Kostas Mylonas

Professor

in "Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology"

Department of Psychology

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Congress presentations (only presentations in English are listed here; 47 other presentations in Greek have been ommitted)

1. Quality of life and psychological problems of children in end state renal disease (Corfu, September 1994). 24^th European Congress of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

2. The Measurement of Personal Values: Psychometric Adaptation of the Study of Values Test for the Greek Population (Athens, Greece, July 1995). 4^th European Congress of Psychology.

3. Standardization of the WISC-III in Greece (Graz, Austria, June 1999). In J. Georgas’ symposium, Adaptation and Standardization of the WISC-III in Different Cultures. Joint European Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology and the International Test Commission: "Cultural Diversity and European Integration".

4. The Factor Structure of the Greek WISC-III (Patras, Greece, August 1999,). 5^th European Congress for Psychological Assessment.

5. Order effects and the Rokeach Value Survey: Greek form and possible implications (Patras, Greece, August 1999). 5^th European Congress for Psychological Assessment.

6. Creative Thinking assessment and its application: the case of a Greek primary school population (Spetses, Greece, September 1999). 9^th European Congress on Developmental Psychology.

7. Special needs as perceived by education department students undergoing special counselling seminars: psychological and social correlates (Thessaloniki, May 2000). International Congress on "Counselling in the new millenium: meeting the challenges of diversity and promoting peace and social inclusion".

8. Greek gifted students identification: the assignment of giftedness traits in relation to the nomination procedure by teachers (Debrecen, Hungary, August 2000). 7^th European Conference for High Abilities.

9. How similar and different are families cross-culturally?: A multi-level analysis (Winchester, UK, July 2001). In F.J.R. van de Vijver’s symposium Methodological Issues in Cross-Cultural studies: Empirical Examples. 5^th European Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, "Capitalizing on Diversity".

10. Revision of the self-consciousness scale: track and field athletes (Skiathos, Greece, May 2001). 10^th World Congress of Sport Psychology.

11. Τhe gifted as viewed by teachers, university students and parents: attitudes and educational values for the gifted (Rhodes, Greece, October 2002). 8^th European Conference for High Abilities.

12. An alternative approach to Cultural Bias analysis (Budapest, Hungary, July 2003). 6^th European Congress for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP) "Cultures in Interaction".

13. Dual Career family structure in Greece: A cultural perspective (Budapest, Hungary, July 2003). 6^th European Congress for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP) "Cultures in Interaction".

14. Indigenous analysis of the Greek family (Budapest, Hungary, July 2003). In J. Georgas' Symposium Culture, family and psychological functioning: a 30 nation study. 6^th European Congress for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP) "Cultures in Interaction".

15. Assessment of Self-Consciousness in the Greek population and applications in athletic settings. (Copenhagen, Denmark, July 2003). XI^th European Congress of Sport Psychology.

16. Exploring for an alternative method in reducing metric bias in cross-cultural factor analysis. (Xi’an, China, August 2004). 17^th International Congress for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP).

17. Dimensions of Social Axioms: A cross-cultural perspective. In M. H. Bond's Symposium The Functioning of Social Axioms in various nations (Xi’an, China, August 2004). 17^th International Congress for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP).

1. Students' Career Development and Occupational Choices in relation to Personal, Familial and Educational Variables (Athens, Greece, July 2005,). In D. Sidiropoulou-Dimakakou’s Symposium The Role of School and Family in Educational and Career Decision Making of Students: Reality Reflection and Intervention Proposals. 27^th ISPA Conference.

2. Gifted Students’ Creative and Perceptual Thinking Characteristics (Athens, Greece, July 2005). 27^th ISPA Conference.

3. Self-Esteem and Educational-Professional Choices of T.E.E. Students (Spetses, Greece, July 2006). 18^th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP).

4. Secondary Education Students’ Values regarding the European Family, Marriage and Religiosity in Greece (Spetses, Greece, July 2006). 18^th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP).

5. National and European Identity of Bulgarian and Dutch Students (Spetses, Greece, July 2006). 18^th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP).

6. Cross-Cultural Factor Analysis: Re-Evaluation of a Metric Bias Reduction Method (Spetses, Greece, July 2006). In K. Mylonas’ symposium Metric Issues and Cross-Cultural Research. 18^th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP).

7. Psychometric Adaptation of the Furnham "Reasons of Unemployment" Questionnaire for the Greek Population (Thessaloniki, Greece, May, 2007). 9^th European Conference on Psychological Assessment.

8. The Factor Structure of the Greek Test for Psychosocial Adjustment and Learning Disabilities: Confirmatory factor analysis modeling for the Greek norm (July 2008, Oviedo, Spain). 3^rd European Congress of Methodology.

9. Learning Disabilities Assessment through a Psychosocial Adjustment Test (Liverpool, UK, July 2008). 6^th Conference of the International Test Commission "The impact of testing on peaople and society: Enhancing the value of test use".

10. A "third" path in factor equivalence testing: relating work values Cluster membership with Person-Job Fit factor structures at the Individual level (Bremen, Germany, July 2008). In K. Mylonas’ & A. Gari’s Invited Symposium Work Values and Person-Job Fit: The European Values Study data in 33 countries and the Psychometric Properties of Person-Job Fit scale in four European countries. 19^th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology.

28. Developing screening tests for learning disabilities for Greek preschool and primary school children (Valletta, Malta, July 2009). 31^st ISPA Conference: School Psychology for Diversity.

29. Semantic organization and learning: data from the standardization of the "Learning and Categorization Test for Kindergarten and Primary School Children" (Valletta, Malta, July 2009). 31^st ISPA Conference: School Psychology for Diversity.

30. Explanations of Unemployment: an eight-country study on factor equivalence. (Melbourne, Australia, July 2010). 20^th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology.

31. Family Values in Greece: preliminary findings for two waves (October 2010). 3rd EVS Workshop in Bilbao, Spain.

32. Statistical clustering of countries and structure equivalence for clustered and non-clustered solutions (July 2012). 21^st International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. Stellenbosch, South Africa.

33. Reducing bias in terms of culture: An eight-country study on Explanations of Unemployment (July 2012). 8^th International Test Commission Conference, Amsterdam.

34. Social Skills Scale for the Greek Population: Psychometic properties and factor structure (July 2012). 8^th International Test Commission Conference, Amsterdam.

35. Perceived Self Efficacy In Career: A New Scientific Research Approach In Career Guidance And Counseling For Sustainable Employment. (October 2012) IAEVG International Conference, Manheim – Germany.

36. Primary schools teachers’ burnout and affective commitment in schools with Rom/Gypsies students: stereotyping and stigmatization dimensions (July, 2014). IACCP 22, Reims, France.

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