Orly Idan

Reichman University (IDC)

In ethnically and linguistically diverse societies, disadvantaged groups often face pressures to acquire and speak the advantaged group’s language to achieve social inclusion and economic mobility. This work investigates how using the advantaged group’s language affects disadvantaged group members’ in-group pride and collective self-esteem, relativ...

In ethnolinguistically diverse societies, disadvantaged groups often face immense pressure to acquire and speak the language of the advantaged group to achieve social inclusion and economic mobility. This work investigates the impact on disadvantaged group members' ingroup pride and self-esteem when they use the language of the advantaged group and...

We have designed an immersive video experience providing participants with theexperience of an intimate encounter with themselves using immersive video. Seventy three participants (35 men, 38 women) ages 22-65 (M = 37.82, SD = 8.1) were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: meeting Self (n=38) and meeting Stranger (n=35), and the experience w...

Digital guided self-help for eating disorders (GSH-ED) can reduce treatment disparities. Understanding program participants’ interests throughout the program can help adapt programs to the service users’ needs. Participants were 383 college students receiving a digital GSH-ED, who were each assigned a coach to help them better utilize the intervent...

Peacemaking is especially challenging in situations of intractable conflict. Collective narratives in this context contribute to coping with challenges societies face, but also fuel conflict continuation. We introduce the Informative Process Model (IPM), proposing that informing individuals about the socio-psychological processes through which conf...

This chapter focuses on salutogenesis and the sense of coherence during the adolescent years. The authors’ approach is itself salutogenic, in the sense that they develop their arguments in line with a positive youth development perspective. Adolescents are appreciated as individuals eager to explore the world, to acquire competence, and to struggle...

This chapter presents and discusses theoretical considerations and empirical findings regarding the concepts generalized resistance resources (GRRs) and generalized resistance deficits (GRDs). Recent research findings are presented, showing how these resources or deficits impact sense of coherence (SOC). Suggestions for future research directions (...

The current chapter concentrates on the implications of encountering Palestinian collective narratives on young Jewish Israeli women and men. The research is based on a yearlong intra-group dialogue process that was conducted among Israeli-Jewish undergraduate students. A qualitative analysis of transcripts was carried out on reflection sessions t...

Recent years have witnessed a significant escalation in Israel's relations with the Palestinians, as well as in the internal political divide and discourse between left and right. The current research asked how these processes of escalation that occur on the socio-political level came into play in inter-personal political discussions held among a g...

The current research examined whether for a message that is based on the paradoxical thinking principles—i.e., providing extreme, exaggerated, or even absurd views, that are congruent with the held views of the message recipients—to be effective, it needs to hit a ‘sweet spot’ and lead to a contrast effect. That is, it moderates the view of the mes...

The wording negotiators use shapes the emotions of their counterparts. These emotions, in turn, influence their counterparts’ economic decisions. Building on this rationale, we examined how the language used during negotiation affects discount rate and willingness to engage in future deals. In three studies, participants assumed the role of retaile...

This article demonstrates how the gendered patriarchal mechanisms that exclude women from the political sphere are being produced, re-produced, and challenged in interpersonal political conversations by concentrating on the discursive mechanisms that construct the way young Israeli women and men talk about politics. The research is based on a yearl...

Given the central role of anger in shaping adversarial policy preferences in the context of intergroup conflict, its reduction may promote conflict resolution. In the current work, we drew on psycholinguistic research on the role of language in generating emotions to explore a novel, extremely subtle means of intervention. Specifically, we hypothes...

The main aim of this chapter is to summarize the main finding regarding SOC and adolescents in the last decade since adolescence is a period of growth and development which can potentially influence the emotional, motivational and behavioral components of SOC. The chapter is divided into the following sections: Adaptations of the Sense of Coherence...

This chapter reviews and integrates conceptual and empirical research focusing on the role of Generalized Resistance Resources (GRRs) within the Salutogenic model. In particular, this chapter discusses findings regarding the conceptual and empirical progress seen in the study of GRRs at the individual, family, and community ecological levels in und...

The main aim of this chapter was to summarize the main finding regarding SOC and adolescents in the last decade since adolescence is a period of growth and development which can potentially influence the emotional-motivational and behavioral components of SOC. The chapter is divided into the following sections: Adaptations of the Sense of Coherence...

The goals of this chapter were to present the significance of the salutogenic conceptualization to the development and education of children, exploring in depth not only children with typical development, but also children with special needs, their schools, families, and community environments. In order to understand the developmental perspective o...

Following a joint initiation by the Salutogenic Research Center at Ben Gurion University and a mental health center in southern Israel of an intervention program based on the salutogenic model for the mental health center’s acute psychiatric in-patient unit, the current qualitative sense of coherence-based assessment aimed at assessing the unit’s n...

Following a joint initiation by the Salutogenic Research Center at Ben Gurion University and a mental health center in southern Israel of an intervention program based on the salutogenic model for the mental health center's acute psychi-atric in-patient unit, the current qualitative sense of coherence-based assessment aimed at assessing the unit's...

The goals of this chapter are to explore the role of hope in predicting academic achievements and educational adjustment, focusing attention on developmental perspectives, and directing attention to different age groups: children, adolescents and young adults. The recent growing scientific interest in the hope theory and the contribution of future...

This study aimed at examining the adjustment of students with learning disabilities (LD) and at exploring the mediating role of hope. By means of a multidimensional approach, the interactions between risk and protective factors emerging from internal and external resources among 856 high school students (10th to 12th grades) were analyzed. A total...

Hope as an empirical paradigm (Snyder, 2002) has unique significance for understanding the resilience of students with learning disabilities. Currently, these students are identified by their deficits, difficulties and disabilities. Resilience research aims at identifying the sources of students’ hope and energy to shape their achievements, their w...