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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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Political involvement and socio-moral reasoning: testing Emler's interpretation
(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 ...
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Polymorphous heterogeneity and episodes of violence in school community: educational implications for building a democratic school
(2020)The present article is an attempt to shed light on a plethora of research studies concerning bullying and acts of violence within school settings. Furthermore, a basic aim of the chapter is to present different facets of ...
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Positive Emotions and Addiction
(The International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 2014-07)Despite the clinical observations that indicate a possible connection between emotions, addictive behavior and treatment, there is not sufficient research on the role of positive emotions in addiction and addiction treatment. ...
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Positive Emotions and Addiction
(International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 2015)Despite the clinical observations that indicate a possible connection between emotions, addictive behavior and treatment, there is not sufficient research on the role of positive emotions in addiction and addiction treatment. ...
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Postformal and Postconventional Reasoning in Educationally Advanced Adults
(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, ...
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Predictive factors of disordered eating and body image satisfaction in Cyprus
(2015-05)Objective: This study aimed to assesspossible relationships and predictor varia-bles between disordered eating attitudesand behaviors, the internalization of thethin ideal construct, body image satisfac-tion, body image ...
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Pressure area care: An exploration of Greek nurses’ knowledge and practice
(Blackwell Science, 2002-11)BACKGROUND: Despite a plethora of information on the prevention of pressure sores, they remain a significant problem in both hospital and community settings. The need to reduce the incidence of pressure sores has been well ...
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Disordered Eating Adolescents in Cyprus: The Influence of Body Image, Situational Dysphoria, Self-Esteem, and the Media
(The European Journal of Counselling Psychology, 2019)The purpose of the current study was threefold: a) to collect a very large representative sample of adolescents and assess for their levels of disordered eating behaviors; b) to describe the characteristics of adolescents ...
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A probabilistic semantic analysis of eHealth scientific literature
(Sage, 2019)Introduction:eHealth emerged as an interdisciplinary research area about 70 years ago. This study employs proba-bilistic techniques to semantically analyse scientific literature related to the field of eHealth in order to ...
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The professional identity of primary and secondary school music teachers in Greece
(Elsevier Ltd, 2012)The particular dissertation concerns the profile delineation of Primary and Secondary School Music Teachers in Greece, as well as the determination of their professional identity. The first part initially presents in a ...
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Protectionism or Strengthening Competitiveness: The Case of the United States of America
(University of Piraeus, 2019)In recent years international trade growth has been slow. Although international trade is considered to have various benefits, such as access to international markets, rapid economic growth, higher competition, and ...
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Psychometric properties of the Greek translation of the social phobia inventory
(Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 2014)In the current study we examined the psychometric properties of the Greek adaptation of the Social Phobic Inventory (SoPhI) (Moore & Gee, 2003). The questionnaire is a 21-item self-report measure that assesses social anxiety ...
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The public's and doctors' perceived role in participation in setting health care priorities in Greece
(Hellenic Cardiological Society, 2010)Introduction: The Greek public is currently not represented at any level of the healthcare system’s organizational structure. This study aimed to investigate the opinions of Greek citizens as well as doctors regarding their ...
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Quality of Healthcare - Clinical Errors
(2011)Lately, clinical mistakes grew in numbers and this trend is evident in the findings of recently-released surveys. Furthermore, it is obvious that clinical errors, in addition to financial costs, affect negatively the ...
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Recovery From Substance Abuse: A Narrative Approach to Understanding the Motivation and Ambivalence About Change
(Taylor and Francis Online, 2012-09-04)Various studies have employed quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the process of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive change that emerges during drug addiction treatment, including the factors both encouraging ...
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Review of epidemiology of depression and implications for community nursing practice
(2010)Depression is regarded as one of the most common mental disorders, but available data point out that only less than one third of adults with depression obtain appropriate professional treatment. This is attributed (amongst ...
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A review of the factors affecting the course and outcome of the treatment of substance use disorders.
(2018)This article presents the findings from a systematic review of the literature on the factors that contribute to the treatment efficacy of substance use disorders. The introduction includes a clarifications of the terms ...
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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 ...