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Yael Benyamini
Researcher at Tel Aviv University
Publications - 126
Citations - 15300
Yael Benyamini is an academic researcher from Tel Aviv University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Self-rated health. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 119 publications receiving 14098 citations. Previous affiliations of Yael Benyamini include Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Southern Methodist University.
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Self-rated health and mortality : a review of twenty-seven community studies
Ellen L. Idler,Yael Benyamini +1 more
TL;DR: This work examines the growing number of studies of survey respondents' global self-ratings of health as predictors of mortality in longitudinal studies of representative community samples and suggests several approaches to the next stage of research in this field.
Illness representations: Theoretical foundations.
Howard Leventhal,Yael Benyamini,Susan Brownlee,Michael A. Diefenbach,Elaine A. Leventhal,Linda Patrick-Miller,Chantal Robitaille +6 more
Community Studies Reporting Association Between Self-Rated Health and Mortality
Yael Benyamini,Ellen L. Idler +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that poor self-ratings of health were associated with higher risk of mortality, and that self-reported health was associated with lower risk of death. But, in just two of the 19 studies there were no effects of self-rated health for either men or women.
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Community Studies Reporting Association between Self-Rated Health and Mortality: Additional Studies, 1995 to 1998
Yael Benyamini,Ellen L. Idler +1 more
TL;DR: The association of poor self-ratings of health with higher risk of mortality is consistent; in just 2 of the 19 studies there were no effects of self-rated health for either men or women.
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Positive Affect and Function as Influences on Self-Assessments of Health Expanding Our View Beyond Illness and Disability
TL;DR: Results showed that functional ability, medication use, and negative affect were salient to people judging their health, but positive indicators of activity and mood had an even stronger, independent effect, showing the importance of attending to the full illness-wellness continuum in studying people's perceptions of health.