Research interests and projects
Arab and Jewish students
Studies of Arab and Jewish students in Israeli schools look at fear, victimization and how schools differ. A recent analysis followed victimization and climate in Arab and Jewish elementary schools across twelve years of population-wide data.
Gender and sexual harassment
Work in Israel and Chile examines sexual harassment by peers and by adults at school, and how gender shapes who is targeted and who is believed.
Discrimination and vulnerable groups
Studies of discriminatory bullying look at students who are homeless, and at children from military families, who often face discrimination that standard surveys miss.
Harm by school staff
Children's reports of emotional, physical and sexual maltreatment by educational staff in Israel opened a line of work on how adults in schools can be a source of harm as well as protection.
Selected publications
- 2024Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., Shemesh, M., Avital, D., Raz, T., & Roziner, I. (2024). A 12-year population-based analysis of victimization and climate trends in Israeli Arab and Jewish elementary schools. Journal of School Violence, 1.
- 2022Ismail, A., Schiff, M., Pat‐Horenczyk, R., & Benbenishty, R. (2022). Perceived academic challenges of Jewish and Arab undergraduates during the first wave of COVID‐International Journal of Psychology.
- 2020López, V. García-Quiroga, M., Benbenishty, R., Gonzále, L. Squicciarini, A. M., & Sánchez, P. (2020). Sexual harassment by peers in Chilean schools. Child Abuse & Neglect.
- 2020Moore, H., Astor, R. A., & Benbenishty, R. (2020). Role of school-climate in school-based violence among homeless and nonhomeless students: Individual- and school-level analysis. Child Abuse & Neglect.
- 2019Moore, H., Astor, R.A. & Benbenishty R. (2019). A statewide study of school-based victimization, discriminatory-bullying, and weapon involvement among homeless and non-homeless students. Social Work Research 43, 181.
- 2019Moore, H., Astor, R. A., Benbenishty, R. (2019). Substance use off and on school grounds: A California statewide comparison between different groups of Homeless students and nonhomeless students. Journal of Addictive Behaviors, 92, 141.
- 2018Moore, H., Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., & Rice, E. (2018). The positive role of school climate on school victimization, depression and suicidal ideation among school-attending homeless youth. Journal of School Violence, 17, 298.
- 2018DePedro, K. T., Astor, R. A., Gilreath, T., Benbenishty, R., & Berkowitz, R. (2018). School climate, deployment, and mental health among students in military-connected schools. Youth & Society, 50, 93.
- 2017Capp, G. P., Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., Weiss, E., Pineda, D. (2017). School staff perceptions of military-connected students in civilian public schools: Implications for teachers, counselors, and school staff. Military Behavioral Health, 5, 147.
- 2016De Pedro, K. T., Astor, R. A., Gilreath, T., Benbenishty, R., & Berkowitz, R. (2016). Examining the relationship between school climate and peer victimization among students in military-connected public schools. Violence and Victims, 31, 751.
- 2015Sullivan, K., Capp, G., Gilreath, T., Benbenishty, R., Roziner, I., & Astor, R. A. (2015). Substance abuse and other adverse outcomes for military-connected youth in California: Results from a large-scale normative population survey. JAMA Pediatrics, 169, 922.
- 2015Sullivan, K.S., Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., Capp, G., Gilreath, T., Rice, E. (2015). The impact of maternal and paternal deployment on depressive symptoms and wellbeing among military-connected youth. Military Behavioral Health, 3, 182.
Presentations and materials
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