Hello
I'm Bat-hen Shahar
I am a mother of two girls, a wife and a psychologist.
My passion is the relationship between adults and children, Specifically, children's relationship with their parents and their teachers.
As you can see from my work experience and my academic publications, working with parents and teachers towards the goal of supporting children's emotional development is my favourite part of being a psychologist, and a researcher.
That is also my main motivation to create SAGOL.
Dr Bat-hen Shahar
Chartered Psychologist, 750521
My Experience
As a psychologist specialising in education, I have worked with children and young people, alongside families and schools, on a variety of emotional, social and academic issues.
* These include assessing children's learning and emotional needs, by observing and consulting with multi-agency teams to advise on the best approaches to support learning and development.
* I specialise in behavioural problems and emotional regulation difficulties.
* In schools, I worked alongside the headteachers and the emotional support team (such as SEN) to help the school in its mission of supporting children with learning difficulties or communication needs.
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As a researcher I've studied the impact adults have on children through the eyes of Self-Determination Theory which represents a broad framework for the study of human motivation and personality. More specifically, we studied the importance of needs supportive environment in the development of children (in school and in their relationship with their parents).
My Education
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PhD in Psychology, Ben-Gurion University.
Thesis: "The Benefits of Emotional Integration and the Costs of Emotional Avoidance"
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MA in Education and Psychology With Specialisation in educational psychology, Ben-Gurion University.
Thesis: "Teachers' Attitudes, in Regular and Special Education, Towards Students'
Motivation for Learning"
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BA in psychology, Ben-Gurion University.
My Publications
Katz, I., & Shahar, B. H. (2015). What makes a motivating teacher? Teachers’ motivation and beliefs as predictors of their autonomy-supportive style. School Psychology International, 36(6), 575-588.
Roth, G., Shahar, B. H., Zohar-Shefer, Y., Benita, M., Moed, A., Bibi, U., & Ryan, R. M. (2018). Benefits of emotional integration and costs of emotional distancing. Journal of Personality, 86(6), 919-934.
Roth, G., Benita, M., Amrani, C., Shahar, B. H., Asoulin, H., Moed, A., & Kanat-Maymon, Y. (2014). Integration of negative emotional experience versus suppression: Addressing the question of adaptive functioning. Emotion, 14(5), 908-919.
Shahar, B. H., Kalman-Halevi, M., & Roth, G. (2019). Emotion regulation and intimacy quality: The consequences of emotional integration, emotional distancing, and suppression. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(11-12), 3343-3361.
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I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's talk!
