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Shelef, L., & Spector-Mersel, G. (2025). How to survive? Civilian women’s coping strategies in wartime captivity. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication.

Nuttman-Shwartz, O. & Spector-Mersel, G. (2024). Cumulative trauma: The intersection between continuous security threats and the COVID-19 pandemic among Israeli older adults. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Hadida-Naus, S., Spector-Mersel, G., & Shiovitz-Ezra, S. (2024). Aging Alone in a Continuous Traumatic Situation: External Coping Resources. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 1–29.

Yarin Cohen, Gabriela Spector-Mersel, Sharon Shiovitz-Ezra, The second empty nest: The lived experience of older women whose intensive ‘grandmotherhood’ has ended, Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 66, 2023, 101163

Szeintuch, S., Spector-Mersel, G., Maor, T., Metzer, R. (2023). “I was born into a nightmare”: The chaotic life trajectories of young homeless women. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 14(4), 859-885

Spector-Mersel G, Yakov G. Dignity in Action in the Home Hospice: The Narrative Selection of a Multidisciplinary Staff. Qualitative Health Research. 2023

Hadida-Naus, S., Spector-Mersel, G., & Shiovitz-Ezra, S. (2023). Alone in the shadow of terror: Strategies and internal resources of older adults living alone in a continuous traumatic situation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93(3), 188–197.

G Yakov, G Spector-Mersel, I Halevi-Hochwald, Human Dignity: Exploring the Implications of the Dying Patient Act in Home-Hospice Care, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 33, Issue Supplement_2, October 2023, ckad160.660,

Ben-Asher, S. & Spector-Mersel, G. (2023). Growth and pain in life-story reflection of students in helping professions. Teaching in Higher Education, 28(7), 1534-1550.

Spector-Mersel, G. &Ben-Asher, S. (2022). Styles of narrative selection in crafting life stories. Qualitative Research in Psychology,19(1), 43-64.

Spector-Mersel, G. & Nimrod, G. (2022). Gender and aging in Israeli society: A multidisciplinary perspective. Guest Editors’ foreword. Gerontology and Geriatrics, 40(4), 9-12. (Hebrew)

Spector-Mersel, G. & Gilbar, O. (2021). From military masculinity towards hybrid masculinities: Constructing a new sense of manhood among veterans treated for PTSS. Men and Masculinities, 24(5), 862-883

Hochman, Y & Spector-Mersel, G. (2020) Three strategies for narrative resistance: Navigating between master narratives. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59 (4), 1043-1061.

Gilbar, O., Dekel, R. & Spector-Mersel, G. & Levy, O. (2019). The crisis in achieving a sense of manhood among Israeli military veterans who suffer from posttraumatic stress symptoms. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20(1), 93-103.

Spector-Mersel, G. (2018). The masculine identities of senior officers from 48` generation: A non-aging masculinity. Welfare & Society, 38(2), 369-399. (Hebrew).

Spector-Mersel, G. & Knaifel, Y. (2018). Narrative research on mental health recovery: Two sister paradigms. Journal of Mental Health, 27 (4), 298-306

Gilbar, O., Spector-Mersel, G., Levi, O. & Dekel, R. (2018). From crisis to transformation: Masculine identity among veterans who suffer from posttraumatic stress symptoms due to participation in combat. Welfare & Society, 38(2), 401-427. (Hebrew).

Spector-Mersel, G. (2017). Life story reflection in social work education: A practical model. Journal of Social Work Education, 53(2), 286-299

Spector-Mersel, G. (2014). “I was… Until… Since then…”: Exploring the mechanisms of selection in a tragic narrative. Narrative Works, 4(1), 19-48.

Spector-Mersel, G. (2014). Multiplicity and commonality in narrative interpretation – Guest Editor`s forward. (introduction to a special issue). Narrative Works, 4(1), 1-18.

Spector-Mersel, G. (2012). The story is not the whole story: The narrative identity card. Megamot, 48(2), 227-250

Spector-Mersel, G. (2011). Mechanisms of selection in claiming narrative identities: A model for interpreting narratives. Qualitative Inquiry, 17(2), 172-185.

Spector-Mersel, G. (2010). Old age in Israel as a cultural phenomenon. Adult Education in Israel, 11, 15-34.

Spector-Mersel, G. (2010). Narrative research: Time for a paradigm. Narrative Inquiry, 20(1), 204-224

Spector-Mersel, G. (2010). Narrative research and social work. Society & Welfare, 30(1), 75-110

Spector-Mersel, G. (2006). Never-aging stories: Western hegemonic masculinity scripts. Journal of Gender Studies, 15(1), 67-82.

Spector-Mersel, G. (2006). Israeli old age: Three sources of meaning. Gerontology & Geriatrics, 33(2), 11-34. (Hebrew)