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Fire, Noa Tiech; Alkalay, Sarit; Gvion, Yari; Zalsman, Gil – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
This article examines whether and to what extent school climate and previous experience of attempted suicide or suicide of someone close, affect the strategies adopted by Israeli school staff members in coping with a student's suicide. Participants included 84 homeroom teachers, principals, counselors, and psychologists who work at schools where a…
Descriptors: Coping, Educational Environment, Suicide, Teacher Attitudes
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Alkalay, Sarit; Dolev, Avivit – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The present study describes the successful operation of an online forum designed to answer questions posted by Israeli elementary-school children during an emergency exercise. Analysis of 212 posts revealed that being younger predict higher levels of emotional intensity. Younger children are 3.561 times more likely than older children to have an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Emergency Programs, Questioning Techniques
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Orkibi, Hod – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2019
Some creative arts therapists see themselves as members of a marginalized profession compared to established health-care professions that have more political clout. This study compared job satisfaction and professional collective self-esteem (CSE) in a sample of 288 Israeli professionals: 158 creative arts therapists (of whom 48% were art…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Self Esteem, Job Satisfaction
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Evers, Arne; McCormick, Carina M.; Hawley, Leslie R.; Muñiz, José; Balboni, Giulia; Bartram, Dave; Boben, Dusica; Egeland, Jens; El-Hassan, Karma; Fernández-Hermida, José R.; Fine, Saul; Frans, Örjan; Gintiliené, Grazina; Hagemeister, Carmen; Halama, Peter; Iliescu, Dragos; Jaworowska, Aleksandra; Jiménez, Paul; Manthouli, Marina; Matesic, Krunoslav; Michaelsen, Lars; Mogaji, Andrew; Morley-Kirk, James; Rózsa, Sándor; Rowlands, Lorraine; Schittekatte, Mark; Sümer, H. Canan; Suwartono, Tono; Urbánek, Tomáš; Wechsler, Solange; Zelenevska, Tamara; Zanev, Svetoslav; Zhang, Jianxin – International Journal of Testing, 2017
On behalf of the International Test Commission and the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations a world-wide survey on the opinions of professional psychologists on testing practices was carried out. The main objective of this study was to collect data for a better understanding of the state of psychological testing worldwide. These data…
Descriptors: Testing, Attitudes, Surveys, Psychologists
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Katz, Idit; Shahar, Bat-Hen – School Psychology International, 2015
Findings from several studies suggest that teachers who embrace an autonomy-supportive style vis-à-vis their students promote student motivation. However, the question of what makes teachers adopt this supportive style remains unanswered. Using Self-Determination Theory as a framework, we suggest that teachers' own motivation and their beliefs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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Peleg, Ora; Miller, Paul; Yitzhak, Meital – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2015
The current study examined the relationship between separation anxiety in adolescents after their transition to middle school, on the one hand, and differentiation of self and separation anxiety in their parents, on the other hand. The sample included 88 adolescents from northern Israel, together with their biological parents. Adolescents'…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Parent Child Relationship, Separation Anxiety, Mothers
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Fine, Saul – International Journal of Testing, 2013
While psychological tests are used extensively in Israel, the current controls over testing practices in Israel deserve some attention. Specifically, unlike in some European countries and the United States, (a) no specific certifications are offered to Israeli psychologists in the area of testing; (b) Israeli psychologists are not obligated to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Testing, Psychologists, Attitudes
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Somech, Lior Y.; Elizur, Yoel – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and mechanisms of "Hitkashrut", a "common elements" co-parent training (PT) program for early intervention with preschoolers (3-5 years of age) at risk for conduct problems (CP). Method: A randomized controlled trial with 140 participants in PT and 69 in a minimal intervention control…
Descriptors: Evidence, Control Groups, Delivery Systems, Behavior Problems
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Jimerson, Shane R.; Skokut, Mary; Cardenas, Santiago; Malone, Heather; Stewart, Kaitlyn – School Psychology International, 2008
This study examined each of the 192 Member States of the United Nations to address three important questions: (1) how many countries have professionals who provide school psychology services; (2) which countries do and do not have school psychologists; (3) what evidence of school psychology is available in each country. Of the 192 Member States of…
Descriptors: Psychologists, School Psychologists, Professional Associations, School Psychology
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Raviv, Amiram; Raviv, Alona; Vago-Gefen, Idit; Fink, Abby Schachter – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
The study explores adolescents' attitudes toward seeking help for emotional problems. The personal service gap is examined by asking adolescents about their willingness to refer themselves and others to formal (psychologists) and informal (friends) help sources, using a within-subjects design. The study included 662 Israeli adolescents in the 10th…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Help Seeking, Psychologists, Adolescents
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Yariv, Eliezer – School Psychology International, 2009
Educators in many countries are concerned about the decline in respect for authority by young people. The current study explores how children perceive their teachers' authority, what the "boundaries" (limits) to that authority are, and under what conditions they may decide to rebel. Over 200 Israeli elementary and middle school students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Teachers
Culbertson, Frances M. – 1985
Following a brief memorial message and a dedicatory tribute to Calvin D. Catterall, a leader in the field of school psychology, this volume provides a description of the origins of the International School Psychology Association and interviews with five school psychologists: Bram Norwich, University of London, England; Tony Cline, London, England;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Organizations, Professional Education, School Counseling
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Raviv, Amiram; Wiesner, Ezra – Journal of School Psychology, 1985
This article points out some of the problems related to the recruitment of school psychologists in Israel. The factors discussed include intention to study and practice school psychology, the official professional requirements in comparison to the actual qualifications held by school psychology practitioners, the openness of the field, and the…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Influences, Job Satisfaction
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Raviv, Amiram; Mashraki-Pedhatzur, Sharon; Raviv, Alona; Erhard, Rachel – School Psychology International, 2002
Investigates the role perception and level of job satisfaction of Israeli school psychologists. Findings showed that most Israeli school psychologists wish to practice as clinicians and prefer to spend most of their time working with children in individual therapy and counseling their parents. However, both job perception and satisfaction were…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Role Perception
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Klingman, Avigdor – Psychology in the Schools, 1992
Examines the community-based mental health preventive measures undertaken by the school psychology services in response to the missile attacks on Israel during the Gulf War. Attempts to report and delineate the major assumptions and components of some of the key interventions. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Community Services, Crisis Intervention, Foreign Countries, School Psychologists
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