All Outputs (19)

Evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of an integrative group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis: A study protocol (2023)
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is characterised by significant symptom diversity and complexity. The unpredictability of the symptoms and the emotional and cognitive facets of the disease have a significant impact on the patients' quality of life, relations... Read More about Evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of an integrative group psychological intervention for people with Multiple Sclerosis: A study protocol.

“It made me a more resilient therapist”: A qualitative study on practitioners’ experience of providing mental health services during the pandemic (2023)
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The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated sudden and radical changes in mental health care delivery where practitioners unavoidably engaged in remote working. As remote care is likely to become increasingly common, perhaps routine, in this study, we aim... Read More about “It made me a more resilient therapist”: A qualitative study on practitioners’ experience of providing mental health services during the pandemic.

The experience of psychological therapies for people with multiple sclerosis: A mixed-methods study towards a patient-centred approach to exploring processes of change (2023)
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Psychological therapies are effective for managing multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms such as depression, pain and fatigue. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness and other theory-led approaches have been applied and were found to have modera... Read More about The experience of psychological therapies for people with multiple sclerosis: A mixed-methods study towards a patient-centred approach to exploring processes of change.

Interpretative phenomenological analysis: Theory, Method and research (Second edition) (2022)
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Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was developed and introduced by Jonathan Smith when he put together the epistemological underpinnings of phenomenology and hermeneutics along with idiography (Smith, 2008). He then worked with Michael La... Read More about Interpretative phenomenological analysis: Theory, Method and research (Second edition).

Emerging from the global syndemic crucible: Finding belonging in a post Corona future (2022)
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The covid-19 global syndemic has upended societies worldwide and concomitantly united the world in a shared experience of lockdowns, social distancing, and economic upheaval. In the face of great uncertainty, dystopian realities, and binding governme... Read More about Emerging from the global syndemic crucible: Finding belonging in a post Corona future.

‘Sunshine’, ‘angels’ and ‘rainbows’: Language developed by mothers bereaved by perinatal loss (2022)
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Background A perinatal loss is a life-changing event that can have psychological consequences for a mother both after the loss and in a subsequent pregnancy. Aims This qualitative study aimed to examine mothers' lived experiences of the holistic jour... Read More about ‘Sunshine’, ‘angels’ and ‘rainbows’: Language developed by mothers bereaved by perinatal loss.

Application of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis methodology in psychotherapy impact research: Experience of psychotherapy of a person with Multiple Sclerosis (2021)
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Psychotherapy's impact and effectiveness have been explored through the use of quantitative research methods such as standardised inventories and scales measuring mainly behavioural and overt aspects of the psychotherapeutic encounter and symptom red... Read More about Application of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis methodology in psychotherapy impact research: Experience of psychotherapy of a person with Multiple Sclerosis.

Happiness around the world: A combined etic-emic approach across 63 countries (2020)
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All rights reserved. What does it mean to be happy? The vast majority of cross-cultural studies on happiness have employed a Western-origin, or "WEIRD" measure of happiness that conceptualizes it as a self-centered (or "independent"), high-arousal em... Read More about Happiness around the world: A combined etic-emic approach across 63 countries.

International optimism: Correlates and consequences of dispositional optimism across 61 countries (2020)
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Objective: The current exploratory study sought to examine dispositional optimism, or the general expectation for positive outcomes, around the world. Method: Dispositional optimism and possible correlates were assessed across 61 countries (N=15,185;... Read More about International optimism: Correlates and consequences of dispositional optimism across 61 countries.

Patients with multiple sclerosis in psychotherapy: Processes of meaning making and self transformation (2020)
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Background Recent empirical literature on autoimmune diseases has focused extensively on the implementation and evaluation of psychosocial interventions. Psychotherapy and counselling processes for multiple sclerosis (MS) have gained special attenti... Read More about Patients with multiple sclerosis in psychotherapy: Processes of meaning making and self transformation.

The adjustment and new identity of athletes with prosthetic limbs: A qualitative study (2020)
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OBJECTIVE Exploration of the experience of engaging in parasports by people with prosthetic limbs. METHOD The sample consisted of 8 Paralympic athletes. The main inclusion criteria were lower-limb amputation, a prosthetic implant, and professional... Read More about The adjustment and new identity of athletes with prosthetic limbs: A qualitative study.

Situational experience around the world: A replication and extension in 62 countries (2020)
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Objective The current study seeks to replicate and extend principal findings reported in The World at 7:00 (Guillaume et al., 2016), a project that examined the psychological experience of situations in 20 countries. Method Data were collected fro... Read More about Situational experience around the world: A replication and extension in 62 countries.

Meaning-making and spirituality in cancer patients: A study based on qualitative methodology (2020)
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OBJECTIVE To identify and analyze patterns of meaning-making and spirituality in cancer patients. METHOD The study sample consisted of 20 patients with an average age of 60 years, who had received radiotherapy for cancer of various sites at a public... Read More about Meaning-making and spirituality in cancer patients: A study based on qualitative methodology.

From social workers to socio-therapists: the transformative journey of substance abuse therapists (2019)
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The efficiency of interventions in addiction is associated with the processes of practitioners’ professional development. Identity formation is studied extensively for clinical professions but little research focuses on social workers working in addi... Read More about From social workers to socio-therapists: the transformative journey of substance abuse therapists.

A Pilot Study of a Trauma Training for Healthcare Workers Serving Refugees in Greece: Perceptions of Feasibility of Task-Shifting Trauma Informed Care (2019)
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© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis. Few studies to date have investigated trauma training programs for healthcare workers who serve refugees. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the feasibility of a Train-the Trainer (TTT) seminar desig... Read More about A Pilot Study of a Trauma Training for Healthcare Workers Serving Refugees in Greece: Perceptions of Feasibility of Task-Shifting Trauma Informed Care.

The Greek Referendum Vote of 2015 as a Paradoxical Communicative Practice: A Narrative, Future-Making Approach (2018)
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© 2018 International Society of Political Psychology This article adopts a pragmatic-communicative approach, derived from Gregory Bateson's cybernetic theory, to the Greek Referendum Vote of 2015. Applying this approach, we interpret the Referendum a... Read More about The Greek Referendum Vote of 2015 as a Paradoxical Communicative Practice: A Narrative, Future-Making Approach.

Persoonlije toekomstrverbeelding als prospectief reflective-instrument: De casus van her Griekse Referendum in 2015 [Personal future imagination as a prospective reflective instrument: The case of the Greek Referendum in 2015] (2017)
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In this article, we explore a new application of personal imaginations of the future as prospective reflective instrument in a political context. The case is the Greek Referendum of 2015. In the days preceding the Referendum, we collected via an onli... Read More about Persoonlije toekomstrverbeelding als prospectief reflective-instrument: De casus van her Griekse Referendum in 2015 [Personal future imagination as a prospective reflective instrument: The case of the Greek Referendum in 2015].

The path towards a professional identity: An IPA study of Greek family therapy trainees (2013)
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Objective: Contemporary psychotherapy research has focused mainly on practitioners' training and education. The impact of training on professional development and the application of therapeutic skills have been the primary foci of the empirical liter... Read More about The path towards a professional identity: An IPA study of Greek family therapy trainees.

Forging partnerships for mental health: The case of a prefecture in crisis ravaged Greece (2013)
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Public health and in particular mental health have been severely affected by the multitude of socioeconomic crises experienced by people in Greece. The severe austerity programmes, have reduced access to health services and increased demand for publi... Read More about Forging partnerships for mental health: The case of a prefecture in crisis ravaged Greece.