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  1. Governmental betrayal trauma: When failures of state protection undermine public trust and mental health.

    Article • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, July 2026, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Shani Pitcho

  2. The perpetrator–others–self (POS) economic model of blame among interpersonal trauma survivors.

    Article • American Psychologist, February 2026, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Shani Pitcho

  3. Home quarantines and cumulative risk exposure among young children: Isolation and maladaptation.

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

    Dr. Shani Pitcho

  4. Designing in-depth semi-structured interviews for revealing meaning reconstruction after loss

    Article • Death Studies, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Shani Pitcho, Michal Mahat-Shamir

  5. A Shattered Dream: Meaning Construction in Response to Retirement From Professional Sport Due to Career-Ending Injury

    Article • The Sport Psychologist, May 2019, Human Kinetics

    Dr. Shani Pitcho

  6. Grieving From the Womb: Meaning Construction in Response to Father Loss Before Birth

    Article • Journal of Constructivist Psychology, February 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Shani Pitcho, Michal Mahat-Shamir

  7. Concern and death anxiety during an ongoing terror wave: The moderating role of direct vs. indirect exposure

    Article • Death Studies, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Shani Pitcho, Michal Mahat-Shamir