Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty typically have an academic or research appointment at another institution and contribute or collaborate with one or more School of Medicine faculty members or programs.
Adjunct rank detailsGolan Shahar, PhD
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2025
Depressive Personality Vulnerability and Adaptation to Breast Cancer: A Matter of Self‐Criticism?
Shahar G, Aslan C, Rüdiger Z, Elmar B, Globus O, Beutel M. Depressive Personality Vulnerability and Adaptation to Breast Cancer: A Matter of Self‐Criticism? Stress And Health 2025, 41: e70054. PMID: 40448936, DOI: 10.1002/smi.70054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-CriticismPersonal vulnerabilitySupportive-expressive psychodynamic psychotherapyDepressive personality vulnerabilitySymptoms of depressionPsychodynamic psychotherapyPersonality dimensionsComorbid depressionAdaptive outcomesRandomized clinical trialsDepressionRank-orderConfounding roleGeneralized linear modelSymptomatic loadPersonal resilienceBreast cancerIllness managementDiagnosis of breast cancerSymptomsBreast symptomsPsychotherapyAnxietyNO effectVulnerabilityEffect of a Major Political Crisis on Negative and Positive Affect: The Israeli Legislative Reform/Overhaul
Meirovitch-Shoham M, Shahar G, Elad-Strenger J, Davidovitch N, Greenberg D, Grotto I, Shalev H, Tendler A, Aharonson-Daniel L. Effect of a Major Political Crisis on Negative and Positive Affect: The Israeli Legislative Reform/Overhaul. International Journal Of Stress Management 2025 DOI: 10.1037/str0000360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive affectLarge-scale protestsNegative affectVoting patternsPolitical crisisPolitical stressorsNonviolent resistanceSelf-report measures of attitudesPublic affectionSelf-report measuresLegislative reformCommunity resilienceLegislative processMeasures of attitudesReduced well-beingJudicial systemJewish Israeli adultsEffects of COVID-19Legislative planWell-beingIndividual resilienceReformDispositional resiliencePsychological covariatesEmotional distressExperiential avoidance in depression, anxiety, obsessive–compulsive related, and posttraumatic stress disorders: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
Shahar G. Experiential avoidance in depression, anxiety, obsessive–compulsive related, and posttraumatic stress disorders: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychoanalytic Psychology 2025, 42: 123-127. DOI: 10.1037/pap0000533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTime to (re-)integrate dissociation into psychoanalytic psychotherapy? An introduction to the special issue on dissociative disorders and psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Cundy P, Shahar G. Time to (re-)integrate dissociation into psychoanalytic psychotherapy? An introduction to the special issue on dissociative disorders and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. 2025, 1-5. DOI: 10.4324/9781003560616-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpilogue: the formidable human need to “not know”
Amir D, Chefetz R, Costanzo A, Cundy P, Joiner T, Robison M, Şar V, Santoro G, Schimmenti A, Shahar G, Soffer-Dudek N, Somer E. Epilogue: the formidable human need to “not know”. 2025, 227-230. DOI: 10.4324/9781003560616-10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObject relations theoristsTrait dissociationFragmentation of consciousnessDissociative patientsMaladaptive daydreamingEarly traumaMetapsychological frameworkSuicide attemptsPsychodynamic perspectiveExperiences of detachmentSubstance abuseDissociative phenomenaState dissociationPsychological dynamicsTherapeutic actionMentalPrimary correlateMainstream psychoanalysisRelations theoristsClinical fragmentsPsychotherapyClinical practiceEmpirical researchDaydreamingDepressionOpen Access: Dissociation in suicidal depression: a Reformulated Object-Relations Theory (RORT) perspective
Shahar G, Robison M, Joiner T. Open Access: Dissociation in suicidal depression: a Reformulated Object-Relations Theory (RORT) perspective. 2025, 198-226. DOI: 10.4324/9781003560616-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behaviorTheory of suicidal behaviorDepressive positionInterpersonal-psychological theoryObject-relations theoryMelanie Klein's notionFailed belongingnessSuicidal behaviorSuicidal depressionInterpersonal strifeSuicide riskTrauma-basedMental representationsInterpersonal actionsMental processesCase illustrationSuicideKill oneselfKlein's notionBasic-levelDissociative structureDepressionAffectBelongingnessAdulthoodA double-edged sword: Self-concept clarity as a prospective predictor of romantic relationship satisfaction in the face of conflict
Szachter Y, Bar-Shachar Y, Soffer-Dudek N, Shahar G, Bar-Kalifa E. A double-edged sword: Self-concept clarity as a prospective predictor of romantic relationship satisfaction in the face of conflict. Personality And Individual Differences 2025, 233: 112914. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2024.112914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-concept clarityDaily relationship satisfactionRelationship satisfactionHigher self-concept clarityRomantic relationship satisfactionThree-way interactionCouple therapyRomantic partnersDaily satisfactionProspective predictorsSense of self-coherenceDaily conflictAdult couplesDyad membersDaily diariesPersonal characteristicsSelf-PerceptionFace of conflictSelf-coherenceEffects of conflictDaily deviationsConsecutive daysPractical implicationsSatisfactionConflictDevelopment as a Multi-Systemic Endeavor: Personal and Professional Reflections on S. J. Blatt’s Philosophy of Development
Shahar G, Mayes L. Development as a Multi-Systemic Endeavor: Personal and Professional Reflections on S. J. Blatt’s Philosophy of Development. Psychoanalytic Inquiry 2025, 45: 7-16. DOI: 10.1080/07351690.2025.2451007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTheory of psychological developmentAcademic psychologyDevelopmental psychologyPsychological developmentPhilosophy of developmentBlattLife circumstancesMetaphysical assumptionsHuman natureAreas of psychoanalysisPsychologyArea of scholarshipPersonal upbringingComprehensive theorySeminal contributionsHolistic thinkingPersonsLife storiesPsychopathologyLife spanHuman developmentThinkingProfessional reflectionPsychoanalysisPhilosophy
2024
Childhood Maltreatment and Heroism
Szachter Y, Shahar G. Childhood Maltreatment and Heroism. 2024, 215-218. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48129-1_319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBullying and Heroism
Szachter Y, Shahar G. Bullying and Heroism. 2024, 152-156. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48129-1_181.Peer-Reviewed Original Research