School of Psychology Faculty of Philosophy Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Christina Athanasiades

Full Professor
Department of Developmental and School Psychology
Area of Expertise: Counselling Psychology: School and Career Counselling
cathan@psy.auth.gr
Room: Room 415, New Building, Faculty of Philosophy
Landline: +302310997992

Christina Athanasiades graduated from the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the Faculty of Philosophy, A.U.Th., with a major in Psychology. Subsequently, she completed a master’s degree in Educational Psychology and Counseling at the University of Houston (M.Ed., University of Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) and a Ph.D. thesis at the School of Psychology, A.U.Th. Her research interests and publications are related to the field of counseling applications in the school community and to issues of gender identities, gender relations and gender discrimination. She has participated in several funded research projects on school bullying, social exclusion and youth unemployment, domestic violence, sexual harassment, and gender equality in education, as well as in training seminars for teachers and parents. Apart from the Aristotle University, she has taught at the University of Macedonia, the University of Thessaly and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She was for many years Coordinator of the Counselling Psychology Division of the Hellenic Psychological Society (2011-2019), and since 2019 she has been an active member of the Gender Equality Committee and the Scientific Committee of the Children’s Centre of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

My research interests fall into the area of Counseling Psychology and focus on school counseling and the support of vulnerable groups such as women and children. More particularly, my research concerns the study of phenomena that may put students at risk (i.e., bullying, cyberbullying, sexting), the vocational guidance of students, teachers’ training in counseling skills as well as issues related to gender equality in education, the labor market and intimate relations. Lately, I have been involved in a number of research projects regarding teachers’ training in mental health issues, health professionals’ training in domestic violence and abuse and sexual violence and harassment within the university.

Λέξεις κλειδιά: school counseling, teachers’ training, gender equality, bullying, harassment
  1. Flouli, A., & Athanasiades, C. (2024). Spoken sexism as a threat to women’s well-being. Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society, 29(2), 224–240. https://doi.org/10.12681/psy_hps.37452
  2. Karakasidou, E., Karampas, K., Papadimitriou, A., & Athanasiades, C. (2024). Fostering flourishing: Positive psychology principles in educational settings. In L. Ioannidou & A. Argyriadi (Eds.), Building mental resilience in children: Positive psychology, emotional intelligence, and play (pp. 1-37). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-8312-4.ch001
  3. Τουλούπης, Θ. & Αθανασιάδου, Χ. (2024). Ψυχο-παιδαγωγικά ζητήματα στο σχολικό πλαίσιο: Ο ρόλος του/της εκπαιδευτικού. Κάλλιπος – Ανοικτές Ακαδημαϊκές Εκδόσεις.
  4. Touloupis, Th., & Athanasiades, C. (2023). Evaluation of a cyberbullying prevention program in elementary schools. The role of self-esteem enhancement. In C. Pezirkianidis, A. Stalikas & P. Parpottas (Eds.), An integrated positive psychology approach into counseling in different settings (pp. 65-73). Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-8325-2528-9
  5. Pezirkianidis, C., Parpoula, C., Athanasiades, C., Flora, K., Makris, N., Moraitou, D., Papantoniou, G., Vassilopoulos, S., Sini, M., & Stalikas, A. (2023). Individual differences on wellbeing indices during the COVID-19 quarantine in Greece: A national study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 7182. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph20247182
  6. Athanasiades, C., Stamovlasis, D., Touloupis, T., & Charalambous, H. (2023). University students’ experience of sexual harassment: the role of and psychological resilience. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1202241. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1202241
  7. Αθανασιάδου, X., & Καστράνη, Θ. (2023). Οι αρχές της Θετικής Ψυχολογίας στην συμβουλευτική με την οπτική του φύλου. Στο Χ. Πεζηρκιανίδης, Α. Σταλίκας & Μ. Μαλικιώση-Λοΐζου (Επ. Έκδ.), Οι εφαρμογές της Θετικής Ψυχολογίας στη συμβουλευτική πράξη (σελ. 351-362). Εκδόσεις Τόπος.
  8. Flouli, A., & Athanasiades, C. (2023). The discourse of resistance against spoken sexism. Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society, 28(1), 48-62. https://doi.org/10.12681/psy_hps.34687
  9. Αθανασιάδου, Χ., & Δεληγιάννη-Κουϊμτζή Β. (2022). Φεμινιστική Ψυχολογία. Συμβουλευτική και ενδυνάμωση γυναικών. Κάλλιπος – Ανοικτές Ακαδημαϊκές Εκδόσεις [σελ. 246].
  10. Καστράνη, Θ., & Αθανασιάδου, Χ. (2022). Εμπειρίες γυναικών από τη συντροφική βία: Μια ερμηνευτική φαινομενολογική ανάλυση. Επιστημονική Επετηρίδα του Τμήματος Ψυχολογίας Α.Π.Θ., ΙΔ’ Τόμος, 27-53. https://ejournals.lib.auth.gr/psyannals/article/view/9252
  11. Flouli, A. & Athanasiades, C., (2022). Discursive constructions of spoken sexism: A Foucauldian discourse analysis. Scientific Annals of the School of Psychology A.U.Th., 14, 103-122. https://ejournals.lib.auth.gr/psyannals/article/view/9262
  12. Κούρου, Μ., & Αθανασιάδου, Χ. (2022). Η αναπαράσταση της γυναικοκτονίας στην ελληνική ηλεκτρονική ειδησεογραφία. Επιστημονική Επετηρίδα του Τμήματος Ψυχολογίας Α.Π.Θ., ΙΔ’ Τόμος, 173-200. https://ejournals.lib.auth.gr/psyannals/article/view/9265
  13. Flouli, A., Athanasiades, C., & Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, V. (2022). Words that pierce: Discursive constructions of catcalling. Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 19(1), 53-68. https://doi.org/10.26262/hjp.v19i1.8362
  14. Touloupis, T., & Athanasiades, C. (2022). Evaluation of a cyberbullying prevention program in elementary schools: The role of self-esteem enhancement. Frontiers in Psychology (Section: Positive Psychology), 13, 980091. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.980091
  15. Touloupis, T., & Athanasiades, C. (2022). Internet addiction among students of psychology: The role of resilience and perceived economic hardship. Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society, 27(1), 175-193. https://doi.org/10.12681/psyhps.30840
  16. Touloupis, T., & Athanasiades, C. (2022). Cyberbullying and empathy among elementary school students: Do special educational needs make a difference? Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 63(6), 609-623. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12838
  17. Καστράνη, Θ., Αθανασιάδου, Χ., & Δεληγιάννη-Κουϊμτζή, Β. (2021). Η θεραπευτική σχέση και η συμβουλευτική διαδικασία μέσα από την εμπειρία γυναικών που έχουν υποστεί συντροφική βία. Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 18, 195-225. https://doi.org/10.26262/hjp.v18i2.8076
  18. Αθανασιάδου, Χ. (2021). Θεραπευτική σχέση: Δυναμικές αλληλεπιδράσεις και ο ρόλος του φύλου. Ψυχολογία: Το Περιοδικό της Ελληνικής Ψυχολογικής Εταιρείας, 26(2), 149-155. https://doi.org/10.12681/psy_hps.26863
  19. Φλούλη, Α., Αθανασιάδου, Χ., & Τουλούπης, Θ. (2021). Προσωπική θεραπεία κατά την προπτυχιακή εκπαίδευση των ψυχολόγων: Απόψεις φοιτητριών/τών ψυχολογίας. Επιθεώρηση Συμβουλευτικής και Προσανατολισμού, 126-127, 88-101.
  20. Nizalova, E., Malisauskaite, G., Xanthopoulou, D., Gousia, K., & Athanasiades, C. (2021). Effects of unemployment and insecure jobs on youth well-being in Europe: Economic development and business cycle fluctuations. In Unt, M., Gebel, M., Bertolini, S., Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, V. & Hofacker, D. (Eds.), Social exclusion of youth in Europe. The multifaceted consequences of labour market insecurity (pp. 31-57). Policy Press.
  21. Bertolini, S., Musumeci, R., Athanasiades, C., Flouli, A., Figgou, L., Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, V., Krasteva, V., Jeliazkova, M., & Minev, D. (2021). Is housing autonomy still a step towards adulthood in a time of job insecurity? In Unt, M., Gebel, M., Bertolini, S., Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, V. & Hofacker, D. (Eds.), Social exclusion of youth in Europe. The multifaceted consequences of labour market insecurity (pp. 192-213). Policy Press.
  22. Figgou, L., Sourvinou, M., Athanasiades, C., Moiso, V., & Musumeci, R. (2021). Unemployment and job precariousness: Material and social consequences for Greek and Italian youth. In Unt, M., Gebel, M., Bertolini, S., Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, V. & Hofacker, D. (Eds.), Social exclusion of youth in Europe. The multifaceted consequences of labour market insecurity (pp. 315-339). Policy Press.
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