ד"ר מרים חסון

    קורות חיים

    Academic Position

    2025-PresentSenior Lecturer, Child Development Program, Faculty of Education & Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
    2023 – 2025Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry
    Advisor: Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Ph.D.
    Primary research project: The Mother–Infant Neurobiological Development (MIND) Study

    Education

      

    2017-2023     

    Ph.D

    School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

     

    2014-2016     MSW 

     cum Laude 

    The School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Israel.

     

    2009-2012      BSWThe Department of Social Work, Ariel University, Israel.
    פרסומים

    Publications

    1.

    Chasson, M., Taubman–Ben–Ari, O., Dekel., S. (2025). Disruptive and adaptive effects of war exposure on mother-infant bonding. Advance online publication. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and PolicyAdvance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0002075

    2.

    Mahamid, S., Chasson, M. (2025). Elevated risk of postpartum depressive symptoms among Arab women in Israel: The role of maternal role satisfaction and psychological flexibility. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 191(1), 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.09.026

    3.

    Khoury, J., Chasson, M., Ahtam, B., Fleming., L., Ou, Y., Bosquet Enlow, M., Grant, E., Lyons-Ruth, K. (2025). Maternal experience of childhood neglect linked to increased infant cortisol levels and limbic volumes. Child Maltreatment.  Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595251376623

    4.

    Chasson, M., Borrelli, JL., Shai, D., Taubman–Ben–Ari, O. (2025). Maternal intrusive thoughts and dissociative experiences in the context of early caregiving under varying levels of societal stress. Behavioral Sciences. Advance online publication.  https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15060717

    5.

    Taubman–Ben-Ari, O., Erel-Brodsky, H., Chasson, M., Ben-Yaakov, O., Meir, R., & Screier-Tivoni, A. (2025). Psychological distress and concerns of perinatal women during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic-a case study and empirical comparative examination. Current Psychology, 1-18. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07783-2

    6.

    Chasson, M., Khoury, J., Bosquet, M., Lyons-Ruth, K. (2025). Maternal caregiving moderates relations between maternal childhood maltreatment and infant cortisol regulation.

    Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14171

    7.

    Mahamid, S., Chasson, M., Taubman – Ben-Ari, O. (2025). Challenging social taboos in early caregiving - Assessing maternal intrusive thoughts and dissociative experiences among Arab mothers. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. Advance online publicationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2025.2481481

    8.

    Chasson, M., Ben-Shlomo, S., Lyons-Ruth, K. (2025). Early parent-child relationship in the shadow of war-related trauma: A systematic review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380251325222

    9.

    Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2025). The Maternal Compassion Preoccupation Questionnaire (MCPQ): Development and initial validation. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001319

    10.

    Chasson. M. (2024) Psychological flexibility and role satisfaction as serial mediators between dispositional mindfulness and postpartum depressive symptoms. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2024.2431144.

    11.

    Lyons-Ruth, K., Chasson, M., Khoury, J. (2024). Reconsidering the nature of threat in infancy: Integrating animal and human studies on neurobiological effects of infant stress. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105746

    12.

    Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2024). Paths from adverse and benevolent childhood experiences to personal growth after childbirth: The role of psychological distress, social support, and self-compassion. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 16(1), S28–S38. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001664. .

    13.

    Chasson, M., Erel-Brodsky, H., & Taubman - Ben-Ari, O. (2024). Mother’s disintegrative responses in the context of infant care: Clinical and empirical evidence of the role of empathy and parity. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 41(2), 78-87.  https://doi.org/10.1037/pap0000498.

    14.

    Chasson, M., Taubman–Ben-Ari, O., & Erel-Brodsky, H. (2024). “I felt like a bad monster was rising up in me”: Empirical and clinical evidence of maternal disintegrative responses in the context of infant care. Feminism & Psychology34(1), 112-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593535231192181.

    15.

    Kaçan-Bibican., B., Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2023). Contribution of personal and community resources to personal growth of mothers from Israel and Turkey. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2023.2260831.

    16.

    Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2023). The contribution of childhood trauma to parental reflective functioning in the postpartum period: The role of maternal disintegrative responses and personal growth. Child Abuse & Neglect, 143, 106250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106250

    17.

    Chasson, M., Taubman–Ben-Ari, O., Abu-Sharkia, S., Weiss, E., Khalaf, E., & Mofareh, A. (2023). Psychological distress, optimism, and emotion regulation among Israeli Jewish and Arab pregnant women during COVID-19. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 41(2), 228-243.1-16.  https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2021.1983528.

    18.

    Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2023). The contribution of childhood experiences, maternal disintegrative responses and self-compassion to maternal self-efficacy and role satisfaction: A prospective study. Current Psychology, 42(1), 30164–30173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-04085-9.

    19.

    Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben‐Ari, O. (2023). The Maternal Disintegrative Responses Scale (MDRS): Development and initial validation. Journal of Clinical Psychology79(2), 415-430.  https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23414.

    20.

    Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2022). The Maternal Disintegrative Responses Scale (MDRS) and its associations with attachment orientation and childhood trauma. Child Abuse & Neglect131, 105693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105693.

    21.

    Taubman – Ben-Ari, O., Chasson, M., Erel-Brodsky, H., Abu Sharkia, S., Skvirsky, V., & Horowitz, E. (2022). Contributors to COVID-19-related childbirth anxiety among pregnant women in two pandemic waves.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(1),110. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010110.

    22.

    Chasson, M., Taubman-Ben-Ari, O., & Abu-Sharkia, S. (2022). Posttraumatic growth in the wake of COVID-19 among Jewish and Arab pregnant women in Israel. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy 14(8), 1324–1332. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001189.

    23.

    Chasson, M., Ben‐Yaakov, O., & Taubman–Ben‐Ari, O. (2021). Parenthood in the shadow of COVID‐19: The contribution of gender, personal resources and anxiety to first time parents' perceptions of the infant. Child & Family Social Work, 27(1), 79-89.https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12883.

    24.

    Chasson, M., Ben-Yaakov, O., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2021). Meaning in life among new mothers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of mothers’ marital satisfaction and perception of the Infant.  Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(1), 3499–3512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00378-1.

    25.

    Taubman-Ben-Ari, O., Ben-Yaakov, O., & Chasson, M. (2021). Parenting stress among new parents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Child Abuse & Neglect, 105080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105080.

    26.

    Taubman–Ben‐Ari, O., Chasson, M., & Abu‐Sharkia, S. (2021). Childbirth anxieties in the shadow of COVID‐19: Self‐compassion and social support among Jewish and Arab pregnant women in Israel. Health & Social Care in the Community. 29(5), 1409-1419.https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13196.

    27.

    Taubman–Ben-Ari, O., Chasson, M., Horowitz, E., Azuri, J., & Davidi, O. (2021). Personal growth in early pregnancy: the role of perceived stress and emotion regulation.  Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 40(6), 550-562. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2021.1925096.

    28.

    Chasson, M., Taubman-Ben-Ari, O., & Abu-Sharkia, S. (2020). Jewish and Arab pregnant women’s psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: the contribution of personal resources.Ethnicity & Health, 26(1), 139-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2020.1815000.

    29.

    Taubman–Ben-Ari, O., Chasson, M., Abu Sharkia, S., & Weiss, E. (2020). Distress and anxiety associated with COVID-19 among Jewish and Arab pregnant women in Israel.  Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 38(3), 340-348.https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2020.1786037.

    30.

    Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2020). Early maternal caregiving: A conceptualization of maternal compassion preoccupation. Qualitative Health Research, 30(9), 1303-1313.https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320908570.

    31.

    Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2020). Personal growth of single mothers by choice in the transition to motherhood: A comparative study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 39(3), 301-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2020.1718627.

     

    תאריך עדכון אחרון : 24/02/2026