PUBLICATIONS
Note: For joint publications, the order of the listed authors appears according to their
relative contribution unless otherwise specified.
A. Ph.D. Dissertation
Title: Stress, Personal resources, and the role of the community in coping with political
uncertainty.
Date of the dissertation: 1996
Number of pages: 250
Language: Hebrew
University: Hebrew University
Names of supervisors: Professor Z. Ben-Sira & Dr. D. Fridlander
Published in Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.
B. Scientific Books (Refereed)
Authored Books – Published
1. Lev-Wiesel, R. (2005). Survivors and perpetrators' self figure and kinetic family drawings.
Kiryat Bialik: Ach (168 pages) (Hebrew).
2. Brin A., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2007). Her multiple face. Nahar: Biniamina (142 pages)
(Hebrew).
3. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Weinger, S. (2011). Hell within hell, The comorbidity of the Holocaust
Traumata. Lanham, MR: American University Press.
4. Koren, Z. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2013). When time stopped: Childhood sexual abuse survivors
from devastation to growth. Kiryat Bialik: Ach. Also published in English October 2014.
Authoright.
.
Edited Books and Special Journal Issues – Published
5. Kacen, L. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (Eds.). (2002). Group work in a
multicultural society. Tel Aviv: Cherikover (254 pages) (in Hebrew).
6. Lev-Wiesel, R. Cwikel, J., & Barak, N. (Eds.). (2005). Mental health in Israeli women:
Guard yourself. Jerusalem: Brookdale (471 pages) (in Hebrew).
7. Lev-Wiesel, R. & Kacen, L. (2001). Group Experiential Journey. Kiryat Bialik: Ach (222
pages) (Hebrew).
8. Rasmussan, L., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Eisikovits, Z. (Eds.). (2013). Current perspectives on
children and youth who sexually abuse, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 22 (1).
Edited Books and Special Journal Issues - Accepted for Publication
C. Monographs
9. Lev-Wiesel, R. (1996). Theoretical and applied aspects for social workers in regions living
under political uncertainty. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Department of
Community Work, Jerusalem. (Monograph, 51 pages) (Hebrew).
D. Articles in Refereed Journals
Published
1. 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: 1.639
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: 1.233; 5-year 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), 171177. 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; 5year 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; 5year 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; 5year 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), 343360.
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 selffigure 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, 415.
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 warreality 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; 5year 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; 5year 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. 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.
91. 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.
92. 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
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), 1625.
94. Sela, M., Bar-On, T., & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2013). I wish I could be a Cinderella. Society and
Welfare, 33(2), 252-225. (Hebrew)
95. 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.
96. 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.
97. 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
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. 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.
Accepted for Publication
104. Stolovy, T. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Eisikovits, Z. (2013). Dissociation and the Experience of
Channeling: Narratives of Israeli Women who Practice Channeling. International Journal of
Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.
105. Guez, J., Hertzanu-Lati, M., Lev-Wiesel, R., & Rabin, S. (2013). Dissociative Reality and
Dissociative Being in Therapy for Post-Traumatic Disorders. Israel Journal of Psychiatry.
106. Lev-Wiesel, R., Gottfried, R., Eisikovits, Z., & First, M. (2014). Factors Affecting
Disclosure among Abused Israeli Children. Child Abuse & Neglect.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.02.002 IF 2.909; 5-year IF: 1.61
107. 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).
IF: 0.605; 5-year IF: 0.764
108. Sigad, L., Davidov, J., Lev-Wiesel, R., Eisikovits, Z. (2014). Toxic knowledge: Working
with child abuse and the self-alteration process—"We pay a price for our work." Journal of
Interpersonal Violence.
109. Klomek, A., Lev-Wiesel, R., Shellac, E., Hadas, A., Berger, U., Horwitz, M., & Fenning, 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.IF: 0.527
110. 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.
Submitted
Sigad, L., Beker, G., Lev-Wiesel, R., Eisikovits, Z. Living on the edges: The voices of abused
adolescent Israeli young women. Journal of Family Violence. IF: 0.940; 5-year IF: 1.683
Beker, G., Sigad, L., Lev-Wiesel, R., Eisikovits, Z. Working in uncertainty: Israeli health care
professionals’ perceptions of child abuse. Submitted to Social Science of Medicine. IF: 2.733; 5year IF: 3.688
Davidov, J., Sigad, L., Lev-Wiesel, R., Eisikovits, Z. The improvisational identity of child
abuse professionals: "It isn’t my role, anyway!" Journal of Child and Youth Care.
Eisikovits, Z., Tener, D., & Lev-Wiesel, R. "He is always there": Women who have experienced
incest and their relationship with the abuser in adulthood. Violence Against Women. IF: 0.968; 5year IF: 1.66
Davidov, J., Eisikovits, Z., & Lev-Wiesel, R. Becoming 'street wise' – Adolescence in
impoverished neighborhoods and the acquiring of Falk wisdom.
Lev-Wiesel, R., & Eisikovits, Z. The Uniqueness of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Towards a conceptualization. Journal of Clinical Psychology. IF 1.66; 5-year IF: 1.61
Sigad. L., Davidov, J., Eisikovits, Z.,& Lev-Wiesel, R. Pathways to resilience among Israeli
child victims of abuse and neglect. Child Indicators Research. IF 0.864; 5-year IF: 1.406
E. Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books
(which are not Conference Proceedings)
Published
111. 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).
112. 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).
114. 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).
115. 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.
116. 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.
117. 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).
117. 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).
118. 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.
119. 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.
120. 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.
121. 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.
122. 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.
123. 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).
124. 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.
125. 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).
126. 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.
Accepted
127. Regev, D. & Lev-Wiesel, R. (2013). Creative Art Therapy in Israel: Current Status and
Future Directions of the Profession. D. Gussak Ed., Wiley-Blackwell Publications, of Oxford,
England.
128. Lev-Wiesel, R., & Wianberg, S. (2013). 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.
129. Eisikovits, Z., Davidov, J., Sigad. L., Lev-Wiesel, R. The social construction of disclosure:
The case of child abuse in Israeli society. Edited book: Henry Kempe: A 50 year legacy to the
field of child abuse and neglect.