Publications
2026
Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2026). The Maternal Compassion Preoccupation Questionnaire (MCPQ): Development and Initial Validation. Journal of Family Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001319
2025
Kaçan-Bibican, B., Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2025). Contribution of personal and community resources to personal growth of mothers from Israel and Turkey. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 43(3), 753-773. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2023.2260831
Chasson, M., Taubman - Ben-Ari, O., & Dekel, S. (2025). Disruptive and adaptive effects of war exposure on mother–infant bonding. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0002075
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 and Dissociation, 26(3), 452-468. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2025.2481481
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, 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.09.026
Chasson, M., Borelli, J. L., 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, 15(6), Article 717. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15060717
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, 44(16), 14120-14137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07783-2
Khoury, J. E., Chasson, M., Ahtam, B., Fleming, L. L., Ou, Y., Bosquet Enlow, M., Grant, P. E., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2025). Maternal Childhood Neglect is Linked to Greater Infant Cortisol Levels and Larger Infant Limbic Volumes. Child Maltreatment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595251376623
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, and Abuse. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380251325222
Chasson, M., Khoury, J., Bosquet Enlow, M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2025). Maternal caregiving moderates relations between maternal childhood maltreatment and infant cortisol regulation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 66(11), 1627-1641. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14171
2024
Chasson, M., & Ben-Ari, O. T. (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, S28-S38. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001664
Lyons-Ruth, K., Chasson, M., Khoury, J., & Ahtam, B. (2024). Reconsidering the nature of threat in infancy: Integrating animal and human studies on neurobiological effects of infant stress. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 163, Article 105746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105746
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 and Psychology, 34(1), 112-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593535231192181
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
2023
Chasson, M., & Taubman - Ben-Ari, O. (2023). The contribution of adverse childhood experiences to postpartum maternal reflective functioning: A prospective examination of the role of maternal disintegrative responses and personal growth. Child Abuse and Neglect, 143, Article 106250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106250
Chasson, M., Erel-Brodsky, H., & Ben-Ari, O. T. (2023). 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
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. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2021.1983528
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(34), 30164-30173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-04085-9
Chasson, M., & Taubman – Ben-Ari, O. (2023). The Maternal Disintegrative Responses Scale (MDRS): Development and initial validation. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79(2), 415-430. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23414
2022
Taubman–Ben-Ari, O., Chasson, M., Horowitz, E., Azuri, J., & Davidi, O. (2022). 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
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), Article 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010110
Chasson, M., Ben-Ari, O. T., & 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
Chasson, M., & Taubman – Ben-Ari, O. (2022). The Maternal Disintegrative Responses Scale (MDRS) and its associations with attachment orientation and childhood trauma. Child Abuse and Neglect, 131, Article 105693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105693
Chasson, M., Ben-Yaakov, O., & Taubman – Ben-Ari, O. (2022). Parenthood in the shadow of COVID-19: The contribution of gender, personal resources and anxiety to first time parents' perceptions of the infant. Child and Family Social Work, 27(1), 79-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12883
2021
Taubman – Ben-Ari, O., Ben-Yaakov, O., & Chasson, M. (2021). Parenting stress among new parents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Child Abuse and Neglect, 117, Article 105080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105080
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(8), 3499-3512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00378-1
Chasson, M., & Taubman–Ben-Ari, O. (2021). 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
Chasson, M., Taubman - Ben-Ari, O., & Abu-Sharkia, S. (2021). Jewish and Arab pregnant women’s psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: the contribution of personal resources. Ethnicity and Health, 26(1), 139-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2020.1815000
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 and Social Care in the Community, 29(5), 1409-1419. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13196
2020
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
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