Publications
All Publications
2026
Shavidze, S., Gueta, K., & Ronel, N. (2026). Active powerlessness: A paradox at the heart of addiction recovery. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 191, Article 210101. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2026.210101
Nagar, M., Gueta, K., & van Mierlo, T. (2026). Reducing gambling harm through digital self-help intervention: a pilot study in mild to moderate gambling disorder. Harm Reduction Journal, 23(1), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-026-01404-2
Guter, M., Einat, T., & Gueta, K. (2026). The Meaning-Making of Adult Sexual Assault Among Men: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of Survivors and Therapists. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 41(5-6), 1341-1369. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251320999
Shavidze, S., Ronel, N., & Gueta, K. (2026). Reframing Powerlessness in the Addiction Recovery Process. Journal of Drug Issues, 56(4), 599-620. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426241300915
Klapisch, O., Gueta, K., & Shlomi, I. (2026). Expressions of impaired mentalization and theory of mind within the therapeutic context perspectives of childhood sexual abuse survivors and their therapis. European Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 10(1), Article 100634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2026.100634
Gueta, K., & Klar-Chalamish, C. (2026). When Traumas Collide: Implications and Coping Strategies of Israeli Survivors at the Intersection of Collective War Trauma and Past Sexual Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605261451870
Elbaz, A., Gueta, K., & Ronel, N. (2026). “I Will Fight Tooth and Nail for My Recovery”: A Typology of Individuals in Long-Term Recovery From Addiction. Journal of Drug Issues, 56(4), 774-788. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426251352775
Elbaz, A., Ronel, N., & Gueta, K. (2026). “Like a steak at a vegan village”: adaptability as a cornerstone in stable recovery from substance and/or gambling addiction. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 33(3), 294-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2025.2520513
Nimni, A., & Gueta, K. (Accepted/In press). From embodied shame to intimacy: How cultural scripts shape recovery among Israeli men after childhood sexual abuse. Psychology of Men and Masculinity. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000553
2025
Guter, M., Einat, T., & Gueta, K. (2025). Therapeutic Alliance and In-Session Therapy Needs of Male Adult Sexual Assault Survivors: Perspectives of Survivors and Therapists. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 54(6), 2287-2302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03172-9
צוקרמן, ב., & גואטה, ק. (2025). (היעדר) תפיסת הקורבנות בקרב גברים אשר קיימו יחסי מין עם נשים ללא רצונם: תפקידן של הבניות מגדריות. In י. וילצ'יק-אביעד, & ו. נאמן-חביב (Eds.), שברים שקטים: השתקה חברתית של קורבנות גברית : מסע בין פגיעות, זהות והחלמה (pp. 243-267). הוצאת אוניברסיטת אריאל בשומרון. https://ebooks.psik.io/book?book_id=12520
גואטה, ק., & חביבי, ע. (2025). "לקום מהמוות": דיאלוג על מסע החלמה של נפגע תקיפה מינית בילדות מהחברה הערבית. In י. וילצ'יק-אביעד, & ו. נאמן-חביב (Eds.), שברים שקטים: השתקה חברתית של קורבנות גברית : מסע בין פגיעות, זהות והחלמה (pp. 331-361). הוצאת אוניברסיטת אריאל בשומרון. https://ebooks.psik.io/book?book_id=12520
Gueta, K., & Zuckerman, B. (Accepted/In press). “I Call It a Self-Rape”: A Qualitative Study of Unwanted Sex Among Adult Men With Women. Men and Masculinities, Article 1097184X251382201. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X251382201
Guter, M., Gueta, K., & Einat, T. (Accepted/In press). Recovery Capital Among Male Adult Sexual Assault Survivors: Perspectives of Survivors and Therapists. Psychology of Men and Masculinity. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000517
Klapisch, O., Gueta, K., & Shlomi, I. (2025). Therapeutic body resonance: pathways to recovery through enactment for childhood sexual abuse survivors. Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 20(3), 268-286. https://doi.org/10.1080/17432979.2025.2496682
גואטה, ק. (2025). צמיחה באמצעות נתינה: התנהגות פרו-סוציאלית כאפיק לצמיחה פוסט-טראומטית בקרב נפגעות ונפגעי תקיפה מינית. In י. אידיסיס, ל. כהן-רז, & פ. סילפן (Eds.), קרימינולוגיה קלינית בישראל: תיאוריה, מחקר וקליניקה (pp. 781-809). הוצאת אוניברסיטת בר-אילן. https://kotar.cet.ac.il/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=114155268#1.0.6.default
Gueta, K., Dolev-Cohen, M., Berkovich, M., & Ullman, S. E. (Accepted/In press). “Sexual Violence Happens to Us Too”: A Thematic Analysis of Israeli Men’s Online Disclosures of Sexual Victimization. Psychology of Men and Masculinity. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000521
2024
Gueta, K., Klar-Chalamish, C., & Ullman, S. E. (2024). The Process of Online Disclosures of Interpersonal Victimization: A Systematic Review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 25(3), 2028-2045. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231204886
Gueta, K., & Levy Ladell, L. (2024). “If He Were a Terrorist, You Would Have Caught Him Already”: The Experience of Divorce Denial Among Intimate Partner Violence Survivors. Violence Against Women, 30(1), 75-100. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231203003
Gueta, K., & Condry, R. (2024). Centering Mothers in Feminist Criminology: A Critical Review of Literature on Mothers of Victims and Offenders. Feminist Criminology, 19(5), 443-474. https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241241069
שליחוב, ת., & גואטה, ק. (2024). הבניית הקורבנות בקרב גברים שחוו אלימות מצד בנות-זוגם. In מ. ב. ל. חובב, ר. פלד-לסקוב, & א. שהם (Eds.), עולמם של נפגעי עבירה: בין תיאוריה לפרקטיקה (pp. 243-280). רסלינג. https://kotar.cet.ac.il/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=113536462#1.4421.6.default
2023
Chassid-Segin, M., Gueta, K., & Ronel, N. (2023). Drug risk perception and risk management strategies among Israeli functioning drug users: a qualitative exploration. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 30(2), 154-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2021.1993142
Bensimon, M., Boniel-Nissim, M., Békés, V., Arble, E. P., & Gueta, K. (2023). Editorial: Highlights in psychology for clinical settings: the ascent of digital psychotherapy. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1275034. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1275034
Gueta, K., & Ben-Porat, A. (2023). Editorial: Men who experience interpersonal violence: perspectives from research to intervention. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1247174. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1247174
Gueta, K., Harel-Fisch, Y., & Walsh, S. D. (2023). Cultural accommodation of internet-based interventions for substance use and related disorders: a proposed comprehensive framework based on a pilot study and a literature review. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1063200. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1063200
2022
Chassid-Segin, M., Gueta, K., & Ronel, N. (2022). Maintaining Normative Functioning Alongside Drug Use: The Recognition of Harms and Adoption of Change Strategies. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 66(16), 1879-1897. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624x211049180
Gueta, K., & Shlichove, T. (2022). Barriers to and Facilitators of Help-Seeking Behavior Among Israeli Men Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Study. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 23(2), 233-244. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000384
Gueta, K., Chen, G., & Ronel, N. (2022). Trauma-oriented recovery framework with offenders: A necessary missing link in offenders' rehabilitation. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 63, Article 101678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2021.101678
Gueta, K., & Klar-Chalamish, C. (2022). “The Global Sense of Disaster was Synchronized With my Own Disaster”: Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Wellbeing of Survivors of Sexual Violence. Qualitative Health Research, 32(6), 985-997. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323221089878
Gueta, K. (2022). Recovery from Sexual Victimization: Toward Developing a Recovery Capital Framework. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 31(8), 1014-1032. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2022.2099775
2021
Gueta, K., Chen, G., & Ronel, N. (2021). Maintenance of long-term recovery from substance use: a mixed methods study of self- and treatment-changers. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 28(5), 511-522. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2020.1800592
Gueta, K., Cohen-Leibovich, Y., & Ronel, N. (2021). “Even crap can be fertilizer”: The experience of volunteering at sexual assault crisis centers for women survivors of sexual assault. Feminism and Psychology, 31(2), 270-290. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353520955141
Gueta, K., Gamliel, S., & Ronel, N. (2021). “Weak Is the New Strong”: Gendered Meanings of Recovery from Substance Abuse among Male Prisoners Participating in Narcotic Anonymous Meetings. Men and Masculinities, 24(1), 104-126. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184x19849449
Chen, G., Gueta, K., & Ronel, N. (2021). A mixed-methods study of self-change among severely substance-dependent Israelis: does gender make a difference? Addiction Research and Theory, 29(1), 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2020.1724971
Gueta, K., & Chen, G. (2021). “You have to start normalizing”: Identity construction among self-changers and treatment changers in the context of drug use normalization. Social Science and Medicine, 275, Article 113828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113828
2020
Ronel, N., Gueta, K., & Chasid, M. (2020). Toward a typology for normative functioning drug users: Justifications, types of abuse, and levels of functioning. Journal of Drug Issues, 50(3), 242-258.
Chen, G., Gueta, K., & Ronel, N. (2020). Does Self-Change Occur Among Severely Dependent Substance Users? Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 52(4), 357-365. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2020.1767832
Chassid-Segin, M., Gueta, K., & Ronel, N. (2020). Toward a Typology of Normative Drug Users Based on Levels of Functioning, Justifications and Types of Use. Journal of Drug Issues, 50(3), 242-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042620911615
Chen, G., & Gueta, K. (2020). Sense of coherence as a recovery capital in recovery from substance use disorders. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 38(4), 529-539. https://doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2020.1794494
Gueta, K., Eytan, S., & Yakimov, P. (2020). Between healing and revictimization: The experience of public self-disclosure of sexual assault and its perceived effect on recovery. Psychology of Violence, 10(6), 626-637. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000309
Gueta, K. (2020). Exploring the promise of intersectionality for promoting justice-involved women's health research and policy. Health and Justice, 8(1), Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-020-00120-8
2019
Chen, G., & Gueta, K. (2019). Cognitive Appraisal of Child Abuse Among Israeli Inmates: Does Sex Make a Difference? International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 63(11), 2050-2068. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624x19829383
Gueta, K., & Chen, G. (2019). סקירה נרטיבית של היתרונות, של האתגרים ושל הדילמות הכרוכים בעריכת מחקר איכותני בכלא. קרימינולוגיה ישראלית, ח, 81-104. https://www.nevo.co.il/books/%d7%9b%d7%aa%d7%91%d7%99%20%d7%a2%d7%aa/%d7%9b%d7%aa%d7%91%d7%99%20%d7%a2%d7%aa/%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9e%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%92%d7%99%d7%94%20%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%aa/%d7%9b%d7%a8%d7%9a%20%d7%97/criminology-8-081.pdf
Gueta, K., & Chen, G. (2019). Missed Opportunities: Perspectives of Incarcerated Israeli Women and Men on Their Unsuccessful Desistance. Feminist Criminology, 14(2), 241-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085117724510
Gueta, K. (2019). “Transparency, intensiveness and resistance among mothers of adult offspring suffering from social and emotional difficulties”. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Israeli academic programs for gender studies, Kiryat-Shmona, Israel.
Gueta, K. (2019). “Perceived benefits and risks to the well-being of women who expose their sexual victimization on social media: The day after #MeToo.”. Paper presented at ‘Pleasures of Violence', Oxford, United Kingdom.
Gueta, K. (2019). “Qualitative meta-synthesis in criminology research: A new frontier”.. Paper presented at “Between edges and margins: Innovative methods in the study of deviance and social control, Ghent, Belgium.
Gueta, K. (2019). Growth through Giving: Pro-Social Behavior as a Channel for PostTraumatic Growth Among Victims of Sexual Assault.
Gueta, K., & Tam, S. (2019). Intensive-invisible mothering: The experiences of mothers of adult children with dual diagnosis. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 28(4), 997-1007. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12605
2018
Gueta, K. (2018). The Experience of Prisoners’ Parents: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies. Family Process, 57(3), 767-782. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12312
2017
Gueta, K. (2017). “Child abuse and cognitive appraisal of child abuse: Do gender differences exist?. Paper presented at the Haruv Second International Conference: Child Maltreatment in Context, Jerusalem, Israel.
Gueta, K. (2017). "The Experience of Prisoners' Parents: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies”,. Paper presented at the Israeli Society of Criminology conference., Jerusalem, Israel.
Gueta, K. (2017). A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators in treating drug use among Israeli mothers: An intersectional perspective. Social Science and Medicine, 187, 155-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.06.031
Chen, G., & Gueta, K. (2017). Lifetime history of suicidal ideation and attempts among incarcerated women in Israel. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 9(5), 596-604. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000277
Gueta, K. (2017). “A House of cards- the long-term recovery experience of recovering mothers”,. Paper presented at The seminar for the Israeli Anti-Drug Authority., Netanya, Israel.
2016
Gueta, K., Peled, E., & Sander-Almoznino, N. (2016). "I used to be an ordinary mom": The maternal identity of mothers of women abused by an intimate partner. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86(4), 456-466. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000128
Chen, G., & Gueta, K. (2016). Gender Differences in Child Abuse and Intergenerational Transmission of Crime and Substance Abuse among Israeli Inmates. Journal of Family Violence, 31(6), 735-746. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-016-9807-1
Peled, E., Gueta, K., & Sander-Almoznino, N. (2016). The Experience of Mothers Exposed to the Abuse of Their Daughters by an Intimate Partner: “There Is No Definition for It”. Violence Against Women, 22(13), 1577-1596. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801215627512
Gueta, K., & Chen, G. (2016). Men and Women Inmates’ Accounts of Their Pathways to Crime: A Gender Analysis. Deviant Behavior, 37(12), 1459-1472. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2016.1189753
Chen, G., & Gueta, K. (2016). Childhood Abuse and Mental Health Problems: Does Gender Matter? Psychiatric Quarterly, 87(1), 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-015-9371-5
Gueta, K. (2016). Experiences of barriers to and facilitators of drug treatment among recovering mothers: An intersectional perspective. Paper presented at the seventh Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference of Qualitative Research, Be'er-Sheva, Israel.
Gueta, K., & Chen, G. (2016). "i Wanted to Rebel, but There They Hit Me even Harder": Discourse Analysis of Israeli Women Offenders' Accounts of Their Pathways to Substance Abuse and Crime. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 60(7), 787-807. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X15595421
Chen, G., & Gueta, K. (2016). Childhood Abuse and Drug Addiction Among Israeli Male Inmates. Prison Journal, 96(5), 709-730. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032885516662637
Chen, G., & Gueta, K. (2016). Application of positive criminology in the 12-step program. Paper presented at The first International Conference of Positive Criminology and Victimology, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
2015
Chen, G., & Gueta, K. (2015). Child abuse, drug addiction and mental health problems of incarcerated women in Israel. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 39, 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.01.019
Gueta, K., & Chen, G. (2015). “Pulling Myself up by the Bootstraps”: Self-change of addictive behaviors from the perspective of positive criminology”. Paper presented at the 15 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology., Porto, Portugal.
Gueta, K., & Chen, G. (2015). “Pulling Myself up by the Bootstraps”: Self-change of addictive behaviors from the perspective of positive criminology. In K. Gueta (Ed.), Positive Criminology (pp. 221-233). Routledge.
Chen, G., & Gueta, K. (2015). 15 Application of positive criminology in the 12-step program. In K. Gueta (Ed.), Positive Criminology (pp. 208-220). Routledge.
Gueta, K., & Addad, M. (2015). A house of cards: The long-term recovery experience of former drug-dependent Israeli women. Women's Studies International Forum, 48, 18-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2014.10.003
2014
Gueta, K., & Chen, G. (2014). Qualitative research in prison settings: The Challenges, ethics, and opportunities. Paper presented at the Sixth Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference of Qualitative Research, Be'er-Sheva, Israel.
Gueta, K., & Addad, M. (2014). Recovering Drug-Dependent Mothers' Perspective on Gender-Sensitive Therapy: An Israeli Case. Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work, 29(1), 78-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109913510658
2013
Gueta, K., & Addad, M. (2013). Moulding an emancipatory discourse: How mothers recovering from addiction build their own discourse. Addiction Research and Theory, 21(1), 33-42. https://doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2012.680080
Gueta, K. (2013). I can stop whenever I want”: Natural recovery from addictive behaviors from the perspective of positive criminology. Paper presented at The Israeli Society of Criminology conference, Jerusalem, Israel.
Gueta, K. (2013). Self-forgiveness in the recovery of Israeli drug-addicted mothers: A Qualitative exploration. Journal of Drug Issues, 43(4), 450-467. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042613491097
2012
Gueta, K., Abramson, Y., Caspi, N., Adelson, M., & Ronel, N. (2012). יישום תוכנית שנים עשר הצעדים במרפאת מתדון: מציאות או דמיון? In N. Ronel (Ed.), חולף עם הרוח: טיפול לפי תוכנית שנים-עשר הצעדים (pp. 173-181). Bar₋Ilan University Press.
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Gueta, K. (2012). You need to work on your recovery: Recovery management among recovering drug-addicted mothers. Paper presented at The seminar for the authority for the prisoner's rehabilitation, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Gueta, K. (2012). Studying addiction: The challenges, ethics, and opportunities of qualitative health research. Paper presented at the second Global Congress for Qualitative Health Research, Milan, Italy.
Gueta, K. (2012). Moulding an emancipatory discourse: How mothers recovering from addiction build their own discourse”. Paper presented at The Fifth Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference of Qualitative Research, Be'er-Sheva, Israel.
2011
Ronel, N., Gueta, K., Abramsohn, Y., Caspi, N., & Adelson, M. (2011). Can a 12-step program work in methadone maintenance treatment? International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 55(7), 1135-1153. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624x10382570
Gueta, K. (2011). “Is the gender sensitive addiction treatment for women too sensitive?”. Paper presented at Pink crime: Women, Crime & Punishment, Ariel, Israel.
2010
Gueta, K. (2010). .”I have changed since our last conversation”: Qualitative longitudinal research as a powerful tool for understanding change and preservation process in the individual and in the society. Paper presented at The Fourth Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference of Qualitative Research, Be'er-Sheva, Israel.