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  • The Acquisition of Formal Operational Schemata During Adolescence:A Cross-National Comparison 

    Markoulis, Diomedes (Springer-Verlag, 2000)
    The study compared the results of three cross-sectional and large-scale group studies conducted in Cyprus, Israel, and the USA. The studies examined the acquisition of the formal schemata of control of variables, proportions, ...

  • Appearance Schemas Inventory Revised: Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version in a Female Sample 

    Argyrides, Marios; Kkeli, Natalie (North American Journal of Psychology, 2013)
    The current study examined the psychometric properties of a Greek version of the Appearance Schemas Inventory – Revised (ASI-R). A total of 269 university female students (mean age = 25.1 years, SD = 3.81; mean height = ...

  • Body Image, Media Influences, and Situational Dysphoria in Individuals with Visible Physical Disabilities 

    Argyrides, Marios; Koundourou, Christiana; Angelidou, Athina; Anastasiades, Elly (Universidad de San Buenaventura, 2023)
    Body image in individuals with visible physical disabilities appears to be an important area of research and investigation, which has received little attention over the years. The purpose of the current descriptive, c ...

  • Deductive reasoning ability in causal, quantitative, and spatial context 

    Kargopoulos, Phillipos V.; Vakali, Maria; Gonida, Eleftheria; Demetriou, Andreas (Ελληνικά Γράμματα, 1997)
    The aim of this study was to investigate the deductive reasoning ability in different contexts. Specifically, the deductive reasoning ability has been tested in the form of six different logical inference types within ...

  • The Development and Validation of the People Perspective Questionnaire 

    Argyrides, Marios; Downey, Jerrold L. (North American Journal of Psychology, 2015)
    The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to develop a measure (People Perspective Questionnaire; PPQ) that assesses a dimension previously proposed, stating that a characteristic or trait exists, whereby some people ...

  • Emotional Well-Being and Traditional Cypriot Easter Games: A Qualitative Analysis 

    Koundourou, Christiana; Ioannou, Markella; Stephanou, Chara; Paparistodemou, Maria; Katsigari, Theodora; Tsitsas, Georgios; Sotiropoulou, Kyriaki (Frontiers Media, 2021-09-24)
    The aim of the current study is to examine the effect of the Traditional Easter Games of Cyprus on the emotional well-being of the participants. Data were collected using a qualitative analysis. It consisted of interviews ...

  • The "Good" as a predicate 

    Kargopoulos, Phillipos V. (Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης, 1988)
    I am investigating here the possibility of predicates being ontologically fundamental in the sphere of the practical. I shall therefore, attempt to reconstruct as favourably as I can Moore's theory of the «good» as a ...

  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health: Evidence from Cyprus 

    Mousoulidou, Marilena; Siakalli, Michailina; Christodoulou, Andri; Argyrides, Marios (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 ...

  • Infinity, limits and order: a study on the paradox 

    Kargopoulos, Phillipos V. (Κέντρο Ερεύνης της Ελληνικής Φιλοσοφίας (Κ.Ε.Ε.Φ.), 1973)
    In a paper which deals with the of infinity the most fundamental paradox is the paper itself. For it deals with tbe infinite in a finite time and extension. It tries to limit the unlimited, to define the indefinite, ...

  • Interactions, Computations, and Experience: Interleaved Springboards of Cognitive Emergence 

    Demetriou, Andreas; Raftopoulos, Athanasios; Kargopoulos, Phillipos V. (Elsevier, 1999)
    This rejoinder attempts to show that Bickhard's criticism is irrelevant to our theory and epistemologically one-sided. It is irrelevant because our theory is pragmaticist and interactivist at a number of levels ignored by ...

  • Internet addiction disorder among adolescents and young adults: the picture in Europe and prevention strategies 

    Flora, Katerina (2015)
    This article deals with Internet addiction, the spread of this phenomenon in European countries, its possible causes as well as ways of preventing it. Nowadays, young people in the Western world, including those living in ...

  • Misinformation about COVID-19: Psychological Insights 

    Anastasiades, Elly; Argyrides, Marios; Mousoulidou, Marilena (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 ...

  • Moral and cognitive reasoning features in congenitally blind children: comparisons with the sighted 

    Markoulis, Diomedes (Wiley, 1988)
    Moral and cognitive reasoning (within the Piagetian theory) aspects of congenitally blind children ranging in age from 6 to 12 years were examined and compared with those of a sighted sample, matched in age and socio-economic ...

  • Mythos and Tragedy: A Study in Aristotelian Aesthetics 

    Kargopoulos, Phillipos V. (Κέντρο Ερεύνης της Ελληνικής Φιλοσοφίας (Κ.Ε.Ε.Φ.), 1974)
    Despite the overmentioned influence of Aristotle and the multitude of interpretations of Aristotle from the Hellenistic times to the interpretation of W. Jaeger and ewn to the more recent interpretations, a careful and ...

  • On the simplicity of the curve hypotheses 

    Kargopoulos, Phillipos V. (Springer, 1992)
    Popper's theory of simplicity has three great merits advocating it: it has intuitive appeal, it proposes a clear criterion for judging the relative simplicity of rival hypotheses, and, finally, it answers the question ...

  • Political involvement and socio-moral reasoning: testing Emler's interpretation 

    Markoulis, Diomedes (Wiley, 1989)
    n previous research on the relationships between socio-moral reasoning and political orientation, the evolving capacities in the moral-cognitive realm have been considered as the framework for the formation of different ...

  • Postformal and Postconventional Reasoning in Educationally Advanced Adults 

    Markoulis, Diomedes (Taylor & Francis, 1989)
    The structural correspondence between postconventional sociomoral reasoning and postformal operational skills was examined to determine whether Stage 5 moral reasoning can be considered a hard stage in the Piagetian sense, ...

  • Realism, relativism and reference 

    Kargopoulos, Phillipos V. (Boston University Graduate School, 1981)
    The central thesis of this dissertation is that the recently proposed Causal Theories of Reference by K. Donnellan, H. Putnam, and especially S. Kripke provide support for Scientific Realism as developed in the theories ...

  • The Role of Guilt and Shame-proneness and Externalization of Blame as Risk Factors for Inflammatory Bowel Disease 

    Papacosta, Lolita; Argyrides, Marios; Anastasiades, Elly; Petkari, Eleni (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 ...

  • Self-Compassion as a Key Factor of Subjective Happiness and PsychologicalWell-Being among Greek Adults during COVID-19 Lockdowns 

    Koundourou, Christiana; Sotiropoulou, Kyriaki; Patitsa, Christina; Galanakis Michail; Giannakouli, Venetia (MDPI, 2023-07-27)
    The present study examined the association and complementary effect of self-compassion on the subjective happiness and psychological well-being of adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was based on a concurrent ...