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Keren Sharvit

My current research interests include intergroup conflicts, societal beliefs and ideologies, effects of exposure to violence and terrorism, motivations for violence and extremism, moral emotions at the individual and group level and processes of avoiding them.

Primary Interests:

  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Political Psychology
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Political Psychology
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping

Journal Articles:

  • Canetti-Nisim, D., Halperin, E., Sharvit, K., & Hobfoll, S. (2009). A new stress-based model of political extremism: Personal exposure to terrorism, psychological distress, and exclusionist political attitudes . Journal of Conflict Resolution, 53, 363-389.
  • Halperin, E., Bar-Tal, D., Sharvit, K., Raviv, A., & Rosler, N. (2010). Socio-psychosocial implications for an occupying society: The case of Israel. Journal of Peace Research, 47, 59-70
  • Sharvit, K., Bar-Tal, D., Raviv, A., Raviv, Al., & Gurevich, R. (2010). Ideological orientation and social context as moderators of the effect of terrorism: The case of Israeli-Jewish public opinion regarding peace. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 105-121.

Other Publications:

  • Bar-Tal, D., & Sharvit, K. (2008). Psychological foundations of Israeli Jews' reactions to Al Aqsa Intifada: The role of the threatening transitional context. In V. M. Esses & R. Vernon (Eds.), Explaining the breakdown of ethnic relations: Why neighbors kill. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Halperin, E., Sharvit, K, & Gross, J. (in press). Emotion and emotion regulation in intergroup conflict – An appraisal based framework. In Bar-Tal, D. (ed.), Intergroup conflicts and their resolution: Social psychological perspective. New York: Psychology Press.
  • Kruglanski, A., Raviv, A., Bar-Tal, D., Raviv, Al., Sharvit, K., Ellis, S., Bar, R., Pierro, A., & Mannetti, L. (2005). Says who?: Epistemic authority effects in social judgment. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 37, pp. 345-392). San Diego, CA: Elsevier.
  • Kruglanski, A. W., Sharvit, K., & Fishman, S. (in press). Workings of the terrorist mind: Its individual, group and organizational psychologies. In Bar-Tal, D. (ed.), Intergroup conflicts and their resolution: Social psychological perspective. New York: Psychology Press.
  • Sharvit, K., & Bar-Tal, D. (2007). Ethos of conflict in the Israeli media during the period of the violent confrontation. In Y. Bar-Siman-Tov (Ed.), The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: From conflict resolution to conflict management. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Keren Sharvit
Department of Psychology
University of Haifa
Mount Carmel
31905 Haifa
Israel

Phone: +972-4-8249666

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