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Antibiotics’ Prescribing and Pharmacovigilance Attitudes among Pediatricians and Pediatric Residents in Cyprus
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2023-01)Background: The inappropriate, irrational use or misuse of antibiotics is observed in all health systems and in all patients’ groups worldwide, especially for children, where antibiotics continue to be the drugs most ...
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Internet and Social Media Addictions in the Post-Pandemic Era: Consequences for MentalWell-Being and Self-Esteem
(MDPI, 2024)The increasing integration of digital technologies into daily life, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, has raised concerns about internet and social media addictions and their potential impact on mental health. ...
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Conspiracy Theories, Trust in Science, and Knowledge during the Third Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Cyprus
(MDPI, 2023)Conspiracy theories flourish during periods of crisis. One way to counteract the believability of conspiracy theories is trust in science and knowledge about the “perceived threat”, such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A total ...
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Children’s Interpretations of Numerically Quantified Expression Ambiguities: Evidence from Quantified Noun Phrases and Bare Cardinals
(MDPI, 2024)Understanding how children comprehend text by forming links between sentences has been the focus of research for decades. Such research has consistently shown that children use anaphors and resolve ambiguities in a ...
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Domestic Violence against Women and COVID-19
(MDPI, 2022)Domestic violence against women is defined as harmful behavior that occurs within a home and it involves aggressive and violent conduct towards women. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and following the ...
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The prevalence of nomophobia in Cyprus and its relationship with coping styles
(Frontiers, 2024)The rise in smartphone use and the resulting dependence has led to the emergence of nomophobia, a term describing the anxiety or discomfort experienced when individuals are without their mobile phones. This study aimed to ...
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Secondary Education and COVID-19
(MDPI, 2022)Secondary education is the second stage of formal education and traditionally begins after primary school, usually about age 11 to 13. The COVID-19 pandemic caused immeasurable changes to the educational system which ...
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Social Media News Headlines and Their Influence onWell-Being: Emotional States, Emotion Regulation, and Resilience
(MDPI, 2024)Today, many individuals read the daily news from social media platforms. Research has shown that news with negative valence might influence the well-being of individuals. Existing research that examined the impact of ...
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The Role of Conspiracy Theories, Perceived Risk, and Trust in Science on COVID-19 Vaccination Decisiveness: Evidence from Cyprus
(MDPI, 2023)COVID-19 reminded us of the importance of vaccinating for successfully overcoming health-related crises. Yet, vaccine hesitancy is still present. This study examined the impacts of conspiracy theories, perceived risk, ...
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Trust in Science and COVID-19
(MDPI, 2022)In this entry, trust in science is defined as the reliance, confidence, and dependence on science to understand scientific information. With the outbreak of, and the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, turning ...
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Biogas digester innovations as solution to clean cooking energy challenge in the Pacific Islands: A policy perspective
(Elsevier, 2025-06)Access to clean cooking energy remains a significant challenge globally, particularly in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific Islands, and South Asia, where urban and rural disparities are most pronounced. In ...
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The impact of self-efficacy on the well-being of primary school teachers: a Greek-Cypriot study
(Frontiers, 2023)This research was conducted to examine the extent to which teachers’ self-efficacy affects their well-being following the COVID-19 pandemic. The originality of the research lies in the fact that there are not enough ...
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Measuring Differentiation of Self Within the Greek Culture: Theoretical and Psychometric Validation of a Greek Short Form of the Differentiation of Self Inventory‐ Revised
(Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2025)Further to its US source culture, the systemic construct of differentiation of self (DoS) has been empirically validated in China, Cyprus, Iran, Italy, Spain, and Turkey. DoS has consistently correlated with various ...
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Body Image, Media Influences, and Situational Dysphoria in Individuals with Visible Physical Disabilities
(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 ...
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Emotional Well-Being and Traditional Cypriot Easter Games: A Qualitative Analysis
(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 ...
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Self-Compassion as a Key Factor of Subjective Happiness and PsychologicalWell-Being among Greek Adults during COVID-19 Lockdowns
(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 ...
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Μικρασιάτες πρόσφυγες στην Κύπρο, προσπάθειες περίθαλψης
(Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης, 2022-10)To Εθνικό Συμβούλιο, πολιτικό σώμα υπό τον έλεγ- χο της Αρχιεπισκοπής, συγκάλεσε συνεδρία στις 10-23 Σεπτεμβρίου του 1922 με αποκλειστικό θέμα συζήτησης την περίθαλψη των προσφύγων. Ήδη εί- χαν αρχίσει να καταφθάνουν ...
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Μια επιστολή του Κύριλλου Γ΄ προς τον Ελευθέριο Βενιζέλο
(2021-07)Εντρυφώντας στο αρχείο της Ιεράς Αρχιεπισκοπής Κύπρου εντοπίσαμε από σπόντα-επιστολή του Αρχιεπισκόπου Κύπρου Κύριλλου Γ' προς τον Ελευθέριο Βενιζέλολ, γραμμένη τον Ιούνιο του 1923. Εκείνο το διαστημα ο Βενιζέλος ήταν στη ...