Publications

Elizarov E., Benish-Weisman, M. &  Ziv, Y. (2025). Fostering Academic Performance in 5-Year-Olds: The Role of Self-Direction Values, Presented Self-Esteem, and Positive Self-Perception. Early Education and Development.

Daniel, E., Bardi, A., Lee, J. A., Scholz-Kuhn, R., Elizarov, E., Cieciuch, J., Knafo-Noam, A., Ramos, A., Vecchione, M., Algesheimer, R., Murcia Alvarez, E., Ben Dror Lankry, A., Benish-Weisman, M., Rodrigues, R. B., Chomsky, A., Collins, P. R., Davidov, E., Döring, A. K., Habermann, S., … & Twito -Weingarten, L. (2024). Value incoherence precedes value change: Evidence from value development in childhood and adolescence across cultures. European Journal of Personality, 0(0).

Elizarov, E., Ziv, Y., & Benish-Weisman, M. (2024). Personal values and social behavior in early childhood: Understanding the contribution of social information processing and attitudes. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1-26.

Benish-Weisman, M. (2024). Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are: The contribution of peers to children’s values. Child Development Perspectives.

​Benish-Weisman, M., Daniel., E., Elizarov, E., Sverdlik, N., & Titzmann, P. (2024). Values and national identification in minority and majority youth: Longitudinal multi-study findings. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

Knafo-Noam, A., Daniel, E., & Benish-Weisman, M. (2024). The development of values in middle childhood: Five maturation criteria. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 33(1), 18-26.

Scharf, N., Benita, M., & Benish-Weisman, M. (2023). Emotion regulation styles and Adolescent adjustment following a COVID-19 lockdown. Stress and health Health : journal Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 41(1), e3274

Elizarov, E., Benish-Weisman, M., & Ziv, Y. (2023). Teacher-child relational conflict and maladaptive social behaviors: The moderating role of children’s values. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 233, 105689.

Elizarov, E., Konshina, T., Benish-Weisman, M., Lee., T.K., Van Ryzinc, M.,  Vos, S. R.,  Schwartz, S. J. (2023). Family Functioning, Well-Being, and Mental Health among New Immigrant Families. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(6), 806-817.

Lee, T.K., Benish-Weisman, M., Vos, S.R., Garcia, M.F., Duque Marquez, M.C., Calderón, I.A., et al. (2022) Psychological distress, employment, and family functioning during the COVID-19 outbreak among recent immigrant families in Israel: Moderating roles of COVID-19 prevalence. PLoS ONE, 17(11), e0277757.

Schwartz, S. J., Walsh, S. D., Ward, C., Tartakovsky, E., Weisskirch, R. S., Vedder, P., …Benish-Weisman, M.... and the psychology of migration working group (2022). The role of psychologists in international migration research: Complementing other expertise and an interdisciplinary way forward. Migration Studies, 10(2), 356-373.

Rubel – Lifschitz, T., Benish-Weisman, M., Torres, C., & McDonald, K. (2021). The revealing effect of power: Popularity moderates the associations of personal values with aggression in adolescence. Journal of Personality, 89(4), 786-802.

Benish-Weisman, M., Oreg, S., & Berson, Y. (2021). The contribution of peer values to children’s values and behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(6), 844-864.

Daniel, E., Bardi, A., Fischer, R., Benish-Weisman, M., & Lee J. A., (2021). Changes in Personal Values in Pandemic Times. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(2), 572–582.

Daniel, E., Benish-Weisman. M., Knafo-Noam., A., & Bardi, A., (2021). Longitudinal links between self-esteem and the importance of self-direction values during adolescence. European Journal of Personality, 37(1), 20-32.

Daniel, E., Benish-Weisman, M., Sneddon, J., & Lee, J. (2020). Value profiles during middle childhood: Developmental processes and social behavior. Child Development, 91(5) : 1615–1630.

Schwartz, S. J., Walsh, S. D., Ward, C., Tartakovsky, E., Weisskirch, R. S., Vedder, P., …Benish-Weisman, M.... and the psychology of migration working group (2020). The role of psychologists in international migration research: Complementing other expertise and an interdisciplinary way forward. Migration Studies, 10(1), 356-373.

Benish‐Weisman, M., Daniel, E., & McDonald, K. L. (2020). Values and adolescent self‐esteem: The role of value content and congruence with classmates. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(1), 207-223.

Crocetti, E., Benish-Weisman, M. & McDonald, K. L. (2020). Validation of the Arabic and Hebrew versions of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS). Journal of Adolescence, 79, 11-15.

Levin, L., Benish-Weisman, M., & Savaya, R., (2019). Value profiles and perceived job performance of social workers in Israel. The British Journal of Social Work, 50(2), 348-368.

Hadar, L., & Benish‐Weisman, M. (2019). Teachers’ agency: Do their values make a difference? British Educational Research Journal,  45(1), 137-160.

Benish-Weisman, M., Daniel, D., Sneddon, J., & Lee, J. (2019). The relations between values and prosocial behavior among children: The moderating role of age. Personality and Individual Differences, 141, 241–247.

Shtapura-Ifrahs, M., & Benish-Weisman, M. (2019). Seeking the help of school counselors: Cross-cultural differences in mothers’ knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking behavior. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 69, 110-119.‏

Benita, M., Benish-Weisman, M., Matos, L., & Torres, C. (2019). Integrative and suppressive emotion regulation differentially predict well-being through basic need satisfaction and frustration: A test of three countries. Motivation and Emotion, 44(1), 67-81.

Benish‐Weisman, M. (2019). What can we learn about aggression from what adolescents consider important in life? The contribution of values theory to aggression research. Child Development Perspectives, 13(4), 260-266.

Daniel, E., Benish-Weisman, M. (2018). Value development during adolescence: Dimension of change and stability. Journal of Personality, 87(3), 620-632

Sher-Censor, E., Benish-Weisman, M., Gal, L., & Karni S. (2018). The associations between national identity and adjustment: What can we learn from autobiographical narratives? International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 67, 12-24.

Ungvary, S., McDonald, K. L. & Benish-Weisman, M. (2017). Identifying and distinguishing value profiles in American and Israeli adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28, 294-309.

Ungvary, S., McDonald, K. L. & Benish-Weisman, M. (2017). Identifying and distinguishing value profiles in American and Israeli adolescents.​ Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28, 294-309.

Benish-Weisman, M., (2016). Ethnic identity and aggression in adolescence: A longitudinal study. Journal of Adolescence, 47, 131-134.

McDonald, K. L., Benish-Weisman, M., O’Brien, C. T., & Ungvary, S. (2015). The social values of aggressive-prosocial youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 2245-2256.

Benish-Weisman, M., Kerem, E., Knafo-Noam, A., & Belsky, J. (2015). The Moderating Role of Genetics: The Effect of Length of Hospitalization on Children’s Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 6, 1-7.

Hasenfratz, L., Benish-Weisman, M., Steinberg, T., & Knafo, A. (2015). Temperament and peer problems from early to middle childhood: Gene-environment correlations with negative emotionality and sociability. Development and Psychopathology, 27, 1089-1109.

Benish- Weisman, M., Daniel, E., Schiefer, D. Möllering, A. & Knafo- Noam, A., (2015). Multiple social identifications and adolescents’ self-esteem. Journal of Adolescence, 44, 21-31.

Benish-Weisman, M. (2015). The interplay between values and aggression: Longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 51, 677-687.

Benish-Weisman, M., & McDonald., K. (2015). Private self-consciousness and gender moderate how adolescents' values relate to aggression. Social Development, 26, 766-781.

Benish-Weisman, M., Wu., L. M., Weinberger-Litman ,  S. L. Redd., W. H., DuHamel, K., N., & Rini, C. (2013). Healing stories: Narrative characteristics in cancer survivorship narratives and psychological health among hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors. Palliative and Supportive Care, 14, 1-7.

Benish-Weisman, M., Levy, S., & Knafo, A. (2013). Parents differentiate between their personal values and their socialization values: The role of adolescents' values. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 23, 614–620.

Daniel, E., Schiefer, D., Möllering, A., Benish-Weisman, M., Bohenke, K., & Knafo, A. (2012). Value differentiation in adolescence: The role of age and cultural complexity. Child Development, 83, 322-336.

Benish-Weisman, M., & Torre, M. E.  (2011). PAR on the couch: Discussion between disciplines. International Review of Qualitative Research, 3, 481-494.

Benish-Weisman, M., & Shye, S. (2011). Life quality of Russian immigrants to Israel: Patterns of Success and of Unsuccess. Social Indicators Research, 101, 461-479.

Schiefer, D., Möllering, A, Daniel, E., Benish-Weisman, M.  & Boehnke,  K. (2010). Cultural values and outgroup negativity: A cross-cultural analysis of early and late adolescents. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 635-651.

Benish-Weisman, M., & Horenczyk, G. (2010). Cultural identity and perceived success among Israeli immigrants: An emic approach. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 34, 516-526.

Benish-Weisman, M., Steinberg  T., & Knafo, A. (2010). Genetic and Environmental Links between Children’s Temperament and their Problems with Peers. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 47, 144-51.

Benish-Weisman, M.  (2009). Between trauma and redemption: Story form differences in immigrant narratives of successful and non-successful immigration. Journal of Cross- Cultural Psychology, 40, 953-968