Prof. Giora Keinan

Professor Giora Keinan served in the past as Chief Psychologist of the Navy and the Head of the Diagnostic Branch in the IDF. In 1979 he received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and thereafter joined the University as a Faculty Member. During the course of this position, he also served as Director of the Center for Study of Psychological Stress at the University of Haifa, as Head of the Adult Clinical Graduate Program and as Chairman of the Department of Psychology at TAU. Professor Keinan has participated in further training at the Universities of Berkeley, Princeton and New York.

Stress and cognition, Stress management, Personality assessment, Clinical interview.

Keinan, G. (1987). Decision-making under stress: Scanning of alternatives under controllable and uncontrollable threats. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 639-644.

Keinan, G., & Hobfoll, S.E. (1989). Stress, dependency, and social support: Who benefits from husband’s presence in delivery? Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 8, 32-49.

Keinan, G., Friedland, N., & Arad, L. (1991). Chunking and integration: Effects of stress on the structuring of information. Cognition & Emotion, 5, 133-145.

Friedland, N., Keinan, G., & Regev, Y. (1992). Controlling the uncontrollable: Effects of stress on illusory control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 923-931.

Keinan, G. (1994). Effects of stress and tolerance of ambiguity on magical thinking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 48-55.

*Also appeared in: Lesko, W.A. (1997). Readings in Social Psychology: General, Classic, and Contemporary Selection (3rd Edition). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Keinan, G. & Sivan, D. (2001). The effects of stress and desire for control on the formation of causal attributions. Journal of Research in Personality, 35 127-137.

Keinan, G. (2002). The effects of stress and desire for control on superstitious behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(1), 102-108.

Sadeh, A., Keinan, G., & Daon, K. (2004). The effects of stress on sleep: The moderating role of coping style. Health Psychology. 23(5), 542-545.

Keinan, G., & Tal, S. (2005). The effects of Type A behavior and stress on the attribution of causality. Personality and Individual Differences, 38(2), 403-412.