פרופ' רמי בנבנישתי
קורות חיים
Education
1981: Ph.D., Social Work & Psychology, University of Michigan
1978: M.S.W, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1975: B.S.W, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Academic positions
2018 - Present: Professor Emeritus, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Louis & Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work Bar Ilan University, Israel
2008 - present : Professor, Louis & Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
2016-2017: Visiting Scholar, USC
2007 – 2011: Head of Research and Evaluation, Haruv Institute
2007 – 2008: Visiting Scholar, USC and UCLA
2006 – 2008: Gordon Brown Chair, Hebrew University
2002 – 2007: Head, Research Group: ental health and well being in childhood and adolesence
2002 – 2008: Professor, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1993 – 2001: Associate Professor, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1995 – 1997: Head, MSW program, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1993 – 1995: Visiting Professor, Merrill Palmer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit MI
1988 – 1993: Senior Lecturer, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1986 – 1988: Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
1982 – 1988: Lecturer, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1982-1986,1988 – 1992: Researcher, Mental Health Department, Israel Defense Force.
1980 – 1981: Research and Teaching Assistant, School of Social Work, University of Michigan.
1975 – 1978: Research and Teaching Assistant, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Membership in editorial boards
2016 – present: International Journal of School Climate and Violence Prevention
2014 – present: International Journal of Social Welfare
2014 – present: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
2010 – present: Child Abuse and Neglect
2004 – present: Mifgash Laavoda Chinochit Sozialit (Hebrew)
2001 – present: Journal of School Violence
1994 – 1996 : Research on Social Work Practice
1990 – 2001: Hevra Urevacha (Hebrew)
Professional-public service (since 2000)
Numerous (paid and unpaid) consultations with government ministries, agencies and organizations and service as a board member of child welfare agencies.
2017 - present: Head, Expert Committee on Dissemination of Social Emotional Learnig in the Educational System, Israel Academy of Sciences
2015 - present: Member, High Academic Council, Levinsky College
2011 - present: Member, Scientific Council of the Ministry of Education
2010 - present: Member, France's Scientific Committee on Violence Prevention
2013 – Present: Member, expert team on Inequality in Education, Israel Academy of Science
2012 – 2013: Head, expert team on Disruptive Behaviors in School, Israel Academy of Science
2009 – 2010: Chair, Public Committee on the Statistics of Children at Risk, Central Bureau of Statistics
2008 – 2010: Vice President for Research, International Observatory of School Violence
2007 - 2010: Member, Experts Committee for the Examination of the Israeli National Educational Indicators System, Israel Academy of Science
2004 – 2006: Member, Prime Ministry Committee for Children and Youth in Distress (Schmid Committee); Head- sub committee on Knowledge, Information and Training
2000 – 2003: Member, The Rotlevy Comission for the Examination of Foundemental Principles of Children and the Law. Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Children in Out of Home Care
2000 – 2002: Member, A consultation committee to the Minister of Welfare, on Decision Committees in Child Welfare ('Vaadat Gilat').
Honors and Awards
Fellow, American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, 2018
Distinguished Career Achievement Award, Society for Social Work Research, 2017
Fellow, Society for Social Work Research, 2017
Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) Distinguished Career Achievement Award, 2016
Israel’s EMET Prize for Science, Art, and Culture, 2016
Military Child Coalition, Pete Taylor Partnership of Excellence Award to the Building Capacity Consortium, 2014.
France's Chevalier des Ordre de Palmes Academique (Knight in the Order of Academic Palmes), 2011
Israel's Landau Prize for Research and Science, 2010
Society for Social Work Research Excellence in Research Award, 2010
American Educational Research Division E Research Award in Counseling, 2010
Outstanding Book Award, American Educational Research Association, 2007
Honorable Mention to 'School Violence in Context', William James Book Award, The Society of General Psychology (APA Division One), 2006
American Educational Research- 'Most distinguished scientific contribution article of the year', 2006
The Hebrew University Rector (Provost) Prize, 2002
Certificate of Distinction, The Adler Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection, 2000
Jordan Post Doctoral Fellowship, 1978-1981
פירסומים
Books
Astor, R.A., & Benbenishty, R. (2019). Bullying, school violence, and climate in evolving contexts: Culture, organization and time. New York: Oxford University Press.
Astor, R. A., Jacobson, L., Wrabel, S., Benbenishty, R., & Pineda, D. (2018). Welcoming Practices: Creating schools that support students and families in transition. Oxford University Press.
Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2018). Mapping and monitoring bullying and violence: Building a safe school climate. Oxford University Press.
Benbenishty, A., & Benbenishty, R. (2015). Hope-building leadership: From theory to practice. Geffen: Jerusalem.[Hebrew]
Shlonsky, A., & Benbenishty, R. (Eds. 2013). From evidence to outcomes in child welfare: An international reader. Oxford University Press.
Astor, R. A., Jacobson, L., Benbenishty, R., Pineda, D., Atuel, H., Gilreath, T., Wong, M., De Pedro, K. M., Esqueda, M. C., & Estrada, J. N. (2012). The pupil personnel guide to creating supportive schools for military students. New York: Columbia University, Teachers College Press.
Astor, R. A., Jacobson, L., Benbenishty, R., Cederbaum, J., Atuel, H., Gilreath, T., Wong, M., De Pedro, K. M., Esqueda, M. C., & Estrada, J. N. (2012). The military parent’s guide to supporting their children in School. New York: Columbia University, Teachers College Press.
Astor, R. A., Jacobson, L., Benbenishty, R., Atuel, H., Gilreath, T., Wong, M., De Pedro, K. M., Esqueda, M. C., & Estrada, J. N. (2012). The teacher’s guide to supporting military students in the classroom. New York: Columbia University, Teachers College Press.
Astor, R. A., Jacobson, L., Benbenishty, R., Atuel, H., Gilreath, T., Wong, M., De Pedro, K. M., Esqueda, M. C., & Estrada, J. N. (2012). The school administrator’s guide to creating supportive schools for military students. New York: Columbia University, Teachers College Press.
Benbenishty, A. & Benbenishty, R. (2007). Hope-Building Leadership: From the Disco Bombing to the President Educational Prize. Geffen Publishing [Hebrew].
Benbenishty, R. & Astor, R. A. (2005). School violence in context: Culture, neighborhood, family, school, and gender. New York: Oxford University Press.
Benbenishty, R. (1993). Clinical information systems in human service organizations. Jerusalem: Hebrew University Magnes Press. [Hebrew].
Benbenishty, R. (1985). Attending and exploring in the helping interview, Schools of Social Work Council. [Hebrew]
Chapters in Edited Books
Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (In press). Proposed policies to reduce weapons in schools: Based on research from an ecological conceptual model. In J. G. Dweyer (Ed.).: Oxford handbook of children and the law.
Flannery, D. J., Bear, G., Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., Bradshaw, C. P., Sugai, G., …Osher, D. (In press). The scientific evidence supporting an eight point public health oriented action plan to prevent gun violence. In D. Osher, M. Mayer, R. Jagers, K. Kendziora, & L. Wood (Eds.) . Keeping students safe and helping them thrive: A collaborative handbook for education, safety, and justice professionals, families, and communities (2 vols.). New York: Praeger.
Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2019). Conceptual foundations and ecological influences of school violence, bullying, and safety. In M. J. Meyer & S. Jimerson (Eds.), School safety and violence prevention: Science, practice, and policy driving change (pp. 19-44). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Berkowitz, R., Iachini, A. L., Moore, H., Capp, G., Pitner, R. O., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2017). School climate. In Noblit, G.W. (Ed.) Oxford research encyclopedia of education. New York: Oxford University Press.
Capp, G. P., Moore, H., Pitner, R., Iachini, A.L., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2017). Promoting school safety: How educators and school leaders can address and prevent school violence and victimization. In Noblit, G.W. (Ed.) Oxford research encyclopedia of education. New York: Oxford University Press.
Pitner, R., Capp, G., Moore, H., Benbenishty, R., Astor, R.A. (2017). Prevention of violence, aggression, and bullying in schools. In P. Sturmey (Ed.) The Wiley handbook of violence and aggression (Volume 3), Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Publisher.
Iachini, A.L., Berkowitz, R., Moore, H., Pitner, R., Astor, R.A., & Benbenishty, R. (2017). School Climate. In C. Franklin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of social work online (ESWO). New York: Oxford University Press.
Pitner, R., Capp, G., Moore, H., Benbenishty, R., Astor, R.A. (2017). Prevention of violence, aggression, and bullying in schools. In P. Sturmey (Ed.) The Wiley handbook of violence and aggression (Volume 3), Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Publisher.
Iachini, A.L., Berkowitz, R., Moore, H., Pitner, R., Astor, R.A., & Benbenishty, R. (In Press). School Climate. In C. Franklin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Social Work Online (ESWO). New York: Oxford University Press.
Pitner, R., Moore, H., Capp, G., Iachini, A.L., Berkowitz, R., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (In Press). School safety, victimization, and bullying: An overview of violence interventions and monitoring approaches. In C. Franklin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Social Work Online (ESWO). New York: Oxford University Press.
Astor, R.A, Benbenishty, R, & Estrada, J.(In press-online). School Violence. Encyclopedia of Social Work. Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.352
Astor, R.A., Capp, G. Moore, H., & Benbenishty, R. (2016). Lessons from monitoring social emotional learning in Israel and California schools. In Shute, R. H., & Slee, P. T. (Eds.) Mental health through schools: The way forward. (pp. 173-186) Hove: Routledge
Pitner, R.O., Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R.(2015). Violence in schools: Part 2. In P. A. Meares (Ed.) Social work services in schools, seventh edition. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Pitner, R.O., Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R.(2015). Violence in schools: Part 1. In P. A. Meares (Ed.) Social work services in schools, seventh edition. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Pitner, R.O., Marachi, R., Astor, R.A., & Benbenishty R, & (2015). Evidence-based violence prevention programs and best implementation practices. In K. Corcoran & A.R. Roberts (Ed.), Social worker’s desk reference (3rd Edition) (pp. 1050-1068). N.Y. Oxford University Press.
Benbenishty, R., & Astor, A. R. (2014). Children's victimization in school. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.). Encyclopedia of quality of life research. (pp. 803-809) Dordrecht, Germany: Springer`.
Pitner, R.O., Astor, R.A., & Benbenishty, R. (2014). Violence in schools. In P.A. Meares (Ed.), Social work services in schools (7th edition, pp. 265-296). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Shlonsky, A., & Benbenishty, R. (2013). From evidence to outcomes in child welfare. In, A. Shlonsky & R. Benbenishty (eds.). From evidence to outcomes in child welfare: An international reader (pp. 3-23). Oxford University Press.
López, M., Koopmans, A. C., Knorth, E. J., Witteman, C., Benbenishty, R., Davidson-Arad, B., Del Valle, J. F., Spratt, T., Hayes, D., & Devaney, J. (2013). Cross-national comparison of caseworkers’ attitudes towards child welfare issues and their impact in risk assessments and decisions to place a child out-of-home. In C. Canali, & T. Vecchiato (eds.), Foster care in Europe: What do we know about outcomes and evidence? (pp. 57-69). Padova: Zancan Publishing (also published in Italian edition).
López, M., Koopmans, A.C., Knorth, E.J., Witteman, C., Benbenishty, R., Davidson-Arad, B., del Valle, J.F., Spratt, T., Hayes, D., & Devaney, J. (2013). Cross-national comparison of caseworkers’ attitudes towards child welfare issues and their impact in risk assessments and decisions to place a child out-of-home. In C. Canali & T. Vecchiato (Eds.), Foster care in Europe: what do we know about outcomes and evidence? Padova: Fondazione Emanuela Zancan.
Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2012). Making the case for an international perspective on school violence: Implications for theory, research, policy, and assessment. In S. R. Jimerson, A. B. Nickerson, M. J. Mayer, & M. J. Furlong (Eds.). The handbook of school violence and school safety: International research and practice (pp.15-26). New York: Routldege.
Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2012). Monitoring school violence in Israel, national studies and beyond: Implications for theory, practice, and policy. In S. R. Jimerson, A. B. Nickerson, M. J. Mayer, & M. J. Furlong (Eds.). The handbook of school violence and school safety: International research and practice (pp. 191-202). New York: Routldege.
Marachi, R., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2012). An overview of best violence prevention practices in schools. In C. Franklin, M. B. Harris, & P. A. Meares (Eds.), The school services sourcebook (2nd edition), (pp. 453-472). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Astor, R.A., Meyer-Reynolds, H., Benbenishty, R., Pat-Horenczyk, R., Brom, D., Baum, N., & Shiff, M., & De Pedro, K. (2012). The influence of the Second Lebanon-Israeli War on Israeli students in urban school settings: Findings from the Nahariya district-wide screening process. In Gallagher, K.S., Goodyear, R., Brewer, D., & Rueda, R. (Eds.) Urban education: A model for leadership and policy.(pp. 218-240). New York: Routledge.
Pat-Horenczyk, R., Brom, D., Baum.N., Benbenishty, R., Schiff, M. & Astor, R. A. (2011). A city-wide school-based model for addressing the needs of children exposed to terrorism and war. In V. Ardino (Ed.) Post-traumatic syndromes in children and adolescents (pp. 243-254). London UK, Wiley/Blackwell Press.
Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., Shadmi, H., Raz, T., Algersy, E., Zeharia, M., Ratner, D., De Pedro, K. (2011). No school left behind: Merging Israel’s national academic and school safety monitoring system and matching data driven interventions for each school. In J. S. Hoffman, L. Knox, & R., Cohen (Eds.). Beyond Suppression: Global perspectives on youth violence (pp. 89 – 102). Praeger.
Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R. & Marachi, R. (2009). Violence in schools. In P.A. Meares (Ed.) Social work services in schools, Sixth edition (pp. 125-156).. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., & Estrada, J. (2009). School violence prevention programs. In B. Fisher & S. Lab (Eds.) Encyclopedia of victimology and crime prevention. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Zeller, M., Zeira, A., Kongeter, S., Benbenishty, R., & Schroer, W. (2009). Care leavers and their transition to to adulthood: Comparative perspectives in Israel and Germany. In, E. Grupper, J. Koch, & F. Peters (eds.). Challenges for child and youth care: A German-Israeli dialogue (pp. 141-161). Frankfurt: IGfH- Eigenverlag.
Astor, R.A., Rosemond, M., Pitner, R. O., Marachi, R., & Benbenishty, R., (2008). Evidence-based violence prevention programs and best implementation practices. In C. Franklin, M. B. Harris & P. Allen-Meares II Ed. (Eds). The school practitioner's concise companion to preventing violence and conflict (pp. 3 – 26). New York: Oxford University Press.
Astor, R., Benbenishty, R., Marachi, R. & Pitner, R. (2009). Evidence-based violence prevention programs and best implementation practices. In A. R. Roberts (Ed.) Social workers' desk reference, 2nd Edition., (pp. 985-1003). New York: Oxford University Press.
Benbenishty, R. (2008). Israel. In M. Stein & E. R. Munro (Eds.). Young people’s transitions from care to adulthood: International research and practice (pp. 102 – 114). London: Jessica-Kingsley.
Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., & Estrada, J. N. (2008). School violence. In T. Mizrahi & L. E. Davis (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Social Work (pp. 7-14). New York: Oxford University Press.
Astor, R.A., Marachi, R. & Benbenishty, R. (2006). Violence in schools. In P.A. Meares (Ed.) Social Work Services in Schools, Fifth Edition. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., & Marachi, R., (2006). A national study of school violence in Israel: Implications for theory, practice, and policy. In S. R. Jimerson and M. J. Furlong (Eds). Handbook of school violence and school safety: From research to practice (pp. 481-497). Mahwah, NJ: Earlbaum.
Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., & Marachi, R., (2006). Making the case for an international perspective on school violence: Implications for theory, research, policy, and assessment. In S. R. Jimerson & M. J. Furlong (Eds). Handbook of school violence and school safety: From research to practice (pp. 257-273). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., Marachi, R., & Meyer, H. A. (2006). The social context of schools: Monitoring and mapping student victimization in schools (pp. 221-233). In S. R. Jimerson & M. J. Furlong (Eds.), Handbook of school violence and school safety: From research to practice. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Astor, R.A., Rosemond, M., Pitner, R. O., Marachi, R & Benbenishty, R. (2006). Evidence-based violence prevention programs and best implementation practices. In C. Franklin, M. B. Harris & P. A. Meares (Eds). The school services sourcebook: A guide for school-based professionals (pp. 423-441). New York: Oxford University Press.
Benbenishty, R., Khoury-Kassabri, M. & Astor, R. A. (2005). Violence in the educational system: Victimization among children and youth. In G. Rahav & Y. Wozner (Eds.). Youth in Israel: 2004. Tel Aviv, Israel: The Interdisciplinary Center for Children and Youth, School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University.
Khoury-Kassabri, M. Benbenishty, R. Astor, R. (2005). Principals' perceptions of violence in their schools. In A. Kedmi (Ed.). Education in the test of time. Tel Aviv, Israel: The Teacher Organization.
Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., Meyer, H.A., & Rosemond, M. (2004). Adolescent victimization and weapon-use on school grounds: An empirical study from Israel. In T. Urban, and F. Parjes (Eds.), Educating adolescents: Challenges and strategies (pp. 109-130). Greenwich: Information Age.
Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., & Marachi, R. (2004). Violence in schools. In P. Allen- Mears (Ed.) Social work services in schools, (4th ed. pp. 149-182). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., Pitner, R,. & Zeira, A. (2004). Bullying and peer victimization in schools. In P.A. Meares & M.W. Fraser (Eds.) Intervention with children & adolescents: An interdisciplinary perspective. (448- 471). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Zeira, A., Benbenishty, R. & Astor, R.A. (2002). School violence in Israel. In G. Bar-Or & G. Rosen (Eds). Youth violence, Art, and academic disciplines: A conversation between artists and researchers. Kav-Haadom/ Hertzelia Museum of Art.
Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2003). The view from Israel. In P. K. Smith, (Ed.), Violence in Schools: The Response in Europe (pp. 317-331). New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
Astor, R.A., Pitner, R., Benbenishty, R., & Meyer, H.A., (2002). Public concern and focus on school violence. In Rapp-Paglicci, A., Roberts, A.R., & Wodarski, J (Eds.) Handbook of violence. (pp. 262-302). NY: Wiley & Sons.
Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., & Khoury-Kassabri, M. (2002). Jewish and Arab teachers views of school violence in their own schools: An empirical study. In A.O. Khaled (Ed.) The Arab educational system and school violence. A joint publication of the Brookdale Research Institute and the Psychological/Consultation Services of the Education Ministry. Jerusalem, Israel. [Arabic and Hebrew]
Benbenishty, R. (1999). To learn in order to help. In A. Ben-Arie and Y. Zioyonit (Eds.) Children in Israel: On the verge of the new millenium (pp. 203-220). Jerusalem: National Council for the Child. [Hebrew]
Benbenishty, R. (1997). Outcomes in the context of empirical practice. In E. J. Mullen and J. Magnabosco (Eds.), Outcomes measurement in the human services: Cross-cutting issues and methods. (pp. 198-208). Washington, D.C.: NASW.
Benbenishty, R., & Oyserman, D. (1996). How can integrated information systems (IIS) be a support? In P. Pecora, W. Seelig, F. Zirps, & S. Davis (Eds.). Quality improvement and evaluation in child and family services: Managing into the next century. (pp. 235-263). Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America.
Benbenishty, R. (1988). The meaning of making diagnostic and intervention decisions. In ELKA, Aspects of the protective officer’s role. Jerusalem: JDC. [Hebrew]
Noy, S., Solomon, Z., & Benbenishty, R. (1986). The forward treatment of combat reactions: A testcase in the 1982 conflict in Lebanon. In N. Miligram (Ed.), Stress and coping in time of war: Generalizations from the Israeli experience. Washington, D.C.: Brunner/Mazel.
Peer reviewed journals
Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., Lopez, V., Bilbao, M., Ascorra, P. (in press). Victimization of teachers by students in Israel and in Chile and its relations with teachers’ victimization of students. Aggressive Behavior.
Refaeli, T., Levy, D., & Benbenishty, R. (2018). Self-esteem, life satisfaction, and positive future perception among at-risk and comparison group participants in national civic service. Journal of Social Service Research,44, 425-435, DOI:10.1080/01488376.2018.1476292
Schiff, M., Dekel, R., Gilbar, O., & Benbenishty, R. (2018). Helping the helpers: Posttraumatic distress and need for help among Israeli social workers in foster care agencies following armed conflict. Child & Family Social Work, 23, 466-474.
Zeira, A., Tuval-Mashiach, R., Meir, G., Levy, D., Refaeli, T., & Benbenishty, R. (In press). Alumni of national civic service: Comparing the experience of at-risk and mainstream volunteers. International Social Work.
Capp, G. P., Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., & Pineda, D. (In press) Learning Together: Implementation of a peer-tutoring intervention targeting academic and social emotional needs. Children & Schools.
Siegel, A., Esqueda, M. C., Berkowitz, R., Sullivan, K., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (In press). Welcoming parents to their child’s school: Practices supporting students with diverse needs and backgrounds. Education and Urban Society.
Melkman, E., & Benbenishty, R. (2018). Social support networks of care leavers: Mediating between childhood adversity and adult functioning. Children and Youth Services Review, 86, 176-187. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.01.040
Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., & Roziner, I. (2018). A school-based multilevel study of adolescent suicide ideation in California high schools. Journal of Pediatrics, 196, 251-257. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.12.070
Gilbar, O., Benbenishty, R., Schiff, M., & Dekel, R. (2018). Foster parents exposed to political violence: The role of support in addressing emotional and functional difficulties. Children and Youth Services Review, 85, 211-218. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.12.026
Lopez, V., Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., Bilbao, M., Ascorra, P., Carrasco, C., Refaeli, T., & Roziner, I. (2018). Cross-cultural patterns of student victimization in Israel and Chile. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 780-792. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-017-0930-2
Benbenishty, A., Siegel, A., & Astor, R. A. (2018). School-related experiences of adolescents in foster care: A comparison with their high-school peers. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88, 261 - 268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000242
Moore, H., Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., & Rice, E. (2018). The positive role of school climate on school victimization, depression and suicidal ideation among school-attending homeless youth. Journal of School Violence, 17, 298 – 310. https://doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2017.1322518
Carvalho, J. M. S., Degado, P., Benbenishty, R., Davidson-Arad, B., & Pint, S., (2018). Professional judgements and decisions on placement in foster care and reunification in Portugal. European Journal of Social Work, 2, 296 – 310. DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2017.1291494.
DePedro, K. T., Astor, R. A., Gilreath, T., Benbenishty, R., & Berkowitz, R. (2018). School climate, deployment, and mental health among students in military-connected schools. Youth & Society, 50, 93-115. DOI: 10.1177/0044118X15592296
Capp, G. P., Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., Weiss, E., Pineda, D. (2017). School staff perceptions of military-connected students in civilian public schools: Implications for teachers, counselors, and school staff. Military Behavioral Health, 5, 147-156.
Capp, G. P., Benbenishty, R., Moore, H., Pineda, D., Astor, R. A., Castillo, B., De Pedro, K. M. T. (2017). Partners at Learning: A service-learning approach to serving public school students from military families. Military Behavioral Health, 5, 1-10.
Berkowitz, R., Astor, R. A., Pineda, D., De Pedro, K., Weiss, E., & Benbenishty, R. (2017). Parental involvement and perceptions of school climate in California. Urban Education, online, 10 January, 2017.
Jedwab, M., & Benbenishty, R. (2017). Israeli paediatricians' attitudes and experience of reporting child maltreatment and related training needs. Child Abuse Review, 26, 439-450. DOI: 10.1002/car.2468
Castillo, B., Moore, H., De-Pedro, K., Capp, G., Pineda, D., Astor, R.A. & Benbenishty, R. (2017). An evaluation of the use of educational resource guides for military students in public schools. Military Behavioral Health, Online, 27 January, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2016.1272020
Benbenishty, R. (2016). A stance toward residential placement – In what context? Society & Welfare, 36, 191 – 200. [Hebrew]
Benbenishty, R., Zeira, A., & Arzav, S. (2015). Educational achievements of youth vilages alumni in Israel. Mifgash Laavoda Chinoochit Socialit, 42, 9-33. [Hebrew]
Attar-Schwartz, S., Benbensihty, R., & Roziner, I. (2017). Change trajectories of aggressive behavior among children in long-term residential care. Child Abuse & Neglect, 65. 156-170. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.
De Pedro, K. T., Pineda, D., Capp, G., Moore, H., Benbenishty. R., & Astor, R. A. (2017). Implementation of a school district-wide grassroots antibullying initiative: A school staff and parent-focused evaluation of Because Nice Matters. Children & Schools, 39, 137-145. DOI: 10.1093/cs/cdx008
Berkowitz, R., Moore, H., Astor, R.A., & Benbenishty, R. (2017). A research synthesis of the associations between socioeconomic background, inequality, school climate, and academic achievement. Review of Educational Research, 87, 425-469. DOI:10.3102/0034654316669821
Siegel, A., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2016). A comparison of adolescents in foster care and their peers in high school: A study of sbstance use behaviors and attitudes. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 25, 530-538. DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2016.1139481
Melkman, E., Refaeli, T., & Benbenishty, R. (2016). An emprical test of a model of academic expectations among youth in residentail care. Children and Youth Services Review, 67, 133-141. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.05.023
Fang, L., Schiff, M., & Benbenishty, R. (2016). Mediating roles of school support and posttraumatic stress in the relationship between political violence exposure and risk behaviors among Arab and Jewish adolescents in Israel. American Journal of Orthopsychiatr, 86, 662-670. DOI: 10.1037/ort0000178
Benbenishty, R., Astor R.A., Roziner I, & Wrabel S. (2016). Testing the causal links between school climate, school violence, and school academic performance: A cross-lagged panel autoregressive model. Educational Researcher, 45, 187-196. DOI: 10.3102/0013189X16644603
Benbenishty, R., & Nir, M. (2015). Harcèlement traditionnel et violence au moyen des outils électroniques de communication entre adolescents en milieu scolaire en Israel. Les Dossiers des Sciences de l'Education, 13-30. [French]
Capp, G. P., Berkowitz, R., Sullivan, K. S., Astor, R. A., De Pedro, K. T., Gilreath, T. D., Benbenishty, R., & Rice, E., (2016). Adult relationships in multiple contexts and associations with adolescent mental health. Research on Social Work Practice, 26, 622-629. DOI: 10.1177/1049731515624967
Melkman, E., Refaeli, T., Bibi, B., & Benbenishty, R. (2016). Readiness for independent living among youth on the verge of leaving juvenile correctional facilities.International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 60, 1209-1225. DOI: 10.1177/0306624X15575117 Gilreath, T., Wrabel, S., L., Sullivan, K. S., Capp, G., P., Roziner, I., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R., A. (2016). Suicidality among military connected adolescents in California schools. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 25, 61-66. DOI 10.1007/s00787-015-0696-2.
De Pedro, K. T., Astor, R. A., Gilreath, T., Benbenishty, R., & Berkowitz, R. (2016). Examining the relationship between school climate and peer victimization among students in military-connected public schools. Violence and Victims, 31, 751-767. DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-15-00009
Davidson-Arad, B., & Benbenishty, R., (2016). Child welfare attitudes, risk assessments and intervention recommendations: The Role of professional expertise. British Journal of Social Work, 46, 186-203.10.1093/bjsw/bcu110
Estrada, J. N., Gilreath, T.D., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2016). A statewide study of gang membership in California secondary schools. Youth & Society, 48, 720-736. 10.1177/0044118X14528957
Berkowitz, R., Astor, R. A. Glickman, H., Raz, T. Lipshtadt, N., Benbenishty, R., Ben-Artzi, E. (2015). Les relations entre milieu social, climat scolaire et réussite scolaire en Israël : les hypothèses de compensation, de médiation et de modération. Revue Éducation et Formations, 88-89, 123 – 144. [French]
Sullivan, K., Capp, G., Gilreath, T., Benbenishty, R., Roziner, I., & Astor, R. A. (2015). Substance abuse and other adverse outcomes for military-connected youth in California: Results from a large-scale normative population survey. JAMA Pediatrics, 169, 922-928. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.1413.
Benbenishty, R., Davidson-Arad, B., López, M., Devaney, J., Spratt, S., Koopmans, C., Knorth, E. J., Witteman, C. L. M., Del Valle, J. F., & Hayes, D. (2015). Decision making in child protection: An international comparative study on maltreatment substantiation, risk assessment and interventions recommendations, and the role of professionals’ child welfare attitudes. Child Abuse & Neglect, 49, 63-75. 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.03.015
Lopez, M., Fluke, J. D., Benbenishty, R., & Knorth, E. J. (2015). Commentary on decision-making and judgments in child maltreatment prevention and response: An overview. Child Abuse & Neglect. 49, 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.08.013
Berkowitz, R., Glickman, H., Benbenishty, R., Ben Artzi, E., Raz, T., Lipshtat, N., & Astor, R. (2015). Compensating, mediating, and moderating effects of school climate on academic achievement gaps in Israel.Teachers College Records, 117, 1-34.
Jedwab, M., Benbenishty, R., Chen, W., Glasser, S., Siegal, G., & Lerner-Geva, L. (2015). Child protection decisions to substantiate hospital child protection teams’ reports of suspected maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 40, 132-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.11.006
Melkman, E., Mor-Salwo, Y., Mangold, K., Zeller, M., & Benbenishty, R. (2015). Care leavers as helpers: Motivations for and benefits of helping others. Children and Youth Service Review, 54, 41-48. DOI: 10.1177/0306624X15575117
Sullivan, K.S., Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., Capp, G., Gilreath, T., Rice, E. (2015). The impact of maternal and paternal deployment on depressive symptoms and wellbeing among military-connected youth. Military Behavioral Health, 3, 182-189.DOI: 10.1080/21635781.2015.1038402
Garcia, E., De Pedro, K., Astor, R., Lester, P., & Benbenishty, R. (2015). FOCUS School-Based Skill-Building Groups: Training and implementation. Journal of Social Work Education, s102-s116. DOI: 10.1080/10437797.2015.1001292
Gilreath, T. D., Estrada, J. N., Pineda, D., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2014). . Children & Schools, 36, 23-29.
Benbenishty, R. & Astor, R. A. (2014). Expanding the scope of research on military children: Studying adversity, resilience and promotion in normative social contexts. Social Policy Report, 28(3), 21-27.
Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2014). Supporting military-connected students: The role of school social work, Children & Schools, 36, 5-7.
Zeira, A., Arzav, S., Benbenishty, R., & Portnoy, H. (2014). Children in educational residential care: A Cohort study of Israeli youth. Australian Social Worker, 67, 55-70.
Amram, Y. & Benbenishty, R. (2014). The impact of therapeutic factors on locus of control of addicts. Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery 9, 313 - 325. https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.967576
Atuel, H. R., Gilreath, T. D., Astor, R. A., Cederbaum, J. A., Benbenishty, R., & Pineda, D. (2014). Bullying and discrimination experiences of military-connected students attending public secondary schools. Military Behavioral Health Journal, 2, 147-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2014.910090
Cederbaum, J. A, Malchi, K., Esqueda, M. C., Benbenishty. R., Atuel, H. R., & Astor, R. A. (2014). Student-instructor assessments: Examining the skills and competencies of social work students placed in military-connected schools. Children & Schools, 36, 51 - 59. https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/cdt025
Esqueda, M. C., Cederbaum, J. A., Malchi, K., Pineda, D., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2014). The military social work fieldwork placement: An analysis of the time and activities graduate student interns provide military-connected schools. Children & Schools, 36, 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/cdt043
Berkowitz, R., De Pedro, K.T., Couture, J., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R.A. (2014). Military parents' perceptions of public school supports for their children. Children & Schools, 36, e1-e8. https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/cdt024
De Pedro, K. T., Atuel, H., Malchi, K., Esqueda, M. C., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2014). Responding to the needs of military students and military-connected schools: The perceptions and actions of school administrators. Children & Schools, 36, e18-e25. https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/cdt047
Gilreath, T., D., Astor, R. A., Cederbaum, J. A., Atule, H., & Benbenishty, R. (2014). Prevalence and correlates of victimization and weapon carrying among military and non-military connected youth in Southern California. Preventive Medicine, 60, 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/cdt047
Gilreath, T., D., Astor, R. A., Estrada, J. N., Benbenishty, R., & Unger, J. B. (2014). School victimization and substance use among adolescents in California. Prevention Science, 15, 897 -906. doi:10.1007/s11121-013-0449-8
De Pedro, K., Astor, R., A., Gilreath, T., Benbenishty, R., & Esqueda, M. (2014). School climate perceptions among students in military-connected schools: A comparison of military and non-military students in the same schools. Military Behavioral Health, 2, 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2013.837795
Benbenishty, R., Jedweb, M., Chen, C. Glasser, S., Slutzky, H. Siegal, G., Lavi-Sahar, Z., Lerner-Geva, L. (2014). Predicting the decisions of hospital based child protection teams to report to child protective services, police and community welfare services. Child Abuse & Neglect, 38, 11-24. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.06.011
Cederbaum, J.A., Gilreath, T.D., Benbenishty, R., Astor, R.A., & Pineda, D., De Pedro, K.T., Esqueda, M.C., & Atuel, H.R. (2014). Wellbeing and suicidal ideation of public middle/high school students by military-connectedness. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54, 672-677. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.09.006
Estrada, J. N., Gilreath, T. D., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2014). Gang membership, school violence, and the mediating effects of risk and protective behaviors in California high schools. Journal of School Violence, 13, 228-251. doi:10.1080/15388220.2013.846860
Astor, R., A., De Pedro, K. T., Gilreath, T., Esqueda, M., & Benbenishty, R. (2013). The promotional role of school and community contexts for military students. Clinical and Child Family Psychology Review, 16, 233-244. doi: 10.1007/s10567-013-0139-x.
Estrada, J., N., Gilreath, T. D., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2013). Gang membership of California middle school students: Behaviors and attitudes as mediators of school violence. Health Education Research, 28, 626-639. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyt037
Dinisman, T., Zeira, A., Sulimani-Aidan, Y., & Benbenishty, R. (2013). The subjective well-being of young people ageing out of care. Children and Youth Service Review, 35, 1705 – 1711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.07.011
Sulimani-Aidan, Y., Benbenishty, R., Dinisman, T., & Zeira, A. (2013). Care leavers in Israel: What contributes to better adjustment to life after care? Journal of Social Service Research, 5, 704-718.https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2013.834283
Benbenishty, R., & Schmid, H. (2013). Public attitudes toward the identification and reporting of alleged maltreatment cases among social groups in Israel. Children and Youth Service Review, 35, 332-339. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.11.013
Berkowitz, R., Bowen, G., Benbenishty, R., & Powers, J. (2013). A cross-cultural validity study of the school success profile learning organization measure in Israel. Children & Schools, 35, 137-146.https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/cdt010
Refaeli, T., Benbenishty, R., & Eliel-Gev, M. (2013). Youth aging out of residential care in Israel: Readiness for independent living and need for help. Children and Youth Services Review, 35, 1601-1607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.06.014
Gilreath, T. D., Cederbaum, J., Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R, Pineda, D. Atuel, H. (2013). Substance use among military-connected youth: The California Healthy Kids Survey. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 44, 150-153. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.09.059.
Sulimani-Aidan, Y., & Benbenishty, R. (2013). Child maltreatment reports in Israel: The intersection between community socio-economic characteristics and ethnicity. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 83, 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajop.12009
Benbenishty, R., & Zeira, A. (2012). On the verge of leaving the care system: Assessment of life skills and needs of adolescents in care. Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung Heft, 3, 291-308.
Benbenishty, R., & Shimoni, E. (2012). Educational achievements of children and youth in out of home placement and in treatment of child welfare services in the community. Mifgash L’avoda Chinoochit-Sozialit, 36, 185-204. [Hebrew].
Shefler-Beserman, T., & Benbenishty, R. (2012). Background factors related to ADHD among children in residential care and the relationships between ADHD and behavioral, social and emotional functioning. Mifgash L’avoda Chinoochit-Sozialit, 36, 39-60. [Hebrew].
Zeira, A., Attar-Schwartz, A., & Benbenisthy, R. (2012). Childre and youth in out of home palcement in Israel: Issues and challenges. Mifgash L’avoda Chinoochit-Sozialit, 36,9-18.[Hebrew]
Levy, D., Benbenishty, R., and Refaeli, T. (2012). Life satisfaction and positive perceptions of the future among youth at-risk participating in civic-National service in Israel. Children and Youth Service Review, 34, 2012-2017.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.06.014
Schiff, M., Pat-Horenczyk, R., Benbenishty, R., Brom, D., Baum, N., and Astor, R. A. (2012). High-school students' posttraumatic symptoms, substance abuse and involvement in violence in the Aftermath of war. Social Science and Medicine, 75, 1321- 1328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.010
Berkowitz, R., & Benbenishty, R. (2012). Perceptions of teachers’ support, safety, and absence from school due to fear among victims, bullies and bully-victims. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 82, 67-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01132.x.
Berkowitz, R., & Benbenishty, R. (2011). The relationships between victimization and perpetration among students. Society & Welfare, 31, 225-253 [Hebrew].
De Pedro, K. T., Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R, Estrada, J. N., Smith, G. A., Esqueda, M. C. (2011). The children of military service members: Challenges, resources, and future educational research. Review of Education Research, 81, 566-618. DOI: 10.3102/0034654311423537
Munro, E. R., Pinkerton, J., Mendes, P., Hyde-Dryden, G., Herczog, M., & Benbenishty, R. (2011). The contribution of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to understanding and promoting the interests of young people making the transition from care to adulthood. Children and Youth Service Review, 33, 2417-2423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.08.025
Zeira, A., & Benbenishty, R. (2011). Readiness to independent living of adolescents in youth villages in Israel. Children and Youth Service Review, 33, 2461–2468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.08.018
Greif-Green, J., Furlong, M. J., Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., & Espinoza, E. (2011). Assessing school victimization in the United States, Guatemala, and Israel: Cross-cultural psychometric analysis of the School Victimization Scale. Victims and Offenders, 6, 290-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2011.581883
Sulimani-Aidan, Y., & Benbenishty, R. (2011). Future expectations of adolescents in residential care in Israel. Children and Youth Service Review, 41, 1134-1141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.02.006
Benbenishty, R., Davidson-Arad, B., Chen, W., Glasser, S., Tzur, S., & Lerner-Geva, L. (2011). The decision of hospital-based child protection teams to report to community child protective services. British Journal of Social Work, 41,1232-1250. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.06.011
Schmid, H., & Benbenishty, R. (2011). Public attitudes toward child maltreatment in Israel: Implications for policy. Children and Youth Service Review, 33, 1134-1141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.02.015
Pitner, R., Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., Haj-Yahia, & Zeira, A. (2011). Putting context into a cultural perspective: Examining Arab and Jewish Adolescents’ judgments and reasoning about spousal retribution. Violence Against Women, 17, 584-602. DOI: 10.1177/1077801211407447
Benbenisthy, R., & Astor, R.A., (2011). Supervision de la violence en milieu scolaire en Israël. Cahiers de la sécurité, 16, 150-162, Institut National des Hautes Etudes de la Sécurité et de la Justice (INHESJ). [French]
Chen, W., Glasser, S., Benbenishty, R., Davidson- Arad, B., Zur, S. & Lerner-Geva, L. (2010). The contribution of a hospital Child Protection Team in determining suspected child abuse and neglect: Analysis of referrals of children aged 0-9. Children and Youth Service Review, 12, 1664-1669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.07.008
Davidson-Arad, B., Benbenishty, R., Chen, W., Glasser, S., Zur, S., Lerner-Geva, L. (2010). Distinguishing neglect from abuse and accident: Anaysis of the case files of a hospital child protection team in Israel. Health and Social Care in the Community, 18, 614-623. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00934.x.
Schiff, M., Pat-Horenczyk, R., Benbenishty, R., Brom, D., Baum, N., & Astor, R. A. (2010). Do adolescents know when they need help in the aftermath of war? Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23, 657-660. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20558
Svetlicky, V., Solomon, Z., Benbenishty, R., Levi, O., & Lubin, G. (2010). Combat exposure, post-traumatic stress symptoms and risk-taking behavior in veterans of the Second Lebanon War. Israeli Journal of Psychiatry, 47(4), 276-283.
Ben Yehuda , Y., Attar-Schwartz, S., Ziv, A., Jedwab, M., & Benbenishty, R. (2010). Experience of Israeli health professionals with reporting child abuse and neglect and their perceived training needs. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 12, 78-82.
Arad-Davidson, B., & Benbenishty, R. (2009). Contribution of child protection workers' attitudes to their risk assessments and intervention recommendations: A study in Israel. Health & Social Care in the Community 18, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00868.x
Astor, R., A., Benbenishty, R., & Estrada, J. (2009). School violence and theoretically atypical schools: The principal’s centrality in orchestrating safe schools. American Educational Research Journal, 46(2), 423-461. DOI: 10.3102/0002831208329598
Stone, S., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2009). Teacher and principal perceptions of student victimization and the schools' response to violence: The contributions of context on staff congruence. International Journal of Educational Research,48(3), 194-213.
Benbenishty, R., & Schiff, M. (2009). Perceptions of readiness to leave care among adolescents in foster care in Israel Children and Youth Services Review, 31, 662-669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.01.001
Khoury-Kassabri, M., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2009). Middle Eastern adolescents’ perpetration of school violence against peers and teachers: A cross cultural and ecological analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24(1), 159-182. doi: 10.1177/0886260508315777
Arad-Davidson, B., & Benbenishty, R., & Golan, M. (2009). Comparison of violence and abuse in juvenile correctional facilities and schools. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24, 259-279. doi: 10.1177/0886260508317183
Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2008). School violence in an international context : A call for global collaboration in research and prevention. International Journal of School Violence, 7, 59-80.
Zeira, A., & Benbenishty, R. (2008). Alumni of educational youth villages. Mifgash Lavoda Chinoochit Sozialit, 28, 95-134. [Hebrew]
Benbenishty, R., & Zeira, A. (2008). Evaluation of mastery of life skills and needs of adolescents in out of home care upon leaving. Mifgash Lavoda Chinoochit Sozialit, 28, 17-44. [Hebrew]
Benbenishty, R., & Magnus, A. (2008). Evaluation of the experimental program ‘Bridge’ for care leavers with no family support. Mifgash Lavoda Chnoochit Sozialit, 28, 45-83. [Hebrew]
Benbenishty, R., Astor, R., A., & Khoury-Kassabri, M. (2008). Preventing and coping with violence in the education system: A policy proposal. Dapim, 46, 93-114. [Hebrew].
Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., & Estrada, J. N. (2008). School violence assessment: A conceptual framework, instruments and methods. Children & Schools, 30(2), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/30.2.71
Khoury-Kassabri, M., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2008). Student victimization by school staff in the context of an Israeli national school safety campaign. Aggressive Behavior 34(1), 1-8. DOI: 10.1002/ab.20180.
Arad-Davidson, B., & Benbenishty, R. (2008). The role of worker's attitudes and parent and child wishes in child protection workers' assessments and recommendation regarding removal and reunification. Children and Youth Services Review, 30(1), 107-121. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.07.003
Yanay, U., & Benbenishty, R. (2008). Israeli parents’ worries about their school-age children. Families in Society- The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 39(1), 150-158.
Shalhevet-Attar, M., Benbenishty, R., & Haj-Yahia, M. (2007). Shortform Assessment for Children (SAC): Empirical evaluation in Israel. Hevra U'Revacha (Society & Welfare), 27, 79 - 101. [Hebrew]
Klein, R., Bar-On, E., Klein, J.., & Benbenishty, R. (2007). The impact of sexual therapy on patients after cardiac events participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 14, 672-678. DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3282eea52d
Marachi, R., Astor, R. A. & Benbenishty, R. (2007). Effects of teacher avoidance of school policies on student victimization. School Psychology International, 28, 501-518. DOI: 10.1177/0143034307084138
Peled-Amir, T. & Benbenishty, R. (2007). The right of children in out of home placement to complain: A rational and an outline for a comlaint mechanism. Hamishpat (The Law). [Hebrew]
Schiff, M., Haim-Zweig, H., Benbenishty, R., & Hasin, D. (2008). Exposure to terrorism and Israeli youth's cigarettes, alcohol and cannabis use. American Journal of Public Health, 97, 1852-1858.doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.090514
Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2007). Monitoring indicators of children’s victimization in school: Linking national-, regional-, and site-level indicators. Social Indicators Research, 84(3), 333-348. DOI 10.1007/s11205-007-9116-4
Marachi, R., Astor, R. A. & Benbenishty, R. (2007). Effects of student participation and teacher support on victimization in Israeli schools: An examination of gender, culture, and school type. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36, 225-240. DOI 10.1007/s10964-006-9136-4
Khoury-Kassabri, M.,, Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2007). Weapon carrying in Israeli schools: The contribution of individual and school factors. Health, Education, & Behavior, 34, 453-470. DOI: 10.1177/1090198106291966
Benbenishty, R., Khoury-Kassabri, M., & Astor, R. A. (2007). Forward of the guest editors. Mifgash L'Avoda Chinoochit Sozialit [Hebrew].
Benbenishty, R., Khoury-Kassabri, M., & Astor, R. A. (2007). Findings from the National School Violence Study – 2005. Mifgash L'Avoda Chinoochit Sozialit, 23, 15-23 [ Hebrew].
Schiff, M., Benbenishty, R., McKay, M., DeVoe, E., Liu, X, & Hasin, D. (2006). Exposure to terrorism and Israeli youth’s psychological distress and alcohol use: An exploratory study. The American Journal of Addictions, 15, 220-226. DOI: 10.1080/10550490600626200
Klein, R., Bar-On, E., Klein, J., & Benbenishty, R. (2006). Sexual rehabilitation for acute cardiac patients. Harefua (Medicine) 145(5), 321-325 [Hebrew]
Schiff, M., & Benbenishty, R. (2006). Functioning of Israeli group-homes alumni: Exploring gender differences and in-care correlates. Children and Youth Services Review. 28, 133-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2005.02.010
Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., Vinokur, A., & Zeira, A. (2006). Arab and Jewish elementary school students' perception of fear and school violence: Understanding the influence of school context. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 76, 91-118. DOI: 10.1348/000709905X37307
Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2005 Commentary). Zero tolerance for zero knowledge. Education Week, 24(43), 52.
Khoury-Kassabri, M., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2005). The effects of school climate, socioeconomics, and cultural factors on school victimization in Israel. Social Work Research, 29, 165-180. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/29.3.165
Astor, R.A., Meyer, H.A., Benbenishty, R., Marachi, R. & Rosemond, M. (2005). School safety interventions: Best practices and programs. Children & Schools, 27, 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/27.1.17
Khoury-Kassabri, M. Benbenishty, R. Astor, R.A., & Zeira, A. (2004). The contributions of community, family, and school variables on student victimization. American Journal of Community Psychology, 34, 187-204.
Dekel, R., Benbenishty, R., Amram, Y. (2004). Therapeutic communities for drug addicts: Prediction of long term outcomes. Addictive Behaviors, 29, 1833-1837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.01.009
Osmo, R., & Benbenishty, R. (2004). Children at risk: Rationales for risk assessments and interventions. Children and Youth Services Review, 26, 1155-1173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.05.006
Zeira, A., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2004). School violence in Israel: Perceptions of homeroom teachers. School Psychology International, 25, 149-166. DOI: 10.1177/0143034304043679
Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., & Meyer, H.A. (2004). Monitoring and mapping student victimization in schools. Theory Into Practice, 43, 39-49. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15430421tip4301_6
Pitner, R. O., Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., Haj-Yahia, M. & Zeira, A. (2003). Adolescents’ approval of peer and spousal retribution in their culture versus other cultures: The role of group stereotypes. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 21, 221-242. https://doi.org/10.1348/026151003765264057
Pitner, R. O., Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., Haj-Yahia, M.M. & Zeira, A. (2003). The effects of group stereotypes on adolescents’ reasoning about peer retribution. Child Development, 74, 413-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.7402006
Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., & Zeira, A. (2003). Monitoring school violence: Linking national-, district-, and school-level data over time. Journal of School Violence 2(2), 29-50. https://doi.org/10.1300/J202v02n02_03
Zeira, A., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2003). School violence in Israel: Findings of a national survey. Social Work, 48, 471-483. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/48.4.471
Benbenishty, R., & Chen, W. (2003). Decision-making by the Child Protection Team of a medical center. Health & Social Work, 28, 284 - 292. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/28.4.284
Benbenishty, R., Osmo, R., & Gold, N. (2003). Rationales provided for risk assessments and for recommended interventions: A comparison between Canadian and Israeli professionals. British Journal of Social Work, 33, 137-155. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/33.2.137
Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., Zeira, A., & Vinokur, A. (2002). Perceptions of violence and fear of school attendance among junior high school students in Israel. Social Work Research, 26(2), 71-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/swr/26.2.71
Benbenishty, R., & Segev, D. (2002). Characteristics and predictors of length of stay in foster care in Israel. Mifgash L’avoda Chinoochit-Sozialit, 16, 93 – 114. [Hebrew].
Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., Haj-Yahia, M., Zeira, A., Perkins-Hart, S., Marachi, R., & Pitner, R. (2002). The awareness of risky peer group behaviors on school grounds as predictors of students’ victimization on school grounds: Part II – Junior high schools. Journal of School Violence 1(3), 57-66.https://doi.org/10.1300/J202v01n03_04
Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R., Marachi, R., Haj-Yahia, M., Zeira, A., Perkins-Hart, S., & Pitner, R.O. (2002). The awareness of risky peer group behaviors on school grounds as predictors of students’ victimization on school grounds: Part I – Elementary schools. Journal of School Violence, 1(1), 11-33. https://doi.org/10.1300/J202v01n01_02
Benbenishty, R., Segev, D., Surkis, T., Elias, T. (2002). Information-search and decision-making by professionals and nonprofessionals in cases of alleged child-abuse and maltreatment. Journal of Social Service Research. 28(3), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1300/J079v28n03_01
Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., Zeira, A., & Vinokur, A. (2002). School climate, observed risky behaviors, and victimization as predictors of high school students’ fear and judgments of school violence as a problem. Health Education and Behavior, 29(6), 716-736. DOI: 10.1177/109019802237940
Zeira, A., Astor, R. A. , & Benbenishty, R. (2002). Sexual harassment in Jewish and Arab public schools in Israel. Child Abuse & Neglect, 26(2), 149-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0145-2134(01)00314-3
Benbenishty, R., Zeira, A., Astor, R. A., & Khoury-Kassabri, M. (2002). Maltreatment of primary school students by educational staff in Israel. Child Abuse & Neglect, 26, 1291 – 1309. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0145-2134(02)00416-7
Benbenishty, R., Zeira, A., & Astor, R. A. (2002). Children's reports of emotional, physical and sexual maltreatment by educational staff in Israel. Child Abuse & Neglect, 26, 763 – 782. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0145-2134(02)00350-2
Gold, N., Benbenishty, R., & Osmo, R. (2001). A comparative study of risk assessments and recommended interventions in Canada and Israel. Child Abuse & Neglect, 25, 607-622. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0145-2134(01)00228-9
Benbenishty, R. , & Treistman, R. (1998). The development and evaluation of a hybrid decision support system for clinical decision making: The case of discharge from the military. Social Work Research, 22, 195-204. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/22.4.195
Benbenishty, R. , & Turner-Sheerin, R. (1998). Users assessment of an integrated information system for foster care (IIS-FC). New Information Technology in the Human Services, 2, 2-7.
Benbenishty, R. (1997). Linking child welfare information across the complete continuum of services. Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow, 5(6), 62-67.
Benbenishty, R. (1996). Integrating research and practice: Time for a new agenda. Research on Social Work Practice, 6, 77-82.
Benbenishty, R. , & Oyserman, D. (1995). Children in foster care: Their present situation and plans for their future. International Social Work, 38, 117-131.
Benbenishty, R., & Oyserman, D. (1995). Integrated Information Systems for human services: A conceptual framework, methodology, and technology. Computers in Human Services, 12, 311-325. https://doi.org/10.1300/J407v12n03_10
Shalom, D., Benbenishty, R. , & Solomon, Z. (1995). Mental health officers’ causal explanations of combat stress reactions. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 8, 259-269.
Solomon, Z., Benbenishty, R., Waysman, M., & Bleich, A. (1994). Compensation and psychic trauma: A study of Israeli combat veterans. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 64, 91-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0079490
Solomon, Z., Benbenishty, R., Neria, Y., Abramowitz, M., Ginzburg, K., & Ohry, A. (1993). Assessment of PTSD: Validation of the revised PTSD Inventory. Israel Journal of Psychiatry & Related Sciences, 30, 110-115.
Oyserman, D., & Benbenishty, R. (1993). The impact of clinical information systems on human service organizations. Computers in Human Services, 9, 425-438.
Shapira, M., & Benbenishty, R. (1993). Modeling judgments and decisions in cases of alleged child abuse and neglect. Social Work Research and Abstracts, 29(2), 14-19.
Benbenishty, R., Zirlin-Shemesh, N., & Kaplan, Z. (1993). Policy capturing: Discharge from the Israeli army due to mental difficulties. Military Psychology, 5, 159-172.
Oyserman, D., & Benbenishty, R. (1992). Keeping in touch: Ecological factors related to foster care visitation. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 9, 541-554.
Benbenishty, R. (1992). An overview of methods to elicit and model expert clinical judgment and decision making. Social Service Review, 66, 598-616.
Solomon, Z., Waysman, M., Levy, G., Fried, B., Mikulincer, M., Benbenishty, R., Florian, V., & Bleich, A. (1992). From front line to home front: A study of secondary traumatization. Family Process, 31, 289-302.
Oyserman, D., Benbenishty, R., & Ben-Rabbi, D. (1992). Characteristics of children and their families at entry into foster care. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 22(3), 199-211.
Kaplan, Z., Benbenishty, R., Waysman, M., Solomon, Z., & Bleich, A. (1992). Clinician's assessments of suicide risk: Can self report measures replace the experts? Israel Journal of Psychiatry & Related Sciences, 29(3), 159-166.
Benbenishty, R. (1991). Combat stress reaction and changes in military medical profile. Military Medicine, 156, 68-70.
Benbenishty, R., Ben-Zaken, A., & Yekel, H. (1991). Monitoring interventions with young Israeli families. British Journal of Social Work, 21, 143-155.
Benbenishty, R., & Oyserman, D. (1991). A clinical information system to monitor foster care in Israel. Child Welfare, 70, 229-242.
Benbenishty, R. (1991). Monitoring practice on the agency level: An application in a residential care facility. Research on Social Work Practice, 1, 371-386.
Solomon, Z., Benbenishty, R., & Mikulincer, M. (1991). The contribution of wartime, pre-war and post-war factors to self-efficacy: A longitudinal study of combat stress reaction. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 4, 345-361.
Oyserman, D., Benbenishty, R., & Rabbi, D. (1991). Children in foster care: Family background and status upon placement. Chevra U’Revacha (Society & Welfare), 11, 227-247. [Hebrew]
Benbenishty, R., & Oyserman, D. (1991). Clinical information system for the Israeli foster care system. Chevra U’Revacha (Society & Welfare), 11, 148-155. [Hebrew]
Solomon, Z., Mikulincer, M., & Benbenishty, R. (1989). Locus of control and combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder: The intervening role of battle intensity, threat appraisal and coping. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 28, 131-144.
Benbenishty, R. (1989). The design of computerized clinical information systems to monitor interventions on the agency level. Computers in Human Service Organizations, 5, 69-88.
Benbenishty, R. (1989). Combining single-system and group comparison approaches to evaluate treatment effectiveness on the agency level. Journal of Social Service Research, 12, 31-48.
Solomon, Z., Mikulincer, M. & Benbenishty, R. (1989). Combat stress reaction - Clinical manifestations and correlates. Military Psychology, 1, 35-47.
Mikulincer, M., Solomon, Z., & Benbenishty, R. (1988). Battle events, acute combat stress reactions, and long term sequelae of war. Journal of Anxiety Disorder, 2, 121-133.
Benbenishty, R., & Ben-Zaken, A. (1988). Computer-aided process of monitoring task-centered family interventions. Social Work Research and Abstracts, Spring, 7-9.
Solomon, Z., Benbenishty, R., & Mikulincer, M. (1988). A follow-up of Israeli casualties of combat stress reaction ("battle shock") in the 1982 Lebanon War. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 5, 125-135.
Benbenishty, R., (1988). Assessment of task-centered interventions with families in Israel. Journal of Social Service Research, 11, 19-43.
Benbenishty, R., & Schul, Y. (1987). Client-therapist congruence of expectations over the course of therapy. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 26, 17-24.
Benbenishty, R. (1987). Gaps between expectations and perceived reality of therapists and clients. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 43, 231-236.
Solomon, Z., & Benbenishty, R. (1986). Evaluating the effectiveness of front-line treatment of combat stress reaction casualties in the Lebanon War. The I.D.F. Medical Corps Bulletin, 17, 29-33. [Hebrew]
Solomon, Z., & Benbenishty, R. (1986). The role of proximity, expectancy, and immediacy in frontline treatment of combat stress reactions among Israelis in the Lebanon war. American Journal of Psychiatry, 143, 613-617.
Benbenishty, R., & Schul, Y. (1986). Discrepancies between therapists’ role preferences and role expectations. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 42, 719-727.
Benbenishty, R., & Yekel, H. (1986). The description of family interventions and their evaluation. Chevra U’Revacha (Society & Welfare), 7, 142-154. [Hebrew]
Schul, Y., & Benbenishty, R. (1985). Preferences, expectations, and behaviours in interpersonal interaction. European Journal of Social Psychology, 15, 345-352.
Radin, N., Benbenishty, R., & Leon, J. (1982). Predictors of success in a social work doctoral program. Social Service Review, December, 640-658.
Weil, S., & Benbenishty, R. (1981). Family perceptions among pre-adolescent children in Israel. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 12, 51-62.
Shapira, M. & Benbenishty, R. (1979). Predicting recidivism among youth recommended for release by probation officers. Delinquency and Social Deviance, 7, 151-159. [Hebrew]
Benbenishty, R. (1977). Critical comments on ‘Youth in welfare – trends, goals and potential’, Saad, 5, 63-65. [Hebrew]
מחקר
- Bullying, School Violence and School Climate
- Systematic Monitoring at scale
- Foster Children in Out-of-Home Placements
- Judgment and Decision Making in Practice
תאריך עדכון אחרון : 18/05/2022