Publications

Books

Oppenheim D. and Goldsmith, D. F. (2007). Attachment Theory in Clinical Work with Children: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice. New York: Guilford (256 pages).

The book has been translated to Korean and published in 2009 by Hanshin University Press, to Italian and published in 2010 by Borla

Publishing Company, Rome, and to Japanese in 2011 and published by Mivervashobo Publishing. View

Emde, R. N., Wolf, D. P., & Oppenheim, D. (2003). Revealing the inner worlds of young children: The MacArthur Story Stem Battery. Oxford University Press (407 pages). View

Journal Articles (from most recent)

Opie, J. E., Booth, A. T., Rossen, L., Fivaz‐Depeursinge, E., Duschinsky, R., Newman, L., ... & McHale, J. P. (2023). Initiating the dialogue between infant mental health and family therapy: a qualitative inquiry and recommendations. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 44(4), 412-439. https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.1569. View

Moshe, S., Oppenheim, D., Slonim, M., Hamburger, L., Maccabi, Y., & Yirmiya, N. (2023). Positive and challenging themes in parents’ perceptions of their relationships with their child with autism: Comparison between mothers and fathers. Autism, 13623613231182513 View

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Hamburger, L., Maccabi, Y., Slonim, M., & Yirmiya, N. (2023). Parental insightfulness is associated with mother-fathers-child interactions among families of preschoolers with an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry. View

Ariav-Paraira, I., Oppenheim, D., & Sagi-Schwartz, A., & Zreik, G. (2023). Disrupted Maternal Communication and Disorganized Attachment in the Arab Society in Israel. Infant Mental Health Journal, 1-13. View

     Yuval-Adler, S., & Oppenheim, D. (2023). The contribution of mother-father-child interactions to children's emotion narratives. Social Development, 32(1), 299-314. View

Ariav-Paraira, I., Oppenheim, D., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2022). The combined contribution of maternal sensitivity and disrupted affective communication to infant attachment in an Israeli sample. Attachment and Human Development, 1-18. View

Cohen, L., Sher-Censor, E., Oppenheim, D., Dassa, A., Ayalon, L., & Palgi, Y. (2022). Emotional availability in dyads of nursing aide-resident with dementia: Old tool, new perspective. Dementia, 21(3), 882-898. View

Cohen, L., Sher-Censor, E., Oppenheim, D., Dassa, A., Ayalon, L., & Palgi, Y. (2022). Nursing Aides’ Mentalization, Expressed Emotion, and Observed Interaction with Residents with Dementia: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Geriatric Nursing, 45, 100-107. View

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Joels, T., Hamburger, L., Maccabi, Y., Slonim, M., & Yirmiya, N. (2022). Attachment to fathers and mothers in preschoolers with an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis, Attachment & Human Development. View

Zreik, G., Golden, D., & Oppenheim, D. (2022). Challenges of Mothering in Extended Families: The Case of Palestinian Mothers in Israel. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 53(6), 626-642. View

Oppenheim, D. & Koren-Karie, N. (2021). Parental Insightfulness and Parent-Child Emotion Dialogues: Shaping children's Internal Working Models. In R. Thompson, J. Simpson, & L. Berlin (Eds.), Attachment: The fundamental questions (pp. 120 - 127). View

Ariav-Paraira, I., Oppenheim, D., and Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2021). Disrupted Affective Communication Characterizes Mothers of Infants with Disorganized but also Ambivalent Attachments: An Israeli study. Child Development. View

Sher-Censor, E., Dan Ram-On, T., Rudstein-Sabbag, L., Watemberg, M., & Oppenheim, D. (2020). The reaction to diagnosis questionnaire: a preliminary validation of a new self-report measure to assess parents’ resolution of their child’s diagnosis, Attachment & Human Development, 22:4, 409-424. View

Levi, G., Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Ariav-Paraira, I., Gal, N., & Yirmiya, N. (2020). Disrupted Maternal Communication and Attachment Disorganization in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Attachment and Human Development, 22:5, 568-581. View

Cimino, S., Cerniglia, L., Tambelli, R., Ballarotto, G., Erriu, M., Paciello, M., Oppenheim, D., & Koren-Karie, N. (2020). Dialogues about Emotional Events between Mothers with Anxiety, Depression, Anorexia, Nervosa, and No Diagnosis and Their Children. Parenting: Science and Practice, 20, 69 - 82. View

Feniger-Schaal, R., Oppenheim, D., & Koren-Karie, N. (2019). Parenting children with intellectual disability: linking maternal insightfulness to sensitivity. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 10, 1285 – 1289. View

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., & Joels, T. (2019). Social motivation in children with Autism: Support from Attachment research. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, e82: 39 – 40. View

Tarabeh, G., Zreik, G., Oppenheim, D., Sagi-Schwartz, A., & Koren-Karie, N. (2018). Maternal mind-mindedness and its association with attachment: The case of Arab infants and mothers in Israel. Attachment & Human Development. View

Martinez-Torteya, C., Rosenblum, K. L., Beeghly, M., Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Muzik, M. (2018). Maternal insightfulness protects against the detrimental effects of postpartum stress on positive parenting among at-risk mother-infant dyads. Attachment and Human Development, 20, 272 - 286. View

Shahar-Maharik, T., Oppenheim, D., & Koren-Karie N. (2018). Adolescent insightfulness toward a close friend: Its roots in maternal insightfulness and child Attachment in infancy. Attachment and Human Development, 20, 237 – 254. View

Koren-Karie, N. & Oppenheim, D. (2018). Parental insightfulness: Retrospect and prospect. Attachment and Human Development, 20, 223 – 236. View

Zreik, G., Oppenheim, D., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2017). Infant attachment and maternal sensitivity in the Arab minority in Israel. Child Development, 88, 1338 – 1349. View

Marcu, I., Oppenheim, D., & Koren-Karie, N. (2016). Parental insightfulness is associated with cooperative interactions in families of toddlers. Journal of Family Psychology, 8, 927 – 934. View

Yirmiya, N., Seidman, I., Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., & Dolev, S. (2015). Stability and Change in Resolution of Diagnosis among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Child and Parental Contributions. Development and Psychopathology, 27, 1045 – 1057. View

Sher-Censor, E., Assor, A., & Oppenheim, D. (2015). The interplay between observed maternal perspective taking and clear expectations: Links with male adolescents' externalizing and internalizing problems. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 930 - 936. View

Dolev, S., Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., & Yirmiya, N. (2014). Early attachment and maternal insightfulness predict educational placement of children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8, 958 – 967. View

Oppenheim, D., & Koren-Karie, N. (2013). The insightfulness assessment: measuring the internal processes underlying maternal sensitivity. Attachment and Human Development, 15, 545 - 561. View

Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., Yuval-Adler, S., & Mor, H. (2013).  Emotion dialogues of foster caregivers with their children: the role of the caregivers, above and beyond child characteristics, in shaping the interactions. Attachment and Human Development, 15(2), 175-188. View

Feniger-Shaal, R., & Oppenheim, D. (2012). Resolution of the diagnosis and maternal sensitivity among mothers of children with Intellectual Disability. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 306-313. View

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2012). Maternal Sensitivity mediates the link between Maternal Insightfulness/Resolution and Child-Mother attachment: The case of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Attachment and Human Development, 14, 567 – 584. View

Sher-Censor, E., Oppenheim, D., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2012).  Individuation of female adolescents: Relations with adolescents’ perceptions of maternal behavior and with adolescent–mother discrepancies in perceptions. Journal of Adolescence, 35, 397 - 405. View

Oppenheim, D. (2012). Emotional Availability: Research advances and theoretical questions. Development and Psychopathology. 24, 131 – 136. View

Yirmiya, N., Shaked, M., Koren-Karie, N., & Oppenheim, D. (2010).  Attachment among individuals with autism spectrum disorders: A qualitative review. International Public Health Journal, 2, 37-50.

Sher-Censor, E., & Oppenheim, D. (2010).  Adjustment of Female Adolescents Leaving Home for the Military: Links with Earlier Individuation. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 625 - 532. View

Milshtein, S., Yirmiya, N., Oppenheim, D, Koren- Karie, N., & Levi, S. (2009). Resolution of the Diagnosis among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Associations with Parent and Child Characteristics. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 1321-1328. View

Marco, I., Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2009). Symbolic play and attachment in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 1321-1328.

Dolev, S., Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., & Yirmiya, N. (2009). Emotional Availability in mother-child interaction: The case of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Parenting: Science and Practice, 9, 183-197. View

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2009). Maternal insightfulness and Resolution of the Diagnosis are related to secure

attachment in preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Child Development, 80, 519 – 527. View

         Translated to German:

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2010). Welchen Einfluss haben die Einfuhlsamkeit der Mutter und ihre Fahigkeit zur Verarbeitung der Diagnose auf die Bindungssicherheit autistisch gestorter Kinder? In K. H. Brish (Ed.), Bindung und Fruhe Storungen der Entwicklung (pp. 203 – 222). Stuttgart: Klett-Cota.

Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2009). Mothers of securely attached children with Autism Spectrum Disorder are more sensitive than mothers of insecurely attached children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 643-650. View

Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., & Gezler-Yosef, R. (2008). Shaping children's internal working models through mother–child dialogues: The importance of resolving past maternal trauma. Attachment and Human Development, 10, 465-483. View

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2007). Emotion dialogues between mothers and children at 4.5 and 7.5 years:  Relations with

children's attachment at 1 year. Child Development, 78, 38-52. View

Gini, M., Oppenheim, D., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2007). Negotiation styles in mother-child narrative co-construction in middle childhood:

Associations with early attachment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 31, 149-160. View

Oppenheim, D. (2006). Child, parent, and parent-child emotion narratives: Implications for Developmental Psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology, 18, 771-790. View

Ziv, Y., Oppenheim, D., & Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2004). Social information processing in middle childhood: Relation to infant-mother attachment.

Attachment and Human Development, 6, 327-348. View

Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., & Getzler, R. (2004). Mothers who were severely abused during childhood and their children talk about emotions: Co-construction of joint narratives in light of maternal trauma.  Infant Mental Health Journal, 25, 300-317. View

Goldsmith, D. F., Oppenheim, D., & Wanlass, J. (2004). Separation and reunification: Using attachment theory and research to inform decisions affecting the placements of children in foster care.  Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 55, 1-13. View

Oppenheim, D., Goldsmith, D., & Koren-Karie, N. (2004). Maternal Insightfulness and preschoolers’ emotion and behavior problems: Reciprocal influences in a day-treatment program. Infant Mental Health Journal, 25, 352-367. View

Oppenheim, D. & Koren-Karie, N. (2002). Mothers’ insightfulness regarding their children’s internal worlds:  The capacity underlying secure child-mother relationships.  Infant Mental Health Journal, 23, 593-605. View

Reiss-Brennan, B., Oppenheim, D. & Kirsten, J. (2002).  Rebuilding family relationship competencies as a primary health intervention. The Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 4, 41-53. View

Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., Dolev S., Sher, E., & Etzion-Carasso, A. (2002).  Mothers’ insightfulness regarding their infants’ internal experience: Relations with maternal sensitivity and infant attachment.  Developmental Psychology, 38, 534-542. View

Solomonica-Levi, D., Yirmiya, N., Erel, O., Samet, I., & Oppenheim, D. (2001).  The associations among observed maternal behavior, children’s

narrative representations of mothers and children’s behavior problems. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 18, 673-690. View

Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., & Sagi, A. (2001).  Mothers’ empathic understanding of their preschoolers’ internal experience:  Relations with early

attachment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 25, 16-26. View

Etzion-Carasso, A. & Oppenheim, D. (2000). Open mother-preschooler communication: Relations with early secure attachment. Attachment and Human Development, 2, 362-385. View

Oppenheim, D. (1999). Two philosophies, two caregiving experiences. Human Development, 42, 45-49. View

Harel, J., Oppenheim, D., Tirosh, E., & Gini, M. (1999). Associations between mother-child play interactions and children’s later self and mother

knowledge. Infant Mental Health Journal, 20, 123-137. View

Oppenheim, D. (1998). Perspectives on infant mental health from Israel: The case of changes in collective sleeping on the kibbutz. Infant Mental Health

Journal, 19, 76-86. View

Oppenheim, D., Emde, R. N., Hasson, M., & Warren, S. (1997). Preschoolers face moral dilemmas: A longitudinal study of acknowledging and resolving internal conflict. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 78, 943-957. View

Emde, R. N., Kubicek, L., & Oppenheim, D. (1999). Imaginative Realitat in der Entwicklung fruhkindlicher Sprache. Psyche, 53, 249 – 279,  1-13.

Emde, R. N., Kubicek, L., & Oppenheim, D. (1997). Imaginative reality observed during early language development. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 78, 115-133.

Oppenheim, D., Emde, R. N., & Warren, S. (1997). Children’s narrative representations of mothers: Their development and associations with child and mother adaptation. Child Development, 68, 127-138. View

Oppenheim, D., Nir, A., Warren, S., & Emde, R. N. (1997). Emotion regulation in mother-child narrative co-construction: Associations with children’s narratives and adaptation. Developmental Psychology, 33, 284-294. View

Oppenheim, D. (1997). The attachment doll play interview for preschoolers. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20, 681-697. View

Warren, S. L., Oppenheim, D., & Emde, R. N. (1996). Can emotions and themes in children’s play predict behavior problems? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 1331-1337.

Oppenheim, D., Emde, R. N., & Wamboldt, F. S.  (1996). Associations between 3-year-olds’ narrative co-constructions with mothers and fathers and their story-completions about affective themes.  Early Development and Parenting, 5, 149-160. View

Oppenheim, D., Wamboldt, F., Gavin, L. A., Renouf, A. G., & Emde, R. N. (1996). Couples’ co-construction of the story of their child’s birth: Associations with marital adaptation. Journal of Narrative and Life History, 6, 1-21.

Oppenheim, D., & Waters, H. (1995).  Narrative processes and attachment representations: Issues of development and assessment.  In E. Waters, B. Vaughn, G. Posada, & K. Kondo-Ikemura (eds.), Constructs, cultures, and caregiving: new growing points in attachment theory and research. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 60(2-3), 197-215. View

Morelli, G. A., Rogoff, B., Oppenheim, D., & Goldsmith, D. (1992). Cultural variations in infants’ sleeping arrangements: Questions of independence. Developmental Psychology, 28, 604-613. View

Emde, R. N., Biringen, Z., Clyman, R. B., & Oppenheim, D. (1991). The moral self of infancy: Affective core and procedural knowledge. Developmental Review, 11, 251-270. View

Oppenheim, D., Sagi, A., & Lamb, M.E. (1988). Infant-adult attachments in the Kibbutz and their relation to socioemotional development four years

later. Developmental Psychology, 24, 427-433. View

   Reprinted as:                       

Oppenheim, D., Sagi, A., & Lamb, M.E. (1989). Infant-adult attachments in the Kibbutz and their relation to socioemotional development four years

later.  In S. Chess and A. Thomas (Eds.), Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development (pp. 92-106).

Book Chapters

Oppenheim D. & Koren-Karie, N. (2021). Parental Insightfulness and Parent-Child Emotion Dialogues: Shaping children's Internal Working Models. In R. Thompson, J. Simpson, & L. Berlin (Eds.), Attachment: The fundamental questions. View 

Oppenheim, D., & Koren-Karie, N. (2018). Parental Insightfulness into the inner world of the child with Autism: Its significance for the child and implications for parent-mediated interventions. In M. Siller & L. Morgan (Eds.), Handbook of Parent-Implemented Interventions for Very Young

Children with Autism (pp. 121 – 140). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. View

Oppenheim, D. & Koren-Karie, N. (2016). Parents' Insightfulness: The Importance of Keeping the Inner World of the Child in Mind for Parenting Plan Evaluations. In L. Drozd, M. Saini & N. Olesen (Eds.), Parenting Plan Evaluations: Applied Research for the Family Court (2nd ed.) (pp. 47 - 59). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. View

Yuval-Adler, S., & Oppenheim, D. (2015). Story Completion Play Narrative Methods for Preschool Children. In O. Sarracho (Ed.) Handbook of Research Methods in Early Childhood Education (pp. 323 – 382). Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing. View

Yirmiya , N., Seidman, I., Koren-Karie, N., & Oppenheim, D. (2014).  Resolution with diagnosis among parents of children with ASD. In V. B. Patel, V. R. Preedy, & C. R. Martin (Eds.), Comprehensive Guide to Autism (pp. 355-367). Springer.

Oppenheim, D. & Koren-Karie, N. (2014) Parental Insightfulness and Child-Parent Emotion Dialogues: Their Importance for Children’s Development. In M. Mikulincer and P. Shaver (Ed.), Mechanisms of Social Connection: From brain to group (pp. 205 – 220). New York: American Psychological Association. View

Oppenheim, D. & Koren-Karie, N. (2012). Parents' Insightfulness: The Importance of Keeping the Inner World of the Child in Mind for Parenting Plan Evaluations. In Kuehnle, K. & Drozd, L. (Eds.), Parenting Plan Evaluations: Applied Research for the Family Court (pp. 25 – 48). New York: Oxford University Press. View

Feniger-Schaal, R., Oppenheim, D., Koren-Karie, N., & Yirmiya, N. (2011). Attachment and intellectual disabilities. In J. Burak (Ed.), Handbook of Intellectual Disability (pp. 334 – 348). New York: Oxford University Press.

Oppenheim, D. & Koren-Karie, N. (2009). Mother-child Emotion Dialogues: A window into the Psychological Secure Base. In J. Quas and R. Fivush (Eds.), Emotion and Memory in Development: Biological, Cognitive, and Social Considerations (pp. 142 -165). Oxford University Press. View

Oppenheim, D. & Koren-Karie, N. (2009) Parents' Insightfulness Regarding their Children’s Internal Worlds: Assessment, Research, and Clinical Implications. In C. Zeanah, (Ed.), Handbook of Infant Mental Health, 3rd edition (pp. 266-280). New York: Guilford. View

Salomon, S., Yirmiya, N., Koren-Karie, N., & Oppenheim, D. (2007). Parenting and autism: Attachment, parental insightfulness and resolution of the diagnosis.  In Esther Cohen (Ed.), The experience of parenting: Development, Coping, and relationships (in Hebrew) (pp. 253-276).

Solomonica-Levi, D., Yirmiya, N., Oppenheim, D. (2007). The contribution of mother-child interaction and children's internal representations of their mothers for predicting success in first grade. In Esther Cohen (Ed.), The experience of parenting: Development, Coping, and relationships (in Hebrew) (pp. 89-118).

Oppenheim, D., Dolev, S., Sher-Censor, E., Koren-Karie, N., & Yirmiya, N. (2007). Parental resolution of the child's diagnosis and the parent-child relationship: Insights from the reactions to diagnosis interview. In D. Oppenheim & D. Goldsmith (Eds.), Attachment Theory in Clinical Work with

Children: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice (pp. 109 - 138). NY: Guilford. View

Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., and Goldsmith, D. (2007). Keeping the inner world of the child in mind: Using the insightfulness assessment with mothers in a therapeutic preschool. In D. Oppenheim and D. F. Goldsmith (Eds.), Attachment Theory in Clinical Work with Children: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice (pp. 31-57). New York: Guilford. View

Reprinted in French:

Sher-Censor & Oppenehim (2008). Les narratives d’enfants et leur lien avec comportements d’attachment precoce. Enfance, 1, 31 – 41.

Sher-Censor, E. & Oppenheim, D. (2004).  Coherence of preschoolers’ narratives but not representations of competence is related to early child-mother attachment.  In M. W. Pratt and B. E. Fiese (Eds.) Family Stories and the Lifecourse:  Across Time and Generations (pp. 77 – 107). Erlbaum:  Hillsdale NJ. View 

Bretherton, I. & Oppenheim, D. (2003). The MacArthur Story Stem Battery: Development, Administration, Reliability, Validity and Reflections about Meaning.  In R. N. Emde, D. P. Wolf, and D. Oppenheim (Eds.), Revealing the inner worlds of young children: The MacArthur Story Stem battery and parent-child narratives (pp. 55-80).  Oxford University Press. View 

Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., Haimovich, Z., & Etzion-Carasso, A. (2003).  Dialogues of seven-year-olds with their mothers about emotional events:  Development of a typology. In R. N. Emde, D. P. Wolf, and D. Oppenheim (Eds.), Revealing the inner worlds of young children: The MacArthur Story Stem battery and parent-child narratives (pp. 338-354).  Oxford University Press.  View 

Oppenheim, D. (2003). Children’s emotional resolution of MSSB narratives:  Relations with child behavior problems and parental psychological distress. In R. N. Emde, D. P. Wolf, and D. Oppenheim (Eds.), Revealing the inner worlds of young children: The MacArthur Story Stem battery and parent-child narratives (pp. 147-162).  Oxford University Press. View 

Bretherton, I., Suess, G. J., Golby, B., & Oppenheim, D. (2001).  Attachment Story Completion Task (ASCT):  Method zur Erfassung der

Bindungsqualitat im Kindergartenalter durch Geschhichtenergenzungen im Puppenspiel.  In G. Suess, H. Scheuerer-Englisch, & W. Pfeifer (Eds.),

Bindungstheorie und Familienynamik (pp. 83-124). Giesen:  Psychosozial-Verlag. View

Reprinted in French:

Emde, R. N., & Oppenheim, D. (2002).  La honte, la culpabilite, et le drame oedipien.  Devenir, 14, 335-362.

Emde, R. N., & Oppenheim, D. (1995). Shame, Guilt, and the oedipal drama: Developmental considerations concerning morality and the referencing of critical others. In K. Fischer and J. Tangney (Eds.), Self-Conscious Emotions (pp. 413-436). New York: The Guilford Press. View

Lamb, M. E., & Oppenheim, D. (1989). Fatherhood and father-child relationships: The last five years of research. In S. Cath, A. Gurwitt, & L. Gunsberg (Eds.), Fathers and their families (pp. 11-26). Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.