Avi Besser, PhD
Professor of Psychology Chairman, Center for Research in Personality, Life Transitions, and Stressful Life Events
Sapir Academic College
D.N. Hof Ashkelon, 79165, Israel
Tel: (+972)-8-6802869
Fax: (+972)-8-6610783
E-mail: besser@mail.sapir.ac.il
www.researchgate.net/profile/Avi_Besser
Sapir Academic College
D.N. Hof Ashkelon, 79165, Israel
Tel: (+972)-8-6802869
Fax: (+972)-8-6610783
E-mail: besser@mail.sapir.ac.il
www.researchgate.net/profile/Avi_Besser
My main research interest is in the area of personality and social psychology, specifically, vulnerability factors to depression across the lifespan and interpersonal functioning. My research topics include: vulnerability factors in postpartum depression; attachment and psychological adjustment in children, adolescents, and mothers; perfectionism; self-esteem; self-criticism/dependency, distress and depression, suicidality, self-esteem, humor styles, and PTSD.
Currently, I serve as an Associate Editor for Self and Identity and Consulting Editor for Individual Differences Research, and am on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, and Consultation, and of the International Journal of Stress Management .
Editor for the Personality and individual differences section in the BMC Psychology.
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