Contact

All Stories

  1. Testing previously proposed models of the Tonic Immobility Scale in a peritraumatic sample of Israeli civilians: Support for a three-factor model.

    Article • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, April 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  2. Peritraumatic reactions during the COVID-19 pandemic – The contribution of posttraumatic growth attributed to prior trauma

    Article • Journal of Psychiatric Research, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  3. Psychological distress related to COVID-19 – The contribution of continuous traumatic stress

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  4. Sexual Dysfunction and Distress Among Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors: The Role of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    Article • The Journal of Sexual Medicine, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  5. Childhood Sexual Abuse and Sexual Motivations – The Role of Dissociation

    Article • The Journal of Sex Research, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  6. Chronic Pain and Premature Aging – The Moderating Role of Physical Exercise

    Article • Journal of Pain, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  7. Impostorism, subjective age, and perceived health among aging veterans

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  8. Identification With the Aggressor and Inward and Outward Aggression in Abuse Survivors

    Article • Journal of Interpersonal Violence, July 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  9. Sexual Functioning Among Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors From an Attachment Perspective

    Article • The Journal of Sexual Medicine, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  10. Punishing the Self: Post-Traumatic Guilt Mediates the Link Between Trauma and Deficient Pain Modulation

    Article • Journal of Pain, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  11. The aging of heroes: Posttraumatic stress, resilience and growth among aging decorated veterans

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, February 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  12. Psychopathology among adult survivors of child pornography

    Article • Child Abuse & Neglect, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  13. Knowing the Abuser Inside and Out: The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Identification With the Aggressor Scale

    Article • Journal of Interpersonal Violence, August 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Yael Lahav, Dr. Yael Lahav

  14. Post-Traumatic Growth, Dissociation, and Sexual Revictimization in Female Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors

    Article • Child Maltreatment, June 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Yael Lahav, Dr. Yael Lahav

  15. Sexual satisfaction in spouses of ex-POWs: The role of PTSD symptoms and self-differentiation

    Article • Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Naomi Price, Dr. Yael Lahav, Dr. Yael Lahav

  16. Reenacting Past Abuse – Identification with the Aggressor and Sexual Revictimization

    Article • Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, February 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Anat Talmon, Dr. Yael Lahav, Dr. Yael Lahav

  17. Perceived social support, loneliness, and later life telomere length following wartime captivity.

    Article • Health Psychology, November 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  18. Domestic Abuse and Forgiveness among Military Spouses

    Article • Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Keith Renshaw, Dr. Yael Lahav, Dr. Yael Lahav

  19. Twofold trauma exposure – the dual function of attachment avoidance

    Article • Attachment & Human Development, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Yael Lahav, Dr. Yael Lahav

  20. The traumatized body: Long-term PTSD and its implications for the orientation towards bodily signals

    Article • Psychiatry Research, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  21. Telomere Length and Depression Among Ex-Prisoners of War: The Role of Subjective Age

    Article • The Journals of Gerontology Series B, February 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  22. Reciprocal associations of pain and post-traumatic stress symptoms after whiplash injury: A longitudinal, cross-lagged study

    Article • European Journal of Pain, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  23. Two-Track Differentiation Paradigm in Psychotherapy

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  24. Torturing personification of chronic pain among torture survivors

    Article • Journal of Psychosomatic Research, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  25. Secondary Traumatization and Differentiation Among the Wives of Former POWs: A Reciprocal Association

    Article • Journal of Traumatic Stress, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Yael Lahav, Moshe Bensimon

  26. Posttraumatic Growth and Dyadic Adjustment among War Veterans and their Wives

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, June 2017, Frontiers

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  27. Self-Disclosing Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Couples: A Longitudinal Study

    Article • Psychiatry, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  28. A randomized controlled trial of brief Somatic Experiencing for chronic low back pain and comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms

    Article • European Journal of Psychotraumatology, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  29. Dysfunctional Pain Modulation in Torture Survivors: The Mediating Effect of PTSD

    Article • Journal of Pain, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  30. Auditory hallucinations and PTSD in ex-POWS

    Article • Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, December 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  31. The cycle of healing - dissociation and attachment during treatment of CSA survivors

    Article • Child Abuse & Neglect, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  32. Keeping a healthy distance: Self-differentiation and perceived health among ex-prisoners-of-war's wives

    Article • Journal of Psychosomatic Research, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  33. Posttraumatic Growth and Shattered World Assumptions Among Ex-POWs: The Role of Dissociation

    Article • Psychiatry, October 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  34. World Assumptions Among Wives of Former Prisoners of War

    Article • Journal of Family Issues, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  35. Attachment and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Multiple Trauma Samples

    Article • Journal of Psychiatry, January 2016, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  36. Posttraumatic growth and perceived health: The role of posttraumatic stress symptoms.

    Article • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, January 2016, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  37. Secondary traumatization and attachment among wives of former POWs: a longitudinal study

    Article • Attachment & Human Development, December 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  38. Attachment security and pain — The disrupting effect of captivity and PTSS

    Article • Journal of Psychosomatic Research, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  39. Somatic Complaints and Attachment in Former Prisoners of War: A Longitudinal Study

    Article • Psychiatry, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Yael Lahav

  40. The role of ex-POWs’ PTSD symptoms and trajectories in wives’ secondary traumatization.

    Article • Journal of Family Psychology, October 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Yael Lahav