סגל כרפס דקלה, פרופ’
Background
Dikla has earned her PhD from the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion, Israel, in the program of Social Sciences and Management. Her PhD concerned older employees transition to retirement. She then continued to a post-doctoral position at the Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, where she worked at the Lifespan Development Psychology lab headed by Professor Margie Lachman, mainly researching social relationships and cognivite aging.
Research
- Research Grants
- Grants Awarded
Role | Other Researchers | Topic | Funded by [ c = competitive fund] | Amount | Years | Publications |
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P.I. | – | Ageing in the Shadow of the Law: Elder Guardianship in Israel. | Israel Foundations Trustees (C) | $6,720 | 2001 | D9 | ||
P.I | – | National Health Insurance in the Israel Legal System.” | The Roter Foundation (C) | $2,250 | 2001 | D10 | ||
P.I. | – | Legal Planning in Old Age. | The Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, Univ. of Haifa | $700 | 2002 | D19 | ||
P.I. | – | Internet module on rights of the elderly | ESHEL – The Association for Planning and Development for Services for the Aged in Israel.” | $11,500 | 2003 | – | ||
C.P.I. | P.I. Prof. A. Lowenstein | Educational unit on Elder Abuse/Neglect | WHO – World Health Organization | $3,000 | 2003 | J2 | ||
P.I. | – | Local Elder Law. | Minerva Center for Human Rights (C) | $1,500 | 2004 | H10 | ||
C.P.I. | P.I. Dr. Iddo Gal | Patterns of Public Complaints | The Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research (N.I.H.P) (C) | $16,000 | 2004 | D22 D33
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P.I. | – | The Place of Therapeutic Contract in Social Work. | University of Haifa Research Authority | $800 | 2006 | – | ||
P.I., | – | Ageing and Anti-Ageing in Israel’s Supreme Court Ruling | The Minerva Center for Human Rights, (C) | $1,500 | 2006 | D91 | ||
P.I. | – | Comparative course on Elder Law in Israel and Canada. | The Government of Canada Faculty Enrichment Award (C) | $4,000 | 2006 | – | ||
C.P.I. | P.I. Dr. Mimi Ajzenstadt & Dr. John Gal | Access to Social Justice | The Israeli Ministry of Science (C) | $78,000 | 2006 | E12 | ||
P.I. | C.P.I. Dr. Iddo Gal and Prof. Shai Linn | Complaint patterns of disadvantaged groups elderly, new immigrants and Arabs to HMOs | Macabbi Research Foundation (C) | $21,000 | 2006 | D38 D39 | ||
P.I. | – | Establishing a video-conference-based course on Multi-Culturalism | IASSW – International Association of Schools of Social Work | $3,000 | 2007 | – | ||
P.I., | – | Legal regulation of older drivers: International comparative and critical perspective | Ran Naor Foundation for the advancement of road safety research. | $9,000 | 2007 | – | ||
P.I. | – | Ageism in Israel | The Van-Leer Jerusalem Institute | $20,000 | 2009 | B6 | ||
P.I. | C.P.I. Dr. G. Enosh | Evaluating the Financial Upgrade of Elderly Day-Centers | The National Insurance Institute. | $30,000 | 2009 | – | ||
P.I. | C.P.I. Dr. Tova Winterstein | Elder Self Neglect | Macabbi Health Services (C) | $25,000 | 2009 | D42 | ||
P.I. | C.P.I. Prof. Kim Dayton, USA) | Municipal Elder Law | Borchard Foundation (USA) (C) | $15,000 | 2009 | D30 D45 D46 | ||
P.I. | C.P.I. Dr. Sharon Shiovitz-Ezra, Hebrew U | Evaluating ageism among health care professionals in hospitals, primary care clinics, and LTC facilities | NIHP – The Israel National Health Institute for Health Policy Research (C) | $80,000 | 2010 | D68 | ||
P.I. | – | Mandatory reporting: a 20 years perspective | Ministry of Welfare and Social Services | $7,000. | 2010 | I7 | ||
P.I. | – | The Supreme Court’s role in shaping Israel’s occupational pension policy | Pension and Social Security Program – Tel Aviv University | $7,000. | 2011 | – | ||
P.I. | C.P.I. Dr. Tova Band-Winterstein | Law and Elder Self Neglect | Ministry of Senior Citizens | $10,000. | 2011 | D116 | ||
P.I. | C.P.I. Dr. Tova Band-Winterstein | Acre as a City for All Ages | The Jewish-Arab Center, University of Haifa | $10,000 | 2011 | – | ||
P.I. | – | The construction of old age pension in Israel’s Supreme Court | Ministry of Senior Citizens | $6,000 | 2012 | D113 | ||
P.I. | C.P.I. Prof. Perla Werner | Awareness, Knowledge and Barriers to the Right of Health in Old Age | NIHP – National Institute of Health Policy in Israel (C) | $35,000 | 2012-2013 | D64 | ||
*P.I. | C.P.I. Prof. Perla Werner | Stigma, Dementia and Law: The construction of Dementia in court rulings | ISF – Israel Science Foundation (C) | $34,000 (120,000 NIS) | 2013-2014 | D69 D72 | ||
*P.I. | C.P.I. Dr. Ma’ayn Agmon, Prof. Yocheved Laufer, Dr. Michal Elboim | A Qualitative Analysis of Dependency Assessment | Israel’s National Insurance Institute | $53,000 (185,000 NIS) | 2014-2015 | – | ||
*P.I. | C.P.I. Dr. Benny Spanier | Rights of Older Persons in the African Union | Minerva Center for Human Rights – Israel | $2,000 (7,000 NIS) | 2013 | D63 | ||
*C.P.I. | P.I. Prof. Perla Werner; Dr. Mika Moran | Health Promoting Environments | Eshel | $22,800 (80,084 NIS) | 2014-2015 | D73 | ||
*P.I. | C.P.I. Prof. Nina Kohn | Connecting Elder Law and Gerontology | Borchard Foundation Center, USA (C) | $12,500 | 2014-2015 | D71 D77 | ||
*P.I. | – | Regulating Assisted Living Facilities | Ministry of Welfare | $9,500 (33,000 NIS) | 2014 | H20 | ||
*C.P.I. | P.I. Prof. Liat Ayalon + 10 European partners | Ageism: A Multi-National Interdisciplinary Perspective |
| [ Overall budget ~600,000 Euro ] (3,000,000 NIS) | 2014-2018 | B9 E38 | ||
*C.P.I. | P.I. Dr. Tova Band Winterstein | The Role of Non-Professional Workers in the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes | NIHP – National Institute of Health Policy in Israel (C) | 229,178 NIS ($60,000) | 2014-2015 | D79 D85 | ||
*P.I. | – | Monitoring Legal Guardians Around the Globe | Ministry of Justice – the Office of Public Guardian | 12,000 NIS ($3,000) | 2015 | – | ||
*P.I. | C.P.I. Prof. Perla Werner | International Workshop on Dementia, Structural Stigma, and Law | ISF – Israel Science Foundation (C) | 65,000 NIS ($16,250) | 2015 | – | ||
*P.I. | C.P.I. Prof. Guy Enosh & Prof. Shai Tsafrir | The development, structure and meaning of ERBs in the social sciences in Israel | ISF – Israel Science Foundation (C) | 300,000 NIS ($85,000) | 2015-2017 | H24 | ||
*P.I. | – | Supporting informal family caregivers | Caregivers Israel | 3,600 NIS ($1,000) | 2016 | I11 | ||
*P.I. | – | Strategic Planning for Aging Societies | Ministry of Welfare and Social Services | 45,000 NIS ($12,000) | 2016-2017 | I12 | ||
* C.P.I. | P.I. Dr. Eyal Katvan, T. Ashkenazi, Dr. B. Shnoor, & Prof. E. Mor | The Consequences of Policy Changes regarding the use of Age Criteria in Organ Transplantation
| NIHP – National Institute of Health Policy in Israel (C) | 123,145 NIS ($30,000) | 2017-2018 | D65 | ||
*P.I. | C.P.I. Prof. Carole Cox | National and International Older Persons’ Human Rights Index IOPHRI | Borchard Foundation | $19,300 | 2018-2019 | D80 K7 | ||
*P.I. | – | The long term viability of default occupational pensions | Menorah-Mivtachim | 92,000 NIS ($26,000) | 2018 |
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*Participating Partner | C.P.I. Dr. Noa Vilchinsky et al., | ENTWINE – Caregiving | EU Horizon 2020 = Marie Curie ITN – Innovative Training Network; (C) | [Overall budget 4,000,000 Euro.] | 2018-2024 |
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*P.I. | C.P.I. Prof. Ilan Meshulam | Age-friendly workplace | Israel National Social Insurance | 150,000 NIS ($42,000) | 2018-2020 | D84 | ||
*P.I. | C.P.I. Prof. T. Band-Winterstein et al. | Aging and Intersectionality | Minerva Center of Aging | 3,840,000 NIS (960,000 Euro) | 2019-2025 |
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*C.P.I | C.P.I. Dr. Anat Herbest-Debby et al. | Vulnerabilities in Ageing | The Israel National Academy of Science | $16,795 | 2019 |
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P.I |
| Int. Conference -The Future of Gerontology | The Israel Institute | $70,000 | 2019 |
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Pablications
- Segel-Karpas, D., Bamberger, P., Bacharach, S. (2013), Income Decline and Retiree Well-being: The Moderating Role of Attachment. Psychology and Aging, 28 (4), 1098–1107.
- Stein-Shvachman, I., Segel-Karpas, D., Werner, P. (2013), Depression Treatment Adherence and its Psychosocial Predictors: Differences between Young and Older Adults? Aging and Disease, 4 (6), 329-336.
- Werner, P., Heinik, J., Giveon, S., Segel-Karpas, D., Kitai, E. (2014), Help-Seeking Preferences in the Area of Mild Cognitive Impairment: Comparing Family Physicians and The Lay Public. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 9, 613-619.
- Werner, P., & Segel-Karpas, D. (2014). Factors Associated with Preferences for Institutionalized Care in Elderly Persons: Comparing Hypothetical Conditions of Permanent Disability and Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 0733464814546041.
- Werner, P., Goldstein, D., Segel-Karpas, D., Chan, L., Lai, C. (2014), Help-Seeking for Dementia: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders – An International Journal 28, 4, 299-310.
- Segel-Karpas, D., Werner, P. (2014), Perceived Financial Retirement Preparedness and its Correlates: A National Representative Study in Israel. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 79, 4, 279-301.DOI: 10.1177/0091415015574177
- Bear, J., Segel-Karpas, (2015), Effects of Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance on Negotiation Propensity and Performance. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 8, 3, 153-173 (I.F 0.543; rank 176/185 in management (Q4) JCR; Q2 in strategy and management SJR).
- Segel–Karpas, D. (2015), Number of illnesses, self-perceived health, and depressive symptoms: The moderating role of employment in older adulthood and old age. Work, Aging and Retirement, 1, 4, 382-392. doi:10.1093/workar/wav009.
- Segel-Karpas, D., Bamberger P., Bacharach S. (2015), The Prevalence and Distribution of Aging-Friendly Human Resource Practices, International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 81, (1-2), 120-148 DOI: 10.1177/0091415015617643
- Grzywacz, J. G., Segel-Karpas, D., & Lachman, M. E. (2016). Workplace Exposures and Cognitive Function During Adulthood: Evidence From National Survey of Midlife Development and the O* NET.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine/American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 58(6), 535-541
- Segel-Karpas, D., & Lachman, M. E. (2016). Social Contact and Cognitive Functioning: The Role of Personality.The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73, 6, 974-984. gbw079
- Segel-Karpas, D., Ayalon, L. & Lachman, M. E. (2016). Loneliness and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of the Transition into Retirement. Aging and Mental Health, 135-140.
- Segel-Karpas, D., Shrira, A. & Palgi, Y. (2017). The Reciprocal Relationship Between Depression and Physical Morbidity: The Role of Subjective Age. Health Psychology, 848–851.
- Gum, G., Segel-Karpas, D. Bodner, E., Ayalon, L., Palgi, Y (2017). Grip strength and quality of life in the second half of life: Hope as a moderator. Aging and Mental Health, 1600-1605
- Segel-Karpas, D., Palgi, Y. (2017) “It is nothing more than a senior moment”: The moderating role of subjective age in the effect of change in memory on self-rated memory. Aging and Mental Health, 272-276 .
- Damman, M., Segel-Karpas, D., Henkens, K. )=) (2018) Partners’ adjustment to older workers’ retirement: Testing the role of pre-retirement expectations in a 10-year panel study. Aging and Mental Health, 1555-1561
- Segel-Karpas, D., Ayalon, L. (2018). Retirement and Depressive Symptoms: A 10-Year Cross-Lagged Analysis. Psychiatry Research,269,565-570 .
- Bergman, Y. S., & Segel-Karpas, D. (2018). Future time perspective, loneliness, and depressive symptoms among middle-aged adults: A mediation model. Journal of affective disorders, 241, 173-175
- Palgi, Y., Ayalon, L., Avidor, S., Segel-Karpas, D. & Ehud Bodner (2018). On the edge: The association between extreme values of felt age, physical and mental health and social functioning in the second half of life. Psychiatry Research, 270, 538-543
- Shrira, A., Segel-Karpas, D., Bodener, E., & Palgi, Y. (2018). Subjective age and Emotion Covariation. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences ~10 pages .
- Bergnan Y., Segel-Karpas, D., Subjective Nearness-to-Death, Filial Obligations, and Depressive Symptoms: The Case of Jews and Arabs in Israel (2018). Aging and Mental Health .
- Werner, P., Segel-Karpas, D. (2019) Depression-related stigma: Comparing laypersons’ stigmatic beliefs towards younger and older targets, Aging and Mental Health. DOI: 1080/13607863.2019.1584791
- Yorgason,. B. J., Segel-Karpas, D., Wheeler, B., Malig, J., Smith, J. (2019) Change in Retirement Plans among Mid-life Couples During an Economic Recession. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbz076.
- *Segel-Karpas, D., Ayalon, L. Loneliness and hostility in older adults: A cross-lagged examination. Psychology and Aging. DOI: 10.1037/pag0000417.
- *Spitzer, N., Segel-Karpas, D., Palgi, Y. (accepted). The interaction between close social relationships and subjective age predicts loneliness. International Psychogeriatrics .
- *Segel-Karpas, D., Bergman, Y., (accepted). Retirement Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Middle-Aged Adults: An Indirect Effect through Death Anxiety. Death Studies
- *Pindek, S., Segel-Karpas, D., Do Satisfied Employees Receive More Social Support over Time? A Cross-Lagged Examination. Journal of Applied Gerontology
- *Elran-Barak, R., Segel-Karpas, D., 2020. Dieting for weight-control among older adults: The role of perceived health and perceived overweight status. Eating Behaviors 36, 101368. doi:10.1016/J.EATBEH.2020.101368
- *Cohn-Schwartz, E., Segel-Karpas, D., & Ayalon, L. (2020). Longitudinal dyadic effects of aging self-perceptions on health. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.
- Arbel, R., Segel-Karpas, D. (=), Chopik, B.Optimism, pessimism and health biomarkers in older couples. British Journal of Health Psychology
