Curriculum Vitae

Date: January, 2015 Name: Miri Scharf

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Contact Information

Office Telephone Number: 04-8249359

Cellular Phone: 0544-538806

Fax Number: 04-8240911

Electronic Address: Scharfm@edu.haifa.ac.il

2. Higher Education

A. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

Period of Name of Institution Degree Year of Approval of Study and Department Degree 1977-1980 School of Social B.A 1980 Work, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 1984-1989 School of Social M.A. 1989 Work, University of Haifa, Israel

1991- 1996 Department of Ph, D. 1996 Education, University of Haifa, Israel

B. Post-Doctoral Studies . Period of Name of Degree Year of Completion Study Institution, Department and Host 1997-1998 Department of Post Doctoral 1998 Psychology, Bar Ilan Fellowship University, Ramat Gan, Israel - Prof. Shmuel Shulman 3. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

Dates Name of Institution and Rank/Position Department 1996-1997 University of Haifa, Faculty Instructor of Education 1998-2000 University of Haifa, Faculty Proposed rank - Lecturer of Education 2001-2004 University of Haifa, Faculty Lecturer of Education 2005-2013 University of Haifa, Senior Lecturer – tenure Department of Counseling and Human Development 2013- present University of Haifa, Associate Professor Department of Counseling and Human Development

4. Offices in University Academic Administration

2001-2009 Member of the Committee of the Teaching Department – Students’ affairs 2002-2004 Member of the B.A. Committee of the Department of Education 2003-2009 Coordinator of a new program of teaching certificate in psychology; developing the program, recruitment of suitable lecturers, disseminating information to students, and selecting suitable students. 2005-2009 Head of the Educational counseling program 2006-2009 Member of the Ethic committee for experiments in human beings, Research authority of the University of Haifa. Reviewing ethical considerations of research proposals from all faculties, and facilitating researchers' ability to meet ethical standards of research. 2007-2011 Head of the Educational counseling M.A. program in Bnei Brak, a new program for women from the Haredi (Ultra-orthodox) population in Bnei Brak. Construction of the new program, preparation of the required materials for the MALAG, recruitment of academic staff, and overseeing the process of reviewing applicants' suitability to the program.

2008 - Member of the M.A. Committee of the Department of Counseling present and Human Development 2007 Constructing special M.A. program of education in the preschool years for Nahariya teachers, till its establishment. 2009- Member of the Committee of Instruction of the Faculty of present Education 2009-2012 Member of the M.A. Committee of the Graduate School of Creative Art Therapies

5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University

Membership in Professional Associations The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) The Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) American Psychological Association (APA)

Reviewer for Professional Journals

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Developmental Psychology

Developmental Review

Emerging Adulthood

Journal of Research on Adolescence Journal of Adolescence

Journal of Adolescent Research

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Personal Relationships

Parenting, Science and Practice

Reviewer of Research Proposals

The Israel Science Foundation

BSF – Israel-US Bi-national Science Foundation

Ministry of Education, Israel; submissions to the principal scientist of the ministry

Committees Ministry of Education, scientific advisor for a research project regarding Dating Violence in adolescence

Member of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Young Children at Risk – Haifa Municipality. I was invited to take part in this senior team (from the health, education, and the welfare ministries) to share ideas and expertise, and to pool resources in order to promote the wellbeing of at-risk children.

Clinical Experience 1980 “Samit” Institution , Jerusalem – clinical work with mentally-ill adolescents and young adults

1981 - 1986 Adults Probation Office, Haifa – clinical work

1986 - 1990 Youth Aliyha, Yemin Ord – clinical work with adolescents and organizational intervention with the educational staff

1995 - present Psychological Services of the Berman Student Counseling Center, University of Haifa – individual psychotherapy

6. Participation in Scholarly Conferences

a. Active Participation

International Conferences

Date Name of Place of Subject of Role Conference Conference Lecture/Discussion April The Biennial Maternal factors Presenter 1987 Meeting of the associated with physical Society for child abuse in Israel Research in Child Development May 1987 Fifty-Ninth Chicago Home stimulation, Presenter Annual maternal depression and Meeting of the child characteristics in Midwestern physically abused Israeli Psychological children Association August Annual New York Stress, social support and Presenter 1987 Meeting of the physical child abuse in American Israel Psychological Association March Meeting of the New Orleans Self-reported parenting Presenter 1988 Southwestern attitudes of abusive and Society for non-abusive Israeli Research in parents Human Development April National Anaheim Child rearing practices of Presenter 1998 Symposium on abusive and non-abusive Child Israeli parents Victimization 4

April The XXV Brussels Presenter 1992 International Congress of Psychology

April 60th New Orleans The correspondence of Presenter 1993 Anniversary mother's adult attachment Meeting of the with infant-mother Society for attachment relationship in Research In stable and unstable Child context Development June, XIIIth Biennial Amsterdam Israeli adolescents` Presenter 1994 Meetings of narratives about International separations: Relations to Society for the various child rearing Study of ecologies Behavioral Development April Biennial Washington Patterns of attachment and Presenter 1997 Meeting of the emotional expression Society for among adolescents in Research in different family Child environments Development February, Biennial San Diego The changing Presenter 1998 Meeting of the interrelatedness among Society for romantic, family and peer Research on relationships during Adolescence adolescent development June 1998 9th New York Cultural context as Presenter International mediating children’s Conference on quality of relationships Personal with best friend, Relationships classroom peers and teacher

August International Bern, Attachment Presenter 1998 Society for the Switzrland, representations in early Study of adolescence: Concurrent Behavioral association to behavior Development with parents

April Biennial New Mexico a. The association Presenter 1999 Meeting of the between diverse Society for facets of adolescents’ Research in attachment Child representations and Development their functioning and adaptation 5

b. Attachment representations of adolescents and coping with real-life stressful situation

April Biennial Chicago Adolescent romantic Presenter 2000 Meeting of the relationships: A look from Society for the future Research in Adolescence April Biennial Chicago Parents’ representations of Presenter 2000 Meeting of the their peer relationships in Society for adolescence and socio- Research in emotional competence of Adolescence their adolescent children

April, Biennial Minneapolis a. Parental Presenter 2001 Meeting of the representations of Society for own social experience Research in in adolescence and Child socioemotional Development competence of their adolescent children b. Maternal representations of parenting, socioemotional functioning and coping of mother and adolescent sons with a stressful separation

April, Biennial New Orleans Attachment Presenter 2002 Meeting of the representations of Society for adolescents and coping Research in with normative Adolescence developmental tasks

July 2002 Interpersonal Halifax, Mothers’ parenting Presenter Conference on Nova Scotia representations and their Personal son’s coping with Relationships developmental tasks of emerging adulthood: Separation/individuation, and romantic intimacy

April, Biennial Tampa State of Mind with regard Presenter 2003 Meeting of the to attachment in late Society for adolescence and intimacy Research in in friendships and in Child romantic relationships 6

Development

August, XIIth Tenerife Inadequate boundaries Presenter 2005 European between emerging adult Conference on women Developmental and their parents and Psychology processes of individuation

July, 2006 Interpersonal Crete Disorganizing experiences Presenter Conference on within close relationships Personal and their sequelae Relationships

July, 2006 Interpersonal Crete Representations of Poster Conference on Pregnant Women Personal Regarding Themselves Relationships and Their Future Babies

April, Biennial Boston Resolution of mother's Poster 2007 Meeting of the loss during adolescence Society for and its implication to Research in relationships of mothers Child with their adolescent Development daughters

April, Biennial Denver Reducing aggression Presenter 2009 Meeting of the through parent-teen Society for relationships: Research in effectiveness and change Child processes of a brief Development attachment focused program

March, Biennial Philadelphia Assessing Change in 2010 Meeting of the Parental Representations Society for of Parent-Adolescent Research in Relationships Following Adolescence an Attachment-Based Parent Group Program

August- Sixth Pavia The Parenting Presenter September International representations of 2013 Attachment Adolescents' Interview Conference and its implications for research and intervention

October, 6th Biennial Chicago Maturity in emerging Presenter 2013 Conference of adults: Concordance the Society for between parents' and 7

the Study of daughters perceptions and Emerging its association with Adulthood psychosocial functioning

June, 45th Society of Copenhagen, Mirror on the wall: The Presenter 2014 Psychotherapy Denmark contribution of familial Research and idolization factors to (SPR) body and eating attitudes Conference of children July, 2014 23rd Biennial Shanghai, Long Term Implications Poster Meeting of the China of Prematurity and International Maternal Resolution of Society for the the Premature Birth on Study of Children`s Psychosocial Behavioural Functioning in Middle Development Childhood (ISSBD)

Conferences in Israel

Date Name of Place of Subject of Role Conference Conference Lecture/Discussion October, 25th Annual Beer-Sheva Attachment patterns Presenter 1995 scientific and interpersonal conference of relationships style the Israeli among late adolescents Psychological Association

October, 25th Annual Beer-Sheva Evaluation of Presenter 1995 scientific attachment in children conference of and adults the Israeli Psychological Association

August, 4th International Haifa Bullies and their Presenter 1998 Conference of victims in the school: Teachers and Emotional and familial Educators from characteristics Israel and the Diaspora “Education in Time”

June, International Haifa The role of Presenter 2000 Conference on intergenerational Psychology transmission in 8

adolescents’ socioemotinal competence

2007 Annual Beer Sheva "You are not deciding Presenter Conference of on me" : Parental and Educational teacher authority in Counselors Israel

2009 Annual Tel Aviv Organizer Conference of Educational Counselors

July, Bi-National Jerusalem Parenting in the Invited 2009 Conference on shadows of trauma lecture Treating Traumatized Children and Adolescents: Trauma in Early Childhood July, Herzeliya Buds of parenting Organizer of 2010 among young men: The the role of quality of close symposium relationships July, Herzeliya From adolescence to Organizer of 2010 emerging adulthood: the quality of parent-child symposium relations and attachment predict buds of parenting among young women

b. Organization of Conferences or Sessions

Date Name of Place of Subject of Role at Conference/ Conference Conference Conference/ Comments

July, 2004 Biennial Ghent Relationships Organizer of Meeting of the between Symposium International parents and Society for the their emerging Study of adults’ Behavioral children: Do Development these hearts grow fonder? April 2005 Biennial Atlanta Away from Organizer of Meeting of the home: Symposium and Society for presenter of one of the 9

Research in Adolescents’ presentations Child attachment Development representations and adaptation to the leaving- home transition

April, Biennial Boston Attachment Organizer of 2007 Meeting of the processes Symposium Society for during Research in adolescence Child (Round table) Development

July, 2008 Biennial Wurzburg Romantic love Organizer of symposium Meeting of and buds of International future Society for the parenting Study of among male Behavioral young adults Development 2008 Educational University Construction Chief organizer of the counselors of Haifa, of identities, one-day conference with annual Haifa and multiple over 600 attendants and conference identities in a chair of the academic changing committee; The central reality meeting of professionals and researchers in the field of educational counseling in Israel

April, Biennial Denver Attachment Organizer of 2009 Meeting of the representations Symposium Society for in adolescence Research in as precursors Child of Development interpersonal difficulties and buds of parenting in young adulthood

February, Educational University Construction Chief organizer of the 2008 counselors of Haifa, of identities, one-day conference with annual Haifa and multiple over 600 attendants and conference identities in a chair of the academic changing committee; The central reality meeting of professionals and researchers in the

field of educational counseling in Israel

March, Biennial Vancouver Mom! Dad! Organizer of the 2012 Meeting of the Give me a Symposium Society for break! - Research in Parental Adolescence psychological control and adolescents' adjustment

February, Bar Ilan, Adolescence Organizer of the 2013 Ramat Gan conference

7. Invited Lectures

Date Place of Lecture Name of Forum Presentation/Comments 2001 Haifa Clinical counseling Unresolved Trauma or services loss of Holocaust child survivors

2001 Haifa Hana Hushi Center, Resolving diagnosis of Bnei Zion Hospital an handicapped children: implications for parenting 2001 Haifa IDF military officers Risk-taking and identity working with special formation of Israeli populations youngsters 2002 Haifa Perach tutors Identity and sexuality (mentoring program among adolescents and of students), dean of in the Druz society students, University of Haifa

2002 Haifa clinical counseling Clinical implications of services, University attachment theory to of Haifa psychotherapy with young adults 2013 Ramat Gan Conference on Attachment processes in adolescence adolescence 2014 Haifa The "Degel Project" "If they are so smart why are they doing foolish things"? cognitive development and risk taking of adolescents

8. Colloquium Talks . 11

Date Place of Name of Forum Presentation/Comments Lecture 2006 Mizpe Ramon International BSF Parents' effects on adolescent funded workshop development (invited commentary) 2013, University of Department of Close relationships and buds of June Mainz, Psychology parenting in emerging adulthood: Germany The role of attachment representations and parents' marital relationships during adolescence 2013, University of Department of Intergenerational transmission of June Wuppertal , Psychology trauma: An attachment perspective Germany

2013, Kent State Department of Attachment representations, October University Psychology autonomy-relatedness in relationships with parents and parents' marital relationships during adolescence and the psychosocial functioning of emerging adults 9. Research Grants

Grants Awarded

Role in Co-Researchers Topic Funded by Year Research PI Prof. Ofra Developmental BSF 2000- 100,000$ Mayseless and Dr. Transition in Late 2003 Kathy Bell, Adolescence – University of North Leaving home in Carolina, Israel and the Greensboro United States PI Prof. Ofra the Parental Ministry of 2003- 80,000 Mayseless Authority and its Education 2005 IS association with emotional, social and behavioral functioning in the school PI Prof. Peter Emotional The Haifa 2008 10,000 Zimmermann, regulation among Center for Euro Germany young people in German & Germany and European Israel: The role of Studies cultural and personality characteristics PI Horim Bamerkaz Simaney Derech Boston- 2013 28,000$ – conducting and Haifa 12

evaluating cooperation intervention with parents with preschool children

a. Submission of Research Proposals – Pending

Role in Co- Topic Funded by Year Research Researchers PI Prof. Kathy "Is Silence Golden"? BSF November Kerns and Dr. Pathways to Internalizing 2013 Laura Brumariu Problems in Pre and Early Adolescence

b. Submission of Research Proposals – Not Funded

Role in Co- Topic Funded Year Score Research Researchers by PI "Good enough" ISF 2006 Very mentoring good relationships and mentoring success: Application of attachment and parenting perspectives PI Socio-emotional Ministry of 2010 competence of Education preschool children, implications for intervention in kindergarten PI Faissal Azaiza Leisure activities of Ministry of 2010 students in the Arab, Education Bedouin and Druze education and their psychosocial adjustment: the contribution of the familial and social contexts PI The role of authentic Gandyr 2010 self in attaining Foundation developmental tasks in young adulthood

PI Shmuel Can adolescents' MOST 2012 Shulman "storm and stress" be 13

less distressing? PI Limor Goldner "Is silence golden"? Ministry of October characteristics of Education 2012 young children who reveal internalizing difficulties and their adjustment in the educational system

10. Scholarships, Awards and Prizes

1997 Koret Grant

1999 Special award from the research authority at the University of Haifa for high ranking research proposal to the Israel Science Foundation - ISF (in collaboration with Dr. Ora Aviezer, 10,000 IS)

2000 Special award from the research authority at the University of Haifa for high ranking research proposal to the Israel Science Foundation - ISF (in collaboration with Dr. Ofra Mayseless, 15,000 IS)

2006 Special award from the research authority at the University of Haifa for high ranking research proposal to the Israel Science Foundation - ISF (Mentoring; 10,000 IS)

11. Teaching

a. Courses Taught in Recent Years

Year Name of Course Type of Course Degree Number of Lecture/Seminar/ Students Workshop/High Learn Course/ Introduction Course (Mandatory) 1994-1997 Socio-emotional Lecture (Mandatory) Undergraduate 70 2000-2008 Development in Childhood

1991- Socio-emotional Lecture (Mandatory) Undergraduate 70 present Development in Adolescence 2005; Parental Seminar Undergraduate 25 2008 authority, teachers authority and psychosocial functioning in school 1995- The Parenting Seminar Graduate 25 present Career: Counseling 14

aspects

2008 Research Lecture + personal tutoring Undergraduate 45 practicum in (Mandatory) developmental and educational contexts 2009-2013 At-risk children Seminar Graduate 25 and youth 2012- Attachment Seminar Graduate 20 present theory: applications for assessment and intervention 2012- Close Seminar Undergraduate 20 present relationships across the life span 2012-13 Does what does Lecture Undergraduate 40 not kill you make you stronger? Resilience across the life cycle 2013- Autonomy- Workshop Graduate 20 present relatedness in close relationships

b. Supervision of Graduate Students

M.A Students

Name of Student Title of Thesis Degree Date of Students' Completion Achievements /in Progress Wisse Orna (co- Emotional experiences and M.A. 1999 supervised with Rachel emotional regulation Hertz- Lazarowitz) patterns of bullies and their victims

Koren, Daphna co- Similarity and difference M.A. 2002 supervised with Ofra in attachment styles Mayseless) between young siblings

Farech Faten Parenting behaviors and M.A. 2002 *Published (D25) (co-supervised Hadas their association with self Wiseman) concept and interpersonal relationships of Arab adolescents

Silavas-Roash Liat The association between M.A. 2002 developmental phase, 15

temperament, and perceived support and adolescents’ perceptions regarding adolescence

Valfer Lilach The connection between M.A. 2002 parents’ representations of their social experiences and the social functioning of their adolescent children

Moyal Ziv The capacity for intimacy: M.A. 2002 The contribution of parents’ marital relationship, parent- adolescent relationships, and the relationship with a best friend

Lax Ruth The association between M.A. 2002 father-son relationships, father’ response to recruitment and son’s adjustment to the military service

Eliyahu Yulia The association between M.A. 2004 adolescence’ experiences of adolescents’ parents and their current relationships with their adolescents’ children

Hazan Inbal The associations between M.A. 2005 autonomy-relatedness behaviors of mothers and mothers and girls adjustment to military service Sror Limor Inadequate boundaries in M.A. 2006 mother-daughter’ relationships and separation-individuation of the girls Zetalny Merav Parenting representations M.A. 2006 of mothers and fathers and sons’ attachment and intimacy patterns Remez Hadas Fathers’ parenting M.A. 2006 representations and their 16

separation anxiety regarding their adolescent’ girls

Ora Gazit-Zalmanovitz Representations of self, M.A 2007 Currently a Ph.D. prospective infant and student relationships of pregnant women in light of attachment theory and regulatory-focus theory

Vered Malka (Bores) The relation between own M.A. 2007 Currently a Ph.D. mother' loss during student adolescence and mothers- adolescent daughters relationships

Aliza Mitra The associations between M.A 2008 parenting representations of mothers of hyperactive boys and child's attachment and adjustment to school Keren Cohen The associations between M.A. 2008 the quality of children' relationships with their mothers and home- teachers and their adjustment to the elementary school Miri Levy Security Patterns in the M.A. 2008 Family System, parenting practices, idolization worship and their relation to children's eating behaviors and attitudes Varda Eshkol The association between M.A. 2008 Published (D33) Attachment and Rejection Sensitivity and Social Adjustment among Adolescents with ADHD Symptoms Reut Erez Young Adults’ Motivation M.A. 2008 for Caregiving towards Children, based on their Parental Relationships in Childhood and their Current Level of Resolution Tal Bernstein The association between M.A. 2009 attachment style and 17

family patterns to authentic self among adolescents Moshe Levy The association between M.A. 2009 Currently a Ph, D. attachment style and social student network of religious and secular adolescents Tal Cohen Pair intimacy, attachment M.A. 2009 Published (D31) styles and separateness ability in young adults who where born prematurely Rowida Mansur The association between M.A. 2009 parental involvement and the quality of sibling relationships among Arabic emerging adults Pnina Izenberg The association between M.A. Submitted prenatal loss and women’s perception of their future parenthood Rachel Rosenberg The association between M.A. 2013 women’s perception of there first childbirth and the quality of interaction with the baby

Revital Keinan Intergenerational M.A. 2013 Transmission of Empathy & Self-control Limor Nerson Parenting representations M.A. Submitted among mothers who are third generation of the Holocaust Yael Gemer The associations between M. A. Submitted parenting representations of pregnant women and perceptions of nuclear and future family as reflected in birds' nest drawings Yael Smith The associations between M. A. Submitted parenting practices and young children's adjustment Maya Edelstein The associations between M. A. Submitted parenting practices and children's self perception: the mediating and moderating role of explanatory style and hope Yaara Havshush The associations between M.A Submitted

parenting practices and hope and children's attachment Ornit levy Parents' attachment M.A Data patterns, parenting analysis behaviors and children's self image Osher Bracha Parents' self efficacy and M.A Data anxiety and its associations analysis with children's self image Sogud Basol Over-parenting and M.A Submitted interpersonal sensitivity and sense of romantic entitlement of Arab emerging adults Liat Zemel Attitudes of parents and M.A Collection kinder-garden teachers of data toward social behaviors and children's relationships with their kinder-garden teachers Yarden Am-Ad Fathers' parenting practices M.A Collection and children's adjustment: of data the mediating role of closeness

Cesar Freue Exposure to separations M.A Collection and psychosocial of data functioning of children in military families

Ph. D Students

Name of Title of Thesis Degree Date of Students' Student Completion / Achievements in Progress Limor Goldner Therapeutic and Ph.D. November Publication of 2 parenting practices in 2011 chapters (11,12) mentoring relationship: and 2 article (24, The associations 28) + 1 accepted between protégés', article (29) + 1 mentors' and relationship submitted article; characteristics and Lecturer in Oranim mentoring success College, and The Graduate School of Creative Art Therapies, University of Haifa 19

Ora Gazit Parenting Ph.D. Final writing representations of phase women and men during the first pregnancy

Verd Bores The relationships Ph.D. December Adjunct teacher – between mothers and 2014 Levinsky college their children during Counseling middle childhood: Does program in Bnei immaturity is a risk Brak factor?

Irit Kushilevitz The Relationship Ph.D. Final writing Adjunct teacher – between Mothers' phase Child Development Representations and program, university Self and Body Image of of Haifa Children with Congenital and Traumatic Visual Impairment Yaara Fine Am I a good parent? Ph.D. Data analysis Adjunct teacher in The relation between a Oranim College multi-dimensional parental self-evaluation and the characteristics of the parent and the child Moshe Levi Parents-adolescents Ph.D. Confirmation relationships and of a short adolescents' sensation proposal seeking and risk-taking behaviors

12. Miscellaneous

Research Training

1991 University of Virginia Patterns of adult attachment, workshop with Prof. Mary Main (2 weeks): Certified Adult Attachment Interviews coder

1991 University of Minnesota Infants’ attachment patterns, workshop with Prof. Alan Sroufe, (1 week) 1991 Laboratory for the Study of Child Emotional availability in mother-child Development, Haifa University dyad, workshop with Dr. Joann Robinson

1997 Laboratory for the Study of Child Reflective Function, workshop with Dr. Development, Haifa University Howard and Dr. Miriam Steele

2010 University of Haifa The CLASS observation – The Classroom Assessment Scoring System – an observational tool that focused on the classroom interactions that boost student learning – research and practical tool. (Coder and Trainer). 2013 Pavia, Italy Workshop on Resolution of the diagnosis, workshop with Robert Marvin

PUBLICATIONS

Note: For joint publications, the order of the listed authors appears according to their relative contribution unless otherwise specified.

# My student

A. Ph.D. Dissertation

Patterns of attachment and emotional expression among adolescents in different family and educational environments, 171 pages, February, 1996 (Hebrew); Supervised by Prof. Abraham Sagi and Prof. Rachel Hertz- Lazarowitz, University of Haifa.

B. Scientific Books (Refereed)

None.

Edited Books and Special Journal Issues – Published

1. Scharf, M., Mayseless , O. (Eds.), (2007). Attachment in Adolescence: Reflections and New Angles. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, No. 117. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (128 pages) Edited Book as part of a series termed New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development is a quarterly thematic journal. Its mission is to provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues and concepts in the field of child and adolescent development. Each volume focuses on a specific new direction or research topic, and is edited by an expert or experts on that topic.

C. Monographs

None.

D. Articles in Refereed Journals

Published

1 Sagi, A., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Scharf, M., Koren-Karie, N., Joels, T., & Mayseless, O. (1994). Stability and discriminant validity of the Adult Attachment Interview: A psychometric study in young Israeli adults. Developmental Psychology, 5, 771-777. IF 2.976 5 years IF 4.696 2 Sagi, A., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Scharf, M., Joels, T., Koren-Karie, N., Mayseless, O., Aviezer, O. (1997). Ecological constraints for intergenerational transmission of attachment: In search of determinants of transmission failure. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20 (2), 287-299. IF 1.591 5 years IF 2.102 3 Shulman, S., Horesh, N., Scharf, M., & Argov, Y. (2000) Close relationships and social competence of hospitalized and nonhospitalized adolescents. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 10, 696-702. IF 1.842 5 years IF 2.292 4 Shulman, S., Levy-Shiff, R., & Scharf, M. (2000). Family relationships, leaving home, and adjustment to military service. Journal of Psychology, 4, 392-400. IF .859 5 years IF 1.077 5 Shulman, S., & Scharf, M. (2000). Adolescent romantic behaviors and perceptions: age and gender-related differences and their links with family and peer relationships. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 10, 99-118. IF 2.702 5 years IF 2.900 6 Shulman, S., Scharf, M., Lumer, D., & Mowrer, O. (2001). How do young adults perceive parental divorce: The role of their relationships with their fathers and mothers. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 34, 3-17. 7 Scahrf, M., & Mayseless, O. (2001). The capacity for romantic intimacy: Exploring the contribution of best friend and marital and parental relationships. Journal of Adolescence, 24, 379-399. IF 2.050 5 years IF 2.821 8 Scharf, M. (2001). A “natural experiment” in child-rearing ecologies and adolescents’ attachment and separation representations. Child Development, 72(1), 236-251. IF 4.915 5 years IF 5.694 9 Shulman, S., Scharf, M., Lumer, D., & Mowrer, O. (2001). Parental divorce and young adult children’s romantic relationships: Resolution of the divorce experience. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 71, 473-478. IF 1.291 5 years IF 2.196 10 Sagi, A., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Grossmann, K. E., Joels, T., Grossmann, K., Scharf, M., Koren-Karie, N., & Alkalay, S. (2003). Attachment and traumatic stress in female Holocaust child survivors and their daughters. American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 1086-1092. IF 12.539 5 years IF 12.679 11 Sagi, A., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Joels, T., Scharf, M. (2003). Disorganized reasoning in Holocaust survivors. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 72, 94-203. IF 1.291 5 years IF 2.196

12 Mayseless, O., & Scharf, M. & Sholt, M. (2003). From authoritative parenting practiced to an authoritarian context: exploring the person-environment fit. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 13, 427-456. IF 2.702 5 years IF 2.900 13 Scharf, M., & Hertz-Lazarowitz, R. (2003). Social networks in the school context: Effects of culture and gender. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 20, 843-858. IF 1.287 5 years IF 1.630 14 Scharf, M., Mayseless , O., & Kivenson-Baron, I. (2004). Adolescents’ attachment representations and developmental tasks in emerging adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 40, 430-444 ^ the first two authors contributed equally IF 2.976 5 years IF 4.696 15 Scharf, M., Shulman, S., & Avigad-Spitz, L. (2005). Sibling relationships in emerging adulthood and in adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Research, 20, 64-90. IF .873 5 years IF 1.833 16 Mayseless, O., & Scharf, M. (2007). Attachment representations of adolescents and their capacity for intimacy in close relationships. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17, 23-50. ^ both authors contributed equally IF 2.702 5 years IF 2.900 17 Scharf, M. (2007). Long-term effects of trauma: Psychosocial functioning of the second and third generation of Holocaust survivors. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 603-622. IF 4.926 5 years IF 6.399 18 Scharf, M., Mayseless , O. (2008) Late adolescent girls' relationships with parents and romantic partner: the distinct role of mothers and fathers. Journal of Adolescence, 31, 837-855. IF 2.050 5 years IF 2.821 19 Scharf, M., & Mayseless, O. (2009). The socio-emotional characteristics of elementary-school children identified by teachers as exhibiting leadership qualities. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 170, 73-94. IF .833 5 years IF 1.333

20 Mayseless, O., Scharf, M. (2009). Too close for comfort: Inadequate boundaries with parents and individuation in late adolescent girls. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 79, 191-202. ^ both authors contributed equally IF 1.600 5 years IF 2.229 21 Scharf, M., & Mayseless, O. (2011). Buds of parenting in emerging adult males: What we learned from our parents. Journal of Adolescent Research, 26(4), 479-505. IF .873 5 years IF 1.833 22 Scharf, M., & Mayseless, O., & Kivenson-Baron, I. (2011). Adolescent girls leaving the parental nest: Attachment representations, social support and adaptation. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 40(3), 411-423. doi:10.1080/15374416.2011.563464 ^ first two authors contributed equally IF 2.665 5 years IF 3.910

23 Scharf, M., & Mayseless, O. (2011). Disorganizing Experiences in Second and Third Generation Holocaust Survivors. Qualitative Health Research, 21, 1539-1553. IF 2.181 5 years IF 2.372

24 #Goldner, L., & Scharf, M. (2011). A glance into children's family drawings: Associations with personality and adjustment. Art Therapy, 28(1), 11-18.

25 Scharf, M., Wiseman, H., & Farah, F. (2011). Parent-adolescent relationships and social adjustment: The case of a collectivistic culture. International Journal of Psychology, 46(3), 177-190. IF .632 5 years IF 1.485

26 Scharf, M., & Mayseless, O. & Kivenson-Baron, I. Intergenerational concordance in adult attachment interviews with mothers, fathers and adolescent sons and subsequent adjustment of sons to military service. Attachment and Human Development, 14(4), 367-390. doi:10.1080/14616734.2012.691652 IF 1.483 5 years IF 1.942

27 Moretti, M. M., Obsuth, I., Mayseless, O., & Scharf, M. (2012). Shifting internal parent-child representations among caregivers of teens with serious behaviour problems: An attachment-based approach. Journal of Adolescent Trauma, 5, 191-204.

28 #Goldner, L., & Scharf, M. (2012). Children's family drawings and internalizing problems. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 39(4), 262-271. doi:10.1016/j.aip.2012.04.005 IF .585 5 years IF .718 29 # Goldner, L., & Scharf, M. (2013). Attachment security, personality, and adjustment of elementary school children. The Journal of Genetic Psychology: Research and Theory on Human Development, 174(5), 473-493. doi:10.1080/00221325.2012.709201 IF .833 5 years IF 1.333 30 Scharf, M. (2014). Children’s social competence within close friendship: The role of self-perception and attachment orientations School Psychology International, 35(2), 206-220. doi: 10.1177/0143034312474377 IF 2.162 5 years IF 1.772 .

31 Scharf, M., & #Cohen, T. (2013). Relatedness and individuation among young adults born preterm: The role of relationships with parents and death anxiety. Journal of Adult Development, 20(4), 212-221. doi:10.1007/s10804-013-9172-8 IF .522 5 years IF .890

32 Shulman, S., Scharf, M., Livne, Y., & Barr, T. (2013). Patterns of romantic involvement among emerging adults: Psychosocial correlates and precursors. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37 (5), 460-467. doi:10.1177/0165025413491371 IF 1.591 5 years IF 2.102

33 Scharf, M., Oshri, A., # Eshkol, V., & Pilowsky, T. (2014). Adolescents' ADHD symptoms and adjustment: The role of attachment and rejection sensitivity. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 34 (2), 209-217. IF 1.600 5 years IF 2.229

34 Kivenson-Baron, I. & Scharf, M. (2014). The reconstruction of fatherhood across two generations: From experiences of deficiency, strictness, precocious maturity, and distance to indulgence, permissiveness, and intimacy. Journal of Family Issues, DOI: 10.1177/0192513X14528712 Journal of Family Issues published online 17 April 2014

^ the two authors contributed equally IF .963 5 years IF 1.722 35 Goldner, L., & Scharf, M. (2014). Attachment security, the quality of the mentoring relationship and protégés' adjustment, The Journal of Primary Prevention, IF 1.533

36 Scharf, M., & Levy, M. (2014).The contribution of familial features and idolization to children's body and eating attitudes. Journal Of Child and Family Studies, IF 1.422

37 Scharf, M. Mayseless, O., & Kivenson-Baron, I. (accepted). The viability of the Parenting Representations Interview in assessing and treating adolescents and their parents. Attachment and Human Development,

E. Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books (which are not Conference Proceedings)

Published

1 Mayseless, O., & Scharf, M. (2003). What does it mean to be an adult? The Israeli experience. In J. J. Arnett & N. Galambus ( Eds.), exploring cultural conceptions of the transition to adulthood. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 100 (pp. 5-20). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

2 Mayseless, O., & Scharf, M. (2001). Cohesion and relative power in family relationships and adolescent coping with a real-life stressful situation. In T. M. Gehring, M. Debry, & P. K. Smith (Eds.), The Family System Test (FAST): A new approach to investigate family relations in clinical research and practice (pp. 157-176). Hove, East Sussex, UK: Routledge.

3 Scharf, M., & Mayseless, O. (2005). An Israeli youth what do they have in their lives? Their parents, their parents and their parents. I G. Rahav, Y. Wozner & M. Wander- Schwartz (Eds.), Youth in Israel (119-140). Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University. [Hebrew]

4 Scher, A., Harel, J., & Scharf, M. (2006). The dual viewpoints of mother and child on their relationships: A longitudinal study of interaction and representation. In O. Mayseless (Ed.), Representations of parenting: Theory, research and clinical implications (pp. 149-176). New York: Cambridge.

5 Mayseless, O., & Scharf, M. (2006). Maternal representations of parenting in adolescence and psychosocial functioning of mothers and adolescents. In O. Mayseless (Ed.), Representations of parenting: Theory, research and clinical implications (pp. 208-238). New York: Cambridge.

6 Scharf, M., & Shulman, S. (2006). Intergenerational transmission of experiences in adolescence: The challenges of parenting adolescents. In O. Mayseless (Ed.), Representations of parenting: Theory, research and clinical implications (pp. 319-351). New York: Cambridge.

7 Scharf, M., Mayseless , O. (2007) Putting eggs in more than one basket: A new look at developmental processes of attachment in adolescence. In Scharf, M., Mayseless , O. (Eds.), Attachment in Adolescence: Reflections and New Angles: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development , No. 117 , 1-22. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

8 Mayseless, O., & Scharf, M. (2011). Respecting others and being respected can reduce aggression in parent–child relations and in schools. In P. Shaver & M. Mikulincer (Eds.), Human aggression and violence: Causes, manifestations, and consequences, Herzilya series on personality and social psychology (pp. 277-294). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

9 Scharf, M., & Mayseless, O. (2010). Finding the authentic self in a communal culture: Developmental goals in emerging adulthood. In S. Shulman & J.-E. Nurmi (Eds.), Th erole of goals in navigating individual lives during emerging adulthood. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 130, 83–95.

10 Shulman, S., Scharf, M., & Shachar-Shapira, L. (2012). The intergenerational transmission of adolescent romantic relationships. In P. Kerig, S. Hauser, & Schultz, M. (Eds.), Adolescence and beyond (pp. 113-133). New York: Oxford University Press.

11 #Goldner, L., & Scahrf, M. (2012). Mentoring adolescents. In R. J. R. Levesque (Ed.), The encyclopedia of adolescence (pp. 1722-1729). New-York: Springer.

12 #Goldner, L., & Scharf, M. (2013). International and cross-cultural aspects of mentoring. Handbook of youth mentoring. CA: The SAGE Program on Applied Developmental Science.

13 Scharf, M. (2013). Parenting in Israel: together hand in hand, you are mine and I am yours. In H. Selin (Ed.), Parenting across cultures: Childrearing, motherhood and fatherhood in non-western cultures. Springer.

14 Scharf, M. & Shulman, S. (in press). Closeness, Distance, and Rapprochement in Sibling Relationships. In J Arnett (Ed.), Handbook of emerging adulthood. Oxford.

15 Scharf, M. (2014). Maturing and Aging Together: Emerging Adult Grandchildren-grandparents’ Relationships. In J Arnett (Ed.), Handbook of emerging adulthood. Oxford.

F. Articles in Conference Proceedings None.

G. Entries in Encyclopedias None.

H. Other Scientific Publications

Published

Scharf, M. (2002). Learning about relationships: In depth case study as a way to deepen students’ understanding. ISSPR Bulletin, Official News Journal of the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships, 1, 8-9.

Research Reports

Mayseless, O., Scharf, M., & Bell, K. (2004). Developmental transitions in late adolescence – Leaving home in Israel and the United States (112 pages) Submitted to the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation.

Scharf, M., & Mayseless, O. (2005). Parental authority and emotional, social and behavioral functioning at school. (88 pages + appendixes) Submitted to the Ministry of Education (Hebrew).

Scharf, M., & Zimmermann, P. (2009). Emotional regulation among young people in Germany in Israel: The role of cultural and personality characteristics. Submitted to the Haifa Center for German & European Studies, University of Haifa. (14 pages)

Scharf, M. (2009). A survey in the Educational system of Nahariya. Strengths and weaknesses of the educational system. Submitted to the Nahariya Municipality (Hebrew) (100 pages).