Refereed Articles in Scientific Journals
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1. Priel, B., & Besser, A. (1999). Vulnerability to postpartum depressive symptomatology: Dependency, self–criticism, and the moderating role of antenatal attachment. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 18, 240–253. DOI: 10.1002/cpp.597. Download PDF
2. Priel, B., & Besser, A. (2000). Dependency and self–criticism among first–time mothers: The roles of global and specific support. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 19, pp.437–450. DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2000.19.4.437. Download PDF
3. Priel, B., & Kantor, B., & Besser, A. (2000). Two maternal representations: A study of Israeli adopted children. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 17, 128–145. DOI : 10.1037/0736-9735.17.1.128. Download PDF
4. Priel, B., & Besser, A. (2000). Adult attachment styles, early relationships, antenatal attachment and perceptions of infant temperament: A study of first–time mothers. Personal Relationship, 7, 291–310. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475–6811.2000.tb00018.x. Download PDF
5. Priel, B., Melamed–Hass, S., Besser, A. & Cantor, B. (2000). Adjustment among adopted children: The moderating role of maternal self–reflectiveness. Family Relations, 49, 389–396. DOI: 10.1111/j.1741–3729.2000.00389.x. Download PDF
6. Priel, B & Besser, A. (2001). Bridging the gap between attachment and object relations’ theories: A study of the transition to motherhood. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 74, 85–100. DOI: 10.1348/000711201160821. Download PDF
7. Heisel, J, M., Flett, L. G., & Besser, A. (2002). Cognitive functioning and geriatric suicide ideation: Testing a mediational model. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10, 428–436. DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000218699.27899.f9. Download PDF
8. Priel, B & Besser, A. (2002). Perceptions of early relationships during the transition to motherhood: The mediating role of social support. Infant Mental Health Journal, 23, 343–360. DOI: 10.1002/imhj.10021. Download PDF
9. Davis, R.A., Flett, G.L., Besser, A. (2002). Validation of a new scale for measuring problematic Internet use: Implications for pre–employment screening. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 5, 331–346. DOI:10.1089/109493102760275581. Download PDF
10. Vardy, D., Besser, A., Gesthalter, B., Buskila, D., Biton, A., & Amir, (2002). Reduced quality of life in psoriasis patients: The mediating role of experiences of stigmatization. British Journal of Dermatology, 147, 736–742. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365–2133.2002.04899.x. Download PDF
11. Besser, A., Priel, B., & Wiznizer, A. (2002). Childbearing depressive symptomatology in high–risk pregnancies: The roles of working models and perceived spouse support. Personal Relationships, 9, 395–413. DOI: 10.1111/1475–6811.00026. Download PDF
12. Besser, A., & Priel, B. (2003a). Trait vulnerability and coping strategies in the transition to motherhood. Current–Psychology: –Developmental, –Learning, –Personality, –Social, 22, 57–72. DOI: 10.1007/s12144–003–1013–7. Download PDF
13. Besser, A., & Priel, B. (2003b). A multisource approach to self–critical vulnerability to depression: The moderating role of attachment. Journal of Personality, 71, 515–555. DOI: 10.1111/1467–6494.7104002. Download PDF
14. Flett, L. G., Besser, A., & Davis, R. (2003c). Dimensions of perfectionism, unconditional self–acceptance, and depression. Journal of Rational–Emotive and Cognitive–Behavior Therapy, 21, 119–138. DOI: 10.1023/A:1025051431957. Download PDF
15. Besser, A. Flett, G. L., & Davis, R. (2003d). Self–criticism, dependency, silencing the self, and loneliness: Testing for mediational model. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 1735–1752. DOI:10.1016/S0191–8869(02)00403–8. Download PDF
16. Hewitt, P. L., Flett, G. L., Besser, A., Sherry, S. B., McGee, B.J. (2003e). Perfectionism is multidimensional: A reply to Shafran, Cooper, and Fairburn (2002). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, 1221–1236. DOI:10.1016/S0005–7967(03)00021–4. Download PDF
17. Sherry, S. B., Hewitt, P. L., Besser, A., McGee, B. J., & Flett, G. L. (2004). Self–oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism in the Eating Disorder Inventory perfectionism subscale. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 35, 69–79. DOI: 10.1002/eat.10237. Download PDF
18. Besser, A., Amir, M., & Barkan, S. (2004). Who signs an organ transplant donor card? A study of personality and individual differences in a sample of Israeli university students. Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 1709–1723. DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2003.07.012. Download PDF
19. Besser, A. (2004). Self– and best–friend assessments of personality vulnerability and defenses in the prediction of depression. Social Behavior and Personality, 32, 559–594. DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2004.32.6.559. Download PDF
20. Besser, A., Flett, L. G., & Hewitt, P. L (2004). Perfectionism, Cognition, and Affect in Response to Performance Failure vs. Success. Journal of Rational Emotive Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 22, 297–324. DOI: 10.1023/B:JORE.0000047313.35872.5c. Download PDF
21. Sherry, S. B., Hewitt, P. L., Lee–Baggley, D. L., Flett, G. L., & Besser, A. (2004). Perfectionism and thoughts about having cosmetic surgery performed. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Researc, 9, 244–257. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751–9861.2004.tb00103.x. Download PDF
22. Lev–Wiesel, R., Amir, M., & Besser, A. (2005). Posttraumatic growth among female survivors of childhood abuse in relation to the perpetrator identity. Journal of Loss & Trauma, 10, 7–17. DOI: 10.1080/15325020490890606. Download PDF
23. Sherry, S. B., Hewitt, P. L., Lee–Baggley, D. L., Flett, G. L., & Besser, A. (2005). Perfectionism and interest in cosmetic surgery. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 115, 1806–1807. DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000162170.43575.57. Download PDF
24. Besser, A, & Priel, B. (2005). Interpersonal relatedness and self–definition in late adulthood depression: Personality predispositions, and protective factors. Social Behavior and Personality, 33, 351–382. DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2005.33.4.351. Download PDF
25. Besser, A, & Priel, B. (2005). The Apple Does Not Fall Far From the Tree: Attachment Styles and Personality Vulnerabilities to Depression in Three Generations of Women. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1052–1073. DOI: 10.1177/0146167204274082. Download PDF
26. Flett, G. L., Besser, A., & Hewitt. (2005). Perfectionism, ego defense styles, and depression: A comparison of self versus informant ratings. Journal of Personality, 73, 1355–1396. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467–6494.2005.00352.x. Download PDF
27. Lev–Wiesel, R., Besser, A., & Laish, R. (2005). Measuring potency among preschool children: Instruments and intervention. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 22, 343–360. DOI: 10.1007/s10560–006–0076–3. Download PDF
28. Waniel, A. Besser, A., & Priel, B. (2006). Mother and self–representations: Investigating associations with symptomatic behavior and academic competence in middle childhood. Journal of Personality, 74, 223–266. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467.6494.2005.00374.x. Download PDF
29. Sherry, S. B., Hewitt, P. L., Besser, A., Flett, G. L., & Klein, C. (2006). Machiavellianism, trait perfectionism, and perfectionistic self–presentation. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 829–839. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.09.010. Download PDF
30. Lev–Wiesel, R., & Besser, A. (2006). Male Definitions of Sexual Assault: The Role of the Perpetrator's Gender. Individual Differences Research, 4, 46–50. Download PDF
31. Besser, A., & Priel, B. (2006). Models of Attachment, Confirmation of Positive Affective Expectations and Satisfaction with Vacation Activities: A Pre–Post Panel Design Study of Leisure. Personality and Individual Differences, 41, 1055–1065. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.04.011. Download PDF
32. Besser, A., & Blatt, S. J.(2007). Identity Consolidation and Internalizing and Externalizing Problem Behaviors in Early Adolescence. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 24, 126–149. DOI: 10.1037/0736–9735.24.1.126. Download PDF
33. Besser, A., Priel, B., Flett, L. G., & Wiznitzer A. (2007). Linear and Nonlinear Models in Vulnerability to Depression: Personality and Postpartum Depression in a High Risk Population. Individual Differences Research, 5, 1–29. Download PDF
34. Besser, A.,Priel, B. (2007). Perceived Social Support, Malevolent Maternal Representations, and Older Adults’ Depressed Mood. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 6, 728–750. DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2007.26.6.728. Download PDF
35. Besser, A., & Shackelford, T. K. (2007). Mediation of the Effects of the Big Five Personality Dimensions on Negative Mood and Confirmed Affective Expectations by Perceived Situational Stress: A Quasi–Field Study of Vacationers. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 1333–1346. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.10.011. Download PDF
36. Shackelford, T. K. & Besser, A. (2007). Predicting Attitudes toward Homosexuality: Insights from Personality Psychology. Individual Differences Research, 5, 106–114. Download PDF
37. Flett, G. L., Besser, A., Hewitt, P. L., & Davis, R. (2007). Perfectionism silencing the self and depression. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1211–1222. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.03.012. Download PDF
38. Kats–Gold, I, Besser, A., & Priel, B. (2007). The Role of Simple Emotion Recognition Skills among School Aged Boys at Risk of ADHD. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 363–379. DOI: 10.1007/s10802–006–9096–x. Download PDF
39. Blatt, S. J., Besser, A., & Ford, R. Q. (2007). Two Primary Configurations of Psychopathology and Change in Thought Disorder in Long–term, Intensive, Inpatient Treatment of Seriously Disturbed Young Adults. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 1561–1567. DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.05111853.
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40. Priel, B., Besser, A., Waniel, A., & Yonas–Segal, M. & Kuperminc, G. P. (2007). Interpersonal and intrapersonal processes in the formation of maternal representations in middle childhood: Review, new findings and future directions. Israeli Journal of Psychiatry, 44, 255–265.
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41. Waniel, A. Besser, A., & Priel, B. (2008). Self– and maternal representations, relatedness patterns, and problem behavior in middle childhood. Personal Relationships, 15, 171–189. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475–6811.2008.00192.x. Download PDF
42. Besser, A., Guez, J., & Priel, B. (2008). The Associations between Self–Criticism and Dependency and Incidental Learning of Interpersonal and Achievement Words. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 1696–1710. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.01.017. Download PDF
43. Besser, A. & Priel, B. (2008). Attachment, Depression, and Fear of Death in Older Adults: The Roles of Neediness and Perceived Availability of Social Support. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 1711–1725. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.01.016. Download PDF
44. Besser, A., Flett, G. L., Hewitt, P. L., & Guez, J. Perfectionism, and cognitions, affect, self–esteem, and physiological reactions in a performance situation (2008). Journal of Rational Emotive Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 26, 206–228. DOI: 10.1007/s10942–007–0067–0. Download PDF
45. Shackelford, T. K., Besser, A., & Goetz, A. T. (2008). Personality, Marital Satisfaction, and Probability of Marital Infidelity. Individual Differences Research, 6, 13–25. Download PDF
46. Besser, A., Vliegen, N., Luyten, P., & Blatt, S. J. (2008). Vulnerability to postpartum depression from a psychodynamic perspective: Systematic empirical base commentary on issues raised by Blum (2007). Psychoanalytic Psychology, 25, 392–410. Download PDF
47. Sherry, S. B., Law, A., Hewitt, P. L., Flett, G. L., & Besser, A. (2008). Social support as a mediator of the relationship between perfectionism and depression: A preliminary test of the Social Disconnection Model. Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 339–344. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.05.001. Download PDF
48. Besser, A., Flett, L. G., Guez, J., & Hewitt, P. L. (2008). Perfectionism, Mood, and Memory for Positive, Negative, and Perfectionistic Content. Individual Differences Research, 6, 211–244. Download PDF
49. Flett, L. G., Endler, N.S., & Besser, A. (2009). Separation Anxiety, Perceived Controllability, and Homesickness. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 265–282. DOI: 10.1111/j.1559–1816.2008.00438.x. Download PDF
50. Besser, A.,Priel, B. (2009). Emotional Responses to a Romantic Partner's Imaginary Rejection: The Roles of Attachment Anxiety, Covert Narcissism, and Self–Evaluation. Journal of Personality, 77, 287–325. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467–6494.2008.00546.x. Download PDF
51. Manashko, S., Besser, A., & Priel, B. (2009). Maltreated Children’s Representations of Mother and Additional Caregiver: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Personality, 77. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467–6494.2008.00558.x. Download PDF
52. Besser, A., Neria, Y. (2009). PTSD Symptoms, Satisfaction with Life and Prejudicial Attitudes towards the Adversary among Israelis Exposed to Ongoing Terrorist Attacks. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 268–275. DOI: 10.1002/jts.20420. Download PDF
53. Besser, A., Neria, Y., & Haynes, M. (2009). Adult Attachment, Perceived Stress, and PTSD among Civilians Continuously Exposed to Terrorism in Southern Israel. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 851–857. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.003. Download PDF
54. Besser, A., & Priel, B. (2010). Personality vulnerability, low social support, and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation under ongoing exposure to terrorist attacks. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 29,166–201. DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2010.29.2.166. Download PDF
55. Besser, A., Flett, L. G., & Hewitt, P. L. (2010). Perfectionistic Self–Presentation and Trait Perfectionism in Social Problem–Solving Ability and Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40, 2123–2156. DOI: 10.1111/j.1559–1816.2010.00653.x. Download PDF
56. Vliegen, N., Luyten, P., Besser, A., Casalin, S., Kempke, S., & Tang, E. (2010). Stability and Change in Levels of Depression and Personality: A Follow–Up Study of Postpartum Depressed Mothers Hospitalized in a Mother–Infant Unit.Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 198, 45–51. DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181c8aa57. Download PDF
57. Besser, A., & Neria, Y. (2010). The Effects of Insecure Attachment Orientations and Perceived Social Support on Posttraumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms Among Civilians Exposed to the 2009 Israel–Gaza War: A Follow–up Cross–Lagged Panel Design Study. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 335–341. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.03.004. Download PDF
58. Neria, Y., Besser, A., Kipper, D., & Westphal. M. (2010). A Longitudinal Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Civilians Exposed to War Trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23, 322–330. DOI: 10.1002/jts.20522. Download PDF
59. Besser, A. & Zeigler–Hill, V. (2010). The Influence of Pathological Narcissism on Emotional and Motivational Responses to Negative Events: The Roles of Visibility and Concern About Humiliation. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 520–534. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.06.006. Download PDF
60. Besser, A., & Priel, B. (2010). Grandiose Narcissism versus Vulnerable Narcissism in Threatening Situations: Emotional Reactions to Achievement Failure and Interpersonal Rejection. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 29, 874–902. DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2010.29.8.874. Download PDF
61. Campos, C.R., Besser, A., & Blatt, S. J. (2010). The Mediating Role of Self–Criticism and Dependency in the Association Between Perceptions of Maternal Caring and Depressive Symptoms. Depression and Anxiety, 27, 1149–1157. DOI: 10.1002/da.20763. Download PDF
62. Besser, A., & Priel, B. (2011). Dependency, Self–Criticism and Negative Affective Responses Following Imaginary Rejection and Failure Threats: Meaning–Making Processes as Moderators or Mediators. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 74, 33–42. DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2011.74.1.31.
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63. Zeigler–Hill, V., Besser, A. (2011). Humor Style Mediates the Association Between Pathological Narcissism and Self–Esteem. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 1196–1201. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.02.006. Download PDF
64. Hewitt, P. L., Blasberg, J. S., Flett, G. L., Besser, A., Sherry, S. B., Caelian, C., Papsdorf, M., Cassels, T. G., & Birch, S. (2011). Perfectionistic self–presentation in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Perfectionistic Self–Presentation Scale—Junior Form. Psychological Assessment, 23, 125–142. DOI: 10.1037/a0021147. Download PDF
65. Campos, C.R., Besser, A., & Blatt, S. J. (2011). The relationships between defenses and experiences of depression: An exploratory study Psychoanalytic Psychology, 28, 196–208. DOI: 10.1037/a0022420. Download PDF
66. Besser, A., & Zeigler–Hill, V. (2011). Pathological Forms of Narcissism and Perceived Stress during the Transition to the University: The Mediating Role of Humor Styles. International Journal of Stress Management, 18, 197-221. DOI: 10.1037/a0024826. Download PDF
67. Besser, A., Luyten, P., & Blatt, S. J. (2011). Do Humor Styles Mediate or Moderate the Relationship Between Self–Criticism and Neediness, and Depressive Symptoms? Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 10, 757-764. DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31822fc9a8. Download PDF
68. Levin, P. A., Albert, L., Besser, A., Smithe, D., Zelenski, A., Rosenkranz, S., et al. (2011). Secondary Traumatic Stress in Attorneys and Their Administrative Support Staff Working with Trauma-Exposed Clients. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 199, 946-955. DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182392c26. Download PDF
69. Zeigler-Hill, V., Besser, A., & King, K. (2011). Contingent self-esteem and anticipated reactions to interpersonal rejection and achievement failure. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30, 1069-1096. DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2011.30.10.1069. Download PDF
70. Campos, C.R., Besser, A., & Blatt, S. J. (2012). Distress Mediates the Association between Personality Predispositions and Suicidality: A Preliminary Study in a Portuguese Community Sample. Archives of Suicide Research, 16, 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2012.640583.
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71. Besser, A., & Neria, Y. (2012). When home isn't a safe haven: Insecure attachment orientations, perceived social support, and PTSD symptoms among Israeli evacuees under missile threat. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 4, 34-46. DOI: 10.1037/a0017835. Download PDF
72. Shultz, J. M., Besser, A., Kelly, F., Allen, A., Schmitz, S., Hausmann, V., et al. (2012). Psychological Consequences of Indirect Exposure to Disaster Due to the Haiti Earthquake. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 27, 1-10. DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12001008. Download PDF
73. Besser, A., Luyten, P., & Mayes, L.C. (2012). Adult Attachment and Distress: The Mediating Role of Humor Styles. Individual Differences Research, 10, 153-164. DOI: Download PDF
74. Levin, P. A., Besser, A., Albert, L., Smithe, D., & Neria, Y. (in press). The Effect of Attorneys' Exposure to Clients' Traumatic Events on Functional Impairment, Depression, and PTSD Symptoms: A Cross-Lagged Longitudinal Study. Law and Human Behavior. DOI: 10.1037/h0093993. Download PDF
75. Zeigler-Hill, V., Besser, A., & Myers, E. M., Southard, A. C., & Malkin, M. L. (2013). The Status-Signaling Property of Self-Esteem: The Role of Self-Reported Self-Esteem and Perceived Self-Esteem in Personality Judgments. Journal of Personality, 81, 209-220. . DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00790.x. Download PDF
76. Campos, C.R., Besser, A., Ferreira, R., & Blatt, S. J. (2012). Self–Criticism, Neediness, and Distress among Women Undergo Breast Cancer Treatment: A Preliminary Test of the Moderating Role of Adjustment to Illness. International Journal of Stress Management, 19, 151–174. DOI: 10.1037/a0027996.
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77. Zeigler-Hill, V., & Besser, A. (in press). A Glimpse Behind the Mask: Facets of Narcissism and Feelings of Self-Worth. Journal of Personality Assessment. DOI:10.1080/00223891.2012.717150. Download PDF
78. Campos, C.R., Besser, & Blatt, S. J. (2013). Recollections of Parental Rejection, Self-Criticism and Depression in Suicidality. Archives of Suicide Research, 17, 1-17. DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.748416. Download PDF
79. Elad-Strenger, J., Fireman, Z., Schiller, M., Besser, A., & Shahar, G. (in press). Vulnerability-Resilience Dynamics of Ideological Factors in Distress Following the Evacuation from Gush Katif. International Journal of Stress Management. 10.1037/a0031431. Download PDF
80. Besser, A., & Zeigler-Hill, V. (2014). Positive personality features and stress among first-year university students: Implications for psychological distress, functional impairment, and self-esteem. Self and Identity, 13, 146-161. DOI:10.1080/15298868.2012.736690. Download PDF
81. Campos, C.R., Besser, & Blatt, S. J. (in press). The Portuguese version of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire: Results from a validation program. Spanish Journal of Psychology.
82. Zeigler-Hill, V., & Besser, A. (2014). Self-esteem and evaluations of targets with ostensibly different levels of self-worth. Self and Identity, 13, 24-44. DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2013.770194. Download PDF
83. Zeigler-Hill, V., Besser, A., & Jett, S. E. (2013). Laughing at the looking glass: Does humor style serve as an interpersonal signal? Evolutionary Psychology, 11, 201-226. Download PDF
84. Bers, S.A., Besser, A., Harpaz–Rotem, I., & Blatt, S. J. (2013). Representations of Self, Mother and Father: An Empirical Exploration of the Dynamics of Anorexia Nervosa. doi: 10.1037/a0032512. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 32, 188-209. Download PDF
85. Besser, A., Zeigler-Hill, V., Pincus, A. L., & Neria, Y. (2013). Pathological narcissism and acute anxiety symptoms after Trauma: A study of Israeli civilians exposed to war. PSYCHIATRY: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 76, 382-398. Download PDF
86. Campos, C.R., Besser, Morgado. C., & Blatt, S. J. (2014). Self-criticism, Dependency, and Adolescents' Externalizing and Internalizing Problems. Clinical Psychologis. Download PDF
87. Casalin, S., Luyten, P., Besser, A., Wouters, S., & Vliegen, N. (2014). A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Study of the Role of Parental Self-criticism, Dependency, Depression, and Parenting Stress in the Development of Child Negative Affectivity. Self & Identity, 13, 491-511. Download PDF
88. Flett, L. G., Besser, A., & Hewitt L. P. (2014). Perfectionism and Interpersonal Orientations in Depression: An Analysis of Validation Seeking and Rejection Sensitivity in a Community Sample of Young Adults. PSYCHIATRY: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 77, 67-85. Download PDF
89. Campos, C.R., Mesquita, I., Besser, & Blatt, S. J. (2014). Neediness and Depression in Women. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 78, 16-33. DOI:10.1521/bumc.2014.78.16. Download PDF
90. Campos, R. C., Besser, A., Abreu, H., Parreira, T., & Blatt, S. J. (2014). Personality Vulnerabilities in Adolescent Suicidality: The Mediating Role of Psychological Distress. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. Download PDF
91. Besser, A., Weinberg, M., Zeigler-Hill, V., & Neria, Y.(2014). Acute Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress and Dissociative Experiences among Female Israeli Civilians Exposed to War: The Roles of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Sources of Resilience. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 70, 1227–1239. Download PDF
92. Zeigler-Hill, V., Southard, A. C., & Besser, A. (2014). Resource control strategies and personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 66, 118-123 DOI: Download PDF
93. Campos, R. C., & Besser, A. (2014). Depressive Traits and Suicide Risk in Young Adults: A Brief Report. Journal of Depression & Anxiety. Download PDF
94. Helpman, L., Besser, A., & Neria, Y. (2015). Acute posttraumatic stress symptoms but not generalized anxiety symptoms are associated with severity of exposure to war trauma: A study of civilians under Fire. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 35, 27 - 34. DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.08.001
95. Weinberg, M, Besser, A., Zeigler-Hill, V., & Neria, Y. (2015). Dispositional optimism and self–esteem as competing predictors of acute symptoms of GAD and Dissociative Experiences among civilians exposed to war trauma. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 7, 34-42. DOI: 10.1037/a0035170
96. Zeigler-Hill, V., Britton, M., Holden, C. J., & Besser, A. (2015). How will I love you? Self-esteem instability moderates the association between self-esteem level and romantic love styles. Self and Identity, 14, 118-134. DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2014.960445
97. Besser, A., Zeigler-Hill, V., Weinberg, M., Pincus, A. L., & Neria, Y. (2015). Intrapersonal Resilience Moderates the Association between Exposure and PTSD Symptoms Among Civilians Exposed to the 2014 Israel Gaza Conflict. Self and Identity, 14, 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2014.966143
98. Noser, A. E., Zeigler-Hill, V., & Besser, A. (2014). Stress and affective experiences: The importance of dark personality features. Journal of Research in Personality, 53, 158–164. Download PDF
99. Zeigler-Hill, V., Holden, C. J., Enjaian, B., Southard, A. C., Besser, A., Li, H., & Zhang, Q. (2015). Self-esteem instability and personality: The connections between feelings of self-worth and the Big Five dimensions of personality. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 183-198. DOI: 10.1177/0146167214559719
100. Noser, A. E., Zeigler-Hill, V., Vrabel, J. K., Besser, A., Ewing, T. D., & Southard, A. C. (2015). Dark and immoral: The links between pathological personality features and moral values. Personality and Individual Differences, 75, 30-35. Download PDF
101. Zeigler-Hill, V., Besser, A., Vrabel, J., & Noser, A. E. (2015). Would you like fries with that? The role of servers’ personality traits and job performance in the tipping behavior of customers. Journal of Research in Personality, 57, 110-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2015.05.001
102. Helpman, L., Besser, A., & Neria, Y. (2015). Acute posttraumatic stress symptoms but not generalized anxiety symptoms are associated with severity of exposure to war trauma: A study of civilians under Fire. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 35, 27 - 34. DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.08.001
103. Besser, A., Weinberg, M., Zeigler-Hill, V., Ataria, Y., Neria, Y. Humor and trauma-related psychopathology among survivors of terror attacks and their spouses (2016). Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 78, 341-353. 10.1080/00332747.2015.1061312. Download PDF
104. Zeigler-Hill, V., Besser, A., Morag, J., & Campbell, W. K. (2016). The Dark Triad and sexual harassment proclivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 89, 47-54. DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2015.09.048
105. Besser, A., Weinberg, M., Zeigler-Hill, V., Ataria, Y., Neria, Y. (2015). Humor and Trauma-Related Psychopathology Among Survivors of Terror Attacks and Their Spouses. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 78, 341-353. 10.1080/00332747.2015.1061312
106. Zeigler-Hill, V., Besser, A., Morag, J., & Campbell, W. K. (2016). The Dark Triad and sexual harassment proclivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 89, 47-54. DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2015.09.048
107. Besser, A., Zeigler-Hill, V., Weinberg, M., & Pincus, A. L. (2016). Do great expectations lead to great disappointments? Pathological narcissism and the evaluation of vacation experiences. Personality and Individual Differences, 89, 75-79. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.10.003. Download PDF
108. Weinberg, M., Besser, A., Zeigler-Hill, V., & Y., Neria, Y. (2016). Bidirectional Associations between Hope, Optimism and Social Support, and Trauma-Related Symptoms Among Survivors of Terrorism and Their Spouses. Journal of Research in Personality, 62, 29-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.03.002
109. Cater, T., Zeigler-Hill, V., & Besser. A. (2016). The role of adult attachment dimensions in anticipated relationship evaluation responses following exposure to an infidelity threat manipulation. Journal of Individual Differences, 37, 119–127. DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000196
110. Weinberg, M., Besser, A., Ataria, Y., Neria, Y. (2016). Survivor–Spousal Dissociation and PTSD: Personal and Dyad Relationships, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 17, 448-459. DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2015.1130006
111. Flett, G. L., Hewitt, P. L., Besser, A., Su, C., Vaillancourt, T., Boucher, D., et al. (2016). The Child-Adolescent Perfectionism Scale: Development, Psychometric Properties, and Associations with Stress, Distress, and Psychiatric Symptoms. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 37, 634–652. DOI: 10.1177/0734282916651381
112. Flett, G. L., Schmidt, D. H., Besser, A., & Hewitt, P. (2016). Interpersonal personality vulnerabilities, stress, and depression in adolescents: Interpersonal hassles as a mediator of sociotropy and socially prescribed perfectionism. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 4, 103-121.
113. Zeigler-Hill, V., Besser, A., & Marcus, D. K. (2017). The roles of personality traits and perceived threat in the attitudes of Israelis toward peace with the Palestinians. Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 296-300. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.05.007
114. Zeigler-Hill, V., Besser, A., Cronin, S., & Vrabel, J. K. (2018). Pathological personality traits and utilitarian moral judgments. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 37, 182-200. DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2018.37.3.182
115. Weinberg, M., Besser, A., Zeigler-Hill, V., & Y., Neria, Y. (in press). Marital Satisfaction and Trauma-Related Symptoms among Injured Survivors of Terror Attacks and Their Spouses. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. DOI: 10.1177/0265407517691367
116. Unger-Aviram, E., Zeigler-Hill, V., Barina, M. & Besser, A. (in press). Narcissism, collective efficacy, and satisfaction in self-managed teams: The moderating role of team goal orientation. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice.
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