Antisemitism

Antisemitism and psychosocial health

How do antisemitic experiences enter everyday life, relationships, and psychological health?

Overview

A program of quantitative and qualitative research with Jews in Germany examines direct and indirect experiences of antisemitism, vigilance, identification, coping, and participation. The published survey and subsequent interview work address different periods and should not be read as a single longitudinal sample.

Research approach

Surveys · Interviews · Social networks.

This project overview explains the research direction; it does not present unpublished estimates or participant-level data.

Published findings

Choose a measure to compare its reported correlations with psychosocial outcomes.

Published findings

Antisemitism and well-being

Germany · Survey N = 420

Antisemitism measure 95% confidence intervals

Everyday antisemitism: r = −0.30, +0.38, +0.35, −0.19 for well-being, anxiety, depression, and social participation, respectively.

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Everyday antisemitism: published correlations
Outcome	r	95% CI
Subjective well-being	−0.30	[−0.39, −0.20]
Anxiety	+0.38	[+0.28, +0.46]
Depression	+0.35	[+0.25, +0.43]
Social participation	−0.19	[−0.29, −0.09]

Source: Shani, Goldberg, & van Zalk (2025), Supplementary Table S1 ↗. Correlations do not establish causation. Pair-specific sample sizes are not provided in this table.

About these data. The cross-sectional survey was collected in December 2022–March 2023. Full survey N = 420; a pair-specific N is not given in this table. Pearson correlations and confidence intervals are transcribed from the publication, not recalculated or simulated. Pair-specific N and exact p-values are not supplied by this table. No individual-level distributions or condition filters are inferred from the matrix. These survey data predate October 7.

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