Theses and Doctoral Dissertations of the center's researchers
Name of the Student | Name of the Supervisor | Degree | Research Area |
Ms. Shir Daphna-Tekoah | Prof. Julie Cwikel Prof. Rachel Lev- Wiesel | MA | Mental and Physical Health Amongst Battered Women in the Negev |
Ms. Shimrit Engelsman | Prof. Ephrat Huss | MA | "Forever is mercy built" (Psalms, 89:3) The Experiences of Charedi Foster Mothers in Israel |
Ms. Najlaa Massry | Dr. Dorit Segal- Engelchin | MA | Marriage Before Legal Age: The Experience of Young Wives in Arab Villages in Israel |
Ms. Sheryl E. Mendlinger | Prof. Julie Cwikel | PhD | Knowledge Acquisition: Examining Intergenerational and Cultural Effects of Origins and Influences of Women’s Health Behaviors in Israel |
Ms. Tali Rosenbach | Prof. Orly Sarid Dr.Yana Shraga | MA | Beliefs and Behaviors of Mothers from Different Ethno-Social Groups Regarding Administration of Iron and Vitamin D Supplements to Infants and Toddlers |
Ms. Meital Simhi | Prof. Orly Sarid | MA | Health Beliefs of Orthodox Mothers Towards the Use of Preventive Medical-Care of Infants |
Ms. Tania Tarlovsky- Korenfeld | Prof. Ephrat Huss | MA | Recognition of Single-Mothers Children's Experience by Artistic Tools |
Ms. Mor Yehudai | Prof. Orly Sarid | MA | Substance Abusing Mothers: Toward an Understanding of Parenting and Risk Behavior |
Ms. Marina Yurovsky | Prof. Ephrat Huss | MA | "Adoption Book" The Experience of Writing the Adoption Story as a Children's Story |
Women coping with Stressful Life Events | |||
Mr. Evyatar Ayzen | Prof. Orly Sarid | MA | Suicide Attempts among IDF Soldiers: Socio-Demographics |
| Mr. Jonathan Hod | Prof. Orly Sarid | MA | Military Men and Women in the Fighting Profession: Symptoms of Distress and Coping Resources |
| Ms. Miri Kogan Bar-Or | Prof. Ephrat Huss | MA | Stressful Events in Veteran Women who Served in Israeli Defense Force (IDF) |
Ms. Maya Lalush | Prof. Ephrat Huss Prof. Michal Krumer-Nevo | MA | This is My Neighborhood - Living in an Impoverished Neighborhood as Experienced by Teenage Girls |
Ms. Agam Marom | Prof. Ephrat Huss | MA | Assessing the Experiences of Israeli Men who Served in Combat-Related Roles in the Isreali Defense Forces |
| Ms. Nirit Mordish - Volk | Prof. Julie Cwikel Dr.Orit Nuttman- Shwartz | MA | Effect of Sense of Belonging to the Community and Sense of Well-Being among Women Following Forced Relocation |
Sexuality, Pregnancy and Birth | |||
Ms. Johanna Czamanski- Cohen | Prof. Julie Cwikel Prof. Orly Sarid Dr. Iris Har-Vardi | PhD | The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Interventions on Psychological Stress, Pregnancy Rates and Cell Free DNA among Women Undergoing In-Vitro Fertilization Treatments |
Ms. Na'ama Hayat | Dr. Dorit Segal- Engelchin | MA | Ante-Partum Depression |
Women Coping With Illness and Pain | |||
Ms. Tamar Dryfuss | Prof. Julie Cwikel Prof. Lea Kacen | MA | "I Knew What It Was…" The Meaning of the Delay in Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Life Stories of Women Diagnosed with Advanced Breast Cancer |
Ms. June Hare | Prof. Julie Cwikel Prof. Lea Kacen | PhD | Life Stories of Women who have Experienced Heart Attack: Myocardial Infarction |
Ms. Noa Kfir-Levin | Dr. Dorit Segal- Engelchin | MA | To Die in Order to Live- The Meaning of Mental Pain in the Life Stories of Women who Survived a Suicide Attempt |
Mr. David Kozarinsky | Prof. Julie Cwikel Dr. Aya Biderman | MD | Using Women's Video Life Stories in Order to Create Educational Materials for MDs in Oncology – A Content Analysis |
Ms. Svetlana Prokasheva | Prof. Julie Cwikel | PhD | Objective and Subjective Cognitive Functioning among Women with Breast Cancer |
Eating Disorders | |||
Ms. Liron Greenberg | Prof. Julie Cwikel Prof. Julia Mirsky Prof. Shifra Sagi | MA | Personal and Cultural Correlates of the Tendency Toward Eating Disorders |
Health Promotion Interventions | |||
Ms. Edna Ahronson | Prof. Julie Cwikel | PhD | Empowerment of Battered Women as a Tool for Preventing Violence |
Ms. Ephrat Huss | Prof. Julie Cwikel | PhD | Art as a Speech Act for Marginalized Bedouin Women |
Ms. Michal Magos | Prof. Ephrat Huss | MA | Between Realities and Dream |
Women in the Workforce | |||
Ms. Amit Shapira | Dr. Dorit Segal- Engelchin | MA | "Building Their Way to the Top" The Meaning of Career Success in the Life Stories of Ethiopian Women |
Ms. Dikla Toyerman | Dr. Dorit Segal- Engelchin Prof. Orly Sarid | MA | Self-Esteem and Job Satisfaction among Women and Men with Intellectual Disability who Work in Sheltered Workshops |
Issues Related to Women's Health Services | |||
Ms. Lora Warshawsky-Livne z"l | Prof. Julie Cwikel Prof. Joseph Pliskin | PhD | Analysis of the Organizational, Managerial and Economic Aspects of Healthcare Delivery for Women in Israel |
