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Ben Shahar
Researcher at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Publications - 38
Citations - 1162
Ben Shahar is an academic researcher from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social anxiety & Anxiety. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 34 publications receiving 949 citations. Previous affiliations of Ben Shahar include University of Arizona & Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Improves Emotional Reactivity to Social Stress: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial ☆
TL;DR: Findings suggest that mindfulness skills are important in adaptive emotion regulation when coping with stress, given that emotional reactivity to stress is an important psychopathological process underlying the chronic and recurrent nature of depression.
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Mechanisms of Change in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: Preliminary Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on depressive symptoms and its potential theory-driven change mechanisms in a wait-list randomized control trial.
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A pilot investigation of emotion-focused two-chair dialogue intervention for self-criticism.
TL;DR: Emotion-focused two-chair dialogue intervention can be effective in reducing self-criticism, increasing self-compassion, and decreasing depressive and anxiety symptoms, and these improvements are largely maintained six months after therapy.
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A wait-list randomized controlled trial of loving-kindness meditation programme for self-criticism.
Ben Shahar,Ohad Szsepsenwol,Sigal Zilcha-Mano,Netalee Haim,Orly Zamir,Simi Levi-Yeshuvi,Nava Levit-Binnun +6 more
TL;DR: LKM may be efficacious in alleviating self-criticism, increasing self-compassion and improving depressive symptoms among self-critical individuals, and practising loving-kindness may reduce depressive symptoms and increase positive emotions.
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The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on affective memory recall dynamics in depression : A mechanistic model of rumination
TL;DR: MBCT may weaken the strength of self-perpetuating negative associations networks that are responsible for the persistent and “sticky” negative mind states observed in depression, and increase the positive associations that are lacking in depression.