Prof. Rachel Lev-Wiesel

Trauma and growth
Child abuse
Sexual child abuse
Assessment and treatment
Validation of assessment tools

current projects:

• AI system to detect CSA through self-figure drawing
• AI system to detect cognitive deterioration through self-figure drawing
• sensual memory vs. episodic memory in CSA victims

Published:

 Lev, R., & Yakobbovitz, H. (1993). A new approach for bed wetting children: Developmental and group support. IJOT, The Israel Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2(2), 55-69 (Hebrew).
2. Lev, R. (1995). The battered child phenomenon- second generation to the Holocaust. Family - The Israeli Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 38, 7-11 (Hebrew).
3. Lev-Wiesel, R. (1998). Abused children of Holocaust survivors: an unspoken issue. Journal of Family Social Work, 3(1), 43-54.
4. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Fridlander, D. (1998). Role perception among social workers who live under politically uncertain areas. International Social Work, 42(1), 67-78. IF: 0.653; 5-year IF: 0.822 . Also was published in Society and Welfare, 18(2), 281-292 (Hebrew).
5. Lev-Wiesel, R. (1998). Use of drawing technique to encourage verbalization in adult survivor of sexual abuse. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 25(4), 257-262. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
6. Lev-Wiesel, R. (1998). Spouses perceptions of each other's coping ability with possible stressful life events and marital quality. Contemporary Family Therapy, 22(2), 211-220.
7. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Shamai, M. (1998). Living under the threat of relocation: Spouses perceptions of the threat and coping resources. Contemporary Family Therapy, 20(1), 107-121.
8. Lev-Wiesel, R. (1998). Coping with the stress associated with forced relocation in the Golan Heights, Israel. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 34(2), 143-160. IF: 1.081; 5-year IF: 2.15
9. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Al-Krenawi, A. (1999). Attitudes toward marriage and marital quality: a comparison among Israeli Arabs differentiated by religion. Family Relations, 48, 51-56. IF: 0.978; 5-year IF: 1.727
10. Shamai, M. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (1999). Marital quality among couples living under the threat of forced relocation: The case of families in the Golan Heights. The Journal Marital and Family Therapy, 25(2), 239-254. IF: 1.747
11. Lev-Wiesel, R. (1999). The use of the Machover Draw-A-Person test in detecting adult survivors of sexual abuse: a pilot study. American Journal of Art Therapy, 37(4), 106-112. Also appeared in Russian language in Art Therapy, 3(1), 19-31.
12. Lev-Wiesel, R. (1999). Feelings of adult survivors of child abuse feelings toward their offender-parents. Child and Adolescents Social Work Journal, 16(4), 291-304.
13. Lev-Wiesel, R. (1999). The impact of perceived social support and potency on abstinent behavior among members of Narcotics Anonymous. Journal of Social Work Research, 1(1), 1-9.
14. Al-Krenawi, A. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (1999). Attitudes towards and perceived psychosocial impact of female circumcision as practiced among Bedouin-Arabs of the Negev. Family Process, 38(4), 431-443. (Authors equally contributed to the paper). IF: 1.609; 5-year IF: 2.204
15. Lev-Wiesel, R. (1999). "I want to rebirth my twenty year old son": bereaved parents' responses. Journal of Family Social Work, 3(4), 39-48.
16. Lev-Wiesel, R. (1999). Living under the threat of relocation: Different buffering effect of personal coping resources on men and women. Marriage and Family Review, 29(1), 97-108.
17. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Hershkovitz, D. (2000). Detecting violent aggressive behavior among male prisoners through the Machover Draw-A-Person test. Arts in Psychotherapy, 27(3), 171-177. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
18. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2000). The effect of children’s sleeping arrangements (communal vs. familial) on fatherhood among men in an Israeli kibbutz. Journal of Social Psychology, 140(5), 580-588. IF: 0.785; 5-year IF: 1.065
19. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Al-Krenawi, A. (2000). Perception of family among Bedouin-Arab children of polygamous families as reflected in their family drawings. American Journal of Art Therapy, 38, 98-106.
20. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Amir, M. (2000). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, psychological distress, personal resources and quality of life in four groups of Holocaust child survivors. Family Process, 39(4), 445-460. IF: 1.609; 5-year IF: 2.204
21. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2000). Quality of life in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse who have undergone therapy. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 9(1), 1-13. IF: 0.605; 5-year IF: 0.764
22. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2000). RTE: Revealing Transference Exercises in short-term group therapy. Arts in Psychotherapy, 27(5), 339-344. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
23. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Drori, D. (2000). The effects of social status upon the self-concept of elderly widows and wives assessed by human figure drawings. Arts in Psychotherapy, 27(4), 263-267. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
24. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Daphna-Tekoha, S. (2000). The Self-Revelation Through Color Technique: Understanding clients’ relations with significant others, silent language and defense mechanisms through the use of color. American Journal of Art Therapy, 39(2), 35-41.
25. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2000). Group intervention model for dealing with members holding different political attitudes. Mikbaz, Journal of the Israeli Association of Group Psychotherapy, 5(2), 22-33. (Hebrew).
26. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2001). Uncertainty, forced relocation, and community role in coping with stress: the case of residents in the Golan Heights. Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation, 2(1), 103-120.
27. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2001).You can’t be a good enough Holocaust researcher unless you've visited Auschwitz. Reflections, 7(3), 12-19.
28. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2001). Poor children: Perceptions of their socio-economic status and occupational future career. Mifgash- Educational Social Work, 14, 101-120. (Hebrew).
29. Amir, M. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2001). Does everyone have a name? psychological distress and quality of life among child Holocaust survivors with lost identity. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14(4), 859-869. (names of authors appear in alphabetical order). IF: 2.55; 5-year IF: 3.296
30. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Samson, T. (2001). Long-term effects of maternal death through paternal homicide evidenced from family of origin drawings. Arts in Psychotherapy, 28(4), 239-244. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
31. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Amir, M. (2001). Secondary traumatic stress, psychological distress, sharing of traumatic reminisces and marital quality among spouses of Holocaust child survivors. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27(4), 433-444. IF: 1.233; 5-year IF: 1.747
32. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Anson, J. (2002). Exposure to domestic violence among members of community in transition: a comparative study of two Israeli Kibbutzim. Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation, 3(1), 75-88.
33. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2002). A model for promoting community cohesion in response to conflict. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 27(1), 32-42.
34. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Klienberg, B. (2002). Elderly battered wives' perceptions of spousal relationship as reflected in the drawings of the couple. Arts in Psychotherapy, 29, 13-17. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
35. Al-Krenawi, A. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2002). Wife abuse among polygamous and monogamous Bedouin-Arab families. Journal of Divorce and Re-marriage, 36(3/4), 151-165. (names of authors appear in alphabetical order).
36. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2002). "The end of the world" and the creation of a new world? Arts in Psychotherapy, 29(3), 151-154. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
37. Lev-Wiesel, R., Aharoni, S., & Bar-David, K. (2002). Self figure drawings of born-blind adults: Stages of artistic development and the expression of the senses. Arts in Psychotherapy, 29(5), 253-259. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
38. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Amir. M. (2003). The effects of similarity versus dissimilarity of spouses’ traumatic childhood events on psychological well-being and marital quality. Journal of Family Issues, 24, 1-16. IF: 0.963; 5-year IF: 1.722
39. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2003). Indicators constituting the construct 'perceived community cohesion. Community Development Journal, 38(4), 332-343. IF: 0.602; 5-year IF: 1.106
40. Lev-Wiesel, R., Amir, M., & Ohaion, L. (2003). Fear of rape in female students. Society and Welfare, 23(3), 311-326 (Hebrew).
41. Amir, M. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2003). Time does not heal all wounds: Quality of life and psychological distress of people who survived the Holocaust as children 55 years later. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 16(3), 295-299. (Names of authors appear in alphabetical order). IF 2.55; 5-year IF: 3.296
42. Cwikel, J., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Al-Krenawi, A. (2003). The physical and psychosocial health of Bedouin-Arab women of the Negev area of Israel: The impact of high fertility and pervasive domestic violence. Violence against Women, 9(2), 240-257. IF: 0.968; 5-year IF: 1.660
43. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Shvero, T. (2003). An exploratory study of self-figure drawings of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. Arts in psychotherapy, 30(1), 13-16. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
44. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2003). The Group Stories Fabric Technique (GSFT): A clinical tool for understanding transference issues in group psychotherapy. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 28(3), 227-243.
45. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Hirshenzon-Segev, E. (2003). Alzheimer's disease as reflected in self figure drawings of diagnosed patients. Arts in Psychotherapy, 30(2), 83-89. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
46. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2003). Expectations of costs and rewards: Students versus practicing social work. International Social Work, 46(3), 323-332. IF: 0.653; 5-year IF: 0.822
47. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Amir, M. (2003). Post-traumatic growth among Holocaust child survivors. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 8(4), 229-237. IF 0.729; 5-year IF: 0.817
48. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2004). Male university students’ attitudes toward rape and rapists. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 21(3), 199-210.
49. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Doron, H. (2004). Allowing clients to choose their preferable nonverbal therapeutic modality. Arts in Psychotherapy, 31(4), 261-269. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
50. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2004). Enhancing potency among male adolescents at risk of addiction. Mikbaz, Journal of the Israeli Association of Group Psychotherapy, 9(1), 25-46 (Hebrew).
51. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Kaufman, R. (2004). Personal characteristics, unemployment, and anxiety among highly educated immigrants. International Migration, 42(3), 57-75. IF 0.865; 5-year IF: 1.123
52. Lev-Wiesel, R., Kacen, L., & Epstein, R. (2004). The husband-wife relationship as reflected in the drawings of battering husbands. Art Therapy, 21(4), 219-225.
53. Lev-Wiesel, R., Amir, M. & Besser, A. (2005). Posttraumatic growth among female survivors of childhood sexual abuse in relation to the perpetrator identity. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 10(1), 7-17. IF 0.729; 5-year IF: 0.817
54. Lev-Wiesel, R., Shabat, A., & Tsur, (2005). A. Stuttering as reflected in adults' self-figure drawings. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 17(1), 99-105. IF: 1.134; 5-year IF: 1.165 [Also published in: Mifgash (2003), 18, 41-52 (Hebrew)].
55. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Yosipov-Kaziav, J. (2005). Deafness as reflected in self-figure drawings of deaf people. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 17(2), 203-212. IF: 1.134; 5-year IF: 1.165
56. Lev-Wiesel, R., Ziperstein, & R., Rabau, M. (2005). Using figure drawings to assess psychological well-being among colorectal cancer patients before and after the creation of intestinal stoma: A brief report. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 10(4), 1-9. IF 0.729; 5-year IF: 0.817
57. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Amir, M. (2005). Holocaust child survivors and child sexual abuse. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 14(2), 69-83. IF: 0.605; 5-year IF: 0.764
58. Lev-Wiesel, R., Besser, A., & Laish, R. (2005). Measuring potency among preschool children: instrument and intervention. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 22(3-4), 343-360.
59. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2005). Dissociative identity disorder as reflected in drawings of sexual abuse survivors. Arts in Psychotherapy, 32(5), 372-381. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
60. Lev-Wiesel, R., Nuttman-Shwartz, O., & Sternberg, R. (2006). Peer rejection during adolescence: psychological long-term effects- a brief report. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 11, 131-142. IF 0.729; 5-year IF: 0.817
61. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Wiztum, E. (2006). Child molesters vs. rapists as reflected in their self-figure drawings. A pilot study. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 15(1), 105-117. IF: 0.605; 5-year IF: 0.764
62. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Besser, (2006). Male definitions of sexual assault: the role of the perpetrator's gender. Individual Differences Research, 4(1), 74-78. IF: 1.208; 5-year IF: 1.871
63. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Shuval, R. (2006). Perceived causal and treatment factors related to substance abuse: Gender differences, a brief report. European Addiction Research, 12, 109-112. IF 2.356; 5-year IF: 2.207
64. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2006). Intergenerational transmission of sexual abuse? Motherhood in the shadow of incest. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 15(2), 75-101. IF: 0.605; 5-year IF: 0.764
65. Krumer-Nevo, M., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2006). Social work students' attitudes toward clients with basic needs. Journal of Social Work Education, 41(3), 371-383. IF 1.01
66. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Liraz, R. (2007). Drawings vs. narratives: Drawing as a tool to encourage verbalization in children whose fathers are drug abusers. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 12(1), 65-75. IF 3.91
67. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2007). Intergenerational transmission of trauma across three generations. Qualitative Social Work, 6(1), 75-84.
68. Amir, G. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2007). Dissociative identity disorder as reflected in drawings of sexual abuse survivors. Arts in Psychotherapy, 34, 114-123. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
69. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Daphna-Tekoha, S. (2007). Prenatal posttraumatic stress symptomatology in pregnant women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Loss & Trauma, 12, 145-153. IF 0.729; 5-year IF: 0.817
70. Avni, G., Lev-Wiesel, R. & Buchner, Y. (2007). The relationship between childhood victimization, psychological distress and personal resources in adolescence. Alimut, 1(1), 75-100. (Hebrew).
71. Nutman-Shwartz, O., Sternberg, R., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2007). Long-term psychological impact of peer rejection. Alimut, 1(1), 53-74. (Hebrew).
72. Bar-Hoffman, S., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Amir, M. (2007). Basic assumptions, posttraumatic growth, and ambiguity tolerance in a sample of male Israeli young adults. Traumatology, 13, 4-15.
73. Al-Krenawi, A., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Sehwail, M. (2007). Psychological symptomatology among Palestinian adolescents living with political violence. A brief report. Child and Adolescence Mental Health, 12, 27-31. IF 0.635; 5-year IF: 1.336
74. Lev-Wiesel, R., Al-Krenawi, A., & Sehwail, M. (2007). Psychological symptomatology among Palestinian male and female adolescents living under political violence 2004-2005. A Brief Report. Community Mental Health Journal, 43(1), 49-56. IF 1.31; 5-year IF: 1.492
75. Galili, R. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2007). Sense of place among former evacuees from Sinai relocation. Society and Welfare, 27(1), 37-54. (Hebrew).
76. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Zeevi, N. (2007). Mothers and children with down-syndrome relationship as reflected in the mothers' self and child drawings. Art Therapy, 24(3), 134-137.
77. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2007). Enhancing potency among male adolescents at risk to drug abuse- an active research. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 23(5), 321-325.
78. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2008). Child sexual abuse: a critical review of intervention and treatment modalities. Children and Youth Services Review, 30(6), 665-673. IF: 1.006; 5-year IF: 1.337
79. Lev-Wiesel, R., Goldblat, H., Eisikovits, Z., & Admi, H. (2009). The impact of shared war-reality on posttraumatic growth versus vicarious traumatization among practitioners. British Journal of Social Work (BJSW), British Journal of Social Work, 39, 1154–1174. IF: 0.995; 5- year IF: 1.285
80. Stolovy, T., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Glakoph, J. (2009). The meaning of life for hospitalized patients with schizophrenia. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 197(2), 133-135. IF 1.842; 5-year IF: 2.292
81. Ben Yakov, Y., Narkiss, T., Amir, M., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2009). Quality of life in elders: A focus group. Gerontology, 36(1), 31-44 (Hebrew).
82. Lev-Wiesel, R., Chen, R., Daphna-Tekoha, S., & Hod, M. (2009). Past traumatic events: is it a risk factor for high risk pregnancy, delivery complications and postpartum posttraumatic symptoms? Journal of Women's Health, 18(1), 119-125. IF 1.417; 5-year IF: 1.915
83. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2009). Enhancing Potency Among Male Adolescents at Risk to Drug Abuse: An Action Research. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 26(5), 383 – 398.
84. Lev-Wiesel, R., Daphna-Tekoha, S., & Hallack, M. (2009). Childbirth as retraumatization: prenatal and postnatal posttraumatic stress symptomatology among women, survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 33, 877-887. IF: 1.61; 5-year IF: 2.909
85. Tener, D., Lev-Wiesel, R., Lang, N., & Ofir, S. (2010). Laughing Through This Pain: Medical Clowning During Examination of Sexually Abused Children: An Innovative Approach. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 19(2), 128-140. IF: 0.605; 5-year IF: 0.764
86. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Daphna-Tekoah, S. (2010). The role of peritraumatic dissociation as Predictor of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms following childbirth. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 11(3), 266 – 283. IF 1.717; 5-year IF: 1.897
87. Guez, J., Lev-Wiesel, R., Valetsky, S., KruszewskiSztul, D., & Pener B. (2010). Self-figure drawings in women with anorexia, bulimia, overweight, and normal weight: A possible tool for assessment. Arts in Psychotherapy, 37, 400-406. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
88. Yampolsky, L., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Ben-Zion, I. Z. (2010). Child abuse: Is it a risk factor for high risk pregnancy. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(9), 2025-37. IF 1.527; 5-year IF: 2.3
89. Tener, D., Lang, N., Ofir, S., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2011). The use of medical clowns as buffers for psychological distress during anogenital examination of sexually abused children – A preliminary study. Journal of Loss & Trauma, 17, 12-22. IF 0.729; 5-year IF: 0.817
90. Beeri A., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2011). Social rejection by peers: A risk factor for psychological distress. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 17(4), 216-221. IF 0.635; 5-year IF: 1.336
91. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Sternberg, R. (2012). Victimized at Home, Re-victimized by Peers: Types of Domestic Child Abuse as Risk Factors for Social Peer Rejection. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 29(3), 203-220.
92. Shaliut, R., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Govrin, J. (2012). The relationship between social peer rejection, depression, self-image, and breast augmentation. Academic Journal of Creative Arts Therapies, 2(2), 1-12.
93. Lev-Wiesel, R., Orkibi, H., & Federman, D. (2012). The Use of Creative Arts Therapies for diagnostic and Therapeutic purpose. Journal of Urban Culture Research, Special Issue, 5(1), 16-25.
94. Engel-Yeger, B., Palgy- Levin, D., Lev-Wiesel, R. (2012). The Sensory Profile of Individuals with Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 29, 266–278.
95. Rassmussen, L., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Eisikovits, Z. (2013). Current perspectives on children and youth who sexually abuse (Editorial preface). Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 22, 1-8. IF: 0.605; 5-year IF: 0.764
96. Sela, M., Bar-On, T., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2013). I wish I could be a Cinderella. Society and Welfare, 33(2), 252-225. (Hebrew)
97. Lev-Wiesel, R., Sternberg, R., & Sarid, M. (2013). Measuring social peer rejection during childhood: Development and validation. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 22(55), 482-492.
98. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Markus, L. (2013). Perception vs. Circumstances of the child sexual abuse event in relation to the depression and posttraumatic stress symptomatology. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 22(5), 519-533. IF: 0.605; 5-year IF: 0.764
99. Jacobs-Kayam, A., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2013). Self-Mutilation as Expressed in Self-Figure Drawings in Adolescent Sexual Abuse Survivors. Arts in Psychotherapy, 40, 120-129. IF: 0.65; 5-year IF: 0.659
100. Rasmussan, L., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Eisikovits, Z. (2013). Current perspectives on children and youth who sexually abuse, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 22(1), 1-8. IF: 0.605; 5-year IF: 0.764
101. Peleg, M., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Yaniv, D. (2013). Reconstruction of self-identity of Holocaust child survivors who participated in 'Testimony Theater'. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 6(4), 411–419. doi: 10.1037/a0033834 IF 1.457; 5-year IF: 1.669
102. Lev-Wiesel, R., Altman, M., Govrin, J., (2014). Quality of life and self-image of women who undergo breast surgery for cosmetic reasons. The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery, 31(1), 42-46.
103. Lev-Wiesel, R., Sarid, M., & Sternberg, R. (2014). Social Peer Rejection Measure 2013. PsycTESTS, APA. doi: 10.1037/t24927-000.
104. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Amir, G. (2014). The Role of Dissociation in Self Injurious Behavior Among Female Adolescents Who Were Sexually Abused. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 23(7), 824-839. IF: 0.605; 5-year IF: 0.764
105. Stolovy, T., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Witztum, E. (2014). Dissociation: Adjustment or Distress? Dissociative Phenomena, Absorption and Quality of Life Among Israeli Women Who Practice Channeling Compared to Women with Similar Traumatic History. Journal of Religion and Health, 54(3), 1040-1051. DOI:10.1007/s10943-014-9885-4. IF: · 1.02
106. Sigad, L. I., Davidov, J., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Eisikovits, Z. (2014). Toxic Knowledge Self-Alteration Through Child Abuse Work. Journal of interpersonal violence, 31(3), 481-99. 0886260514555868.‏ IF 1.162
107. Lev-Wiesel, R., Gottfried, R., Eisikovits, Z., & First, M. (2014). Factors affecting disclosure among Israeli children in residential care due to domestic violence. Child abuse & neglect, 38(4), 618-626.‏ IF 2.89
108. Klomek, A. B., Lev-Wiesel, R., Shellac, E., Hadas, A., Berger, U., Horwitz, M., & Fennig, S. (2014). The relationship between self-injurious behavior and self-disclosure in adolescents with eating disorders. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 20(1), 43-48.‏ IF: 0.527
109. Shapira, G., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Raz, A. (2014). Mothers’ perceptions of their relationship with their children following dyadic art therapy. The International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention, 1(5), 369-397.
110. Sigad. L., Davidov, J., Eisikovits, Z., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2014). Pathways to resilience among Israeli child victims of abuse and neglect. Child Indicators Research, 8(3), 551-570. IF 0.864; 5-year IF: 1.406
111. Tener, D., Ofir, S., Lang, N., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2015). The Therapy beneath the Fun: Medical Clowning during Invasive Procedures on Children. Clinical Pediatrics, 55(1), 56-65. IF 1.409
112. Sigad, L., Beker, G., Lev-Wiesel, R., Eisikovits, Z. (2015). Living on the edges: The voices of abused adolescent Israeli young women. Journal of Family Violence. 30, 621–631. IF: 0.940; 5-year IF: 1.17
113. Stolovy, T., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Eisikovits, Z. (2015). Dissociation and the Experience of Channeling: Narratives of Israeli Women Who Practice Channeling. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 63(3), 346-364.
114. Gottfried, R., Lev-Wiesel, R., Hallak, M., & Lang-Franco, N. (2015). Inter-relationships between sexual abuse, female sexual function and childbirth. Midwifery, 31(11), 1087-1095.‏ IF 1.57
115. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2015). Childhood sexual abuse: From conceptualization to treatment. Journal of Trauma & Treatment, 4(259), 2167-1222. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-1222.1000259 IF 1.07
116. Guez, J., Hertzanu-Lati, M., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Rabin, S. (2015). Dissociative reality and dissociative being for post traumatic patients. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 52(1), 47-53. IF 1.04
117. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2015). Using drawings within therapy. Academic Journal of Creative Arts Therapies, 5(2), 318-325.
118. Tener, D., Ofir, S., Lev-Wiesel, R., Franco-Lang, N. & On, A.(2016). Seriously clowning: Medical clowning interaction with children undergoing invasive examinations in hospitals. Social Work in Health Care, 55(4), 296-313. IF 0.42
119. Diamond, S. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2016). The title "treatment" and what do you do with it as a child? Recollections of being in child expressive arts group therapy. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 33, 196–201. DOI: 10.1177/1359104516656723.IF 1.705
120. Diamond, S. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2016). Recollections of being in child expressive arts group therapy: A qualitative study of adult former clients’ conceptions of their therapy as children. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 66(3), 401-421. IF 0.44
121. Davidov, J., Sigad, L., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Eisikovits, Z. (2016). Cross-disciplinary craftsmanship: The case of child abuse work. Qualitative Social Work, 16(5), 717-733. IF 1.00
122. Lev-Wiesel, R., Eisikovits, Z., First, M., Gottfried, R., & Mehlhausen, D. (2016). Prevalence of Child Maltreatment in Israel: A National Epidemiological Study. Journal of child and Adolescent Trauma, 11(2), 141-150. DOI : 10.1007/s40653-016-0118-8
123. Lev-Wiesel, R., First, M., Gottfried, R. & Eisikovits, Z. (2016). Reluctance vs. Urge to Disclose Child Maltreatment: The Impact of Multi-Type Maltreatment. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34(18), 3888-3914.
Doi: 10.1177/0886260516672938 IF 1.59
124. Sigad, L., Davidov, J., Lev-Wiesel, R., Eisikovits, Z., (2016). Toxic knowledge: Working with child abuse and the self-alteration process. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 31(3), 481– 499. IF 2.44
125. Banerjei, S., De, S., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2016). Somatization tendency, perception of poverty, potency in economically underprivileged adolescents from urban West Bengal. International Journal of Psychology, 51, 672-673. IF 1.867
126. Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Fridman, T., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2017). Edutainment as a strategy for parental discussion with Israeli children: The potential of a children's play in preventing sexual abuse. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 26(5), 553–72.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2017.1319003 IF 1.13
127. Eisikovits, Z., Tener, D., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2017). Adult women survivors of intrafamilial child sexual abuse and their current relationship with the abuser. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 87(3), 216-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000185 IF 1.36
128. Binson, B., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2018). Promoting personal and professional growth through experiential learning: The case of expressive art therapies academic education. Frontiers to Psychology,5(8), 2276. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02276 IF 3.56
129. Lev-Wiesel, R., & First, M. (2018).Willingness to disclose child maltreatment: CSA vs other forms of abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 79, 183–191. IF 2.89.
130. Lazer, Y., Dor-Frankel, T., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2018). Relationship Between the Ideal Woman Model, Self-figure Drawing, and Disordered Eating Amongst Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Women and National Religious Women. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 55(1), 73-81. IF 1.04.
131. Efrati, S., Hadanny, A., Daphna-Tekoah, S., Bechor, Y., Tiberg, K, Pik, N., Suzin, G., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2018). Recovery of Repressed Memories in Fibromyalgia Patients Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen– Case Series Presentation and Neurophysiological Discussion. Frontiers in Psychology, section Movement Science and Sport Psychology, 29(9), 848. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00848 IF 2.089
132. Goldner, L. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2018). Caring about tomorrow: The role of potency, socio-economic status and gender in Israeli adolescents' academic future orientation. Child Indicators, 12, 1333-1349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-018-9587-7 IF 1.85
133. Midhat-Najami, N., Goldner, L., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2018). The Palestinian Experience of Crossing the Qalandia Checkpoint: Thoughts on a Collective Trauma, as expressed in Participant Interviews and Art Therapy Drawings. Frontiers to Psychology; section Clinical and Health Psychology, 9, 1-13. No. 372498 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00848 IF 2.089 .
134. Hadanny, A., Bechor, Y., Catalunia, M., Dafna-Takoa, D., & Lev-Wiesel, R., Efrati, S. (2018). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy effect on patients suffering from fibromyalgia due to childhood sexual abuse – randomized controlled trial. Frontiers to Psychology and Health, 9, 2495. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02495 IF 2.089.
135. Ram-Vlasov, N., Goldner, L., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2018). Preliminary Validation of the Peri-Traumatic Dissociation Trauma Drawing Assessment (PDTDA): The Case of Military Trauma. The Arts in Psychotherapy,62, 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2018.11.002 IF 1.348.
136. Lev-Wiesel, R., Bechor, Y., Hadanny, H., Dafna-Takoa, S. & Efrati, S. (2018). Brain and mind integration: Childhood sexual abuse survivors experiencing hyperbaric oxygen treatment and psychotherapy concurrently. Frontiers to Psychology and Health, 9, 2535. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02535 IF 2.089.
137. Bhattacharyya, A., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Banerjee, M. (2019). Indian Adolescents’ Perspective of Childhood Abuse and Neglect as Reflected Through Narratives and Drawings, Journal of Loss and Trauma, 24(5-6), 568-593.
DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2018.1549116 IF 0.789.
138. Zana-Sterenfeld, G., Federman, D., Lev-Wiesel, R. (2019). The traumatic story as expressed in narrative and movement. Journal of Loss & Trauma, 24(10), 1-18. 10.1080/15325024.2018.1507470 IF 0.789
139. Weisbrod, D. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2019). Under the Shadow of an Iranian Nuclear Threat: Reactions of Holocaust Survivors Versus Non-Holocaust Survivors. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 5-6, (495-515). DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2018.1507474 IF 0.789.
140. Ram-Vlasov, N., Goldner, L., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2018). Preliminary Validation of the Peri-Traumatic Dissociation Trauma Drawing Assessment (PDTDA): The Case of Military Trauma. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 62, 68-76.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2018.11.002 IF 1.348.
141. Shochat, T., Roth, N. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2019). How Do You Sleep? Sleep as Reflected in Self-Figure Drawings of Young Adolescents Living in Residential Care Facilities Compared to Those Living at Home. Sleep Medicine, 60, 116-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2019.01.028 IF 3.395
142. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Kissos, L. (2019). Using Creative arts therapies in survivors of loss and trauma. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 24(5-6), 110-116.
10.1080/15325024.2018.1548991.
143. Bhattacharyya A., Banerjee, M., Lev-Wiesel, R. (2019). Indian Adolescents’ Perspective of Childhood Abuse and Neglect as Reflected through Narratives and Drawings. Journal of Loss & Trauma. 10.1080/15325024.2018.1549116 IF 0.789
144. Kissos, L., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Czamanski, J. (2019). Sexual Abuse Detection Through Drawing Workshop: E-learning Contribution. Journal of Loss & Trauma, 24(1), 1-16. 10.1080/15325024.2018.1549191 IF 0.789.
145. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Kissos, L. (2019). Using Creative Arts Therapies in Survivors of Loss and Trauma. Journal of Loss & Trauma, 5-6, 385-386. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2018.1548991 IF 0.789.
146. Sigad, L.I. Beker, G., Lev-Wiesel, R. & Eisikovits, Z. (2019). Alone with our interpretations”: Uncertainty in child abuse intervention among healthcare professionals. Children and Youth Services Review,100, 206-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.02.027 IF 1.383.
147. Dafna-Tekoah, S., Lev-Wiesel, R., Israeli, D., & Balla, U. (2019). A Novel Screening Tool for Assessing Child Abuse: The Medical Somatic Dissociation Questionnaire–MSDQ. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 28(5), 526-543. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2019.1581868 IF 1.133.
148. Goldner, L., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Simon, G. (2019). Revenge Fantasies after Experiencing Traumatic Events: Sex Differences. Frontiers to Health and Psychology, 10, 886. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00886 IF 2.083.
149. Lev-Wiesel, R., Massrawa, N., & Binson, B. (2019). Which child maltreatment behavior is perceived as severe? Parents vs. children perceptions of child maltreatment. Journal of Social Work, 20(4), 16-21. 10.1177/1468017319831364 IF 1.089.
150. Federman, D., Zana-Sterenfeld, G., Lev-Wiesel, R. (2019). Body Movement Manual for the Assessment and Treatment of Trauma Survivors. American Journal of Dance therapy, 41, 75–86. 10.1007/s10465-019-09298-3.
151. Jacobs-Kayam , A., & Lev-Wiesel. R. (2019). In limbo: Time perspective among female survivors of sexual abuse. Frontiers to Psychology and Health, 10, 912. IF 2.083 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00912.
152. Binson, B., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Federman, D. (2019). Do Self-figure Drawings Reveal the Drawer’s Cultural Values? Thais and Israelis Draw Themselves. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 32(4), 1-18. DOI: 10.1177/0022167819831082 IF 0.85.
153. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Saint Arnaul, D. (2019). Editorial: Child Sexual Abuse: The Interaction Between Brain, Body, and Mind. Frontiers, 10, 2558 . doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02558 IF: 2.122.
154. Bhattacharyya A., Banerjee, M., Lev-Wiesel, R. (2020). Severity, Disclosure, and Consequences: Perspective of Indian Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Neglect. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 24(3), 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-020-00312-2.
155. Lev-Wiesel, R., Hazan, M., Daniel M., German, V., Finger, Z., Weinger, S., & Binson, B. (2020). Children Drawing Violence: To What Extent Does It Reflect Actual Experience. Arts in Psychotherapy, 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2020.101717.
156. Binson, B., Soasavdi, R., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2020). When personal and national grief unite: The unique case of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand decease. Journal of Loss and Trauma. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2020.1780026.
157. Kissos, L., Lev-Wiesel, R. Goldner, L., & Butman, M. (2020). Artificial Intelligence Reaches Human-Level Actual Performance: A Pilot Study of Childhood Sexual Abuse Detection in Self-Figure Drawings. Child Abuse & Neglect, 109, 104755.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104755.
158. Lev-Wiesel, R., Dar, R., Paz, Y., Arazi-Aviram, A., Yosef, E., Sonego, G., Weinger, S., Doron, H., & Golan, V. (2020). The relationship between adolescent's free verses enforced decision to enroll in an out-of- home boarding school and later well-being. European Journal of Educational Research, 10(1), 1-11.
159. Lev-Wiesel, R., Ramot, O., Niv, H., Daniel, E., Gosh, Y., Dahan, A., & Weinger, S. (2020). Physical versus sexual abuse as reflected in adolescents' self-figure drawings: A preliminary study. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2020.1856993.
160. Goldner, L., Lev Wiesel, R., & Binson, B. (2021). Perceptions of Child Abuse as Manifested in Drawings and Narratives by Children and Adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology Health Psychology, 11, 3805. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.562972 .
161. Itzkovich, Y., Barhon, E., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2021). Health and Risk Behaviors of Bystanders: An Integrative Theoretical Model of Bystanders’ Reactions to Mistreatment. IJERPH, 18(11), 5552; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115552.
162. Lev-Wiesel, R., et al. (2021). Social peer rejection as reflected in drawings and narratives: to what extent does it reflect actual experience? A Pilot study. Arts in Psychotherapy, 76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2021.101856. IF 1.404
163. Shai, D., Afek, E., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Federman, D. (2022). The Mediating role of Parental Embodied Mentalizing in the longitudinal association between prenatal spousal support and toddler emotion recognition. Infancy, 27(3), 609-629. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12462. IF 2.05. Q1.
164. Lev-Wiesel, R., Goldner, L., & Daphna-Tekoah},S. (2022). Introduction to the Special Issue The Use of Creative Art Therapies in the Prevention, Screening, and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. doi: .10.1080/10538712.2022.2032895.
165. Jaroenkajornkij, N., Lev-Wiesel, R., Binson, B. (2022). Use of Self-Figure Drawing as an Assessment Tool for Child Abuse: Differentiating between Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Abuse. Children, 9, 868. https://doi.org/10.3390/ children9060868
166. Lev-Wiesel, R., Goldner, L., Malishkevich Haas, R, Hait, A, Frid Gangersky, N., Lahav, L. Weinger, S. & Binson, B. (2022). Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Draw and Describe their Experiences of Dissociation. Violence Against Women. (accepted).
167. Balla, U., Lev-Wiesel, R., Israeli, D., Bhattacharyya A., Daphna-Tekoah, S. (2022). The Medical Somatic Dissociation Questionnaire: A tool for differentiating sexually abused children from non-sexually abused children. A brief report. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.

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Doron, H., & Lev-Wiesel, R. The contribution of emotional intelligence, gender and higher education in supporting honor killing. Aggression and Violent Behavior.
Kissos, L., & Lev-Wiesel, R. Two Types of Emotional Response Tendencies Among Highly Sensitive Individuals- Emotion Regulation Differentiation Between Sensitivities Levels. Children.
Goldner, L. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Binson B. I'm in a Bloody Battle without Being Able to Stop It": The Dissociative Experiences of Child Sexual Abuse Survivors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Banerjee, S., Lev-Wiesel, R, De,Sonali. Somatisation tendency and potency in low-income adolescent groups of India and Israel: A cross-national comparison. Journal of Adolescence.
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Dialysis
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Lev-Wiesel, R. et al. Getting Even, Getting Better": The Reflection of Desire for Revenge and Revenge Fantasies in Drawings and Narratives of Sexually Abused Children. Child and Family Social Work.
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168. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2002). Different political attitudes: A model for intervention. In: L. Kacen & R. Lev-Wiesel, Group work in multicultural society- the case of Israel (pp. 83-90). Tel Aviv: Cherikover (Hebrew).
169. Kacen L. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2002). Dialogue and conflict groups' experience in Israel: A meta-analysis. In: L. Kacen & R. Lev-Wiesel, Group work in multicultural society- the case of Israel (pp. 243-251). Tel Aviv: Chrikover (Hebrew).
170. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Kacen, L. (2002). Group work in a multicultural society. In: L. Kacen & R. Lev-Wiesel, Group work in multicultural society- the case of Israel (pp. 15-20). Tel Aviv: Cherikover (Hebrew).
171. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2002). The right stuff: Key personality characteristics that indicate success in overcoming addiction in Israel. In: R. Isralowitz, M. Afifi, & R. Rawson, (Eds.) Drug Problems: Cross Cultural Policy and Program Development (pp 233-242). Westport: CT: Auburn House, Greenwood Publishers.
172. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Amir, M. (2004). Lost childhood: Children surviving the Holocaust. In T. A. Corales, Trends in Post-traumatic stress disorder research (pp. 131-159). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science.
173. Amir, M., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2004). The quality of life among survivors' loved ones. In D.R. Catherall, (Ed.). The Handbook of Stress, Trauma and the Family (pp. 161-178). New York: Brunner-Routledge. (authors contributed equally to this paper).
174. Gome-Doitshman, H., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2005). To be a mother of a battered husband. In R. Lev-Wiesel, J. Cwikel, & N. Barak, Women health in Israel (pp. 309-334). Jerusalem: Brookdale. (Authors contributed equally to this paper).
175. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2005). Intergenerational transmission of incest. In R. Lev-Wiesel, J. Cwikel, & N. Barak, Women health in Israel (pp. 335-350). Jerusalem: Brookdale.
176. Daphna-Tekoa, S., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Cwikel, J. (2005). Battered women, Bedouin vs. Jewish. In R. Lev-Wiesel, J. Cwikel, & N. Barak, Women health in Israel (pp.291-308). Jerusalem: Brookdale.
177. Lev-Wiesel, R., Amir. M., & Ohaion, L. (2005). Fear of rape among female college students. In R. Lev-Wiesel, J. Cwikel, & N. Barak, Women health in Israel (pp. 275-290). Jerusalem: Brookdale.
178. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Amir. M. (2006). Growing out of ashes: Post traumatic growth among Holocaust child survivors- is it possible?. In L. G. Calhoun, & R. G. Tedeschi, Handbook of posttraumatic growth, research and practice (pp. 248-263). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
179. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Slater, N. (2006). Art making as a response to terrorism. In F. F. Kaplan (Ed.), Art therapy and social action (pp. 191-210). New York: Jessica Kingsley.
180. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2007). Trauma, secondary traumatization, retraumatization and sexual abuse. In D. Horowitz, Y. Ben Yehuda, M. Hovav (Eds.), Neglect and sexual abuse of children in Israel (pp. 566-581). Jerusalem: Ministry of Welfare (Hebrew).
181. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Amir, M. (2007). To be a Holocaust child survivor. In Z. Solomon & J. Chaitin (Eds.), Holocaust and trauma (pp. 134-151). Tel Aviv: Hakibutz Hameuhad.
182. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2008). Enhancing potency among adolescents at risk. In D. Michaeli, Exile, journey of choice, nature therapy (pp. 189-213). Tel Aviv: Madaf. (Hebrew).
183. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2008). Beyond survival: Growing out of child abuse. In J. Stephen & P. A. Linley (Eds.), Trauma, recovery, and growth: Positive psychological perspectives on posttraumatic stress (pp.145-160). New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons.
184. Eisikovits, Z., Davidov, J., Sigad. L., Lev-Wiesel, R. (2013). The social construction of disclosure: The case of child abuse in Israeli society. In R.D Krugman & J.E. Korbin (Eds.), Henry Kempe: A 50 year legacy to the field of child abuse and neglect. Springer
185. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Wianberg, S. (2014). Individual-Group Therapy in Sexually Abused Children Who Suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder. In Elias Kourkoutas, Angie Hart, & Angeliki Mouzaki (Eds.), Innovative Practice and Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Psychosocial Difficulties and Disabilities. UK: Cambridge Scholar Pub.
186. Daphna-Tekoah, S., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Ben-Zion I.Z. (2016). Childbirth as Retraumatization of Childhood's Sexual Abuse. In C.R. Martin, V.R. Preedy, & V.P. Patel (Eds.), The Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders. Switzerland: Springer.
187. Regev, D. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2016). Creative Art Therapy in Israel: Current Status and Future Directions of the Profession. In D. Gussak & M.L. Rusal (Eds.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publications.
188. Eik, U., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2016). Between forgiveness to rejection – Holocaust survivors’ attitudes towards Germans. In A. Zaihan-Wisman, H. Koren., & Z. Eisikovits (Eds.), On interpersonal forgiveness (pp. 157-176). Tel Aviv: Resling.