Education

Education is a freely accessible, full-text, peer-reviewed, international journal that seeks out clear and significant contributions that further debate on educational issues. Education is interpreted in a wide manner and includes human development, learning, school education, formal and informal education, vocational education, industry training and lifelong learning. Articles are published from teachers, administrators, professors, graduate students, policy-makers, and education specialists.

Anna Polemikou

Doctor, University of the Aegean, Greece, Greece

Research Areas

learning and learning disabilities/disorders, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, humanistic psychology, spirituality, counseling psychology, psychotherapy, clinical psychology, psychometric assessment, educational psychology

Education

2010-2013Pg Cert. in Person-Centered CounsellingUniversity of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.
2004-2009Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Research in PsychologySchool of Humanities, University of Bath, UK.
2002-2003MSc Rehabilitation PsychologySchool of Medicine, University of Nottigham, U.K.
1998-2002B.A. (Hons) PsychologyDepartment of Psychology, University of Cardiff, Wales, U.K.

Experience

Feb. 2021 - June 2021 Adjunct Lecturer; University of Neapolis, Cyprus
Feb. 2016 - June 2021Post-doctoral Research Fellow; University of the Aegean, Greece (Dept. of Preschool Education and Educational Design)
Sep. 2018 - Feb. 2019Adjunct Lecturer; University of Nicosia, Cyprus, School of Education
Sep. 2016 - Jan. 2017 Part-time Lecturer at the Master's of Art Programme on Vocational Guidance & Counseling; European University of Cyprus
Sep. 2016 - Oct. 2018Lecturer / Scientific collaborator at the M.Sc. Programme of International Medicine - Health Crisis Management; National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Mar. 2015 - Sep. 2015Lecturer; IST Studies, Athens, Greece (in association with the University of Hertfordshire)
Oct. 2010 - Oct. 2013 Adjunct Lecturer; University of the Aegean, Greece (Dept. of Preschool Education and Educational Design)
Oct. 2010 - Feb. 2011 New York College, Athens Campus, Greece (in association with the University of Greenwich)

Academic Achievement

Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), Ministry of Education; Awarded the Greek State Scholarship for the elaboration of a doctoral thesis abroad (2006-2008)

Membership

American Psychological Association (APA); Member
British Psychological Society (BPS); Chartered Member (CPsych) and Member of the Cognitive Psychology Section
Association of Greek Psychologists; Member
Spiritual Crisis Network (SCN); Member

Publications: Journals

[1]  Binos, P., Polemikou, A., & Louizou, E. (2018). Why volubility can predict the success of cochlear implantation: A last decade review. Australasian Medical Journal, 11 (11), 502-508,
[2]  Namaziandost, E., Rezvani, E., & Polemikou, A. (2020). The impacts of visual input enhancement, semantic input enhancement, and input flooding on L2 vocabulary among Iranian intermediate EFL learners. Cogent Education, 7( 1), 1726606,
[3]  Polemikou, A., & Da Silva, J.P. (2020). Re-addressing spiritual growth: What can we learn from childhood education? Journal of Humanistic Psychology,
[4]  Polemikou, A., & Vantarakis, S. (2019). Death anxiety and spiritual intelligence as predictors of dissociative posttraumatic stress disorder in Greek first responders: A moderation model. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 6(3), 182-193. (Special Issue: Multicultural and Diverse Perspectives)
[5]  Polemikou, A., Zartaloudi, E., & Polemikos, N. (2019). Development of the Greek version of the Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory-24 (KAPN): Factor structure and validation. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 22 (10), 1033-1047.
[6]  Polemikou, A., Zartaloudi, E., & Polemikos, N. (2019). Estimating nonbelief: Translation, cultural adaptation and statistical validation of the Nonreligious-Nonspiritual Scale (NRNSS) in a nationwide Greek sample. Archive for thePsychology of Religion / Archiv für Religionspsychologie, 41 (2), 105 122.
[7]  Zartaloudi, E., & Polemikou, A. (2019). Functional hemispheric asymmetry and nicotine dependency as variables mediating neurobiological vulnerability to schizotypy in a non-clinical population of college students. Personality and Individual Differences, 137, 165-172.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Polemikou, A. (2019). (Invited Keynote Speaker). Izmir Democracy University (İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi), Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Kongresi: “Eğimtide Yeni Yaklaşımlar: Fırsaltar ve Zorluklar” (International Conference on Educational Research “New Approaches to Education: Opportunities and Challenges”). Izmir, Turkey, 4-6 Oct. 2019.
[2]  Polemikou, A., & Vantarakis, S. (2018). Dissociation, death anxiety and spiritual intelligence: Observations from a Greek sample of first responders. Poster presented at the 10th Biennial International Meaning Conference: Courage, Faith and Meaning: Existential Positive Psychology's Response to Psychology. Vancouver, Canada (4th August). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29266.66243 (peer-refereed)
[3]  Polemikou, A., Zartaloudi, E., & Polemikos, N. (2019). Non-Religious Non-Spiritual Scale (NRNSS): Psychometric properties and factor validation in a nationwide Greek sample. Poster presentation at th 19th European Conference on Developmental Psychology. Athens, Greece, 30 Aug. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27206.11845
[4]  Polemikou, A., Zartaloudi, E., & Polemikos, N. (2019). Appraisal of the Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory - Revised (KAPN): Adaptation, validation and preliminary findings in the Greek context. Oral presentation at the 19th European Conference on Developmental Psychology. Athens, Greece, 1 Sep. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18817.51041
[5]  Vantarakis, S., Polemikou, A., & Pikoulis, E. (2018). Death anxiety, spiritual intelligence and dissociative post-traumatic stress disorder in Greek first responders: A cross-sectional study [Άγχος θανάτου, πνευματική νοημοσύνη και μετατραυματική διαταραχή αποσυνδετικού τύπου σε Έλληνες επαγγελματίες διάσωσης: Μiα συγχρονική μελέτη]. Paper presented at the 7th Panhellenic Conference of Counselling Psychology: Counselling Psychology and Vulnerable Social Groups: Making the Invisible Visible]. Volos, Thessaly, Greece (9th November). (peer-refereed)