פרופ' אלה דניאל

Education

2001-2004       Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, B.A. Behavioral science, summa cum laude.

2006-2008       Hebrew University of Jerusalem, MA. Social and Organizational Psychology, magna cum laude

2008-2012       Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PhD. Developmental and Social Psychology.

Dissertation topic: Development of Values’ Contextualization among Majority and Immigrant Youth

Supervisor: Professor Ariel Knafo

2011-2014       University of Toronto. Post-doctoral studies

Supervisors: Professor Joan Grusec, Professor Tina Malti, and Professor Jennifer Jenkins

Grants and awards

2013                National Centre for Institutional Diversity, Emerging Diversity Scholar Citation,

2012                International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Harry and Pola Triandis Doctoral Thesis Award, Runner-up

2011-2012       Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies, Arie Shachar Postdoctoral Fellowship for Canadian Studies

2010-2012       Martin & Vivian Levin Center for the Normal and Psychological Development of the child and adolescent, graduate studies award

2008-2010       A research grant from the German- Israeli Consortium on Migration and Societal Integration by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Research Manager (PIs: Ariel Knafo and Klaus Boehnke), € 320,000.

2008                Martin & Vivian Levin Center for the Normal and Psychological Development of the child and adolescent, travel grant

2007                The Facet Theory Fund Award

2004-2009       Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduate studies fellowship,

2003                Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science

Dean's list of excellence

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, excellence fellowship, 2001-2005

תחומי מחקר: התפתחות חברתית של ילדים ומתבגרים, השפעת הסביבה החברתית על התפתחות ערכים

תחומי הוראה: פסיכולוגיה חברתית, פסיכולוגיה התפתחותית, התפתחות ערכים, מניעת אלימות בבתי ספר.

Dӧring, A., Daniel, E., & Knafo, A. (2016). Introduction to the special section: Value development from middle childhood to early adulthood - New insights from longitudinal and genetically-informed research. Social Development. Early view. doi: 10.1111/sode.12177

Daniel, E., Dys, S., Buchmann, M., & Malti, T. (2016). Developmental trajectories of social justice values in adolescence: The role of sympathy and friendship quality. Social Development. Early view. doi: 10.1111/sode.12146

Daniel, E., Madigan, S., & Jenkins, J. (2016). Paternal and maternal warmth motivates preschoolers development of prosociality. Journal of Family Psychology, 30(1), 114-124. doi: 10.1037/fam0000120

Wade, M., Browne, D., Plamondon, A., Daniel, E., Jenkins, J. (2016). Cumulative risk disparities in children’s neurocognitive functioning: A developmental cascade model. Developmental Science, 19(2), 179-194. doi: 10.1111/desc.12302

Benish-Weisman, M., Daniel, E., & Knafo, A. (2015). Accumulative social role identifications and adolescents’ self-esteem. Journal of Adolescence, 44, 21-31. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.06.008.

Daniel, E., Dys, S. P., Buchmann, M., & Malti, T. (2014). Developmental relations between sympathy, moral emotion attributions, moral reasoning, and social justice values from childhood to early adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 37(7), 1201-1214. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.08.009  

Daniel, E., Bilgin, A. S., Brezina, I., Strohmeier, C. E., Vainre, M. (2014). Values and helping behavior: A study in five cultures. International Journal of Psychology, 50(3), 186-192. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12086.

Daniel, E., & Crabtree, M. (2014). Value differentiation and sexual orientation. Papers on Social Representations.

Daniel, E., Benish-Weisman, M., Knafo, A., & Boehnke, K. (2014). Personal and culture-dependent values as part of immigrant adolescent identity. A paper accepted for publication in R. K. Silbereisen , Y. Shavit and P. Titzmann (Eds.) The Challenges of Diaspora Migration in Today’s Societies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives From Research in Israel and Germany. Ashgate Publishers.

Grusec, J. E., Saritas, D., & Daniel, E. (2014). What is effective parenting? A paper accepted for publication in S. Landry and C. Cooper (Eds.) Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Volume 1. Wiley-Blackwell.

 Daniel, E, Hofmann-Toufigh, N., & Knafo, A. (2013). School values: A new typology characterizing school level values across three cultures. Sage Open, 3(2) DOI: 10.1177/2158244013482469.

Daniel, E., Fortuna, K., Thrun, K. S., Cioban, S., & Knafo, A. (2013). Brief report: Adolescents' value development at war time. Journal of Adolescence, 36(4), 651-655. DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.03.009.

Daniel, E., Schiefer, D., Möllering, A., Benish-Weisman, M., Boehnke, K., & Knafo, A. (2012). Value differentiation in adolescence: The role of age and cultural complexity. Child Development, 83(1), 322-336, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01694.x.

Schiefer, D., Möllering, A., & Daniel, E. (2012). Cultural Value Fit of Immigrant and Minority Adolescents: The Role of Acculturation Orientations. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 36(4), 486-497 doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.02.001.

Hadjar, A., Boehnke, K., Knafo, A., Daniel, E., Musiol, A. L., Schiefer, D., & Mӧllering, A. (2012). Parent-child value similarity and subjective well-being in the context of migration: An exploration. Family Science, 3(1), 55-63 doi: 10.1080/19424620.2011.671502.

Daniel, E., Schiefer, D., & Knafo, A. (2012). One and not the same: The consistency of values across contexts among majority and minority members in Israel and Germany. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 43(7), 1167-1184, DOI: 10.1177/0022022111430257.

Knafo, A., Daniel, E., Gabay, S., Zilber, R., & Shir, R.  (2012) Religion and the intergenerational continuity of values. In: G. Trommsdorff & X. Chen (Eds.). Values, Religion, and Culture in Adolescent Development, Cambridge University Press. 

Schiefer, D., Möllering, A., Daniel, E., & Benish-Weisman, M. (2010). Cultural values and outgroup negativity: A cross-cultural comparison of early and late adolescents. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40(2), 635-651, doi: 10.1177/0022022112444898.

Knafo, A., Daniel, E., & Khoury-Kassabri, M. (2008).Values as protective factors against violent behavior in Jewish and Arab high schools in Israel, Child Development, 79(3), 652-667, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01149.x.