ד"ר יונתן הנדלזלץ

Lara Seefeld, Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Danny Horesh, Antje Horsch, Susan Ayers, Pelin Dikmen-Yildiz, Burcu Kömürcü Akik, Susan Garthus-Niegel, Going through it together: Dyadic associations between parents' birth experience, relationship satisfaction, and mental health, Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 348, 2024, Pages 378-388

Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Maor Kalfon-Hakhmigari & Susan Garthus-Niegel (2024) Work-family conflict: emphasis on families in modern work environments, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 42:2, 139-141

Handelzalts, J.E., Ohayon, S., Levy, S. et al. Risk psychosocial factors associated with postpartum depression trajectories from birth to six months. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2024).

Maor Kalfon- Hakhmigari, Hila Segal, Yoav Peled & Jonathan E. Handelzalts (2023) Hebrew validation of the postpartum bonding questionnaire: a study of mothers and fathers, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Kalfon-Hakhmigari, M., Handelzalts, J. E., Wilk Goldsher, Y., Krissi, H., & Peled, Y. (2023). Social support as a differential moderator of the association between optimism, birth satisfaction, and postpartum acute stress symptoms of fathers and mothers. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication.

John Joseph Coté, Denise Côté-Arsenault, Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Amy S. Badura-Brack, Megan Kalata, Ryan W. Walters, Pooja Kasinath, Dorothy A. Kump, Kelly Herbig, Rajesh Tampi, Effects of 3D-Printed Models and 3D Printed Pictures on Maternal– and Paternal–Fetal Attachment, Anxiety, and Depression, Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, Volume 52, Issue 3, 2023, Pages 223-234

Jennifer M. Jester, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Maria Muzik, Larissa N. Niec, Marissa K. Stringer, Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Holly E. Brophy-Herb, Ann M. Stacks, Deborah J. Weatherston, Chioma Torres, Megan M. Julian, Jamie M. Lawler, Carla Barron, Holly E. Brophy-Herb, Nora L. Erickson, Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Alissa C. Huth-Bocks, Jennifer M. Jester, Megan M. Julian, Jamie M. Lawler, Rena A. Menke, Alyssa S. Meuwissen, Alison L. Miller, Maria Muzik, Larissa N. Niec, Julie Ribaudo, Jessica Riggs, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Sarah E. Shea, Paul Spicer, Ann M. Stacks, Laurie Van Egeren, Christopher L. Watson, Deborah J. Weatherston, Demographic and psychological factors that predict retention in infant mental health home visiting, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Volume 62, 2023, Pages 64-75

Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age, Body Image, Volume 46, 2023, Pages 449-466

Handelzalts, J.E., Levy, S., Ayers, S. et al. Two are better than one? The impact of lay birth companions on childbirth experiences and PTSD. Arch Womens Ment Health (2022).

Adi Borovich, Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Sigal Levy, Karin Rafenberg, Liat Borovich, Sarah Dollinger, Yoav Peled, Daniel I. Nassie & Haim Krissi (2022) The effect of stillbirth and late termination of pregnancy on the emergence of post-traumatic symptoms among attending medical personnel, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Ilana S. Hairston, Sigal Levy, Naomi Orkaby, Haim Krissi, Yoav Peled, COVID-19 related worry moderates the association between postpartum depression and mother-infant bonding, Journal of Psychiatric Research, Volume 149, 2022, Pages 83-86

Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Sigal Levy, Haim Krissi & Yoav Peled (2022) Epidural analgesia associations with depression, PTSD, and bonding at 2 months postpartum, Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

Naomi Orkaby, Maor Kalfon- Hakhmigari, Sigal Levy, Haim Krissi, Yoav Peled & Jonathan E. Handelzalts (2022) COVID-19-Related worries mediate the association between attachment orientation and elevated depression levels at 21-month postpartum, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Handelzalts, J.E., Levy, S., Molmen-Lichter, M. et al. Attachment Styles and Maternal Sense of Competence: The Moderated-Mediation Effects of Rooming-in and Maternal Psychopathology. J Child Fam Stud (2021).

Shulamit Geller, Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Sigal Levy, David Barron, Viren Swami, Self-compassion mediates the relationship between attachment anxiety and body appreciation in women and men: Evidence from Israel, Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 179, 2021

Reimagining Racial Trauma as a Barrier to Breastfeeding Versus Childhood Trauma and Depression Among African American Mothers. Angela Marie Johnson, Rena Menke, Jonathan Eliahu Handelzalts, Kiddada Green, and Maria Muzik. Breastfeeding Medicine 2021 16:6, 493-500

Megan M. Julian, Maria Muzik, Jennifer M. Jester, Jonathan Handelzalts, Nora Erickson, Marissa Stringer, Holly Brophy-Herb, Julie Ribaudo, Alissa Huth-Bocks, Jamie Lawler, Ann Stacks, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Relationships heal: Reducing harsh parenting and child abuse potential with relationship-based parent-infant home visiting, Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 128, 2021

Kountanis, J.A., Kirk, R., Handelzalts, J.E. et al. The associations of subjective appraisal of birth pain and provider-patient communication with postpartum-onset PTSD. Arch Womens Ment Health (2021).

Kalfon Hakhmigari, M., Peled, Y., Krissi, H., Levy, S., Molmen-Lichter, M., & Handelzalts, J. E. (2021). Anxious Attachment Mediates the Associations Between Early Recollections of Mother's Own Parental Bonding and Mother-Infant Bonding: A 2-Month Path Analysis Model. Frontiers in psychiatry, 12, 682161.

Julian, M.M., Bernard, N.K., Handelzalts, J.E. et al. Attachment insecurity moderates the link between maternal childhood neglect and postpartum bonding to the infant. Arch Womens Ment Health (2021).

Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Sigal Levy, Maayan Molmen-Lichter, Maria Muzik, Haim Krissi, Arnon Wiznitzer, Yoav Peled, Associations of rooming-in with maternal postpartum bonding: the impact of mothers' pre-delivery intentions, Midwifery, Volume 95, 2021

Handelzalts, J.E., Molmen-Lichter, M., Levy, S., Ayers, S., Wiznitzer, A., Krissi, H., & Peled, Y. (2020) The association of Attachment style, postpartum PTSD and depression with bonding- A longitudinal path analysis model, from childbirth to six months Journal of Affective Disorders.

Geller, S., Sidi, Y., Levy, S., & Handelzalts, J. E. (2023). Body image and religion: Explicit and implicit attitudes among three denominations of Jewish women. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. .

Sidi, Y., Geller, S., Abu Sinni, A., Levy, S., & Handelzalts, J.E. (2020) Body image among Muslim women in Israel: Exploring religion and sociocultural pressures. Women & Health.

Shulamit Geller, Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Sigal Levy, Nofar Boxer, Jennifer Todd, Viren Swami, An examination of the factor structure and preliminary assessment of the psychometric properties of a Hebrew translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2), Body Image, Volume 34, 2020, Pages 145-154

Molmen-Lichter M., Peled, Y., Levy, S., Wiznitzer, A., Krissi, H., & Handelzalts, J.E. (2020) The Associations between Insecure Attachment, Rooming-in and Postpartum Depression. Infant Mental Health Journal.

Jonathan Eliahu Handelzalts, Shulamit Geller, Yael Sidi & Sigal Levy (2020) Religion and appearance investment: the mediating role of internalisation of socio-cultural pressures, in Jewish Israeli women, Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 23:1, 54-66

Handelzalts, J. E., Stringer, M. K., Menke, R. A., & Muzik, M. (2020). The Association of Religion and Spirituality with Postpartum Mental Health in Women with Childhood Maltreatment Histories. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(2), 502-513

Geller, S., Magen, E., Levy, S. et al. Inkskinned: Gender and Personality Aspects Affecting Heavy Tattooing—A Moderation Model. J Adult Dev 27, 192–200 (2020).

Geller, S., Handelzalts, J.E.., Levy, S., Boxer, N., Todd, J., & Swami, V. (2020) Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of a Hebrew Translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) Body Image.

Geller, S., Handelzalts, J., Gelfat, R. et al. Exploring body image, strength of faith, and media exposure among three denominations of Jewish women. Curr Psychol 39, 1774–1784 (2020).

Levy, S., Handelzalts, J. E., Yadid, L., & Geller, S. (2020). Personality and Postpartum Sexual Functioning in Israeli Women: The Mediating Role of Body Image. Psychological Reports, 123(2), 185–200.

Handelzalts, J.E., Hairston, I.S., Muzik, M., Matatyahu, A., & Levy, S., (2019) A paradoxical role of childbirth-related PTSD symptoms in the association between personality factors and mother-infant bonding: A cross-sectional study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication.

Hairston, I.S., Handelzalts, J.E., Lehman-Inbar, T. et al. Mother-infant bonding is not associated with feeding type: a community study sample. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 19, 125 (2019).

Swami, V.,…. Handelzalts, J.E … Voracek (2019) The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast Size Dissatisfaction and its Antecedents and Outcomes in Women from 39 Nations. Body Image,32, 199-217

S. Hairston, I., E. Handelzalts, J., Assis, C. and Kovo, M. (2018), POSTPARTUM BONDING DIFFICULTIES AND ADULT ATTACHMENT STYLES: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND CHILDBIRTH-RELATED PTSD. Infant Ment. Health J., 39: 198-208.

Handelzalts, J.E., Preis, H., Rosenbaum, M., Gozlan, M. and Benyamini, Y. (2018), PREGNANT WOMEN'S RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY MATERNAL BONDING: ASSOCIATIONS WITH MATERNAL–FETAL ATTACHMENT AND BIRTH CHOICES. Infant Ment. Health J., 39: 511-521.

Handelzalts, J.E., Levy, S., Peled, Y. et al. Mode of delivery, childbirth experience and postpartum sexuality. Arch Gynecol Obstet 297, 927–932 (2018).

Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Tal Yaakobi, Sigal Levy, Yoav Peled, Arnon Wiznitzer, Haim Krissi, The impact of genital self-image on sexual function in women with pelvic floor disorders, European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Volume 211, 2017, Pages 164-168

Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Shulamit Geller, Sigal Levy, Tal Vered & Shimrit Fisher (2017) Body image among three denominations of Jewish women in Israel, International Journal of Culture and Mental Health, 10:2, 206-216

Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Shimrit Fisher, Oscar Sadan & Gil Goldzweig (2017) Object relations, unconscious defences and fear of childbirth, as reflected in maternal-request caesarean section, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 35:1, 91-102

Handelzalts JE, Waldman Peyser A, Krissi H, Levy S, Wiznitzer A, Peled Y (2017) Indications for Emergency Intervention, Mode of Delivery, and the Childbirth Experience. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0169132.

Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Arni Zacks, Sigal Levy, The association of birth model with resilience variables and birth experience: Home versus hospital birth, Midwifery, Volume 36, 2016, Pages 80-85

Handelzalts, J.E., Krissi, H., Levy, S. et al. Personality, preterm labor contractions, and psychological consequences. Arch Gynecol Obstet 293, 575–582 (2016).

Jonathan E. Handelzalts, Sigal Levy, Yoav Peled, Liat Binyamin, Arnon Wiznitzer, Gil Goldzweig, Haim Krissi, Information seeking and perceptions of anxiety and pain among women undergoing hysterosalpingography, European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Volume 202, 2016, Pages 41-44

Hairston, I.S., Solnik-Menilo, T., Deviri, D. et al. Maternal depressed mood moderates the impact of infant sleep on mother–infant bonding. Arch Womens Ment Health 19, 1029–1039 (2016).