Research and Publications - 2012

 

• Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2012). Trends in health behaviors in the old-old population: Results from a national survey. Behavioral Medicine, 38, 6-11.‏ doi: 10.1080/08964289.2011.644642

 

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Golander, H. (2012). Analysis of caregiver perceptions of "hallucinations" in people ewth dementia in institutional settings. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 27, 243-249. doi: 10.1177/1533317512446475

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• Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Perach, R. (2012). Sleep duration, nap habits, and mortality in older persons. Sleep, 35, 1003-1009. doi: 10.5665/sleep.1970

 

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Dakheel-Ali, M., Jensen, B., Marx, M. S., & Thein, K. (2012). An analysis of the relationships among engagement, agitated behavior, and affect in nursing home residents with dementia. International Psychogeriatrics, 24, 742-752.‏ doi: 10.1017/S1041610211002535

 

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Jensen, B., Resnick, B., & Norris, M. (2012). Assessment and treatment of behavior problems in dementia in nursing home residents: A comparison of the approaches of physicians, psychologists, and nurse practitioners. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 27, 135-145.‏ doi: 10.1002/gps.2699

 

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Jensen, B., Resnick, B., & Norris, M. (2012). Knowledge of and attitudes toward nonpharmacological interventions for treatment of behavior symptoms associated with dementia: A comparison of physicians, psychologists, and nurse practitioners. The Gerontologist, 52, 34-45. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnr081

 

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Jensen, B., Resnick, B., & Norris, M. (2012). Quality of nursing home care: Perceptions of physicians, psychologists, and nurse practitioners. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 27, 70-76.‏ doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31822f2e81

 

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Marx, M. S., Freedman, L. S., Murad, H., Thein, K., & Dakheel-Ali, M. (2012). What affects pleasure in persons with advanced stage dementia? Journal of Psychiatric Research, 46, 402-406.‏ doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.12.003

 

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Shmotkin, D., & Hazan, H. (2012). Homebound older persons: Prevalence, characteristics, and longitudinal predictors. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 54, 55-60.‏ doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.02.016

 

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Thein, K., Marx, M. S., & Dakheel-Ali, M. (2012). What are the barriers to performing nonpharmacological interventions for behavioral symptoms in the nursing home? Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 13, 400-405.‏ doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.07.006

 

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Thein, K., Marx, M. S., Dakheel-Ali, M., & Freedman, L. (2012). Efficacy of nonpharmacologic interventions for agitation in advanced dementia: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 73, 1255-1261.‏ doi: 10.4088/JCP.12m07918

 

• Cohen-Mansfield, J., Thein, K., Marx, M. S., Dakheel-Ali, M., Murad, H., & Freedman, L. S. (2012). The relationships of environment and personal characteristics to agitated behaviors in nursing home residents with dementia. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 73, 392-399.‏ doi: 10.4088/JCP.10m06605

 

• Corbett, A., Husebo, B., Malcangio, M., Staniland, A., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Aarsland, D., & Ballard, C. (2012). Assessment and treatment of pain in people with dementia. Nature Reviews Neurology, 8, 264-274.‏ doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.53 doi: 10.1093/geront/gnr081

 

• Erez, H. B., Weller, A., Vaisman, N., & Kreitler, S. (2012). The relationship of depression, anxiety and stress with low bone mineral density in post-menopausal women. Archives of Osteoporosis, 7, 247-255. doi: 10.1007/s11657-012-0105-0

 

• Gotkind, A., Kreitler, S., & Delbar, V. (2012). Perception of family support given to parents of children with cancer and its impact on their quality of life. Supportive Care in Cancer Symposium, 20, Supp. 1, S279. doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1479-7

 

• Hazan, H. (2012). Introduction: Towards a nomadic turn in anthropology. In H. Hazan and E. Hertzog (Eds.) Serendipity in anthropological research: The nomadic turn (pp. 1-14). London, UK: Ashgate.

 

• Hazan, H. (2012). Seductive communities: on non-representational constructions. In H. Hazan and E. Hertzog (Eds.) Serendipity in anthropological research: The nomadic turn (pp. 47-64). London, UK: Ashgate.

 

• Kavé, G., Shrira, A., Palgi, Y., Spalter, T., Ben-Ezra, M., & Shmotkin, D. (2012). Formal education level versus self-rated literacy as predictors of cognitive aging. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 67, 697-704.‏ doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbs031

 

• Keinan, G., Shrira, A., & Shmotkin, D. (2012). The association between cumulative adversity and mental health: Considering dose and primary focus of adversity. Quality of Life Research, 21, 1149-1158.‏ doi: 10.1007/s11136-011-0035-0

 

• Kreitler, S. & Kreitler, M. M (2012) Quality of life in children with cancer. In S. Kreitler, M. W. Ben-Arush, & A. Martin (Eds.), Pediatric Psycho-Oncology (pp. 18-31).Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

 

• Kreitler, S. (2012). Death in cancer patients: Meanings, attitudes and feelings. In S. Kreitler (Ed.), Confronting Dying and Death (pp. 247-258). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publisher.

 

• Kreitler, S. (2012). Guided imagery: A psychological tool in the service of health psychology. In K. R. Carter & G. E. Murphy (Eds.), Alternative Medicine: Practices, Health Benefits and Controversies (pp. 1-26). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers.

 

• Kreitler, S. (2012). The meaning of social signals: The psychosemantic approach. Baltic Journal of Psychology, 13, 19-35.

 

• Kreitler, S. (2012). The Psychological point of view: The Individual facing death and dying. In S. Kreitler (Ed.), Confronting Dying and Death (pp. 89-102). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers.

 

• Kreitler, S., & Barak, F. (2012). Nutrition and quality of life in cancer patients with advanced disease. Supportive Care in Cancer Symposium, 20, Supp. 1, S132-133. doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1479-7

 

• Kreitler, S., & Casakin, H. (2012). Motivation for creativity in design: its nature, assessment and promotion. In J. N. Franco & A. E. Svensgaard (Eds.), Handbook on Psychology of Motivation: New Research (pp. 107-124). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers.

 

• Kreitler, S., & Casakin, H. (2012). Transforming magic into method in designing. [Review of the book: Exposing the magic of design: A practitioner’s guide to the methods and theory of synthesis, by J. Kolko]. PsycCRITIQUES, 57 (26) doi: 10.1037/a0028765

 

• Kreitler, S., & Kreitler, M. M. (2012). Personality correlates of colorectal cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer Symposium, 20, Supp. 1, S138. doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1479-7

 

• Kreitler, S., & Margaliot, A. (2012). Motivation for cognition: The cognitive orientation approach. In A. M.Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research (Vol. 95, pp. 97-118) Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers.

 

• Kreitler, S., Barak, F., & Siegelman-Danieli, N. (2012).The guilt of the survivors. In S. Kreitler & H. Shanun-Klein (Eds.), Studies of Grief and Bereavement. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers.

 

• Kreitler, S., Krivoy,S., & Toren, A. (2012) Psychosocial aspects of radiotherapy in pediatric cancer patients. In S. Kreitler, M.W.Ben-Arush, & A. Martin (Eds.), Pediatric Psycho-Oncology (pp. 62-70). Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

 

• Kreitler, S., Margaliot, A., & Alkalay, Y. (2012). Metaphors in the teaching of psychology. In S. McCarthy, K. L Dickson, J. Cranney & A. Trapp (Eds.), Teaching Psychology around the World Volume 3 (chapter 25, pp. 391-409) .Newcatle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

 

• Kreitler, S., Oppenheim, D., & Segev-Shoham, E. (2012). Fantasy, art therapies and other expressive and creative psychosocial interventions. In S. Kreitler, M. W. Ben-Arush, & A. Martin (Eds.), Pediatric Psycho-Oncology (pp. 143-159). Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

 

• Kreitler, S., Urbanek, T., & Pokorny, Z. (2012). Stories evoked by means of the TAT from the perspective of the meaning theory of Kreitler and Kreitler. In I. Cermak & T. Fikarovi (Eds.), The Thematic Apperception Test: Interpretational Perspectives (pp. 121-150). Nove Zimny, Czech Republic: Psychoprof.

 

• Litwin, H., Shrira, A., & Shmotkin, D. (2012). Self-Reported functional status among the old-old a comparison of two Israeli cohorts. Journal of Aging and Health, 24, 846-862.‏ doi: 10.1177/0898264312436714

 

• Munitz-Shenkar, D., Kreitler M. M., & Kreitler, S. (2012). Appendix A: Assessment tools in pediatric psycho-oncology. In S. Kreitler, M. W. Ben-Arush, & A. Martin (Eds.), Pediatric Psycho-Oncology (pp. 269-297).Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

 

• Shmotkin, D., & Shrira, A. (2012). Happiness and suffering in the life story: An inquiry into conflicting expectations concerning the association of perceived past with present subjective well-being in old age. Journal of Happiness Studies, 13, 389-409.‏ doi: 10.1007/s10902-011-9270-x

 

• Shmotkin, D., & Shrira, A. (2012). On the distinction between subjective well-being and meaning in life: Regulatory versus reconstructive functions in the face of a hostile world. In P. T. P. Wong (Ed.), The Human Quest for Meaning: Theories, Research, and Applications (2nd ed., pp. 143-163). New York: Routledge.

 

• Shrira, A., Shmotkin, D., & Litwin, H. (2012). Potentially traumatic events at different points in the life span and mental health: Findings from SHARE-Israel. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 82, 251-259. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01149.x

 

*Names in bold are those of academic faculty members of the Herczeg Institute on Aging