European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling, 2013
This special issue of EJPC attempts to explore what, if any, should be the psychological therapie... more This special issue of EJPC attempts to explore what, if any, should be the psychological therapies’ response to the economic crisis in Europe by taking Greece as a case study. What we are not looking at is an explanation of the economic crisis through theories in the psychological therapies (as in Stein, 2011) but more a development of Christodoulou and Christodoulou (2013) ‘Financial Crises: Impact on Mental Health and Suggested Responses’ where their focus is more on how financial crises affect mental health. This special issue arose from one of its editors (Loewenthal) being invited as a keynote speaker (on post-existentialism) to the fourth Pan-Hellenic Counselling Psychology conference, held in Thessaloniki and organised by the Division of Counselling Psychology of the Hellenic Psychological Society. Whilst there, he also ran a workshop on phototherapy, using photographs to help counselling psychologists explore the question which became the topic of this special issue. What became clear was that whilst there was considerable motivation to make a contribution to help the people of Greece, the participants lacked a language for them to think about this and operationalise their desire. This apparent impotence of psychological therapies should not be considered as a specific Greek characteristic, but least European wide. Indeed psychology students in Greece may well have a broader education than those in the UK. Not only because some psychology programmes are still part of philosophy departments there (from whence psychology originally came); but, when two psychology students who were collecting guests from the airport were asked ‘Have you come across Kristeva?’ their response was, ‘Of course, we have been studying feminism’. It is unlikely many undergraduate psychology students in the UK would have been able to respond similarly! Should therefore psychological therapists be able to consider more the political and economic implications, both on their practices and on how to make interventions in society to enhance psychological well-being? Or is this an area that would take away from our work of alleviating individual experiences of, for example, wretchedness? There again, to not feel responsible for what might be unnecessary hardships could also make psychological therapist part of the status quo – allowed to put sticking plasters on those wounded through the maintenance of the privilege of others. Thus, we may only be allowed to train psychological therapists if the content of our programmes also ensures the relatively able people who undertake them are not able to think
The issue of personal therapy in the training of counsellors and counselling psychologists has lo... more The issue of personal therapy in the training of counsellors and counselling psychologists has long been debated and is still being discussed. Although some people believe that trainees ’ processing of personal issues helps increase their self-understanding, they do not consider it mandatory. Others argue that personal therapy is an integral part of training for future therapists revealing the characters and personalities of those who are fit or unfit to practice this profession. In most European countries a certain number of hours of personal therapy are mandatory to qualify for admission to the profession. In other countries, only certain training programs require it. What are the arguments for or against personal therapy in training? What does research indicate? What is meant by "personal development " and what by “personal therapy”? How is the necessary breadth and depth of "the work with oneself " which is contained in good educational training programs ensu...
Psychology: the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society
The introductory article of this special issue presents the therapeutic relationship in clinical ... more The introductory article of this special issue presents the therapeutic relationship in clinical and counseling psychology in order to highlight their similarities and their differences. Initially, reference is made to the particular characteristics of the therapeutic relationship from the point of view of clinical psychology followed by the specific characteristics of the therapeutic relationship as supported by counseling psychology. As can be seen from the position taken by both authors, recent developments in both applied fields show a gradual convergence in terms of the psychotherapy followed. Although at the beginning their differences seemed very obvious, through the years and their historical development, they have gradually faded away, allowing their similarities to stand out based on the philosophical movements, their theoretical views and their scientific interventions. The convergence of clinical and counseling psychology, in terms of the factors building the the...
Revue Internationale de l’Education Familiale. σελ. 75-95, 2001
Cette recherche examine les attitudes intergenerationnelles de 1184 enfants d'âge prescolaire... more Cette recherche examine les attitudes intergenerationnelles de 1184 enfants d'âge prescolaire et de 700 personnes âgees, en Grece, en fonction de la parente et de la frequence des contacts (643 enfants sont interroges au sujet des attitudes envers leurs grands-parents ; 541 enfants, envers les personnes âgees en general ; 325 personnes âgees, envers leurs petits-enfants d'âge prescolaire ; 375 personnes âgees, envers les jeunes enfants en general). Les resultats indiquent que les jeunes enfants ont des attitudes positives a la fois envers leurs grands-parents et les personne âgees en general, mais avec des attitudes plus favorables en faveur des premiers. De la meme facon les personnes âgees manifestent des attitudes plus favorables envers leurs petits-enfants. La frequence des contacts joue un role important dans le developpement de ces attitudes favorables. Dans la mesure ou la bibliographie afferente indique une baisse de ces attitudes positives lorsque les petits-enfants...
A study was conducted to replicate and extend the findings of Lao (1974) which showed an increasi... more A study was conducted to replicate and extend the findings of Lao (1974) which showed an increasing sense of personal efficacy from youth to adulthood, a stabilized sense of internal control through middle age, and no decrease in internality among elderly Ss. Current findings (100 college students, an occupational survey sample of 383) generally replicate these outcomes. Also, elderly Ss believed they were personally competent, and not at the mercy of powerful others or a capricious environment. Such findings question stereotypes of elderly as powerless and dependent on others to subsist in a threatening and unreliable environment.
The present study tested the internal consistency and the factor struc ture of a translated versi... more The present study tested the internal consistency and the factor struc ture of a translated version of the Flow State Scale with Greek sport participants. Sport psychology literature is not conclusive regarding sex differences and the type of sport in flow. The sample was comprised of 144 women from interactive sports (volleyball and handball) who were drawn from the second division of the first national category. Athletes completed the scale immediately after a game. Values of Cronbach alpha were used to estimate the internal consistency of the scale and confirmatory factor analysis to examine the model. The results showed acceptable psychometric prop erties of the scale and suggest a need for improvement of the problematic items.
Levenson's multidimensional I-E Scale was administered to 625 male and female university stu... more Levenson's multidimensional I-E Scale was administered to 625 male and female university students and adults in America and Greece. The scores were categorized by sex, country, and employment status (job-holding adults or students) on each of the three control dimensions and then subjected to 2 × 2 × 2 analyses of variance. There were no significant sex main effects for any of the three I-E dimensions, thus calling into question previous cross-cultural findings that women were more external than men. Americans and Greeks did not differ on the Personal Control dimension, but Greeks did believe that they live in a more unpredictable environment than the Americans and also one in which powerful others control their outcomes. The results also indicated that students report having less of a sense of responsibility for their own actions than adults, but the two groups did not differ significantly on the Powerful-others or Chance dimensions. Finally, differences in the patterns of scoring across I-E content areas among subjects suggested the usefulness of utilizing a multidimensional I-E scheme in future cross-cultural personality research.
European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling, 2013
This special issue of EJPC attempts to explore what, if any, should be the psychological therapie... more This special issue of EJPC attempts to explore what, if any, should be the psychological therapies’ response to the economic crisis in Europe by taking Greece as a case study. What we are not looking at is an explanation of the economic crisis through theories in the psychological therapies (as in Stein, 2011) but more a development of Christodoulou and Christodoulou (2013) ‘Financial Crises: Impact on Mental Health and Suggested Responses’ where their focus is more on how financial crises affect mental health. This special issue arose from one of its editors (Loewenthal) being invited as a keynote speaker (on post-existentialism) to the fourth Pan-Hellenic Counselling Psychology conference, held in Thessaloniki and organised by the Division of Counselling Psychology of the Hellenic Psychological Society. Whilst there, he also ran a workshop on phototherapy, using photographs to help counselling psychologists explore the question which became the topic of this special issue. What became clear was that whilst there was considerable motivation to make a contribution to help the people of Greece, the participants lacked a language for them to think about this and operationalise their desire. This apparent impotence of psychological therapies should not be considered as a specific Greek characteristic, but least European wide. Indeed psychology students in Greece may well have a broader education than those in the UK. Not only because some psychology programmes are still part of philosophy departments there (from whence psychology originally came); but, when two psychology students who were collecting guests from the airport were asked ‘Have you come across Kristeva?’ their response was, ‘Of course, we have been studying feminism’. It is unlikely many undergraduate psychology students in the UK would have been able to respond similarly! Should therefore psychological therapists be able to consider more the political and economic implications, both on their practices and on how to make interventions in society to enhance psychological well-being? Or is this an area that would take away from our work of alleviating individual experiences of, for example, wretchedness? There again, to not feel responsible for what might be unnecessary hardships could also make psychological therapist part of the status quo – allowed to put sticking plasters on those wounded through the maintenance of the privilege of others. Thus, we may only be allowed to train psychological therapists if the content of our programmes also ensures the relatively able people who undertake them are not able to think
The issue of personal therapy in the training of counsellors and counselling psychologists has lo... more The issue of personal therapy in the training of counsellors and counselling psychologists has long been debated and is still being discussed. Although some people believe that trainees ’ processing of personal issues helps increase their self-understanding, they do not consider it mandatory. Others argue that personal therapy is an integral part of training for future therapists revealing the characters and personalities of those who are fit or unfit to practice this profession. In most European countries a certain number of hours of personal therapy are mandatory to qualify for admission to the profession. In other countries, only certain training programs require it. What are the arguments for or against personal therapy in training? What does research indicate? What is meant by "personal development " and what by “personal therapy”? How is the necessary breadth and depth of "the work with oneself " which is contained in good educational training programs ensu...
Psychology: the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society
The introductory article of this special issue presents the therapeutic relationship in clinical ... more The introductory article of this special issue presents the therapeutic relationship in clinical and counseling psychology in order to highlight their similarities and their differences. Initially, reference is made to the particular characteristics of the therapeutic relationship from the point of view of clinical psychology followed by the specific characteristics of the therapeutic relationship as supported by counseling psychology. As can be seen from the position taken by both authors, recent developments in both applied fields show a gradual convergence in terms of the psychotherapy followed. Although at the beginning their differences seemed very obvious, through the years and their historical development, they have gradually faded away, allowing their similarities to stand out based on the philosophical movements, their theoretical views and their scientific interventions. The convergence of clinical and counseling psychology, in terms of the factors building the the...
Revue Internationale de l’Education Familiale. σελ. 75-95, 2001
Cette recherche examine les attitudes intergenerationnelles de 1184 enfants d'âge prescolaire... more Cette recherche examine les attitudes intergenerationnelles de 1184 enfants d'âge prescolaire et de 700 personnes âgees, en Grece, en fonction de la parente et de la frequence des contacts (643 enfants sont interroges au sujet des attitudes envers leurs grands-parents ; 541 enfants, envers les personnes âgees en general ; 325 personnes âgees, envers leurs petits-enfants d'âge prescolaire ; 375 personnes âgees, envers les jeunes enfants en general). Les resultats indiquent que les jeunes enfants ont des attitudes positives a la fois envers leurs grands-parents et les personne âgees en general, mais avec des attitudes plus favorables en faveur des premiers. De la meme facon les personnes âgees manifestent des attitudes plus favorables envers leurs petits-enfants. La frequence des contacts joue un role important dans le developpement de ces attitudes favorables. Dans la mesure ou la bibliographie afferente indique une baisse de ces attitudes positives lorsque les petits-enfants...
A study was conducted to replicate and extend the findings of Lao (1974) which showed an increasi... more A study was conducted to replicate and extend the findings of Lao (1974) which showed an increasing sense of personal efficacy from youth to adulthood, a stabilized sense of internal control through middle age, and no decrease in internality among elderly Ss. Current findings (100 college students, an occupational survey sample of 383) generally replicate these outcomes. Also, elderly Ss believed they were personally competent, and not at the mercy of powerful others or a capricious environment. Such findings question stereotypes of elderly as powerless and dependent on others to subsist in a threatening and unreliable environment.
The present study tested the internal consistency and the factor struc ture of a translated versi... more The present study tested the internal consistency and the factor struc ture of a translated version of the Flow State Scale with Greek sport participants. Sport psychology literature is not conclusive regarding sex differences and the type of sport in flow. The sample was comprised of 144 women from interactive sports (volleyball and handball) who were drawn from the second division of the first national category. Athletes completed the scale immediately after a game. Values of Cronbach alpha were used to estimate the internal consistency of the scale and confirmatory factor analysis to examine the model. The results showed acceptable psychometric prop erties of the scale and suggest a need for improvement of the problematic items.
Levenson's multidimensional I-E Scale was administered to 625 male and female university stu... more Levenson's multidimensional I-E Scale was administered to 625 male and female university students and adults in America and Greece. The scores were categorized by sex, country, and employment status (job-holding adults or students) on each of the three control dimensions and then subjected to 2 × 2 × 2 analyses of variance. There were no significant sex main effects for any of the three I-E dimensions, thus calling into question previous cross-cultural findings that women were more external than men. Americans and Greeks did not differ on the Personal Control dimension, but Greeks did believe that they live in a more unpredictable environment than the Americans and also one in which powerful others control their outcomes. The results also indicated that students report having less of a sense of responsibility for their own actions than adults, but the two groups did not differ significantly on the Powerful-others or Chance dimensions. Finally, differences in the patterns of scoring across I-E content areas among subjects suggested the usefulness of utilizing a multidimensional I-E scheme in future cross-cultural personality research.
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