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MELINA NICOLE KYRANIDES

MELINA NICOLE KYRANIDES
+357 22 892059
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Psychology
FEB 01 - Faculty of Economics and Management, Office Β204
University Campus

Dr. Melina Nicole Kyranides is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, at the University of Cyprus. She received her bachelor degree and her applied Master in School Psychology from the University of Cyprus. She completed her PhD at the same university (University of Cyprus). Prior to joining the Department of Psychology at the University of Cyprus in 2024, she held a position at the department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Edinburgh.

She is a licensed School Psychologist and her research examines individual as well as environmental factors that are associated with the development of adaptive and maladaptive behavior and related personality traits. The majority of her work focuses on identifying deficits (social, emotional, cognitive) that are specific to individuals with externalizing problems and maladaptive traits and how these can be alleviated with preventative and intervention efforts. 

 

  • Developmental Psychopathology
  • Aggression (Physical, Verbal, Relational)
  • Conduct Disorder
  • Maladaptive Pesonality traits (Psychopathy, narcissism)
  • Violence Prevention (School based interventions)
  • Emotional Development (Emotion regulation, Emotion Processing, Emotion Recognition)
  • Social Development
  • Attachment
  • Wellbeing and resilience
  1. Kyranides, M. N., Mirman, J. H., & Sawrikar, V. (2024). Verbal, physical and relational aggression: individual differences in emotion and cognitive regulation strategies. Current Psychology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-05724-
  2. Kyranides, M. N., Lu, K. M., & Ten Seldam, S. (2024). Differences in Emotional Contagion, Interpersonal Relationships and Social Rewards in males and females: Examining the links with Primary and Secondary Psychopathic traits. Current Psychology,43, 300-315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04236-6
  3. Davies, R. M., Knoll, M. A., & Kyranides, M. N. (2024). A moderated mediation analysis on the influence of social support and cognitive flexibility in predicting mental wellbeing in elite sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 70, 102560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102560
  4. Kyranides, M. N., Kokkinou, A., Imran, S., & Cetin, M. (2023). Adult attachment and psychopathic traits: Investigating the role of gender, maternal and paternal factors. Current Psychology, 42(6), 4672-4681. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01827-z
  5. Kyranides, M. N., Petridou, M., Gokani, H. A., Hill, S. & Fanti, K. A. (2023). Reading and Reacting to Faces, the Effect of Facial Mimicry in Improving Facial Emotion Recognition in Individuals with Antisocial Behavior and Psychopathic Traits. Current Psychology, 42, 14306-14319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02749-0
  6. Kyranides, M. N., Rennie M., & McPake, L. (2023). Primary and Secondary Psychopathic traits: Investigating the Role of Attachment and Experiences of Shame. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2023.2211322
  7. Tunc, H., Morris, P. G., Kyranides, M. N., McArdle, A., McConachie, D. & Williams J. (2023). The relationship between valued living and depression and anxiety: A systematic review, meta-analyses and meta-regression. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 28, 102-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.02.00
  8. Fanti, A. K., Konikkou, K., Georgiou, G., Petridou, M., Demetriou, C., Sourou, G., & Kyranides, M. N. (2023). Physiological reactivity to fear moderates the relation between parenting distress with conduct and prosocial behaviors. Child Development, 94(2), 363-379. https://doi.org/1111/cdev.1386
  9. Kimonis, E. R., Le, B., Fleming, G. E., Kyranides, M. N., Demetriou, C. A., Fanti, K. A., Neo, B., Prasad, A., Hawes, D., & Eapen, V. (2023). Facial Reactions to Emotional Films in Young Children with Conduct Problems and Varying Levels of Callous-Unemotional Traits. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64(3), 357-366. https://doi.org/1111/jcpp.13701
  10. Kyranides, M. N. Christofides D., & Cetin, M. (2022). Difficulties in facial emotion recognition: Taking psychopathic and alexithymic traits into account. BioMedical Central (BMC) Psychology, 10(1), 239. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00946-x
  11. Dewi, I. D. A. D. P. & Kyranides, M. N. (2022). Physical, Verbal and Relational Aggression: The Role of Anger Management Strategies. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 31, 65-82. https://doi.org/1080/10926771.2021.1994495
  12. Fanti, A. K., Mavrommatis, I., Georgiou, G., Kyranides, M. N., Andershed, H, & Colins, O. (2022). Extending the Construct of Psychopathy to Childhood: Testing Associations with Heart Rate, Skin Conductance, and Startle Reactivity. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 44(1), 26-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-021-09946-4 [Special Issue on “What are the underlying physiological components of child/adolescent psychopathy and Conduct Disorder?]
  13. Young, A. C. & Kyranides, M. N. (2022). Understanding Emotion Regulation and Humor Styles in Individuals with Callous-Unemotional Traits and Alexithymic Traits. The Journal of Psychology, 156, 147-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2021.2017831
  14. Kyranides, M. N. & Neofytou, L. (2021). Primary and Secondary psychopathic traits: The role of Attachment and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 182, 111106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111106
  15. Bistola, I. B. & Kyranides, M. N. (2021). Relational aggression in romantic relationships: A study into gender differences, correlates and predictors. Journal of European Psychology Students, 12(1), 16–26. https://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.528
  16. Qutieshat, A., Aouididi, R., Salem A., Kyranides, M. N., Arfaoui, R., Atieh, M., Samarah M. R., Al Masri, M., & Al Sharif, Z. (2021). Personality, learning styles and handedness: The use of the non-dominant hand in preclinical operative dentistry training. European Journal of Dental Education, 25(2), 397-404. https://doi.org/10.1111/eje.12616
  17. Kyranides, M. N., Fanti, K. A., Petridou, M. & Kimonis, E. (2020). In the eyes of the beholder: Investigating the effect of visual probing on accuracy and gaze fixations when attending to facial expressions among primary and secondary callous‑unemotional variants. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 29, 1441-1451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01452-z
  18. Alzeer, S. M., Michailidou, M. I., Munot, M., & Kyranides, M. N. (2019). Attachment and Parental Relationships and the Association with Psychopathic Traits in Young Adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 151, 499-523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.07.009
  19. Fanti, K. A., Eisenbarth, H., Goble, P., Demetriou, C., Kyranides, M. N., Goodwin, D., Zhang, J., Bobak., B., & Cortese, S. (2019). Psychophysiological activity and reactivity in children and adolescents with conduct problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 100, 98-107. https://org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.02.016
  20. Kyranides, M. Ν., Fanti, K. A., Katsimicha, E. & Georgiou, G. (2018). Preventing conduct disorder and callous unemotional traits: Preliminary results of a school based training program. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 46, 291-303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0273-x
  21. Kyranides, N., Fanti, K. A., Lordos, A., Colins, O.F., & Andershed, H. (2018). Unique and Interactive Associations of Callous-Unemotional Traits, Impulsivity and Grandiosity with Child and Adolescent Conduct Disorder Symptoms. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 40, 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-018-9655-9
  22. Andershed, H., Colins, O. F., Salekin, R. T., Lordos, A., Kyranides, M. N., & Fanti, K. A. (2018). Callous-Unemotional Traits Only Versus the Multidimensional Psychopathy Construct as Predictors of Various Antisocial Outcomes During Early Adolescence. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 40, 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-018-9659-5
  23. Fanti, K. A. Kyranides, M. N., Petridou, M. Demetriou, C. A. & Georgiou, G. (2018). Neurophysiological markers associated with heterogeneity in Conduct Problems, Callous Unemotional Traits and Anxiety: Comparing children to young adults. Developmental Psychology, 54, 1634-1649. https://org/10.1037/dev0000505 [Special Section on “Impact of Psychophysiological Stress Response Systems on Psychological Development: Moving Beyond the Single Biomarker Approach in Developmental Psychology”.]
  24. Kyranides, M. N., Fanti, K. A., Sikki, M., & Patrick, C. (2017). Triarchic Dimensions of Psychopathy in Young Adulthood: Associations with Clinical and Physiological Measures After Accounting for Adolescent Psychopathic Traits. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 8, 140-149. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000193
  25. Kyranides, M. Ν., Fanti, K. A., Georgiou, G., Petridou, M., Colins, O. F., Tuvblad, C., & Andershed, H. (2017). Callous-unemotional, impulsive-irresponsible, and grandiose-manipulative traits: Distinct associations with heart rate, skin conductance and startle responses to violent and erotic scenes. Psychophysiology, 54(5), 663-672. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12837
  26. Fanti, K. A., Kyranides, M. N., & Panayiotou, G. (2017). Facial Reactions to violent and comedy films: Associations with Callous-Unemotional traits and impulsive aggression. Cognition and Emotion, 31, 209-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2015.1090958
  27. Kyranides, M. N., Fanti, K. A., & Panayiotou, G. (2016). The disruptive adolescent as a grown-up: Predicting adult startle responses to violent and erotic films from adolescent conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 38, 183-194. https://org/10.1007/s10862-015-9520-z
  28. Eisenbarth, H., Demetriou, C., Kyranides, M. Ν., & Fanti, K. A. (2016). Stability Subtypes of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Conduct Disorder Symptoms and Their Correlates. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 1889-1901. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0520-4
  29. Fanti, K. A., Kyranides, M. N., Drislane, L. E., Colins, O. H., & Andershed, H. (2016). Validation of the Greek Cypriot Translation of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure. Journal of Personality Assessment, 98, 146-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2015.1077452
  30. Fanti, K. A., Panayiotou, G., Kyranides, M. N., & Avraamides, M. (2016). Startle modulation during violent films: Association with callous-unemotional traits and aggressive behavior. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 321-333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-015-9517-7
  31. Fanti, K. A., Panayiotou, G., Lombardo, M. V., & Kyranides, M. N. (2016). Unemotional on all counts: Evidence of reduced affective responses in individuals with high callous-unemotional traits across emotion systems and valences. Social Neuroscience, 11, 72-87. https://doi.org/1080/17470919.2015.1034378
  32. Demetriou, A., Kyranides, M. N., Philippou, M. & Charalambous, G. (2008). The cerebellum's role in the central nervous system. Encephalos Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, 45, 151-159. http://www.encephalos.gr/45-3-01e.htm
  33. Avraamides, M. N., & Ioannidou, L. M., & Kyranidou, M. N. (2007). Locating targets from imagined perspectives: Comparing labeling with pointing responses. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 1660-1679. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470210601121833
  34. Avraamides, M. N., & Kyranidou, M. N. (2007). Sensorimotor Interference When Reasoning About Described Environments. In T. Barkowsky, M. Knauff, G. Ligozat, D. R. Montello (Eds.), Spatial Cognition V Reasoning, Action, Interaction, Lecture Notes in Computers Science 4387 (pp. 270-287). Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75666-8_16
  35. Avraamides, M. N., & Kyranidou, M. N. (2006). The Effect of Head-direction Disparity in Spatial Reasoning about Described Environments. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 28, 1069-7977. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5vr6591z
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