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Benish-Weisman, M. (2024). Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are: The contribution of peers to children’s values. Child Development Perspectives

Benish-Weisman, M., Daniel., E., Elizarov, E., Sverdlik, N., & Titzmann, P. (2024). Values and national identification in minority and majority youth: Longitudinal multi-study findings. Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Knafo-Noam, A., Daniel, E., & Benish-Weisman, M. (2023). The development of values in middle childhood: Five maturation criteriaCurrent Directions in Psychological Science, 09637214231205865. (Equal contribution)

Scharf, N., Benita, M., & Benish-Weisman, M. (2023). Emotion regulation styles and Adolescent adjustment following a COVID-19 lockdown. Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 10.1002/smi.3274

Elizarov, E., Benish-Weisman, M., & Ziv, Y. (2023). Teacher-child relational conflict and maladaptive social behaviors: The moderating role of children’s values. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Elizarov, E., Konshina, T., Benish-Weisman, M., Lee., T.K., Van Ryzinc, M.,  Vos, S. R.,  Schwartz, S. J. (2023). Family Functioning, Well-Being, and Mental Health among New Immigrant Families. Journal of Family Psychology. 

Lee, T.K., Benish-Weisman, M., Vos, S.R., Garcia, M.F., Duque Marquez, M.C., Calderón, I.A., et al. (2022) Psychological distress, employment, and family functioning during the COVID-19 outbreak among recent immigrant families in Israel: Moderating roles of COVID-19 prevalence. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0277757.

Schwartz, S. J., Walsh, S. D., Ward, C., Tartakovsky, E., Weisskirch, R. S., Vedder, P., …Benish-Weisman, M.... and the psychology of migration working group (2022). The role of psychologists in international migration research: Complementing other expertise and an interdisciplinary way forward. Migration Studies

Rubel – Lifschitz, T., Benish-Weisman, M., Torres, C., & McDonald, K. (2021). The revealing effect of power: Popularity moderates the associations of personal values with aggression in adolescence. Journal of Personality, 89(4), 786-802.

Benish-Weisman, M., Oreg, S., & Berson, Y. (2021). The contribution of peer values to children’s values and behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48 (6), 844-864
 
Daniel, E., Bardi, A., Fischer, R., Benish-Weisman, M., & Lee J. A., (2021). Changes in Personal Values in Pandemic Times. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Daniel, E., Benish-Weisman. M., Knafo-Noam., A., & Bardi, A., (2021). Longitudinal links between self-esteem and the importance of self-direction values during adolescence. European Journal of Personality.

Daniel, E., Benish-Weisman, M., Sneddon, J., & Lee, J. (2020). Value profiles during middle childhood: Developmental processes and social behavior. Child Development. 91(5) : 1615–1630.

Schwartz, S. J., Walsh, S. D., Ward, C., Tartakovsky, E., Weisskirch, R. S., Vedder, P., …Benish-Weisman, M.... and the psychology of migration working group (2020). The role of psychologists in international migration research: Complementing other expertise and an interdisciplinary way forward. Migration Studies.

Benish‐Weisman, M., Daniel, E., & McDonald, K. L. (2020). Values and adolescent self‐esteem: The role of value content and congruence with classmates. European Journal of Social Psychology. 50(1), 207-223.
 
Crocetti, E., Benish-Weisman, M. & McDonald, K. L. (2020). Validation of the Arabic and Hebrew versions of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS). Journal of Adolescence. 79, 11-15.
 
Levin, L., Benish-Weisman, M., & Savaya, R., (2019). Value profiles and perceived job performance of social workers in Israel. The British Journal of Social Work. 50(2), 348-368.
 
Hadar, L., & Benish‐Weisman, M. (2019). Teachers’ agency: Do their values make a difference? British Educational Research Journal.  45(1), 137-160.
 
Benish-Weisman, M., Daniel, D., Sneddon, J., & Lee, J. (2019). The relations between values and prosocial behavior among children: The moderating role of age. Personality and Individual Differences. 141, 241–247.
 
Shtapura-Ifrahs, M., & Benish-Weisman, M. (2019). Seeking the help of school counselors: Cross-cultural differences in mothers’ knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking behavior. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 69, 110-119.‏
 
Benita, M., Benish-Weisman, M., Matos, L., & Torres, C. (2019). Integrative and suppressive emotion regulation differentially predict well-being through basic need satisfaction and frustration: A test of three countries. Motivation and Emotion. 44(1), 67-81.
 
Benish‐Weisman, M. (2019). What can we learn about aggression from what adolescents consider important in life? The contribution of values theory to aggression research. Child Development Perspectives. 13(4), 260-266.
 
Daniel, E., Benish-Weisman, M. (2018). Value development during adolescence: Dimension of change and stability. Journal of Personality. 87(3), 620-632.
 
Sher-Censor, E., Benish-Weisman, M., Gal, L., & Karni S. (2018). The associations between national identity and adjustment: What can we learn from autobiographical narratives? International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 67, 12-24.

Ungvary, S., McDonald, K. L. & Benish-Weisman, M. (2017). Identifying and distinguishing value profiles in American and Israeli adolescents.​ Journal of Research on Adolescence. 28, 294-309.
 
Benish-Weisman, M., (2016). Ethnic identity and aggression in adolescence: A longitudinal study. Journal of Adolescence. 47, 131-134.
 
McDonald, K. L., Benish-Weisman, M., O’Brien, C. T., & Ungvary, S. (2015). The social values of aggressive-prosocial youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 44, 2245-2256.
 
Benish-Weisman, M., Kerem, E., Knafo-Noam, A., & Belsky, J. (2015). The Moderating Role of Genetics: The Effect of Length of Hospitalization on Children’s Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 6, 1-7.
 
Hasenfratz, L., Benish-Weisman, M., Steinberg, T., & Knafo, A. (2015). Temperament and peer problems from early to middle childhood: Gene-environment correlations with negative emotionality and sociability. Development and Psychopathology. 27, 1089-1109.
 
Benish- Weisman, M., Daniel, E., Schiefer, D. Möllering, A. & Knafo- Noam, A., (2015). Multiple social identifications and adolescents’ self-esteem. Journal of Adolescence. 44, 21-31.
 
Benish-Weisman, M. (2015). The interplay between values and aggression: Longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology. 51, 677-687.
 
Benish-Weisman, M., & McDonald., K. (2015). Private self-consciousness and gender moderate how adolescents' values relate to aggression. Social Development. 26, 766-781.

Benish-Weisman, M., Wu., L. M., Weinberger-Litman ,  S. L. Redd., W. H., DuHamel, K., N., Rini ., C. (2013). Healing stories: Narrative characteristics in cancer survivorship narratives and psychological health among hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors. Palliative and Supportive Care. 14,1-7.
 
 
Benish- Weisman, M., Levy, S., & Knafo, A. (2013). Parents differentiate between their personal values and their socialization values: The role of adolescents' values. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 23,614–620.
 
 
Daniel, E., Schiefer, D., Möllering, A., Benish-Weisman, M., Bohenke, K., & Knafo, A. (2012). Value differentiation in adolescence: The role of age and cultural complexity. Child Development. 83, 322-336.
 
Benish-Weisman, M., & Torre, M. E.  (2011). PAR on the couch: Discussion between disciplines. International Review of Qualitative Research. 3, 481-494.
The authors contributed equally.
 
Benish-Weisman, M., & Shye, S. (2011). Life quality of Russian immigrants to Israel: Narratives of Success and Failure- the facet perspective. Social Indicators Research. 101, 461-479.
 
Schiefer, D., Möllering, A, Daniel, E., Benish-Weisman, M.  & Boehnke,  K. (2010). Cultural Values and Outgroup Negativity: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Early and Late Adolescents. European Journal of Social Psychology. 40, 635-651.
 
Benish-Weisman, M., & Horenczyk, G. (2010). Cultural identity and perceived success among Israeli immigrants: An emic approach. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 34, 516-526.
 
Benish-Weisman, M., Steinberg  T., & Knafo, A. (2010). Genetic and Environmental Links between Children’s Temperament and their Problems with Peers. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences. 47, 144-51.

Benish-Weisman, M.  (2009). Between trauma and redemption: Story form differences in immigrant narratives of successful and non-successful immigration. Journal of Cross- Cultural Psychology. 40, 953-968

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