adolescents

Aflalo, E., Barak, S., Levi, S., Ben Meir, L., Giladi, A., Zusman, S. P., Harel Fisch, Y., Shachaf, M., Zwilling, M., & Tesler, R. (2025). Changes in Toothbrushing Behaviors Following a Child Dental Care Reform in Israel. Children, 12(3), 289. https://doi.org/10.3390/children12030289

Kabaha, M., & Efrati, Y. (2025). Profiles of Alcohol Use Disorders, Problematic Pornography Use, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior: The Role of Mental Health, Moral Disapproval, Thought Suppression, and Self-Concealment Among Israeli–Arab Adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behavior: The Official Publication of the International Academy of Sex Research, 54(6), 2269-2286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03179-2

Lotsky, I., Sukenik, N., & Reznick, J. (2025). Exploring the morphological and morpho-syntactic abilities of adolescents with autism. Journal of Communication Disorders, 118, 106560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2025.106560.

Milman, A., & Paz-Baruch, N. (2025). The effect of preferred background music on mathematical performance of adolescents with mathematics difficulties. Frontiers in Education, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1613039

Moya, A.V., Efrati, Y., Chiclana Actis, C. & Testa, G. (2025). Family and Parental Factors Related to Pornography Use and Problematic Pornography Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults. Current Addiction Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-025-00653-8

Uddenberg, C., Joormann, J., Kober, H., Gadassi-Polack, R., & Everaert, J. (2025). Networks of guilt, shame, pride, and disordered eating in youths show stability over time. Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence, 35(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70019

Villena-Moya, A., Efrati, Y., Chiclana-Actis, C. & Testa, G. (2025). Correction to: Family and Parental Factors Related to Pornography Use and Problematic Pornography Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults. Current Addiction Reports. 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-025-00667-2

Efrati, Y., & Spada, M.M. (2024). Development and Validation of the Metacognitions about Sex Scale: Exploring its Role as a Mediator between Negative Affect, Emotion Dysregulation Strategies, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder.  Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy 50(1)‪, 76-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2023.2259894

Cohen, O., & Sukenik, N. (2024). Mathematical Proficiency in Adolescents with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06645-3

Eden, S.‪, Yablon, Y.‪ B.‪‪, Heiman, T.‪‪, & Olenik-Shemesh, D.‪ (2023)‪.‪ Cyberbullying and PIU Among Adolescents Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Association With Adolescents Relationships.‪ Youth and Society.‪ https://doi.‪org/10.‪1177/0044118X231169493

Efrati, Y., Kolubinski, D. C., Marino, C., & Spada, M. M.‪ (2023). Early Maladaptive Schemas are Associated with Adolescents’ Substance and Behavioral Addictions. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 41(3)‪, 690-709. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-022-00478-8

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Efrati, Y. (2023). Parent-child quality of sex-related communication before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Children and Youth Services Review, 153, 107105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107105

Efrati, Y.‪ (2023)‪.‪ Parent-child quality of sex-related communication before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.‪ Children & Youth Services Review, 153, N.‪PAG.‪ https://doi.‪org/10.‪1016/j.‪childyouth.‪2023.‪107105

Yehuda, M.‪ B.‪, Barak, S.‪, Hutzler, Y.‪, Ng, K.‪, Giladi, A.‪, Meir, L.‪ B.‪, Marques, A.‪, Zigdon, A.‪, Zwilling, M.‪, Reges, O.‪, Fisch, Y.‪ H.‪, & Tesler, R.‪ (2023)‪.‪ Cardiovascular risk profiles clusters among children and adolescents with disabilities.‪ BMC Public Health, 23(1)‪.‪ https://doi.‪org/10.‪1186/s12889-023-15796-4

Fire, G., Barak, S., Hail, S., Carmi, T., Ben-Meir, L., Giladi, A., Harel-Fisch, Y., & Tessler, R. (2023)‪.‪ After school: Volunteering in community emergency services and substance use among Israeli adolescents.‪ Psychology in the Schools, 60(7)‪, 2579–2591.‪ https://doi.‪org/10.‪1002/pits.‪22878

Maor, R.‪, Giladi, A.‪, Ben-Meir, L.‪, Walsh, S.‪ D.‪, Tesler, R.‪, Ivanoska, K.‪ S.‪, & Harel-Fisch, Y.‪ (2023)‪.‪ Risk and resiliency: psychosocial and behavioral determinants of drunkenness, tobacco, and cannabis use among adolescents in the northern Mediterranean region.‪ Current Psychology: A Journal for Diverse Perspectives on Diverse Psychological Issues, 1–14.‪ https://doi.‪org/10.‪1007/s12144-023-05100-3

Naor-Ziv, R.‪, Shamay-Tsoory, S.‪, & Levy-Gigi, E.‪ (2023)‪.‪ The Effectiveness of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation and the Role of Anxiety in Parent-adolescent Relationships.‪ Cognitive Therapy and Research, 47(4)‪, 648–654.‪ https://doi.‪org/10.‪1007/s10608-023-10394-5

Efrati, Y., & Spada, M. M.‪ (2022). Self-perceived substance and behavioral addictions among Jewish Israeli adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 15, 100431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100431

Avramovich, A. &  Yeari, M. (2022) The Role of Executive Functions in Reading Comprehension by Adolescents with ADHD. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 22 pp. DOI: 10.1080/10573569.2022.2103054

Efrati, Y., Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (2021). Adolescents who solely engage in online sexual experiences are at higher risk for compulsive sexual behavior. Addictive Behaviors, 118, 106874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106874

Efrati, Y., Kolubinski, D.‪C.‪, Marino, C., & Spada, M.‪M.‪ (2021). Modelling the contribution of metacognitions, impulsiveness and thought suppression to behavioural addictions in adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073820

Efrati, Y., & Boniel-Nissim, M. (2021). Parents’ Psychopathology Promotes the Adoption of Ineffective Pornography-Related Parenting Mediation Strategies. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 47(2)‪, 117-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2020.1835759

Efrati, Y., Kolubinski, D.‪C.‪, Caselli, G., & Spada, M.‪M.‪ (2020). Desire thinking as a predictor of compulsive sexual behaviour in adolescents: Evidence from a cross-cultural validation of the Hebrew version of the Desire Thinking Questionnaire. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9(3)‪, 797-807. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2020.00062

Efrati, Y. (2019). God, I Can’t Stop Thinking About Sex!‪ The Rebound Effect in Unsuccessful Suppression of Sexual Thoughts Among Religious Adolescents. The Journal of Sex Research, 56, 146-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1461796

Efrati, Y. (2019). Normal versus abnormal sexual behavior in adolescents. Psychiatric Times, 36(12)‪, 9-14. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A676443493/AONE?u=barilan&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=26c2f500