Devora Shabtai

Devora Shabtai

Boca Raton, Florida, United States
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Devora Shabtai, LCSW, MSc, is a PhD Candidate and currently serves as the Vice President…

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    Boca Raton, Florida, United States

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    Delray Beach, Florida

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Education

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    Bishop Grosseteste University

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    Dissertation: Examining Connections between Psychological Type and Spiritual/Religious Orientation among an Orthodox Jewish sample

  • Thesis: Examining Relationships between MBTI Personality Type and Religious/Spiritual Identity among a Sample of Orthodox Jewish Females

Publications

  • Judaism and Mental Health.

    Shabtai, D. & Rosmarin, D. H. In: Moodley, R, & Eunjung, L (Eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Mental Health.

    Judaism has long recognized the significance of mental health and classic Judaic sources have documented observations of symptoms of mental illness. Research has implicated several culture-specific barriers among Jews in regards to treatment seeking, most notably family-centric stigma toward mental health treatment. The progressive decrease in social mistrust of the mental health field points to the fact that the time is ripe to continue efforts to build bridges between mental health…

    Judaism has long recognized the significance of mental health and classic Judaic sources have documented observations of symptoms of mental illness. Research has implicated several culture-specific barriers among Jews in regards to treatment seeking, most notably family-centric stigma toward mental health treatment. The progressive decrease in social mistrust of the mental health field points to the fact that the time is ripe to continue efforts to build bridges between mental health practitioners, Jewish individual clients, and the Jewish community at large. Many of the relationships between Jewish religiosity and mental health have been found to bear relevance across the spectrum of affiliation.

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  • Exploring connections between personality type and spiritual/religious preferences among a sample of Jewish females: A qualitative study.

    Mental Health, Religion, and Culture

    A growing body of empirical research has demonstrated associations connecting Jungian
    psychological type with a variety of religious preferences and practices among Christian
    individuals and clergy. No research to date has examined whether these relationships
    extend to the Orthodox Jewish population. This study explores the relationship between the
    perceiving process (sensing and intuition) of psychological type theory and religious
    preferences among a sample of 16 Orthodox…

    A growing body of empirical research has demonstrated associations connecting Jungian
    psychological type with a variety of religious preferences and practices among Christian
    individuals and clergy. No research to date has examined whether these relationships
    extend to the Orthodox Jewish population. This study explores the relationship between the
    perceiving process (sensing and intuition) of psychological type theory and religious
    preferences among a sample of 16 Orthodox Jewish females. As no suitable measures were
    available for use among this population, a semi-structured interview was constructed,
    designed to examine several domains of Orthodox Jewish religious life and orally
    administered alongside the Francis Psychological Type Scales (FPTS). Preliminary
    relationships were found between religious preferences and the Jungian perceiving process
    and reported in relation to both Orthodox Jewish ideology and psychological type theory. The
    findings provide initial support that psychological type theory can be useful in illuminating
    differing religious preferences and areas of interest within an Orthodox Jewish context and
    lays a framework for further empirical research to be conducted in this understudied area.

  • Judaism and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    Shabtai, D., Rosmarin D.H., Pirutinsky, S. Ives R, Ben-Avie M & Loewenthal K (Eds.) Jewish social values and contemporary social issues: Applying Jewish ideas to improve society. Medford, MA: Springer International.

    This chapter puts forth a clinical approach to the integration of Jewish spiritual beliefs and practices into standard cognitive behavioral therapy for a variety of mental health disorders. We will explore how incorporating Jewish principles and values within the course of psychological treatment can provide a uniquely effective path toward cognitive and behavioral change. It is expected that drawing upon the psychological insights contained within the Jewish tradition can have emotionally…

    This chapter puts forth a clinical approach to the integration of Jewish spiritual beliefs and practices into standard cognitive behavioral therapy for a variety of mental health disorders. We will explore how incorporating Jewish principles and values within the course of psychological treatment can provide a uniquely effective path toward cognitive and behavioral change. It is expected that drawing upon the psychological insights contained within the Jewish tradition can have emotionally transformative effects not only for Jews but for individuals of any faith.

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  • Maintaining a grateful disposition in the face of distress: The role of spirituality.

    Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.

    Despite a surge in psychological research on gratitude over the past several years, a number of important questions remain unanswered about this highly valued trait. It is largely unknown, for example, how gratitude is maintained in times of distress. This article supports and extends existing theory and research on the relevance of benefit detection (the perception of having received a gain rendered intentionally and voluntarily by another), by testing a model in which religious involvement in…

    Despite a surge in psychological research on gratitude over the past several years, a number of important questions remain unanswered about this highly valued trait. It is largely unknown, for example, how gratitude is maintained in times of distress. This article supports and extends existing theory and research on the relevance of benefit detection (the perception of having received a gain rendered intentionally and voluntarily by another), by testing a model in which religious involvement in general, and religious coping in particular, can help sustain gratitude in the face of negative emotions. Across 2 studies-1 in a community/college student sample (n = 404) and another among individuals seeking psychological treatment (n = 122)-we found initial support for our model. Implications for further research on gratitude and other areas of positive psychology are discussed.

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  • Behavior therapy. Shabtai, D. Rosmarin, D.H, Sklar. A.

    Phobias: The psychology of irrational fear, an encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

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  • Judaism and Mental Health: A review of the empirical literature.

    Rosmarin, D.H, Shabtai, D., Pirutinsky, S., Pargament, K. In Levin J, Prince M (Eds). Judaism and health: A handbook of practical, professional, and scholarly resources.

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  • The Correlation between Personality Type and Religious Life.

    Abstract published in Women in Science Journal, Yeshiva University.

  • In Rehab, Discovering the Power of Elul

    Aish.com

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Projects

  • An initial evaluation of the Connections Program: A spiritually-based treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

    Rosmarin DH, Pirutinsky S, Sklar A, Shabtai D, & Naftalovich H. (August, 2014). Poster Presentation at the American Psychological Association, 122nd annual meeting. Washington, DC.

  • Spiritual struggle and depression among Orthodox Jews: A longitudinal study in a clinical sample.

    Rosmarin, D.H., Pirutinsky, S., Shabtai, D., & Pargament, K.I. (August, 2012). Symposium presentation at the 120th meeting of the APA. Orlando, FL.

  • The social cultural context for the correlation between religiosity and psychological adjustment: Results from the European Social Survey.

    Pirutinsky, S., Gordon, A., & Shabtai, D. (November, 2012). Poster presented to 46th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. National Harbor, MD

  • Does positive religious coping moderate the relationship between emotional functioning and obesity?

    Greer, D., Pirutinsky S., Rosmarin D. H (November, 2011). Poster presentation at the
    45th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada

  • The Connection Between Personality Typology and The Nature of Religious Struggles within Orthodox Judaism.

    Greer, D, Atkin, S., & Freyberg, R. (2009). Research proposal presented at Ferkauf Graduate School Behavioral Sciences Student Research Conference.

Honors & Awards

  • Stephen Louden MSc Psychology of Religion Prize

    Glyndwr University

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