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PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

RESEARCH FIELDS

Selected research fields of faculty members / Laboratories with the participation of postgraduate students

  • The role of the school psychologist, psychosocial/school adaptation in difficult periods and crisis situations, friendship and protective factors in adolescence, psychosocial adaptation and school climate, aggressive behaviors in the school community, implementation and evaluation of intervention programs, provision of school psychological services in different countries, training of school psychologists at international level, school climate; cross-cultural study (Laboratory of School Psychology, H. Hatzichristou, A. Lampropoulou, Th. Yfanti, P. Lianos, D. Athanasiou, N. Georgakakou)
  • Systemic study of giftedness, creative thinking and self-efficacy of students, values, and attitudes of teachers for the education of students with high abilities and gifts, social values and intra- and extra-personal control (Creativity Development Laboratory, K. Garis, V. Nicolopoulou)
  • Family function, parenthood, identity formation, executive functions (Center for Family Study, S. Tantaros)
  • Inclusive education, academic emotions and motivation in typically developing students and students with learning difficulties (D. Filippatou)
  • Language assessment of infants/toddlers, assessment of executive functions of secondary school children (Psychometric Laboratory, A. Economou) 
  • Culturalization processes and cultural identities of students with immigrant background, resilience processes of immigrant and refugee adolescents (Laboratory of Applications of Intercultural & Social Psychology (V. Pavlopoulos F. Motti)
  • Psychometric tool to identify learning potential & difficulties in mathematics, use of digital technologies by students (Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, P. Roussos)
  • Psychosocial adjustment of children with learning difficulties, motivation, school engagement, learning strategies in children with learning difficulties, self-efficacy, stress, mental resilience of general and special education teachers before & after the pandemic (F. Polychroni)