Avi Besser

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
139 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Avi Besser is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Avi Besser has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Clinical Psychology, 70 papers in Social Psychology and 36 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Avi Besser's work include Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (39 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (30 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (28 papers). Avi Besser is often cited by papers focused on Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (39 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (30 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (28 papers). Avi Besser collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Canada. Avi Besser's co-authors include Beatriz Priel, Gordon L. Flett, Virgil Zeigler‐Hill, Richard A. Davis, Yuval Neria, Paul L. Hewitt, Sidney J. Blatt, Rui C. Campos, Simon Sherry and Todd K. Shackelford and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Psychiatry and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Avi Besser

135 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Validation of a New Scale for Measuring Problematic Internet Use: Implications for Pre-employment Screening

2002 584 citations Richard A. Davis, Gordon L. Flett et al. CyberPsychology & Behavior profile →
Adaptability to a sudden transition to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: Understanding the challenges for students.

2020 271 citations Avi Besser, Gordon L. Flett et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Parental Stress and Mental Health Outcomes Following the October 7th Events: Insights from Israeli Families of Children with Special Needs 2025 ·Behavioral Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Avi Besser	2
2	Attachment to Group and Mental Health Following the October 7th Attack: The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life and Intolerance of Uncertainty 2025 ·Behavioral Sciences ·(unknown), Avi Besser	1
3	Unequal partners, uneasy hearts: Mate value discrepancies and jealousy 2024 ·Personality and Individual Differences ·Virgil Zeigler‐Hill, (unknown), Avi Besser	0
4	The Association Between Adult Attachment Patterns, Attachment to Group and Mental Health in Israel Following the October 7th Attack: The Role of Emotion Regulation Strategies 2024 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·(unknown), Avi Besser	3
5	Luxury or Cultural Tourism Activities? The Role of Narcissistic Personality Traits and Travel-Related Motivations 2024 ·Behavioral Sciences ·Avi Besser, Villy Abraham, Virgil Zeigler‐Hill	2
6	Sharing Your Husband: Adult Attachment Styles and Emotional Responses of Israeli Bedouin-Arab Women to Potential Polygynous Marriage 2024 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Nuzha Allassad Alhuzail, Avi Besser, Virgil Zeigler‐Hill	0
7	Totally All Alone with My Thoughts: Development, Psychometric Properties and Correlates of the Loneliness Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire 2024 ·Psychology Research and Behavior Management ·Alison Rose, Joel O. Goldberg, Gordon L. Flett, Taryn Nepon, Avi Besser	3
8	Understanding narcissistic spending: The connections between narcissistic personality traits and conspicuous consumption 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Virgil Zeigler‐Hill, Avi Besser, (unknown), (unknown)	1
9	Exposure to an Infidelity Threat Manipulation 2016 ·Journal of Individual Differences ·(unknown), Virgil Zeigler‐Hill, Avi Besser	2
10	Acute posttraumatic stress symptoms but not generalized anxiety symptoms are associated with severity of exposure to war trauma: A study of civilians under fire 2015 ·Journal of Anxiety Disorders ·Liat Helpman, Avi Besser, Yuval Neria	19
11	Survivor–spouse dissociation and posttraumatic stress disorder: Personal and dyad relationships 2015 ·Journal of Trauma & Dissociation ·Michael Weinberg, Avi Besser, Yochai Ataria, Yuval Neria	3
12	Psychological Consequences of Indirect Exposure to Disaster Due to the Haiti Earthquake 2012 ·Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ·James M. Shultz, Avi Besser, F. E. Kelly, Andrea Allen, (unknown), (unknown), Louis Herns Marcelin, Yuval Neria	21
13	Secondary Traumatic Stress in Attorneys and Their Administrative Support Staff Working With Trauma-Exposed Clients 2011 ·The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease ·Andrew Levin, (unknown), Avi Besser, Deborah Smith, (unknown), (unknown), Yuval Neria	46
14	Maltreated Children's Representations of Mother and an Additional Caregiver: A Longitudinal Study 2009 ·Journal of Personality ·(unknown), Avi Besser, Beatriz Priel	7
15	Predicting Attitudes toward Homosexuality: Insights from Personality Psychology 2007 ·Todd K. Shackelford, Avi Besser	32
16	Linear and Nonlinear Models of Vulnerability to Depression: Personality and Postpartum Depression in a High Risk Population 2007 ·Avi Besser, Beatriz Priel, (unknown), (unknown)	28
17	Two Primary Configurations of Psychopathology and Change in Thought Disorder in Long-Term Intensive Inpatient Treatment of Seriously Disturbed Young Adults 2007 ·American Journal of Psychiatry ·Sidney J. Blatt, Avi Besser, Richard Q. Ford	21
18	A Multisource Approach to Self‐Critical Vulnerability to Depression: The Moderating Role of Attachment^* 2003 ·Journal of Personality ·Avi Besser, Beatriz Priel	60
19	Validation of a New Scale for Measuring Problematic Internet Use: Implications for Pre-employment Screening breakdown → 2002 ·CyberPsychology & Behavior ·Richard A. Davis, Gordon L. Flett, Avi Besser	584
20	Cognitive Functioning and Geriatric Suicide Ideation: Testing a Mediational Model 2002 ·American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry ·Marnin J. Heisel, Gordon L. Flett, Avi Besser	50

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