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Cross-cultural Perceptual Differences- Among African American, Caucasian, and Greek-Cypriot College Students
(VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K., 2007-11-06)
This book examines the variables of ethnic identity, collective self-esteem, person perception, individualism, collectivism, and prejudice in Caucasian (North and South United States), African-American, and Greek-Cypriot ...
Associations between body dissatisfaction, importance of appearance, and aging anxiety with depression, and appearance-related behaviors in women in mid-life
(J Women Aging, 2021-01)
The impacts of body dissatisfaction have been widely studied among adolescent girls, but much less in women in mid-life. In this study, we evaluated the associations between body dissatisfaction, psychological health and ...
Body Image Differences Across the Life Span of Greek-Cypriot Women: An Investigation Examining Adolescence, Early and Middle Adulthood
(The European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 2019-03)
The current study aimed to examine possible differences among females in three age groups (adolescent, early and middle adulthood) on body-image-related variables, media influences and self-esteem. The relationships between ...
Risk and Protective Factors of Disordered Eating in Adolescents Based on Gender and Body Mass Index
(Int J Environ Res Public Health., 2020-12-10)
The current study aimed to identify potential psychosocial risk and protective factors
contributing to eating disorders in adolescents, and observe any differences between genders and
Body Mass Index (BMI) categories. A ...
Editorial for the Special Thematic Section on “Body Image and Disordered Eating in Cyprus” of the European Journal of Counseling Psychology
(The European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 2019)
Dear Reader,
Both body image as a construct and eating disorders as diagnoses are complex and multidimensional. Therefore, their continuous research and in-depth assessment is a necessity in order to better understand ...
Cross -cultural perceptual differences among African American, Caucasian, and Greek-Cypriot college students
(ProQuest Information and Learning Company, 2006)
The purpose of this study was to examine the variables of ethnic identity, collective self-esteem, person perception, individualism, collectivism, and prejudice in Caucasian (North and South), African-American, and ...
Misinformation about COVID-19: Psychological Insights
(MDPI, 2021)
Definition: While the precise conceptualization of the term misinformation remains a subject of
debate, the current entry defines misinformation as any type of information which is misleading
or false, regardless of ...
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health: Evidence from Cyprus
(MDPI, 2021)
The aim of the current study was to examine mental health effects of the first wave of
COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease-19) in Cyprus. Accordingly, 388 individuals aged 18–65+ responded
to the Components of Mental Health ...
The Role of Guilt and Shame-proneness and Externalization of Blame as Risk Factors for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(North American Journal of Psychology, 2021)
Various psychological factors have been found to be associated with the onset of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Despite this, there remains a lack of acceptance for a biopsychosocial model of intervention, specifically ...
Psychometric Properties of a Greek Translation of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) in Adults From Cyprus
(Elsevier, 2022-09)
The construct of intuitive eating is commonly assessed using the 23-item, 4-factor Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2; Tylka & Kroon Van Diest, 2013). In this study, we assessed the psychometric properties of a novel Greek ...