Yael Doft

Adjustment Disorder Symptoms Among Parents of Soldiers in Mandatory Service During Wartime

ABSTRACT Background Parents of soldiers remain relatively understudied in wartime mental health research, and adjustment disorder in this population has yet to be examined. Objective Grounded in the transactional stress model, the study explored adjustment disorder symptoms and t...

Motherhood under moral rupture: Negotiating maternal legitimacy after an accidental child death under maternal care

This qualitative study examines how mothers negotiate maternal identity following the accidental death of a child under their care with perceived and/or attributed maternal responsibility. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 18 mothers who experienced such loss, the findings conc...