Refereed Articles

* indicates student first author and/or Karekla as author of correspondence or equal contributions when not first author

*Christophides, T. & Karekla, M. (2024). Revisiting Ecological Fallacy: Are single-case experimental study designs even more relevant in the era of precision medicine? Precision Clinical Medicine, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/pcmedi/pbae025

*Vasiliou, V., Konstantinou, N., Christou, Y., Papacostas, S., Constantinidou, F., Heracleous, E., Seimenis, I., Karekla, M. (2024). Pain acceptance neural correlates and the role of the cerebellum: An fMRI functional connectivity study. European Journal of Pain. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejp.4734

*Konstantinou, P., Kyprianidou, M., Christodoulou, A., McHugh, L., Constantinou, M., Epiphaniou, E., Vahey, N., Nicolaou, C., Middleton, N., Kassianos, A.P., & Karekla, M. (2024). Behavioral, cognitive and emotional determinants of getting vaccinated for COVID-19 and the mediating role of institutional trust among young adults in Cyprus. BMC Public Health, 24, 2336. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19859-y

Konstantinou, P., Trigeorgi, A., Georgiou, C., Michaelides, M., Gloster, A., McHugh, L., Panayiotou, G., & Karekla, M., (2024). Coping with Emotional Pain: An Experimental Comparison of Acceptance vs. Avoidance Coping. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100820

Panayides, P., Papanastasiou, E.C., Georgiou, K., & Karekla, M. (2024). Validation of the online test anxiety inventory (ON-TAI) for adult students: The Rasch measurement approach. European Journal of Education. http://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12724

*Freymann, J., Morroni, D., Kleinbub, J.R., & Karekla, M. (2024). Examining Psychological Flexibility in Unaccompanied Minors: A Network Analysis. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100808

Paiva, T.. da Silva, A.N., Neto, D.D., Karekla, M., Kassianos, A.P., Gloster, A. (2024). The effect of psychological flexibility on well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: The multiple mediation role of mindfulness and coping. Behavioral Sciences, 14, 545. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14070545

*Morroni, D., Konstantinou, P., Gkleka, C., Kassianos, A. P., & Karekla, M. (2024). Examining cognitive behavioral therapy interventions for unaccompanied minors: a systematic review and qualitative research synthesis. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-024-02500-z

*Theodorou, C., Karekla, M. & Panayiotou, G. (2024). Enhancing emotion regulation skills in high-risk adolescents due to the Existence of Psychopathology in the Family: Feasibility and uncontrolled pilot study of a group intervention in a naturalistic school setting. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21, 738. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060738

Konstantinou, P., Theofanous, V., Karekla, M. & Kassianos, A. (2024). Mapping the needs of healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients using the socio-ecological framework: A rapid scoping review. Human Resources for Health, 22 (29). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00919-8

Ruokolainen, O., Ollila, H.,... Karekla, M., … & Vasic, M. (2024). Tobacco endgame measures and their adaptation in selected European countries: A narrative review synthesis. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 10. doi: 10.18332/tpc/186402.

Ollila, H., Ruokolainen, O., Laatikainen, T., Pätsi, S.M., Carreras, G., Gorini, G., Carnicer-Pont, D., Cselkó, D., Guignard, R., Karekla, M., Kilibarda, B., Koprivnikar, H., Lambrou, A., Nguyen-Thanh, V., Papachristou, E., Schoretsaniti, S., & Vasic, M. (2024). Tobacco endgame goals and measures in Europe: Current status and future directions. Tobacco Control. doi:10.1136/tc-2024-058606.

Ong, C. W., Ciarrochi, J., Hofmann, S. G., Karekla, M., & Hayes, S. C. (2024). Through the extended evolutionary meta-model, and what ACT found there: ACT as a process-based therapy. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100734

*Karashiali, C., Konstantinou, P., Kasinopoulos, O., Michael, C., Papageorgiou, A., Kadianaki, I., Karekla, M. & Kassianos, A.P. (2024). Tensions in caring for chronic patients’ medication adherence: A qualitative study in Cyprus. Journal of Health Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053241227003

*Ribeiro, S., Silva, A.N., Neto, D.D., Gloster, A.T., Kassianos, A.P., & Karekla, M. (2023). Impacto psicológico da COVID-19: Efeito da mediação-moderada do suporte social percebido e da flexibilidade psicológica [Psychological impact of COVID-19: moderated mediation effect on the perceived social support and psychological flexibility].   Revista Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças, 24 (2), 632-643.

*Papageorgiou, D., & Karekla, M. (2023). Using Values Interventions to Improve Exposure Therapy Engagement in Specific Phobias. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 34(1), 75-87, https://doi.org/10.1037/int0000320.

González-Marrón, A., Koprivnikar, H., Tisza, J., Cselkó, Z., Lambrou, A., Peruga, A., Kilibarda, A., Lidón-Moyano, C., Carnicer-Pont, D., Papachristou, E., Nunes, E., Carreras, G., Gorini, G., Pérez-Martín, H., Martínez-Sánchez, J.M., Spizzichino, L., Karekla, M., Mulcahy, M., Vasic, M., Ruokolainen, O., Guignard, R., Schoretsaniti, S., Laatikainen, T., Nguyen-Thanh, T., & Ollila, H. (2023). Tobacco endgame in the WHO European Region: Feasibility in light of current tobacco control status. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 21 (11), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/174360.

*Karashiali, C., Konstantinou, P., Christodoulou, A., Kyprianidou, M., Nicolaou, C., Karekla, M., Middleton, N. & Kassianos, A.P. (2023). A qualitative study exploring the social contagion of attitudes and uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 19 (2), 2260038, https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2260038.

*Konstantinou, P., Ioannou, M., Melanthiou, D., Georgiou, K., Almas, I., Gloster, A. T., Kassianos, A. P., & Karekla, M. (2023). The impact of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on quality of life and symptom improvement among chronic health conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 29, 240-253, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.08.004.

Villanueva, J., Meyer, A.H., Block, V.J., Benoy, C., Bader, K., Brogli, S., Karekla, M., Walter, M., Haller, E., Lang, U.E., & Gloster, A.T. (2023). How mood is affected by environment and upsetting events: The moderating role of psychological flexibility. Psychotherapy Research, 34(4), 490- 502. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2215392