Research interests: Depression and related psychopathology, supportive relationships; resilience and stress-resistance; self, identity, and agency; interface between social and clinical psychology; research methods

Grants and awards: Igal Alon Fellowship, Israeli Science Foundation Grant, National Institution of Psychobiology Grant, National Alliance for Schizophrenia and Depression Young Investigator Award, American Psychoanalytic Association Grant, International Psychoanalytic Association Grant, Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Study on Aids Grant

Primary Interests:

Aggression, Conflict, Peace
Applied Social Psychology
Close Relationships
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Health Psychology
Internet and Virtual Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Motivation, Goal Setting
Personality, Individual Differences
Research Methods, Assessment
Self and Identity

Aggression, Conflict, Peace
Applied Social Psychology
Close Relationships
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Health Psychology
Internet and Virtual Psychology

Interpersonal Processes
Motivation, Goal Setting
Personality, Individual Differences
Research Methods, Assessment
Self and Identity

Research Group or Laboratory:

The Risk/Resilience Laboratory
Interactive Map

Journal Articles:

Gilat, I., & Shahar, G. (2007). Emotional aid in a suicidal crisis: Comparison of telephone and the internet. Psychiatry: Interpersonal & Biological Processes, 70, 12-18.
Henrich, C. C., & Shahar, G. (in press). Social support buffers the effect of terrorism on adolescent depression: Findings from Sderot, Israel. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Shahar, G., *Bareket, L., Rudd, D., & Joiner, T. E. (2006). In suicidal young adults, hopelessness, depression and suicidality constitute a single syndrome. Psychological Medicine, 36, 913-922.
Shahar, G., Blatt, S. J., & Zuroff, D. C. (2007). Satisfaction with social relationships buffers against the adverse effect of (mid-level) self-critical perfectionism on outcome in brief treatment for depression. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 540-555.
Shahar, G., Blatt, S. J., Zuroff, D. C., Krupnick, J., & Sotsky, S. M. (2004). Perfectionism impedes social relations and response to brief treatment for depression. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 23, 140-154.
Shahar, G., Blatt, S. J., Zuroff, D. C., & Pilkonis, P. A. (2003). Role of perfectionism and personality disorder features in patients’ responses to brief treatment for depression. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 71, 229-233.
Shahar, G., Henrich, C. C., Blatt, S. J., Ryan, R. & Little, T. D. (2003). Interpersonal relatedness, self-definition, and their motivational orientation during adolescence: A theoretical and empirical integration. Developmental Psychology, 39, 470-483.
Sheppes, G., Meiran, N., Gilboa-Shechtman, E., & Shahar, G. (2008). Cognitive mechanisms underlying implicit negative self concept in dysphoria. Emotion, 8, 386-394.

Courses Taught:

Clinical Assessment
Depression
Personality Psychology
Research Methods: Individual Differences

Clinical Assessment
Depression

Personality Psychology
Research Methods: Individual Differences

Golan Shahar
Department of Psychology
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
84105 Beer-Sheva
Israel

Phone: 972-8-6472-057
Fax: 972-8-6472-037