Browsing by Subject "Psychology"

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      Human rights and violent behaviour :the social and educational perspective : international conference proceedings 

      Koutselini, Mary; Neophytou, Lefkios (Unesco Chair in Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, University of Cyprus, 2012)
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      Immediate impact of Hurricane Sandy on people who inject drugs in New York City 

      Pouget, E. R.; Sandoval, M.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Friedman, Samuel R. (2015)
      Over the eight months following Hurricane Sandy, of October 2012, we interviewed 300 people who inject drugs in New York City. During the week after the storm, 28% rescued others or volunteered with aid groups; 60% experienced ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  Open Access

      Integrating theories of sexual violence : incorporating the clinical symptoms of the pathway model into the confluence model 

      Souroulla Kay, Froso (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2018-05)
      Η παρούσα έρευνα είχε ως στόχο την ενοποίηση του Confluence Model (CM) για τη διάπραξη σεξουαλικής βίας (ΣΒ) εναντίον των γυναικών, με τα κλινικά συμπτώματα του Pathway Model. Το CM αποτελεί το μοναδικό εμπειρικά εξαγόμενο ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  Open Access

      Internal cues and drug dependency : cognitive reapraisal and cognitive defusion as potential processes of change 

      Stavrinaki, Maria S. (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2019-05)
      Η εξάρτηση από ουσίες είναι ένα σοβαρό παγκόσμιο πρόβλημα με μακροπρόθεσμες επιπτώσεις στην υγεία και στο κοινωνικό σύνολο (NSDUH, 2012). Μέχρι τώρα, οι αποτελεσματικές θεραπείες για την εξάρτηση από ουσίες, π.χ., η ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  

      The investigation of attentional biases in social anxiety using the startle eyeblink modification paradigm 

      Charalambous, Elena Ch. (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2020-05)
      Οι μεροληψίες προσοχής σε κοινωνικά απειλητικά ερεθίσματα χαρακτηρίζουν συνήθως τα άτομα με κοινωνικό άγχος. Οι διεργασίες (εγρήγορση, αποφυγή προσοχής, ή δυσκολία αποδέσμευσης της προσοχής) στις οποίες οφείλονται οι ...
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      Magic mirror: Compassionate friendship: a tribute to Erich Heydt 

      Christodoulides, Nephie J.; Doolittle, Hilda (ELS Editions, 2012)
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      Measuring Altruistic and Solidaristic Orientations Toward Others among People Who Inject Drugs 

      Friedman, Samuel R.; Pouget, E. R.; Sandoval, M.; Jones, Yolanda; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Mateu-Gelabert, Pedro (2015)
      The altruism and/or solidarity of people who inject drugs helps protect sex and drug partners from HIV. Research has been hindered by lack of measures. We developed and administered scales to assess them to 300 people who ...
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      Pre-cueing, the Epistemic Role of Early Vision, and the Cognitive Impenetrability of Early Vision 

      Raftopoulos, Athanassios (Frontiers Media S.A, 2017)
      I have argued (Raftopoulos, 2009, 2014) that early vision is not directly affected by cognition since its processes do not draw on cognition as an informational resource; early vision processes do not operate over cognitive ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  Open Access

      Processing different taxonomic and thematic conceptual relations : a lifespan investigation 

      Christodoulou Devledian, Marianna (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2015-05)
      Στο πλαίσιο της παρούσας διατριβής διερευνήθηκαν οι μηχανισμοί επεξεργασίας ταξινομικών και θεματικών σημασιολογικών σχέσεων σε πληθυσμό ηλικίας από 6 έως 63+ ετών. Ο στόχος της έρευνας ήταν η διερεύνηση της επίδρασης ...
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      The Psychology Publication Situation in Cyprus 

      Karekla, Maria (Pabst Science Publishers, 2009)
      The aim of the present paper was to review the psychological publication situation in Cyprus. Psychology is a very young field of study in Cyprus, whereas research and publishing are more recent additions. It seems that ...
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      Psychopathic personality traits in 5 year old twins: the importance of genetic and shared environmental influences 

      Tuvblad, Catherine; Fanti, Kostas A.; Andershed, Henrik; Colins, Olivier F.; Larsson, H. (Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag GmbH and Co. KG, 2017)
      There is limited research on the genetic and environmental bases of psychopathic personality traits in children. In this study, psychopathic personality traits were assessed in a total of 1189 5-year-old boys and girls ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  

      Responding to positively and negatively worded items : correlational and experimental evidence in conceptually distinct areas 

      Koutsogiorgi, Chrystalla C. (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2020-04)
      Τα ερωτηματολόγια αποτελούν ένα διαδεδομένο και εύχρηστο εργαλείο για την εμπειρική διερεύνηση ερευνητικών υποθέσεων. Ωστόσο, η ευαισθησία τους σε τάσεις απόκρισης επηρεάζει την εγκυρότητα και αξιοπιστία των αποκρίσεων. ...
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      Sense of Coherence and Defense Style Predict Sleep Difficulties in Early Non-metastatic Colorectal Cancer 

      Hyphantis, T.; Goulia, P.; Zerdes, I.; Solomou, S.; Andreoulakis, E.; Carvalho, A. F.; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2016)
      Background: Sleep disturbances are common in cancer patients, but little is known about the complex interplay between the background psychological profile, coping with health stressors capacities and psychological distress ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  Open Access

      Social cognition and normal aging : behavioral and electrophysiological substrates 

      Shoshilou, Panayiota A. (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2018-01)
      Αρκετές έρευνες στον τομέα της φυσιολογικής γήρανσης και της επίδρασής της στην κοινωνική νόηση σημειώνουν ως πιθανή αιτία της μείωσης των δεξιοτήτων αυτών την ούτω καλούμενη «υπόθεση του μετωπιαίου λοβού». Σύμφωνα με την ...
    • Article  

      Socially-Integrated Transdisciplinary HIV Prevention 

      Friedman, Samuel R.; Jr, M. J. Downing; Smyrnov, P.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Schneider, J. A.; Livak, B.; Magiorkinis, Gkikas; Slobodianyk, L.; Vasylyeva, T. I.; Paraskeva, D.; Psichogiou, M.; Sypsa, V.; Malliori-Minerva, Melpomeni; Hatzakis, A. (2014)
      Current ideas about HIV prevention include a mixture of primarily biomedical interventions, socio-mechanical interventions such as sterile syringe and condom distribution, and behavioral interventions. This article presents ...
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      Stress management can facilitate weight loss in Greek overweight and obese women: A pilot study 

      Christaki, Eirini; Kokkinos, A.; Costarelli, V.; Alexopoulos, E. C.; Chrousos, George P.; Darviri, C. (2013)
      Background: Stress and negative emotions have been shown to be critical factors in inducing overeating as a form of maladaptive coping in obese people. Methods: The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an 8-week ...
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      Thinking about Complex Problems with Modeling Software: the Role of Cognitive Style and Visual and Textual Representations 

      Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos (International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), 2004)
      Sixty-five undergraduates, classified into Field-Dependent (FD), Field-Mixed (FM), and Field-Independent (FI) learners, were randomly assigned to two groups, Text-Only (T-O) and Text-and-Visual (T-V). The T-O group received ...
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      Unemotional on all counts: Evidence of reduced affective responses in individuals with high callous-unemotional traits across emotion systems and valences 

      Fanti, Kostas A.; Panayiotou, Georgia; Lombardo, Michael V.; Kyranides, Melina-Nicole (Psychology Press Ltd, 2016)
      The current study aimed to identify atypical neurophysiological activity associated with deficient affective processing in individuals with high callous-unemotional traits (CU). Fifty-six participants (M age = 20.52; 46% ...
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      Using self-reported callous-unemotional traits to cross-nationally assess the DSM-5 'With Limited Prosocial Emotions' specifier 

      Kimonis, Eva R.; Fanti, Kostas A.; Frick, Paul J.; Moffitt, T. E.; Essau, C.; Bijttebier, Patricia; Marsee, M. A. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015)
      Background The presence of callous-unemotional (CU) traits designates an important subgroup of antisocial youth at risk for severe, persistent, and impairing conduct problems. As a result, the fifth revision of the Diagnostic ...
    • Book  

      Εισαγωγή στην Ψυχολογία 

      Hayes, Nicky (Εκδόσεις Πεδίο, 2011)