVID‐19‐related childbirth anxiety. Participants were Jewish and Arab pregnant women (n = 403) aged 20–47, who completed a set of structured self‐report questionnaires from 18 March to 9 April 2020. Findings indicated that Arab women reported higher level of COVID‐19‐related childbirth anxiety and COVID‐19‐related fears of being infected and concern for the foetus. In addition, poorer health, being an Arab woman, being in the third trimester, lower self‐compassion, and higher COVID‐19‐related fears contributed significantly to greater COVID‐19‐related childbirth anxiety. Furthermore, poorer health, being primiparous, at‐risk pregnancy, lower self‐compassion and higher fear of being infected contributed significantly to greater FOC. Importantly, social support was found to moderate the association between self‐compassion and FOC. The results highlight the need to be attentive to pregnant women in times of crisis, and in particular to especially vulnerable subgroups, such as cultural minorities. They also highlight the importance of personal resources that may be applied in targeted interventions to reduce distress in vulnerable populations.

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Taubman–Ben-Ari, O., Chasson, M., Abu Sharkia, S., & Weiss, E. (2020). Distress and anxiety associated with COVID-19 among Jewish and Arab pregnant women in Israel. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 38(3), 340-348.

Abstract:

Introduction: The fact that little is yet known about the possible implications of COVID-19 for pregnancy, puts pregnant women at greater risk of heightened anxiety and psychological distress. In this study, we sought to explore the psychological distress and COVID-19-related anxiety of pregnant women during the crisis.

Methods: Israeli Jewish and Arab pregnant women (n = 336) aged 20–47 completed a set of questionnaires during the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Results: The levels of all COVID-19-related anxieties were quite high (much or very much), with the highest regarding public places and transportation (87.5%, 70%, respectively), followed by concerns over the possible infection of other family members and the health of the foetus (71.7%, 70%, respectively), going for pregnancy check-ups (68.7%,), being infected themselves, and the delivery (59.2%, 55.4%, respectively). Although COVID-19-related anxieties were shared by pregnant women characterised by diverse sociodemographic variables, with very small nuances, Arab women were more anxious about each of the issues than Jewish women.

Discussion: Our findings highlight the importance of assessing anxiety and distress in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the need to be attentive to the double stress of pregnant women in times of crisis and to the potential vulnerability of subgroups, such as cultural minorities.

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Chasson, M., Taubman-Ben-Ari, O., & Abu-Sharkia, S. (2021). Jewish and Arab pregnant women’s psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: the contribution of personal resources. Ethnicity & Health, 26(1), 139-151.

Abstract:

Objective: The study sought to examine the psychological distress of Israeli pregnant women during the worldwide spread of COVID-19. As Israel has a diverse cultural-religious population, the sample included both Jewish and Arab women, allowing us to explore the differences between them. Furthermore, we examined the contribution of personal resources, both internal (self-mastery and resilience) and external (perceived social support), as well as the level of infection-related anxiety to the women’s psychological distress.

Method: A convenience sample of 403 Israeli women (233 Jewish and 170 Arab) was recruited through social media.

Results: Arab women reported significantly higher infection-related anxiety and psychological distress than Jewish women. In addition, Jewish women reported significantly higher self-mastery than Arab pregnant women. Finally, poorer health, being an Arab woman, and lower levels of self-mastery, resilience, and perceived social support, as well as a higher level of infection-related anxiety, contributed significantly to greater psychological distress.

Conclusions: The findings show that pregnant women in general may be at risk of psychological distress in times of crisis, and that minority populations in particular may be at greater risk than others. Moreover, the results highlight the contribution of women’s personal and environmental resources in the face of crisis, an understanding that may be used in targeted interventions to reduce distress in vulnerable populations.

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הרשימה מעודכנת ל- 2021

 Articles in refereed Journals

The publications deal with the following topics: Resilience, stress, terrorism, war, and trauma

Kimhi, S., & Shamai, M. (2004).Community resilience and the impact of stress: Adult response to Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon. Journal of Community Psychology, 32, 439-451.

Kimhi, S. & Shamai, M. (2006). Community resilience as a buffer of stress reaction – northern community response to Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon. Social Issues in Israel. 1, 152-170 [Hebrew].

Shamai, M. & Kimhi, S. (2006). Exposure of threat of war and terror, political attitudes, stress and life satisfaction among teenagers. Journal of Adolescence, 29, 165-176.

Kimhi, S., & Shamai, M. (2006). Are women at higher risk than man? Gender differences among teenagers and adults in their response to the threat of war and terror. Women & Health, 43, 1-19.

Shamai, M. & Kimhi, S. (2007) Teenagers response to threat of war and terror: The impact of gender and social systems. Community Mental Health Journal, 43, 359-374.

Shamai, M., Kimhi, S., & Enosh, G. (2007). Social systems and personal reactions to threats of war. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 24, 747-764.

Kimhi, S., & Sagy, S. (2008). Moral justification and feelings of adjustment to military law-enforcement situations: Israeli soldiers serving at army roadblocks. Mind & Society, 7, 177-191.

Kimhi, S., & Canetti-Nisim, D., & Hirschberger, G. (2009). Terrorism in the eyes of the beholder: Foundations of support for terrorism in the face of intractable conflict. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 15, 75-95.

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Zysberg, L., & Hantman, S. (2009). Getting a life: Gender differences in postwar recovery. Sex Roles, 61, 554-565.

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y. (2009). Individual and public resilience and coping with long term outcomes of war. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 14, 70-89.

Kimhi, S. & Eshel, Y. (2010). Individual and public resiliency: Coping with long term outcomes of war. Social Issues in Israel, 29-52 [Hebrew].

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Zysberg, L., Hantman, S., & Enosh, G. (2010). Sense of coherence and socio-demographic characteristics predicting posttraumatic stress symptoms and recovery in the aftermath of the Second Lebanon War. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 23, 139-152.

Kimhi, S., & Eshel, Y., Zysberg, L., & Hantman, S. (2010). Postwar winners and losers in the Long run: Determinants of war-related stress symptoms and posttraumatic recovery. Community Mental Health Journal, 46, 10-19.

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Zysberg, L., & Hantman, S. (2010). Sense of danger and family support as mediators of adolescents' distress and recovery in the aftermath of war. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 15, 351-369.

Kimhi, S., Mindel, K., & Oged, R. (2011). On the edge of the abyss - Testimonies of an Israeli submarine crew on the challenges and features of life as a submariner. Megamot [Hebrew] (different from the English version).

Kimhi, S., Hantman, S., Goroshit, M., Eshel, Y., & Zysberg, L. (2012). Elderly people coping with the aftermath of war: Resilience vs. vulnerability. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20, 391-401. DOI: 10.1097/JGP.ob013e31821106b3

Eshel, Y. & Kimhi, S. (2011). Perceived beneficial and detrimental outcomes of war: Are they positively or negatively linked with each other? International Journal of Stress Management, 18, 284-303. DOI: 10.1037/a0024743

Kimhi, S. (2011). Understanding coping: Submarine crew coping with extreme environmental conditions. Psychology, 2, 961-967. DOI:10.4236/psych.2011.29145

Kimhi, S. & Eshel, Y. (2012). Determinants of students of perceptions of conventional and unconventional war threats. Democracy and Security, 8, 228-246.

Kimhi, S. (2014). Moral dilemma in the war against terror: Political attitudes and regular versus reserve military service. Ethics & Behavior, 24(1), 1-15. DOI:10.1080/10508422.2013.818919

Kimhi, S. (2012). A moral dilemma in the war against terror: Political attitudes and regular versus reserve military service. Social Issues in Israel, 15, 87-108 [Hebrew].

Kimhi, S. & Doron, H. (2013). Conscripted without induction order: Wives of former combat veterans with PTSD speak. Psychology, 4, 189 –195.

Kimhi, S. & Doron, H. (2014). Conscripted without induction order: Wives of former combat veterans with PTSD speak. Social Issues in Israel, 17, 94-114 [Hebrew].

Kimhi, S., Goroshit, M., & Eshel, Y., (2013). Demographic variables as antecedents of Israeli community and national resilience. Journal of Community Psychology, 41(5), 631-643. DOI: 10.1002/jcop.21561.

Zysberg, L., Kimhi, S., & Eshel, Y. (2013). Someone to watch over me: Exposure to war events and trust in the armed forces as factors in war-related stress. Medicine Conflict & Survival, 29, 140-154.

Kimhi, S, (2011). The half full / half empty cup: Vulnerability and resiliency one year after a war (invited paper). In K. Weichold, & D. Sharma. Introduction to dealing with stress, adversities, and trauma: Resiliency research across cultures. Bulletin of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development ISSBD, 1(51). http://www.issbd.org/resources/files/JBD_May11_Bulletin.pdf

Eshel, Y. & Kimhi, S., & Goroshit, M. (2014). Posttraumatic recovery to distress symptoms ratio mediates relations of resilience fostering resources and their predictors. Stress & Health. 32(3), 216-223.

Kimhi and Eshel (2015). The missing link in resilience research. Psychological Inquiry. 26(2), 181-186. DOI:10.1080/1047840X.2014.1002378.

Eshel, Y. & Kimhi, S. (2016). A new perspective on national resilience: Components and demographic predictors. Journal of Community Psychology, 44(7), 833-844. DOI: 10.1002/jcop.21811

Eshel, Y., & Kimhi, S. (2016). Community resilience of civilians at war: a new perspective. Community Mental Health Journal, 52(1), 109-117.‏

Eshel, Y. & Kimhi, S. (2016). Post-War recovery to stress symptoms ratio as a measure of resilience, individual characteristics, sense of danger and age. Journal of Loss & Trauma: International Perspective on Stress & Coping, 21(2), 160-177. DOI: 10.1080/15325024.965970

Kimhi, S. (2016). Levels of Resilience: Associations among Individual, Community and National Resilience. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(2), 164-170.

Eshel, Y., & Kimhi, S. (2016). Determinants of individual resilience following missile attacks: A new perspective. Personality and Individual Difference. 95, 190-195. DOI:/10.1016/j.paid.2016.02.052

Eshel, Y., Kimhi, S., Lahad, S., & Lykin, D. (2016). Individual, community, and national resiliencies and age: Are Older people less resilient than younger individuals? American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(8), 644-647.  Doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2016.03.002

Canetti, Kimhi, Hannoun, Rocha, Galea & Morgan (2016). How Personality affects Vulnerability among Israelis and Palestinians Following the 2009 Gaza Conflict. PLOS ONE. 11(7), e0156278

Kimhi, S. & Eshel, Y. (2016). Demographic characteristics and sense of danger predicting new measure of individual resilience following a war. Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education. 6(5), 472. doi:10.4172/2161-0711.1000472

Eshel, Kimhi, Lhad & Leykin (2017). Individual attributes as predictors of protective and risk components of resilience under continuing terror attacks: A longitudinal study.  Personality and Individual Differences.114, 160-166. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.033

Kimhi, S., Dror, G., & Sapir, S. (2017). Resilience among students from the majority and minority group: The Israeli case. Journal of Psychology & Behavioral Science. 5(1), 37-46.

Kimhi, S. & Eshel, Y. Leykin, D. & Lahad, M. (2017). Individual, community and national resilience in the peacetime and in face of terror: A longitudinal study. Journal of Loss and Trauma. 22(8), 698-713. doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2017.1391943

Kimhi, S., Parmak, M., Boon, H., Sapountzaki, K., Groh, A., & Ryan, S. (2018). Community and National Resilience and Quality of Life: A Preliminary Cross-Cultural Study. American International Journal of Social Science, 7(1), 1-11.‏

Eshel, Y. & Kimhi, S., Lahad, M., Leykin, D., & Goroshit, M., (2018). Risk factors as major determinants of resilience: A replication study. Community Mental Health Journal, 54(8), 1228-1238. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10597-018-0263-7

Kimhi, S. & Eshel, Y. (2019). Measuring national resilience: A new short version of the scale (NR-13). Journal of Community Resilience. 47(3), 517-528. DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22135

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Lahad, S., & Lykin, D. (2019). National resilience: A new self-report assessment scale. Community Mental Health Journal. 55(4), 721-731.

Eshel, Y., Kimhi, S. & Marciano, H., (2019). Proximal and distal determinants of community resilience under threats of terror. Journal of Community Psychology. 47(8), 1952-1960. DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22245

Marciano, H., Eshel, Y. & Kimhi, S. (2020). Predictors of Individual, Community and National Resiliencies of Israeli Jews and Arabs. International Journal of Psychology, 55(4), 553-561. DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12636

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., & Bonanno, G. (2020). Resilience and risk factors as prospective predictors of depression and anxiety symptoms following intensive terror attacks in Israel. Personality and Individual Differences, 159, 109864.

Eshel, Y., Kimhi, S., & Marciano, H. (2020). Predictors of national and community resilience of Israeli border inhabitants threatened by war and terror. Community Mental Health Journal, 56(8), 1480-1488.‏

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Marciano, H., & Adini, B. (2020). Distress and resilience in the days of COVID-19: Comparing two ethnicities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11), 3956.‏

Kimhi, S., Marciano, H., Eshel, Y., & Adini, B. (2020). Community and national resilience and their predictors in face of terror. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 50, 101746.‏

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Marciano, H., & Adini, B., (2020). Resilience and demographic characteristics predicting distress during COVID-19 crisis. Social Science & Medicine, 265, 113389.

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Marciano, H., & Adini, B., (2020). Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: Distress and resilience. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 50 101843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101843

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Marciano, H., & Adini, B. (2020). A Renewed Outbreak of the COVID− 19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study of Distress, Resilience, and Subjective Well-Being. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(21), 7743.‏

Eshel, Y., Kimhi, S., Marciano, H., & Adini, B. Age and gender of adults as determinants of coping with COVID-19 pandemic. (2020) Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 20(4), 25-36.

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Marciano, H., & Adini, B., Fluctuations in National resilience along the COVID-19 – A longitudinal study. (2021, online first). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 3876.

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Adini, B., …… Marciano, H. (2021, online first). Distress and resilience in days of COVID-19: International study of samples from Israel, Brazil, and the Philippines. Cross-Cultural Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971211026806.

Chapters in Collections

Kimhi S & Even E. (2006). The Palestinian human bombers. In: J. Victoroff, (Ed.). Tangled roots: Social and psychological factors in the genesis of terrorism (308-323). Amsterdam: IOS Press.

Kimhi, S. & Canetti-Nisim, D. (2008). Inter-ethnic groups and perception of terrorism. In M. Finklestein, & K. Dent-Brown (Eds.). Psychosocial stress in immigrants and in members of minority groups as a factor in terrorist behavior (pp. 136-151). Amsterdam: IOS Press. The NATO Science for Peace and Security.

Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Zysberg, L, & Hantman, S. (2010). Posttraumatic growth and stress symptoms among teenagers from Kiryat Shemona one year after the Second Lebanon War. In F. Azaiza, N. Nachmias, & M. Cohen (Eds.). Health, education and welfare services in times of crisis: Lessons learned from the Second Lebanon War (145-163). Haifa: Pardes Publication [Hebrew].

Kimhi, S. (2012).Understanding coping: Submarine crew coping with extreme environmental conditions. In A. L. Cobb (Ed.). Military operations, health and technology (pp. 25-42). NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Kimhi, S & Eshel, Y. (2011). Determinants of students perceptions of war-threats. In L. Zysberg, (ed.) Student attitudes (pp. 277-294). NY: Nova Science Publisher.

Kimhi, S. (2015). Levels of resilience: A critical review. In D. Ajdukovic, S. Kimhi, & M. Lahad. (Eds.). Resiliency: Enhancing coping with crisis and terrorism (pp. 49-59). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: IOS Press, The NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme.

פרסומים בעברית

קמחי, ש. ושמאי, מ, (2006). חוסן קהילתי כבולם תגובות לחץ: תגובות תושבי הצפון ליציאת צה"ל מלבנון. סוגיות חברתיות בישראל (1) 152-170

דו"חות מחקר

קמחי, ש., מרציאנו, ה., אשל, י., (2018). מדד החוסן לישראל – יוני 2018

קמחי, ש., מרציאנו, ה., אשל, י.ת (2019). מחקר החוסן במועצה האזורית גליל עליון

קמחי, ש., עדיני, ב., מרציאנו, ה., אשל, י., (2019). מדד החוסן בעקבות סבב "חגורה שחורה"

קמחי, ש., מרציאנו, ה., אשל, י., עדיני, ב., (2020). חוסן בימי קורונה

קמחי, ש., מרציאנו, ה., אשל, י., עדיני, ב., (2020). חוסן ודחק בימי קורונה במועצה האזורית גליל עליון

קמחי, ש., מרציאנו, ה., אשל, י., עדיני, ב., (2020). חוסן ודחק בימי קורונה ביישוב ביהודה ושומרון

קמחי, ש., מרציאנו, ה., אשל, י., עדיני, ב., (2020). ישראל בעקבות ההתפרצות המחודשת של מגפת הקורונה: ירידה בחוסן

קמחי, ש., מרציאנו, ה., אשל, י., עדיני, ב., (2020). חוסן ודחק במגפת הקורונה: מדידת אורך שלישית

קמחי, ש., מרציאנו, ה., אשל, י., עדיני, ב., (2021). חוסן, מיטביות ודחק במגפת הקורונה לאורך ארבע מדידות אורך

קמחי, ש., מרציאנו, ה., אשל, י., עדיני, ב., (2021). חוסן, דחק ומיטביות בסיום סבב לחימה "שומר החומות"

קמחי, ש., אשל, י., מרציאנו, ה. uעדיני, ב., (אוקטובר 2023). חוסן האוכלוסייה במדינת ישראל בשבוע הראשון של מלחמת "חרבות ברזל "

קמחי, ש., אשל, י., מרציאנו, ה. ועדיני, ב., (נובמבר 2023). חוסן האוכלוסייה ומדדי התמודדות - מדידת אורך שנייה, לאחר שבעה שבועות של המלחמה בעזה

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Yael Ram, Noga Collins-Kreiner, Einav Gozansky, Gal Moscona & Hadas Okon-Singer (2021). Is there a COVID-19 vaccination effect? A three-wave cross-sectional study.
Current Issues in Tourism, DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2021.1960285

Abstract:

This research examines the impact of COVID-19 mobility restrictions and vaccinations on people’s behavioral intentions to travel and their actual travel patterns. The study was conducted in Israel using threewave cross-sectional analysis: June 2020 (n=129), November 2020 (n=211) and April 2021 (n=208). The findings reveal that the main factor supporting tourism is the desire to resume travel and not vaccination. The study also shows that domestic travel is not a substitute for international travel, at least in the case of Israel. Attitudes towards tourism are significant predictors of domestic and international travel intentions and of actual domestic travel. Nevertheless, the belief that tourism is a source of recovery is related only to intentions to travel internationally. Non-clinical depression symptoms are negatively correlated with domestic tourism. Variables previously considered relevant to resuming tourism, e.g. vaccination, economic stress and health risk factors, have little or no influence on future demand, while attitudes regarding tourism emerge as the most important factor.

Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2021.1960285

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Benjamin, A., Kuperman, Y., Eren, N. et al. Stress-related emotional and behavioural impact following the first COVID-19 outbreak peak. Molecular Psychiatry (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01219-6

Abstract:

The COVID-19 pandemic poses multiple psychologically stressful challenges and is associated with an increased risk for mental illness. Previous studies have focused on the psychopathological symptoms associated with the outbreak peak. Here, we examined the behavioural and mental-health impact of the pandemic in Israel using an online survey, during the six weeks encompassing the end of the first outbreak and the beginning of the second. We used clinically validated instruments to assess anxiety- and depression-related emotional distress, symptoms, and coping strategies, as well as questions designed to specifically assess COVID-19-related concerns. Higher emotional burden was associated with being female, younger, unemployed, living in high socioeconomic status localities, having prior medical conditions, encountering more people, and experiencing physiological symptoms. Our findings highlight the environmental context and its importance in understanding individual ability to cope with the long-term stressful challenges of the pandemic.

Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-021-01219-6#citeas