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 ...

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 ...

The construct of intuitive eating is commonly assessed using the 23-item, 4-factor Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2; Tylka & Kroon Van Diest, 2013). In this study, we assessed the psychometric properties of a novel Greek ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tests of aggression, prejudice and a measure of how much uniqueness or similarity we perceive in others were administered to participants the day before the terrorist attacks of 9/ 11, the day of the attacks, six and seven ...

Purpose Body image is a psychological construct that refers to one’s perceptions, feelings, and thoughts towards one’s body and appearance. The intensity and frequency of dysphoric body-image emotions depend upon situational ...

The current study aimed to confirm the factor structure and reliability of the newly translated Greek version of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) among 1753 Greek-Cypriot high school ...

The world population became more ethnically heterogeneous during the 21st century and this trend is likely to keep continuing (Wright & Littleford, 2002). In fact, certain reports predict that by the year 2050, the majority ...

Ένα συμβουλευτικό κέντρο για παροχή δωρεάν ψυχοθεραπευτικών υπηρεσιών στην Πάφο συστάθηκε και λειτουργεί στο Πανεπιστήμιο Νεάπολις.