Keren Sharvit

     
Institution
University of Maryland, College Park

Current Position
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Tel Aviv University, 2008

Research Interests
Aggression
Conflict Resolution
Emotion
Intergroup Relations
Motivation/Goal Setting
Political Psychology
Prejudice/Stereotyping

 
Keren Sharvit
Department of Psychology
3123K Biology-Psychology Building
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-4411
United States

Phone: (301) 405-8374

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.


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.

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