International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Science is an international interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the advancement of basic knowledge in the social and behavioral sciences. It contains articles pertaining to theoretical integration of ideas, epistemology of social and biological sciences, and original empirical research articles of general scientific value.

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)