Short Bio:
Dr. Keren Cohen-Louck is an applied criminologist. She holds a senior lecturer position and serves as the head of the Criminal Profiling track in the Department of Criminology at Ariel University.
Academic Education
2003-2007 Criminology, Ph.D., Bar-Ilan University, Israel
2001-2003 Applied criminology, M.A., Bar-Ilan University, Israel
1998-2001 Criminology (major) and Sociology B.A., Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Publications:
REFEREED ARTICLES
1. Cohen-Louck, K., & Levy, I. (2022). Happiness during a mass trauma: Predicting happiness during the COVID-19 pandemic through function, stress, anxiety, and coping. Psychological Trauma-Theory, Research, Practice, & Policy. Doi.org/10.1037/tra0001314.
2. Cohen-Louck, K. (2022). Differences in post-traumatic growth: Individual quarantine, COVID-19 duration and gender. Frontiers in Psychology. Doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.920386.
3. Cohen-Louck, K., & Zvi, L. (2022). A model for predicting PTSD due to exposure to chronic political violence: Big five personality traits, ego-resiliency, and coping. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI:10.1177/08862605221080144.
4. Levy, I., Cohen-Louck, K., & Sergio, H. (2022). Predicting Support for Community Corrections: Crime Type and Severity, and Offender, Observer, and Victim Characteristics. Punishment & Society- International Journal of Penology, 24 (3), 346-366. https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474521989805.
5. Wilchek-Aviad, Y., & Cohen-Louck, K. (2020). Testing the effectiveness of a salutogenic model for reducing suicidal tendencies in a population of elderly and young adults. Omega - Journal of Death and Dying 84 (4), 1081-1099.
6. Cohen-Louck, K., & Shechory-Bitton, M. (2021). Distress and wellbeing among 1.5 generation immigrants three decades after immigration to Israel. Stress & Health. Doi.org/10.1002/smi.3094.
7. Wilchek-Aviad, Y., & Cohen-Louck, K. (2021). Locus of control and purpose in life as protective factors against the risk for suicide in older adults. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 91, 295-308.
8. Bony-Noah, H., Cohen-Louck, K., & Levy, I. (2021). Substances use between early and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 10(1), 1-7.
9. Levy, I., Cohen-Louck, K., & Bony-Noah, H. (2021). Gender, employment, and continuous pandemic as predictors of alcohol and drug consumption during the COVID-19. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 228, 109029. Doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109029.
10. Cohen-Louck, K., Levy, I., & Herzog, S. (2021). Predicting support of capital punishment in Israel: Crime type and severity, and offender, observer, and victim characteristics. Crime and Delinquency. Doi.org/10.1177/00111287211029859.
11. Levy, I., & Cohen-Louck, K. (2021). Predicting individual function during COVID-19 lockdown: Depression, fear of COVID-19, age, and employment. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 2439. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.682122.
12. Cohen-Louck, K., & Levy, I. (2021). Viruism: The Need for a New Term Describing COVID-19 Impact in Context of Viral Victimization. Psychological Trauma: Theory Research, Practice and Policy, 13(1), 1-18.
13. Shechory-Bitton, M., & Cohen-Louck, K. (2021). Spousal coping strategies in the shadow of terrorism. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(3-4) 1844-1864.
14. Cohen-Louck, K. (2021). Predicting immigrants' fear of crime based on ethnicity, acculturation and coping. Race and Justice, 12, 141-161.
15. Cohen-Louck, K., Bensimon, M., & Malinovsky, M.H. (2021). Perceptions of violent national-political protest among Arabs living in Israel: A pilot study. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 65(2-3) 282–302. IF: 1.864, (ISI), Ranking: Q3 in Social Sciences.
16. Cohen-Louck, K., & Wilchek-Aviad, Y. (2020). Suicidal tendencies, meaning in life, family support, and social engagement of elderly residing in the community and in institutional settings. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 57 (1), 13-22.
17. Cohen-Louck, K., & Levy, I. (2020). Risk perception of a chronic threat of terrorism: Differences based on coping types, gender, and exposure. International Journal of Psychology, 55(1), 115-122. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12552.
18. Shechory-Bitton, M., & Cohen-Louck, K. (2020). An Israeli model for predicting fear of terrorism based on community and individual factors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(9-10), 1888–1907. doi:10.1177/0886260517700621.
19. Cohen-Louck, K. (2019). Perception of the Threat of Terrorism. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34(5), 887-911. IF: 6.144, (ISI), Ranking: Q1 in Criminology & Penology, Cited:34
20. Cohen-Louck, K.,*& Shechory-Bitton, M. (2019). Fear of terrorism, ethnicity and acculturation process among immigrants: The Israeli case. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 56 (2), 3-10.
21. Shechory-Bitton, M., & Cohen-Louck, K. (2018). Does Fear of Terrorism Differ from fear of crime and Sexual Assault: A Question of Geographical Location and Residential Area. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62, 806-826.
22. Cohen-Louck, K., & Ben-David, S. (2017). Coping with terrorism: Coping types and effectiveness. International Journal of Stress Management, 24, 1-17.
23. Cohen-Louck, K., & Saka, Y. (2017). Holocaust memory reconstruction among bereaved parents in Israel. Death Studies, 41(2), 93-102.
24. Cohen-Louck, K., & Saka, Y. (2017). Patterns in Response to Chronic Terrorism Threats: A Construct of Emotional, Cognitive and Behavioral Responses among Israeli Citizens. Stress & Health, 33 (4), 448-458.
Research:
My research delves into the impact of traumatic events and coping strategies for both mass and individual trauma. Regarding mass trauma, I examine the psychological effects on direct victims and the broader population in cases of terrorism and the COVID-19 pandemic. For individual trauma, I investigate the well-being and distress of diverse victim groups (such as Arabs living in Israel, the elderly, immigrants, and victims of sexual harassment). This involves analyzing the roles of personal attributes (like ego-resiliency, self-efficacy, and Big Five personality traits), cognitive aspects (including thinking style, cognitive functioning, and perceptions), and social factors (such as acculturation, social responses, and social integration).
Within the context of both mass and individual trauma, my work investigates risk factors (such as PTSD, depression, fear, distress, suicidal tendencies, and impaired functioning) as well as protective factors (like post-traumatic growth, happiness, resilience, coping skills, and a sense of purpose in life).
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