Publications by authors named "R Pat-Horenczyk"
During the second COVID-19 pandemic wave in Israel, we examined COVID-19-specific stressors and academic and financial challenges as potential risk factors for anxiety and depression among university students in Israel. Based on conservation of resources (COR) theory, we hypothesized that the threat of resource loss within the personal domain, academic challenges, and financial concerns would increase the likelihood of experiencing anxiety and depression. We sampled 18,686 students who responded to an online questionnaire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Despite excellent prognosis of early breast cancer, the patients face problems related to decreased quality of life and mental health. There is a need for easily available interventions targeting modifiable factors related to these problems. The aim of this study was to test the use of a new digital supportive intervention platform for early breast cancer patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFShared traumatic reality has nagative professional effects on mental health providers. The study explores the professional effects of prolonged shared traumatic reality, and the protective role of intergenerational transfer, among Ukrainian psychotherapists during the war with Russia, in the context of their national history of traumatic events. We conducted focus group interviews with 20 Ukrainian therapists who lived and worked in Ukrainian war zones.
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- Social support significantly impacts the mental health of college students during COVID-19, but the academic mechanisms behind this relationship are not well understood.
- A study of over 1,500 Israeli university students from 2020 to 2021 reveals that academic coping plays a role in how social support affects depression, especially for those experiencing high-quality teaching.
- The findings highlight that while academic coping influences depression linked to social support, it doesn’t have the same effect on anxiety, which may be driven by outside factors related to the pandemic.
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- The study investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic affected university students' academic experiences and their intentions to drop out of school.
- It surveyed over 10,600 students in Israel, finding that while COVID exposure negatively impacted academic experiences, it increased perceived social support, which in turn helped reduce dropout plans.
- The research highlights the importance of social support and positive academic experiences as key factors that can protect students from dropping out during challenging times like the pandemic.