Shaul Kimhi

Research work

Prof. Shaul Kimhi’s main areas of research are individual, community, and national resilience; coping with stress; political psychology (including behavior analysis of political leaders), psychology of terrorism, and army psychology. He has published 4 books (one of them as an editor), 86 articles in refereed journals, and 12 chapters in collections.

Professional experience

Prof. Kimhi was Head of the Psychology Department at Tel-Hai College from 2009 to 2016. He used to be a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP), and the International Political Science Association (IPSA). He has participated in many academic international conferences, including as an invited and keynote speaker, and serves as a referee for several professional journals. He is often invited to the Israeli media (TV and radio) to discuss his areas of expertise. In the past, Prof. Kimhi served as a special advisor in the Israeli Army Intelligence Corps. Today, he is Professor Emeritus at Tel-Hai College and he is one of the founders of the 'Multi-national Resilience & Well-being Research Collaboration at Tel Aviv University.

Education

Shaul Kimhi completed his bachelor’s and master’s degree in Israel and his Ph.D. (psychology) at the Palo Alto University, California, USA.

Areas of interest & scientific knowledge

Israel

Place of affiliation

Resilience and Wellbeing

Coping with Stress
Individual, Community and National Resilience

Psychology

Army Psychology
Psychology of Terrorism
Political Psychology

Selected Publications

Kimhi S, Eshel Y, Marciano H, Adini B. Distress and Resilience in days of COVID-19: Comparing two Ethnicities, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 3;17(11):3956. 2020.
Kimhi S, Marciano H, Eshel Y, Adini B. Community and national resilience and their predictors in face of terror. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 50:101746. 2020.
Kimhi S, Marciano H, Eshel Y, Adini B. Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: Distress and resilience. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 50:101843. 2020.
Kimhi S, Eshel Y, Marciano H, Adini B. Resilience and demographic characteristics predicting distress during COVID-19 pandemic. Social Science & Medicine. 25:113389. 2020.
Kimhi S, Eshel Y, Marciano H, Adini B. A renewed outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study of distress, resilience, and subjective well-being. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health. 17: 1. 2020. doi:10.3390/ijerph17210000.
Kimhi S, Eshel Y, Marciano H, Adini B. Fluctuations in National Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(8):3876. 2021.
Kimhi S, Eshel Y, Marciano H, Adini B. Prediction of hope and morale during COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study. Frontiers in Psychology. 2021. Frontiers in Psychology. 12:739645. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.739645.
Ballada, CJA, Aruta JJBR, Callueng CM, Antazo BG, Kimhi S, Reinert M, Eshel Y, Marciano H, Adini B, da Silva JD, Verdu FC. Bouncing back from COVID-19: Individual and Ecological Factors Influence National Resilience in Adults from Israel, the Philippines, and Brazil. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. Doi: 10.1002/casp.2569. 2021.
Kimhi S, Eshel Y, Marciano H, Adini B, Bonanno GA. Trajectories of depression and anxiety during COVID-19 associations with religion, income, and economic difficulties. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 144:389-396. 2021.
Eshel Y, Kimhi S, Marciano H, Adini B. Morale and Perceived Threats as Predictors of Psychological Coping with Distress in Pandemic and Armed Conflict Times. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Jan; 18(16):8759. 2021.
Eshel Y, Kimhi S, Marciano H, Adini B. Components of Unrealistic Optimism of College Students: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology. 12:763571. 2021
Kimhi, Shaul; Eshel, Yohanan ; Adini, Bruria ; Aruta, John; Antazo, Benedict ; Briones-Diato , Alelie ; Reinert, Maurício ; da Silva, Juliano; Verdu, Fabiane; Marciano, Hadas. Distress and resilience in days of COVID-19: International study of samples from Israel, Brazil, and the Philippines. Cross-Cultural Research. 55(5):415-437. 2021.
Marciano H, Eshel Y, Kimhi S, Adini B. Hope and Fear of Threats as Predictors of Coping with Two Major Adversities, The COVID-19 Pandemic and an Armed Conflict. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19:1123. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031123.
Eshel Y, Kimhi S, Marciano H, Adini B. Belonging to Socially Excluded Groups as a Predictor of Vaccine Hesitancy and Rejection. Frontiers in Public Health. 2022
Eshel Y, Kimhi S, Marciano H, Adini B. Conspiracy Claims and Secret Intentions as Predictors of Psychological Coping and Vaccine Uptake During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Submitted to: Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2022.
Eshel, Y., Kimhi, S., Marciano, H., & Adini, B. (2023), Predictors of PTSD and Psychological Distress Symptoms of Ukraine Civilians during War. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 17(e429), 1-8. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2023.69. 25
Eshel, Y., Kimhi, S., Marciano, H., & Adini, B. (2023). Demographic factors, partial social belonging, and psychological resources associated with coping. Frontier in Psychology, 14.
Adini, B., & Kimhi, S. (2023). Perspective: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic concerning the resilience of the population. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research. 12: 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-023-00557-w .
Kimhi, S., Marciano, H., Eshel, Y., & Adini, B. (2023). Impact of the war in Ukraine on resilience and coping mechanisms. Frontiers in Public Mental Health, 11, 2056.
Kimhi, S., Baran, M., Baran, T. , Kaniasty , K., Marciano, H., Eshel. Y. and Adini, B. (2023). Prediction of societal and community resilience among Ukrainian and Polish populations during the Russian war against Ukraine. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 93, 103972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103792
Kimhi, S., Kaim, A., Bankauskaite, D., Baran, M., Baran, T., Eshel, Y., ... & Adini, B. (2023). A full‐scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Resilience and coping within and beyond Ukraine. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being.
Koubová, A., & Kimhi, S., (2024). Prediction of Individual, Community and Societal Resilience in the Czech Republic compared to Slovakia during the War in Ukraine. BMC Public Health, 24-583. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18075-y.
Arielle, K., Maya, S., Kimhi, S., Naomi, S., Bankauskite, D., Baran, M., Baran, Tomasz., Cosciug, A., Eshel, Y., Dumbadze, S., Gabashvili, M., Jiglau, G., Kaniasty, K., Koubová, A., Marciano, H., Matkeviciene R., Matichescu, M., Teperik, D., Adini, B.(2024). From Compassion to Controversy: Unraveling the Impact of Societal Resilience on the Tapestry of Attitudes Towards Ukrainian Refugees. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2024). 104326.
Arielle, K., Maya, S., Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Adini, B., (2024). longitudinal study of societal resilience and its predictors during the Israel-Gaza War. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being,