Browsing School of Health Sciences by Title
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Modification of the Physical Activity Self-efficacy Scale (PASES) in Greek children population
(Παπαζήση, 2013)This study modified the Physical Activity Self-efficacy Scale (PASES) in Creek children population. 142 Greek children of 4th grade (68 boys and 74 girls, Μ age: 9.65, SD: 0.45) participated. The scale was given to them ...
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Moral and cognitive reasoning features in congenitally blind children: comparisons with the sighted
(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 ...
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Motivation and Affective Outcomes of Physical Education: Implications for Health Education
(2007-09)Enjoyment and mood affection are considered to be main targets of intervention to promote physical activity (PA). Health education based on PA is seeking to explore the factors that affect children to foster and retain ...
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Multicultural Nursing Education in a Multicultural Society
(2014)Backround: The development of the modern field of care requires scientifically-based knowledge and responsibility on behalf of nurses in order to be able to respond effectively to existing conditions. Health professionals ...
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Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Scales: Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version
(Psychological Reports, 2013-12)The psychometric properties of a Greek version of the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Scales (MBSRQ-AS) were studied. A total of 1,312 high school students (463 boys, 849 girls) were administered ...
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Mythos and Tragedy: A Study in Aristotelian Aesthetics
(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 ...
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Nurse-physician collaboration and associations with perceived autonomy in Cypriot critical care nurses
(John Wiley & Sons, 2015-01)Background and aims: Increased nurse-physician collaboration is a factor in improved patient outcomes. Limited autonomy of nurses has been proposed as a barrier to collaboration. This study aims to explore nurse-physician ...
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On the simplicity of the curve hypotheses
(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 ...
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“An Ongoing Struggle With the Self and Illness”: Α Meta-Synthesis of the Studies of the Lived Experience of Severe Mental Illness
(Elsevier, 2015)The diverse experiences of severely mentally ill persons, most of the times, have not been taken into account, or integrated to the treatment procedures. This meta-synthesis aimed to examine what is like to live with severe ...
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An Ongoing Struggle With the Self and Illness”: Α Meta-Synthesis of the Studies of the Lived Experience of Severe Mental Illness
(Elsevier, 2015)The diverse experiences of severely mentally ill persons, most of the times, have not been taken into account, or integrated to the treatment procedures. This meta-synthesis aimed to examine what is like to live with severe ...
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Openness to help seeking for mental illness among Greek-Cypriots
(Health Promotion International, 2017-08-14)The aim of this study was to test a model of people’s willingness to seek help for mental illness whether currently diagnosed or not. A cross-sectional design was used to test this model in a nonclinical convenience sample ...
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Organizational culture in the primary healthcare setting of Cyprus
(BMC Health Services Research, 2013)Background: The concept of organizational culture is important in understanding the behaviour of individuals in organizations as they manage external demands and internal social changes. Cyprus healthcare system is ...
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Original sin according to the orthodox tradition.
(Αρμός, 2009)Teaching on the subject of original sin, as it was developed mostly by the Greek Fathers in the Orthodox tradition, noticeably differs to the equivalent teaching of the Latin Fathers and especially to that of St. Augustine. ...
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Orthodoxy and heresy of the Non-Chalcedonians according to St. John Damascene
(2010)The progress of the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the non-Chalcedonian Churches of the East, although it has raised the keen interest and admiration even of Western theologians1, nonetheless has ...
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Orthodoxy and Inter-religious Dialogue
(2007)The great problems, persecutions and dangers that missionaries and the faithful have been facing for centuries from the fanatical followers of traditional religions, mainly in Asia and Africa, have been compounded over ...
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Overview of depression: epidemiology and implications for community nursing practice
(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2011)Depressive disorders are among the most common psychological conditions currently affecting individuals living in the Westernized world. Yet, available data indicate that fewer than one third of adults with depression ...
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Person perception, prejudice, and hostility as influenced by the use of persuasion: A cross-cultural study.
(University of South Alabama, 2002)The purpose of this study was to assess whether it is possible to alter the perception of similarity vs. uniqueness of people towards others and if the powerful embedded constructs of prejudice and aggression could be ...
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The political economy of the Greek health sector and the implications of the economic crisis
(Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-03-09)The manifestation of the world economic crisis at 2007 and its consequences have brought the European economy and, more specifically, the Greek economy in front of new challenges for adjustment to the new era. In 2010, ...
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The Political Economy of UAE Branding From Marketing to Economics and Power
(IGI Global, 2021)The branding policy of the UAE has been in a phase of constant transformation and evolution in terms of its constructive elements. The aim of this chapter is to assess the UAE’s evolution from a state whose branding was ...
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Political Identity Types: The role of the Content and the Context on Identity
(2015-12)Political identity content of Greek Cypriot adolescents in terms of values, beliefs and attitudes was explored using an inductive method to elicit data. The macro-context of Greek Cypriot society was chosen specifically, ...