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Linguistic Deficiencies in Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
(2020-03)e aim of the present study is to investigate the linguistic profile of patients with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (PPMS) in relation to linguistic deficits associated with specific brain areas. Ten adults with ...
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A Look at the Evolution of the Self-Help Movement
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2010-11-15)The self-help movement clearly introduced the significance of the role of responsibility and self-actualization into the health care sector. Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous are among the most influential ...
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Low Auditory-Verbal Cognitive Profile: Α “Risk Factor” for Specific Learning Difficulties in Preschool Children in Greece
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2021)Preschool-age children with a low auditory-verbal cognitive profile may be predisposed to develop subsequent learning difficulties. This study, through the use of early diagnostic procedures and a special intervention ...
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Managing Graduate Unemployment: The Case of Education Students in Cyprus
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2016)Purpose - The paper investigates the problems faced by unemployed and underemployed graduate students in a small European country. It focuses on the way young people adjust to unemployment and underemployment and on the ...
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Mass Media, Feelings of Attractiveness, Investment in Body Image and Disordered Eating in Cyprus
(Mediterranean e-journal of Communication & Media, 2013)The purpose of the current study was to assess f or possible relationships between the internalization of the thin ideal by the media, disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, feelings of attractiveness and investment ...
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Meaning Attribution to Intimate Partner Violence by Counselors Who Support Women With Intimate Partner Violence Experiences in Greece
(Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2018)The present study refers to the meaning attributed to intimate partner violence by counselors supporting women who have experienced abuse and seek for help. The main focus of the study is the investigation of the effect of ...
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Measuring Impulsivity in Greek Adults: Psychometric Properties of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) and Impulsive Behavior Scale (Short Version of UPPS-P)
(MDPI, 2021-07)Introduction: The aim of the present study was to validate the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11th version) scale as well as the short version of the Impulsive Behavior Scale (UPPS-P) in a population of Greek young ...
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Medical Errors in Cyprus: The 2005 Eurobarometer Survey
(Professor Despina Sapountzi-Krepia, 2012)Background: Medical errors have been highlighted in recent years by different agencies, scientific bodies and research teams alike. We sought to explore the issue of medical errors in Cyprus using data from the Eurobarometer ...
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Migrant domestic workers in Cyprus: An evaluation of their sexual and reproductive health needs. A pilot study
(2008)Background: Literature suggests that the employment of female domestic workers is not based on the labour needs of the country, but mainly on the needs of working women. There are approximately 23,000 female migrant domestic ...
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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 ...
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Mobile Elderly Living Community (MELCO): The Development of the Social Community Model: a Case Study
(2013)Background: Elderly prefer to be in their own homes rather than being in hospital or residential homes. Communication between elderly and community nurses is essential in caring and mutual interaction and modern technologies ...
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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 ...