Prof. Ricky-Rivka Finzi-Dottan

Areas of interest

• Attachment Theory
• Child and adolescents psychotherapy
• Parenting and family relations
• Child abuse

Teaching

My  articles reflect her main research interests and deal with: Family relations: coping with stress, couples, parenthood, sibling, divorce process and high risk children: coping, psychopathology, consequences in adulthood.

ISF- The Practice of Fatherhood among Divorced Custodial Fathers in Israel: Involvement and Affections

JDC - Israel Children at Risk- Emotional and Behavioral Characteristics of Abused vs. Neglected Children in Emergency Centers as Opposed to those Who Live at Home

Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services- Couples in Family Court

Articles in periodicals

1. Pardess, E., Finzi, R., Sever, J. (1993). Evaluating the best interests of the child - a model of multidisciplinary teamwork. Medicine and Law, 12, 205-211.

2. Finzi, R., Har-Even, D., Weizman, A., Tyano, S., & Shnit, D. (1996). The adaptation of the attachment style questionnaire for latency-aged children. [Hebrew]. Psychology, 5, 167-177.

3. Finzi, R, Stange D. (1997). Short term group intervention as a means of improving the adjustment of children of mentally ill parents. Social Work with Groups, 20, 69-80.

4. Finzi, R. Peled, E., Ram, A. (1998). The impact of incest on witnessing siblings. Chevra VeRevacha (Hebrew) Society and Welfare 18, 269-280.

5. Finzi, R. Shnit, D. Weizman, A. (1999). Physical child abuse: A characteristic profile and a diagnostic tool. Chevra VeRevacha (Hebrew) Society and Welfare, 19 (4), 433-460.

6. Cohen, O., Finzi, R., & Avi-Yonah, O. (1999). An attachment based typology of divorcing couples. Family Therapy, 26, 167-190.

7. Finzi, R., Cohen, O., & Weizman, A. (2000). Features and consequences of emotional abuse in children and adolescents. Ha’Refua (Hebrew – Medicine), 138, 237-240.

8. Finzi, R., Cohen, O., & Ram, A. (2000). Attachment and divorce. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 11, 1-20.

9. Finzi, R., Cohen, O., Sapir, Y., & Weizman, A. (2000) Attachment styles in maltreated children: A comparative study. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 31, 113-128.

10. Finzi, R., Ram, A. Shnit, D., Har-Even, D., Tyano, S., & Weizman, A. (2001). Depressive symptoms and suicidality in physically abused children. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 71, 98-107.

11. Finzi, R. & Cohen, O. (2001). Couples in divorce: a contribution of attachment theory. Sichot (Hebrew- Dialogue), 15, 235-244.

12. Cohen, O., & Finzi-Dottan, R. (2002). Parental narcissism – the difficulties of the non custodial father. Sichot (Hebrew- Dialogue), 16, 64-73.

13. Cohen, O., Slonim, I., & Finzi-Dottan, R. (2001). How women perceive their family resiliency. Society and Welfare (Hebrew - Chevra VeRevacha), 21, 177-194.

14. Finzi, R., Ram, A., Har-Even, D., Shnit, D., & Weizman, A. (2001) Attachment styles and aggression in physically abused and neglected children. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 30, 769-786.

15. Ram, A. Finzi-Dottan, R.., & Cohen, O. (2002). The non-custodial parent and his infant. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 36, 41-55.

16. Cohen, O., Slonim, I., Finzi-Dottan, R., & Leichtentritt, R. (2002). Family Resilience: The Israeli Women’s Perspective. American Journal of Family Therapy, 30, 173-187.

17. Finzi-Dottan, R.., & Tyano, S. (2002). Les caractéristiques des symptômes post traumatiques de maltraitance infantile : inceste et maltraitance physique. Perspectives Psychiatriques, 41, 389-399.

18. Finzi-Dottan, R., Har-Even, D., Shnit, D., & Weizman, A. (2002). Psychosocial characterization of physically abused children from low socio-economic households in comparison to neglected and non-maltreated children. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 11, 441-453.

19. Finzi-Dottan, R., Cohen, O., Iwaniec, D., Sapir, Y., & Weizman, A. (2003). The drug-user husband and his wife: Attachment styles, family cohesion, and adaptability. Substance Use and Misuse, 38, 271-292.

20. Finzi-Dottan, R., Har-Even, D., & Weizman, A. (2003). Comparison of ego defenses among physically abused children, neglected and non-maltreated children. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 44, 388-395.

21. Finzi-Dottan, R., Cohen, O., & Tyano, S. (2004). Le couple : sa formation, sa destruction et ce qu’il y a entre les deux. Perspectives Psychiatriques, 43 (4), 310-317.

22. Cohen, O., & Finzi-Dottan, R. (2005). Parent child relationships during the divorce process, from attachment theory and intergenerational perspectives. Contemporarily Family Therapy, 27, 81-99.

23. Finzi-Dottan, R., Cohen, O., Iwaniec, D. Sapir, Y., & Weizman, A. (2006).The child in the family of a drug-user father: Attachment styles and family characteristics. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 6(1-2), 89-111.

24. Finzi-Dottan, R., Dekel, R., Lavi, T., & Su’ali, T. (2006). PTSD reactions among children with learning disabilities exposed to terror attacks. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 47, 144-151.

25. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Karu, T. (2006). From emotional abuse in childhood to psychopathology in adulthood: A path mediated by immature defense mechanisms and self-esteem. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194, 616-210.

26. Finzi-Dottan, R., Manor, I. & Tyano, S. (2006). ADHD, temperament, and parental style as predictors of the child’s attachment patterns. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 37, 103-114.

27. Bauminger, N., Finzi-Dottan, R., Chanson, S., & Har-Even, D. (2008). Intimacy in Adolescent Friendship: The role of attachment, coherence, and self-disclosure. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 25, 409–428.

28. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Zubery E. (2009). The role of depression and anxiety in impulsive and obsessive-compulsive behavior among anorexic and bulimic patients. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention, 17, 162 – 182.

29. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Sharon Garty, R (2010). The contribution of attachment styles and self-efficacy to the mental health and future outlook of youngsters at risk. Society and Welfare (Hebrew - Chevra VeRevacha), 30, 423-452.

30. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Cohen, O. (2011) Young adult sibling relations: The effects of perceived parental favoritism and narcissism. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 145, 1-22.

31. Finzi-Dottan, R., Segal Triwitz, Y. & Golubchik, P. (2011). Predictors of stress- related growth in parents of children with ADHD. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 510-519.

32. Finzi-Dottan, R., Bilu, R. & Golubchik, P. (2011). Aggression and conduct disorder in Former Soviet Union immigrant adolescents: The role of parenting style and ego identity. Children and Youth Services Review, 33, 918-926.

33. Finzi-Dottan, R., Goldblatt, H. & Cohen-Masica, O. (2012). The experience of motherhood for alienated mothers. Child & Family Social Work, 17, 316-325.

34. Cohen, O. & Finzi-Dottan, R. (2012). Reasons for divorce and mental health following the break-up. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 53, 581-601.

35. Golobchik, P., Sever, J., Finzi-Dottan, R., Kosov, I., & Weizman, A. (2013). The factors influencing decision making on children’s psychiatric hospitalization: A retrospective chart review. Community Mental Health Journal, 49, 73-78.

36. Cohen. O. & Finzi-Dottan R. (2013). Defense mechanisms and negotiation as predictors of co-parenting among divorcing couples: A dyadic perspective. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30, 430-456.

37. Finzi-Dottan, R., & Cohen, O. (2014). Predictors of parental communication and cooperation among divorcing spouses. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 23, 39-51.

38. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Harel, G. (2014). Parents' potential for child abuse: An intergenerational perspective. Journal of Family Violence, 29, 397-408.

39. Cohen O. & Finzi-Dottan, R. (2014). Health, maturity of defense mechanisms and co-parenting, the contribution to the quality of life of divorced parents: A longitudinal study. Marriage & Family Review, 50, 395-415.

40. Cohen O., Finzi-Dottan, R., Tangir G. (2014). The fatherhood experience of divorced fathers raising their children on their own in Israel. Society and Welfare (Hebrew - Chevra VeRevacha), 34, 359-383.

41. Cohen O., Finzi-Dottan, R., G Tangir G. (2014). The fatherhood experience of divorced custodial fathers in Israel. Family Relations, 63, 639-653.

42. Waldman-Levi, A., Finzi-Dottan, R. & Weintraub, N. (2015). Attachment security and parental perception of competency among abused women in the shadow of PTSD and childhood exposure to domestic violence. Journal of child and Family Studies, 24, 57-65.

43. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Cohen, O. (2016). Predictors of involvement and warmth of custodial fathers in Israel: Comparison with married and non-custodial divorced fathers. Family Process, 55, 171-187.

44. Kaimana MacDonald; Michael Thomas; Andres Sciolla; Beacher Schneider; Katherine Pappas; Gijs Bleijenberg; Martin Bohus; Bradley Bekh; Linda Carpenter; Alan Carr; Udo Dannlowski; Martin Dorahy; Claudia Fahlke; Ricky Finzi-Dottan; Arne Gerdner; Heide Glaesmer; Hans Jörgen Grabe; Marianne Heins; Dianna Kenny; Kaimana MacDonald; Daeho Kim; Hans Knoop; Jill Lobbestael; Christine Lochner; Grethe Lauritzen; Edle Ravndal (2016). Minimization of childhood maltreatment is common and consequential: Results from a large, multinational sample using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146058. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146058

45. Finzi-Dottan R., Dayan-Gazith , E. Borosh , T., & Golubchik, P. (2016). Involvement and warmth of fathers with mental illness: The role of the caregiving system, parental self-efficacy, social support and child characteristics. Community Mental Health Journal, 52, 972-982. DOI 10.1007/s10597-016-0011-9

46. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Berckovitch Kormosh, M. (2016) Social workers in Israel: compassion fatigue and spillover into married life. Journal of Social Service Research, 42, 703-717. DOI: 10.1080.01488376.2016.1147515

47. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Cohen, O. (2017). Fatherhood: Comparison between divorced custodial fathers, married fathers and divorced non-custodial fathers in Israel. Marriage & Family Review, 53, 320-346. DOI:10.1080/01494929.2016.1158220

48. Gewirtz-Meydan, A. & Finzi-Dottan, R. (2018). Sexual satisfaction among couples: The role of attachment orientation and sexual motives. The Journal of Sex Research, 55, 178-190.

49. Finzi-Dottan, R., & Berckovitch Kormosh, M. (2018) The Spillover of compassion fatigue into marital quality: A mediation model. Traumatology, 24, 113-122.

50. Harel, G. & Finzi-Dottan, R. (2018). Childhood maltreatment and its effect on parenting among high-risk parents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 1513-1524. DOI 10.1007/s10826-017-0994-z

51. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Gilerenter, N. (2018). Ultra-orthodox Jews fathers in Israel: Predictors of involvement and acceptance. Family Issues, 39, 2735–2756.

52. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Cohen, O. (2018). Involvement and acceptance of custodial fathers: The role of narcissism and caregiving. Psychology of Men & Masculinity.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/men0000143

53. Gewirtz- Meydan, A. & Finzi-Dottan, R. (2018). Narcissism and relationship satisfaction from a dyadic perspective: The mediating role of psychological aggression. Marriage & Family Review. DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2017.1359814

54. Finzi-Dottan, R. (2018). Acceptance and caregiving of married and divorced custodial mothers and fathers. Marriage & Family Review. DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2018.1501630

1.     55. Waldman-Levi,  A., Finzi-Dottan, R. & Cope, A. (2019). Mother-child joint play: The role of maternal caregiving and reflective function. Journal of Child and Family Studies. DOI 10.1007/s10826-019-01638-8

5     56. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Shraybom, H. Coming home: Fatherhood following release from prison.  Children and Youth Services Review. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104539

  5      57. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Segev M. (2020). Well-being of people diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: The role of attachment style, parental treatment and couple relationship. Social Work in Mental Health, 18, 217-235.    

         58. Talmon, A., Finzi-Dottan, R., & Ginzburg, K. (2020, October 8). “I Will Love You (Me) Forever”—A Longitudinal Study of Narcissism and Emotional Adjustment During the Transition to Motherhood. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/per0000442

       59. Gewirt-Meydan, A. & Finzi-Dottan, R. (2020) Psychological abuse perpetration as a mediator between insecure attachment orientations and relationship satisfaction. Family Relations. DOI: 10.1111/fare.12490 Equal contribution.

3.60.      Finzi-Dottan R. & Schiff, M. (2022).  Couple relationship satisfaction: The role of recollection of parental acceptance, self-differentiation, and spousal caregiving. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(2), 179–197 DOI: 10.1177/02654075211033029

2.   61.    Finzi-Dottan, R., & Gewirtz-Meydan, A. (2021). Children under fire: The role of maternal caregiving, reflection functioning, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001205

3.   62.    Finzi-Dottan, R., Chaitchik-Chowers, G., & Segal Trivitz, Y.   (in press). Caregiving dispositions as predictors of postpartum depression and mother-baby bonding: Parental self-efficacy and marital satisfaction as resources. Early Child Development and Care, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2022.2029429

1.  Chapters in Books

1. Finzi-Dottan, R., Har-Even, D., & Raz, G. (2011). Who is sensitive to rejection? The role of attachment, narcissism and fear of intimacy. In, E. Kourkoutas & F. Erkman (Eds.) Interpersonal acceptance and rejection: Social, emotional, and educational contexts. (pages 183-196) Boca Raton, FL: Brown Walker Press.

2. Finzi-Dottan, R. & Segal O. (2012). Children’s Psychological Adjustment in Relation to Family Size and Maternal Parenting. In 3rd. book of ISIPAR Conference (pp. 21-34). Boca Raton, FL: Brown Walker Press.

3. Finzi- Dottan, R. & Cohen O. (2014). Paternal Narcissism: Fathering very young children as comparison to fathering adolescents. A. Besser (Ed.) Handbook of the psychology of narcissism: Diverse perspectives (pp. 259-279). New York: Nova.

4. Finzi-Dottan, R. (2015). Parenting Children with ADHD: Study findings and implications for practice (2015). In E. Kourkoutas & A. Hart, Innovative Practice and Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Psychosocial Difficulties and Disabilities (pp. 537-548). UK, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Entry

Finzi-Dottan, R. (2011). Vulnerability for learning disorders. In, N.M. Seel
(Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. New-York, NY: Springer. (Entry).

2004 -  9th International family Violence Research Conference
Sheraton Harborside Hotel & Conference Center, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA - The perception of childhood emotional abuse in adulthood as mediated by defense mechanisms

2005 -  XIIth European Conference on Developmental Psychology; Tenerife, Spain - From Emotional Abuse in Childhood to Psychopathology in Adulthood: A Path Mediated by Primitive Defense Mechanisms and Self-Concept. Presentation

2006 - 2nd International Congress for Psychoanalytic Family Therapy, Montreal, Canada - Working With Grandparents Who Are Caregivers of Their Grandchildren Presentation

2007 - 13th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
Jena, Germany; What are the Desirable Traits in a Marriage Candidate? Who is Afraid of Intimacy? 

2008 - 2nd International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection Crete, Greece - The Role of Rejection and Acceptance Expectancy in Considerations Concerning Desirable Marriage Candidates

2008 - XVIIth ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Hong-Kong; China -  Childhood Emotional Abuse: Developmental Consequences

2009 - International Congress on Family, School and Society Special Education,  Porto, Portugal -  PTSD Reactions among Adolescents with Learning Disabilities Who Were Exposed to Terror Attacks: The Role of Attachment. Presentation

2010 - 3rd International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection Padua, Italy -  Children’s Personality in Relation to Family Size and Maternal Parenting

2011 - ISSID 2011 – Personality & Individual Differences
London, UK - Stress related growth in parents of children with ADHD: The effects of emotional intelligence, social support, parental sense of competence and perception of parenting as challenge vs. threat

2012 - 16th European Conference on Personality Triest, Italy -Spillover of compassion fatigue into marriage quality: the role of self-differentiation, professional self-esteem, Colleague support, and traumatic life events

2012 - 1st International Conference on Cultural Psychiatry in Mediterranean Countries. Tel Aviv, Israel Aggression, Guilt, and Conduct Disorder in Former Soviet Union Immigrant Adolescents: The Role of Parenting Style and Ego Identity.

2013,  4th International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance & Rejection Chandigarh – India Predictors of warmth and involvement in child rearing among married and divorced fathers

2013 - 13th ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect Dublin, Ireland - Promoting Mental Health and Future Outlook for Youngsters at Risk Leaving Out-of Home Care

2014,  International Family Law with Emphasis on the Work of the Hague Conference on Private international Law Hod Ha'Sharon, Sha'arei Mishpat - The Welfare of the Child and Return of Children Under the Hague Convention: A Mental Health Practitioner's Perspective

2014, 5th international Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection, Kishinev Moldova - Paternal Warmth and Involvement: The Impact of Paternal Narcissism

2014,  Congress of the European Society on Family Relations (ESFR). Madrid, Spain -  Involvement and warmth of custodial fathers: Comparison with married and non-residential divorced fathers Presentation

2015, The 14th European Congress of Psychology
Milan, Italy - Aggression, Guilt, and Conduct Disorder in Former Soviet Union Immigrant Adolescents: The Role of Parenting Style and Ego Identity

2015,  14th ISPCAN European Regional Conference Bucharest, Romania The Intergenerational Transmission of Abuse: The Effect on Parenting

2016,  6th International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection ISIPAR Madrid, Spain - Predictors of parental acceptance and warmth: Gender or responsibility?

2016, International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) Toronto, Canada Are parental caregiving and affections affected by gender or responsibility?

2017, International Attachment Conference London, UK. Parental caregiving: Gender differences between married and divorced custodial mothers and fathers

2017,  15th European Congress of Psychology
Amsterdam, Nederland Involvement and acceptance of custodial fathers: The role of narcissism and caregiving

2018, 7th International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection Athens, Greece Antecedents of spousal marital satisfaction: Remembered parental acceptance in childhood, self-differentiation and fear of intimacy

2019 - Madrid, Spain:  EASSW CONFERENCE 2019 - How can social workers overcome compassion fatigue and its spillover into family life? Implications for education and training