Shuaa Assal-Zrike, PHD


Areas of Expertise

Clinical Psychology; Psychopathology Among Infants and Adults, Dynamic Psychotherapy and Short Term Psychotherapy; Autism. Expert Clinical Psychologist

Selected Courses

Developmental psychology, Developmental Psychopathology, Cultural Sensitive Psychology

Selected Publications

  1. Assal-Zrike S. & Atzaba-Poria, N. (2024).  Self-criticism, maternal emotional distress, and maternal hostility among Bedouin mothers with preterm infants. Infant Mental Health Journal, 46 (1): 59-69.
  2. Assal-Zrike, S., Marks, K., & Atzaba-Poria, N. (2021). Maternal Emotional Distress Following the Birth of a Preterm Baby: The Case of Bedouin Mothers Living in Southern Israel. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(3).
  3. Assal-Zrike, S., Marks, K., & Atzaba-Poria, N. (2021). Prematurity, Maternal Emotional Distress, and Infant Social Functioning Among Arab-Bedouin Families: The Role of Social Support as a Resilience Factor. Journal of Child Development, 00:1–12.
  4. Assal-Zrike, S., Marks, K., & Atzaba-Poria, N. (2021).  Maternal Postpartum Emotional Distress and Preterm Social Withdrawal in the Bedouin Culture. Research on Child and adolescent psychopathology, 50(7):907-918.

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