All Stories

  1. Cumulative trauma: The intersection between continuous security threats and the COVID-19 pandemic among Israeli older adults.

    Article • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, January 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Orit Nuttman-Shwartz, Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  2. “I Was Born Into a Nightmare”: The Chaotic Life Trajectories of Young Women Experiencing Homelessness

    Article • Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, October 2023, University of Chicago Press

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  3. The second empty nest: The lived experience of older women whose intensive ‘grandmotherhood’ has ended

    Article • Journal of Aging Studies, September 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  4. Dignity in Action in the Home Hospice: The Narrative Selection of a Multidisciplinary Staff

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, May 2023, SAGE Publications

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  5. Alone in the shadow of terror: Strategies and internal resources of older adults living alone in a continuous traumatic situation.

    Article • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, April 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  6. From Military Masculinity toward Hybrid Masculinities: Constructing a New Sense of Manhood among Veterans Treated for PTSS

    Article • Men and Masculinities, August 2021, SAGE Publications

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  7. Growth and pain in life-story reflection of students in helping professions

    Article • Teaching in Higher Education, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  8. Three strategies for doing narrative resistance: Navigating between master narratives

    Article • British Journal of Social Psychology, March 2020, Wiley

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  9. Styles of narrative selection in crafting life stories

    Article • Qualitative Research in Psychology, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel, Smadar Asher

  10. The crisis in achieving a sense of manhood among Israeli veterans who suffer from posttraumatic stress symptoms.

    Article • Psychology of Men & Masculinity, February 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  11. Narrative research on mental health recovery: two sister paradigms

    Article • Journal of Mental Health, June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  12. Life Story Reflection in Social Work Education: A Practical Model

    Article • Journal of Social Work Education, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  13. Mechanisms of Selection in Claiming Narrative Identities: A Model for Interpreting Narratives

    Article • Qualitative Inquiry, December 2010, SAGE Publications

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  14. Narrative research

    Article • Narrative Inquiry, October 2010, John Benjamins

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel

  15. Never-aging Stories: Western Hegemonic Masculinity Scripts

    Article • Journal of Gender Studies, March 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gabriela Spector-Mersel