Vol. 31 No. 1 (2026): Special Issue: Counseling and Positive Psychology in dialogue: Encounters, narratives, challenges, a tribute to Professor Anastassios Stalikas

Published: 18-05-2026

Special Issue: Counseling and Positive Psychology in dialogue: Encounters, narratives, challenges, a tribute to Professor Anastassios Stalikas

Guest Editors: Christos Pezirkianidis, Philia Issari

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Counseling and Positive Psychology in dialogue: Encounters, narratives and challenges

A tribute to Professor Anastassios Stalikas

Christos Pezirkianidis, Philia Issari

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Towards a dynamic and sustainable view of happiness

Antonella Delle Fave

9-20

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How acting on personal values creates a meaningful life story

Marilyn Fitzpatrick, Constandina Perlinghis

21-36

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The adventure of aging: Rethinking our metaphors for later life

William L. Randall

37-48

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Storytelling and Mythology in Counselling: The case of Oedipus

Despina Moraitou

49-59

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First time in the University: Turning points in the academic lives of students at an education department

Georgios Vleioras, Eleni Evangelineli, Anastasia Kontostoli, Maria-Emmanouela Manika, Despoina Masklavanou, Anna Marina Stergiou, Anna Tsolaki

60-77

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Sense of belonging among university students: Relations with sexual harassment and negative emotional states

Thanos Touloupis, Christina Athanasiades, Dimitrios Stamovlasis

78-93

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The role of coping strategies and support network in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and post-traumatic growth

Marianna Anagnostou, Theodoros Giovazolias

94-118

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The role of personal therapy on university adaptation, psychological resilience and life satisfaction

Panagiotis Parpottas, Malvina Antonioudaki, Paris Vogazianos

119-142

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Perceptions of early attachment experiences and quality of romantic relationships among Greek adults

Kalliope Kounenou, Christos Pezirkianidis, Dimitra Findani, Antonios Kalamatianos, Ntina Kourmousi

143-158

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Character strengths as predictive factors of resilience in challenging periods of an individual’s life

Angeliki Lianou, Maria Malikiosi - Loizos

159-169

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Nurturing connections: Influence of self-compassion, mental health, and happiness on positive relationships in adults

Eirini Karakasidou, Georgia Raftopoulou, Marily Daskalaki

170-184

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The socio-psychological construction of friendship in middle adolescence

Vasilis Tsitos, Anna Mantoglou

185-205

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Psychosocial and learning adjustment of adolescents during distance and face-to-face teaching

Fotini Polychroni, Anna Adamidou, Anastasia Papaspyropoulou, Vasileios Kakouris

206-228

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The development of mathematics anxiety as a process of appraisal

Eleni Vasilaki, Marinos Anastasakis

229-250

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"This changed our course and changed us as parents": Sense of self-continuity inscription in the discourse of parents of children with autism

Dimitrios Vitzilaios, Elias Kourkoutas

251-276

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Perspectives of unaccompanied refugee minors residing in semi-autonomous living apartments in Thessaloniki: Experiences, difficulties, needs and sources during postmigration period

Elli Kastrouni, Panagiota Vorria , Lia Figgou

277-296

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The neurophysiological and behavioral basis of the appreciation of beauty and excellence: A systematic review and meta-analysis of its relationship with well-being

Eleni Olympiou, Christos Pezirkianidis, Despina Moraitou

297-319

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Optimism and family resilience in cancer patient-partner dyads: A prospective study

Maria Vasilopoulou, Christos Pezirkianidis, Evangelia Zouli, Theodora Floraki, Evangelos C. Karademas, Kalliopi Kounenou

320-341

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Attributions of difficult behaviors of people with borderline personality disorder from mental health professionals: Self-efficacy and professional quality of life

Ioanna Markozannes, Georgios Kleftaras

342-358

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The experience of prosthetic limb users : αn interpretative phenomenological analysis

Effrosyni Mitsi, Philia Issari

359-375

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Working with endings: Therapists’ management of termination in brief psychotherapy

Antigoni Apostolopoulou, Eirini Paschalidi, Marina Skourteli

376-390

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Counselling Psychology as a discipline of meaning, relationships, and developmental transformation

Eirini Karakasidou

391-396

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Constructing meaning through adversity: Contributions to Positive Psychology and counselling practice

Agathi Lakioti

397-403

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