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    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Attention Bias Modification Training (ABM) in non-Clinical anxious populations: an eye-tracking study 

      Psychogioudaki, Eirini (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2023-06-02)
      Abstract Anxiety has been consistently associated with attentional biases towards threatening stimuli in previous studies, primarily assessed through differences in motor reaction time and eye-fixation patterns between ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Avoidance Associations with physiological Arousal in response to deep and shallow emotion processing 

      Michael, Savvia A. (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2022-09-01)
      Avoidance is a powerful risk factor for the development and maintenance of mental health disorders, but much remains to be learned about the specific underlying physiological processes that are implicated. Also, much remains ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Cognitive function and sport: evaluation of the cognitive skills that relate to tennis success 

      Theocharous, Demetra Th. (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2023-05-30)
      The purpose of the study was to examine the relation between different cognitive skills and athletic performance in tennis players. Specifically, I aimed to investigate attention (alerting, orienting, executive control), ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Conceptual Change in Science: A Comparison of the Effects of Expository, Refutational, and Signaled Texts 

      Symeonidou, Angela (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2021-07-01)
      Αυτή η μελέτη εξέτασε τις επιδράσεις της δομής κειμένου (έκθεσης, αναλογιστικής έκθεσης, σηματοδοτημένης έκθεσης) στην εννοιολογική αλλαγή και τη μάθηση επιστήμης. Μετά από ένα ερωτηματολόγιο γνώσεων, οι συμμετέχοντες ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Developmental changes in directing attention within visual short-term memory: The role of long-term representations 

      Marti, Dionysia (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2022)
      Visual Short-term memory (VSTM) is one of the most crucial processes involved in many cognitive tasks. It is well-established that VSTM in adults can support a limited amount of information. However, this amount can be ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Eating disorders and body image perception: Can the distorted body image perception of individuals at risk for developing an eating disorder affect the way they estimate the body image of others? 

      Konstantinidou, Yvoni (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2022-06-08)
      Background and Aims Dissatisfaction with body image is a very common concern, mainly among females across different age groups especially in Western cultures. While a large number of studies suggest that body image ...
    • Master Thesis  

      The effects of interference on selective attention and visual working memory across development 

      Pamboris, Nicholas (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2024-05-08)
      Visual working memory (VWM) is a critical cognitive process required when completing mental tasks. Evidence showed that VWM is limited in its capacity but can be facilitated when introducing spatial attention cues. Past ...
    • Master Thesis  

      Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of a home-based, cognitive-oriented virtual reality mindfulness intervention on child attentional networks and executive functions: a pilot study 

      Papantoniou, Antonis (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2023-05-30)
      Executive functions (EFs) and attentional processes determine many aspects of children’s life and highly influence their psychosocial functioning and academic achievement. More recently, mindfulness has emerged as a promising ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Forms of contact in the field of gender and prejudice reduction 

      Constantinou, Despoina (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2024)
      Gender prejudice is a central issue in the field of social psychology that has been studied extensively in the literature of social psychology over the past decades. A very important and well-replicated theory in social ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Functionality and Disability in Patients after Breast Cancer Surgery. The role of Activity Engagement- Pain Willingness Clusters 

      Vargiamidou, Polyxeni Michael (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2021-05-25)
      Προηγούμενη έρευνα πάνω στην κατηγοριοποίηση του πόνου ανέδειξε τέσσερεις κατηγορίες ασθενών που διαφέρουν ως προς τις ανάγκες τους για αποκατάσταση. Παρόλα αυτά δεν έχει διερευνηθεί κατά πόσον αυτή η κατηγοριοποίηση ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      H σχέση της συναισθηματικής νοημοσύνης με τη Γλωσσομάθεια και τη Πραγματολογία 

      Πολυγένη, Μαρία Β. (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2023-05-30)
      Η παρούσα έρευνα είχε σκοπό να μελετήσει τη σχέση της συναισθηματικής νοημοσύνης με την πραγματολογική ικανότητα και τη γλωσσομάθεια, εφόσον η βιβλιογραφία τείνει να υποστηρίζει ότι η συναισθηματική νοημοσύνη συνδέεται με ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Individual protective and risk factors for school bullying & victimization : Narcissism, Self-esteem and Empathy 

      Angastinioti, Simoni (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2024-01-15)
      The present study investigates the association, between self-esteem, empathy and narcissism with bullying and peer victimization. The sample included N=1,715 (52.16% girls) Greek-Cypriot early adolescents (M age = 9.38). ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Investigation of the Multilingual and Bi-dialectal advantage in Executive Control 

      Toutountzidou, Zoi (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2021-05-13)
      Μελέτες έδειξαν τα γνωστικά πλεονεκτήματα της διγλωσσίας στις εκτελεστικές λειτουργίες (ΕΛ) της προσοχής, κυρίως στην προσχολική ηλικία και σε νεαρό ενήλικο πληθυσμό. Η παρούσα έρευνα αναλύει παράγοντες τυπολογικών διαφορών ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Mental maps of Eleftherias Square in Nicosia, and the Socio-Spatial Representations 

      Hartoutsiou, Kalliopi (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2023-04-24)
      Public squares are an essential element within a city that act as a social space where people have the opportunity to be socially engaged with each other. Within the spatial form of a square a number of dynamics can be ...
    • Master Thesis  

      A multi-user virtual reality values augmented exposure early-intervention for females at high-risk for an eating disorder: exploring patterns of disordered eating behaviors utilizing an ecological momentary assessment approach 

      Polyviou, Georgia (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2024-05-13)
      This study has aimed to examine whether women at high risk for developing an eating disorder experience a reduction in disordered eating behaviors after receiving a MUVR values-augmented early intervention. Despite the ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Nicosia naming test: a validation study 

      Tziannarou, Antonia (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2022)
      The Nicosia Naming Test (NNT) is a new confrontational naming test developed in Cyprus for Greek-speaking Cypriots. The validity of this test has already been examined with cognitively healthy adults. The current project’s ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Predictive role of narcissism, CU traits, impulsivity, empathy and school connectedness on bullying and victimization 

      Pricope, Andrea (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2024-01-25)
      The present study explores the predictive relationships between specific risk factors (impulsivity, narcissism, and callous-unemotional (CU) traits) and protective factors (school connectedness and empathy) with bullying ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      Psychological Flexibility as a Mediator of Body Image Acceptance: Findings from a Multi-User Virtual Reality Early-Intervention for Individuals at High-risk for Eating Disorders 

      Kakoulaki, Catherine (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2022-06-10)
      Increased psychological flexibility has been investigated as an outcome of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) prevention and intervention efforts for eating disorders (Manlick, Cochran & Koon, 2013, Bluett et al., ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      The Relationship between religiosity, opposition to immigration and national attachment in the Republic of Cyprus 

      Eleftheriou, Eleni (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2021-12-15)
      Immigrants are making up a continuously growing proportion of the European population and the issue of host country population attitudes towards immigrants is a significant social and political one that it is shaped by a ...
    • Master Thesis  Open Access

      School dropout tendency in Ukraine: protective and risk factors 

      Mari, Maria (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2024-04-30)
      This master thesis seeks to investigate protective and risk factors influencing school dropout, a globally significant issue. This study uses data from a prior longitudinal study conducted in Ukraine that surveyed 2,045 ...