Ph.D. Iris Shachar-Lavie

lecturer
Ph.D. Iris Shachar-Lavie
972-9-8983823
972-54-4929984
iriss@ruppin.ac.il

Training

  • Crisis Assessment and Intervention
  • Dynamic Theories – From Theory to the Therapy Room
  • Clinical Psychology Master's Practicum
  • Outpatient Practicum - Bachelor's Degree

Research

My research interests focus on mental health and child and adolescent development, emphasizing clinical and family-related aspects. My studies have addressed several key areas: social anxiety, eating disorders, psychological aspects of childhood obesity, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's mental health, and the integration of mental health into pediatric medicine.

Publications

Gilboa-Schechtman, E. Shachar, I. (2013). More than a face: A unified theoretical perspective on nonverbal social cue processing in social anxiety. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, Article 904. Q2, IF 3.209 citations: 65.

Lavi-Levavi, I., Shachar, I., & Omer, H. (2013). Training in nonviolent resistance for parents of violent children: Differences between fathers and mothers. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 32(4), 79-93.‏ IF 0.3 citations:44

Shachar, I., Aderka, I., Gilboa-Schechtman E., (2014). The factor structure of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents: Development of a brief version. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, Vol 45(3), 285-293. Q1, IF 2.35, citations:15.

Gilboa-Schechtman, E., Sachar, I., Helpan, L. (2014). Evolutionary Perspective on Social Anxiety. In S. G. Hofmann, (Ed) & P. M DiBartolo, (Ed) Social anxiety: Clinical, developmental, and social perspectives, 3rd ed., (pp. 599-622). San Diego, CA, US: Elsevier Academic Press. Citations: 29

‏Gilboa-Schechtman, E., Shachar I., Sahar, Y., (2014). Positivity impairment as a broad-based feature of social anxiety. In Weeks J. (Ed.), Wiley-Blackwell Handbook on Social Anxiety Disorder, (pp. 409-432).Wiley-Blackwell. Citations:37

Fennig, U., Brik, S., Sela, A., Shachar-Lavie, I., Tahar, T., Halifa- Kurzman, I.,  Hadas, A., & Fennig, S., (2021). Weight and Waiting for Adolescent's Bariatric Surgery: Changes in Weight During Waiting Periods for Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents. Obesity Surgery, Vol 30, 2920-2926. Q1, IF 3.603

Shachar-Lavie, I., Segal, H., Oryan, Z., Halifa-Kurtzman, I., Bar-Eyal, A., Hadas, A., & Fennig, S. (2022). Atypical anorexia nervosa: Rethinking the association between target weight and rehospitalization. Eating Behaviors, 46, 101649. Q2, IF 2.699 citations:1

hachar-Lavie, I., Shorer, M., Segal, H., Fennig, S., & Ashkenazi-Hoffnung, L. (2023). Mental health among children with long COVID during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Pediatrics, 1-9. Q1, IF 3.86 ‏

Liberman, L., Nevo-Shenker, M., Bello, R., Yackobovitch-Gavan, M., Shachar-Lavie, I., Wójcik, M., Starmach, A., Starzyk, J., Kostopoulou, E., Chrysis, D., Phillip, M. (2023) Fear of hyperglycemia in parents of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus - a multi-center multi-national study. Diabetic medicine, accepted for publication, DOI: 10.1111/dme.15114. Q1, IF 4.21

Bachner-Melman, R., Rom, R., Lev-Ari, L., Shachar-Lavie, I., Krispin, O., & Tolmacz, R. (2023). Relational attitudes in adolescent girls with and without a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa or atypical anorexia nervosa. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11(1), 166.‏ Q1, IF 3.5

Shachar-Lavie, I., Mansbach-Kleinfeld, I., Ashkenazi-Hoffnung, L., Benaroya-Milshtein, N., Liberman A., Brik, S., Segal, H., Fennig, S. (2024) Screening for emotional problems in pediatric hospital outpatient clinics: Psychometric traits of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (Hebrew version). Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 31(2), 432-443.‏ Q2 IF 1.9

Shellac, E., Lev-Wiesel, R., Shachar-Lavie, I., Hadas, A., Sela, A., Halifa-Kurzman, I., Fennig, S. (2024). Barriers to Adolescents’ Adherence to Medical Advice after Metabolic Bariatric Surgery: A Statistical Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(6), 1762.‏ Q1, IF 3.0