Scientific Association of Stress Management and Health Promotion USA

Publications from our team members

  1. Linardatou C, Parios A, Varvogli L, Chrousos G, Darviri C. An 8-week stress management program in pathological gamblers: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Psychiatric Research, Volume 56, September 2014, Pages 137-143.
  2. Kourmousi N., Darviri C., Varvogli L., Alexopoulos E.C. Teacher Stress Inventory: validation of the Greek version and perceived stress levels among 3447 educators. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. Psychol Res BehavManag. 2015 Mar 6;8:81-8.
  3. C Darviri, AK Artemiadis, A Protogerou, P Soldatos, C Kranioutou, S Vasdekis, L Varvogli, E Nasothimiou, E Vasilopoulou, E Karantzi, A Linardatou, M Michou and GP Chrousos. A HEALth Promotion and STRESS Management Program(HEAL-STRESS study) for prehypertensive and hypertensive patients: a quasi-experimental study in Greece. Journal of Human Hypertension (2015), 1–7.
  1. Panagiotopoulos G, Galanakis M, Varvogli L, Chrousos G, Darviri C. (2015). Validation of the Greek version of Mini Tinnitus Questionnaire as a Brief Screening Test for Assessment of Tinnitus related Distress: Our experience in three hundred and one adult patients. Clin Otolaryngol. 2015 Jan 31.
  2. E. Christaki, A. Kokkinos, V. Costarelli,  E. C. Alexopoulos, G. P. Chrousos & C. Darviri. (2013). Stress management can facilitate weight loss in Greek overweight and obese women: a pilot study. J Hum Nutr Diet, 26 Suppl 1:132-9.
  3. Christina Darviri, Evangelos C Alexopoulos, Artemios K Artemiadis, Xanthi Tigani, Christina Kraniotou, PanagiotaDarvyri, George P Chrousos. The Healthy Lifestyle and Personal Control Questionnaire (HLPCQ): a novel tool for assessing self-empowerment through a constellation of daily activities. BMC Public Health 2014, 14:995.
  4. Andreou E, Alexopoulos EC, Lionis C, Varvogli L, Gnardellis C, Chrousos GP, Darviri C. (2011). Perceived Stress Scale: reliability and validity study in Greece. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 8(8):3287-98.
  5. Artemios K. Artemiadis, Angeliki A. Vervainioti, Evangelos C. Alexopoulos, AntonisRombos, Maria C. Anagnostouli, Christina Darviri. (2012). Stress Management and Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Arch ClinNeuropsychol, 27(4):406-16.
  6. Christina Darviri, Peristera-Eleni Legaki, Panagiota Chatzioannidou, Charalambos Gnardellis, Christina Kraniotou, Xanthi Tigani, Evangelos C. Alexopoulos. Adolescent Stress Questionnaire: Reliability and validity of the Greek version and its description in a sample of high school (lyceum) students. Journal of Adolescence 37 (2014) 1373-1377.
  7. Christina Darviri, Artemios Artemiadis, Xanthi Tigani, Panagiota Darvyri, Charalambos Gnardellis. Religiosity as a Predictor of Mortality: A Retrospective Cohort Study in 1,519 Rural Citizens in Greece. Psychol Health. 2016 May 9:1-11.
  1. Christina Tragea, George P. Chrousos, Evangelos C. Alexopoulos, Christina Darviri. (2014). A randomized controlled trial of the effects of a stress management program during pregnancy. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 22, 203—211.
  2. Panagiotis Pelekasis, Georgia Zisi, Anna Koumarianou, AndronikiMarioli, George Chrousos, Konstantinos Syrigos, and Christina Darviri. Forming a Stress Management and Health Promotion Program for Women Undergoing Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Integrative Cancer Therapies 2015, 1–10.  
  3. Evangelos C. Alexopoulos, Vassiliki Palatsidi, Xanthi Tigani, Christina Darviri. Exploring Stress Levels, Job Satisfaction and Quality of Life in a Sample of Police Officers in Greece. Saf Health Work. 2014 Dec;5(4):210-5.
  4. Anastasia Kokka, Maria Mikelatou, Georgia Fouka, Liza Varvogli, George P. Chrousos and Christina Darviri. Stress Management and Health Promotion in a Sample of Women with Intimate Partner Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial. (2016). Journal of Interpersonal Violence 1–22.
  1. Panagiota A. Dimou, Flora Bacopoulou, Christina Darviri, George P. Chrousos (2014). Stress management and Sexual Health of Young Adults. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Andrologia. 2014 Nov;46(9):1022-31.
  2. I. Kalaitzidou, M. S. Venetikou, K. Konstadinidis, A. K. Artemiadis, G. Chrousos & C. Darviri. Stress management and erectile dysfunction: a pilot comparative study. Andrologia 2014, 46, 698–702.
  3. Parthena N. Ifantopoulou, Artemios K. Artemiadis, Nikolaos Triantafyllou, George Chrousos, IoannisPapanastasiou, Christina Darviri. Self-esteem is associated with perceived stress in multiple sclerosis patients. Neurological Research 2015 VOL. 37 NO. 7.
  4. Elina Tsiouli, Evangelos C. Alexopoulos, CharikleiaStefanaki, Christina Darviri& George P. Chrousos. (2013). Effects of diabetes-related family stress on glycemic control in young patients with type 1 diabetes: Systematic review. Can Fam Physician,59:143-9.
  5. Efi Koloverou, Nikolaos Tentolouris, Chryssa Bakoula, Christina Darviri, George Chrousos. Implementation of a stress management program in outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial. Hormones (Athens) 2014 Oct;13(4):509-18.
  6. Fotiou C, Vlastarakos PV, Bakoula C, Papagaroufalis K, Bakoyannis G, Darviri C, Chrousos G.Parental stress management using relaxation techniques in a neonatal intensive care unit: A randomised controlled trial. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2015 Oct 28.
  7. Papageorgiou Foteini, Varvogli Liza, Oikonomidi Theodora, Chrousos P. George, Darviri Christina. An 8-week Stress Management Program for Older Women: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychology, Psychology, 2016, 7, 829-835.
  8. EfthymiaThanou, CrysaTsiou, ChristalenaKattami, George P. Chrousos, Christina Darviri. A Stress Management and Health Promotion Intervention for Parents of Children with Cerebral Palsy and Motor Disability at the Infant Department of the Greek Center for the Protection and Rehabilitation of the Disabled (ELEPAP). Quasi-Experimental Study. Psychology, 2016, 7, 557-564.
  9. Darviri Christina, Zavitsanou Chrysa, Delikou Aikaterini, Giotaki Aikaterini, Artemiadis Artemios, Terentiou Aspasia, Chrousos P. George. A novel non-pharmaceutical treatment for patients with mild cognitive impairment. Psychology, 2016, 7, 678-686.
  10. Christina Darviri, Chrysa Zavitsanou, Aikaterini Delikou, Aikaterini Giotaki, Artemios Artemiadis, Maria Anagnostouli, Liza Varvogli, Spyros Vasdekis, George P. Chrousos. Pythagorean Self-Awareness Serves Successfully as a New Cognitive Behavioral-Based Technique in Multiple Sclerosis Physical and Psychosocial Well-Being and Quality of Life. Psychology, 2016, 7, 572-583.
  1. Artemis Pitsikali, Michael Galanakis, Liza Varvogli, Christina Darviri. Kingston Caregiver Stress Scale (KCSS) Greek Validation on DementiaCaregiver Sample. Psychology, 2015, 6, 1180-1186.
  2. Kakoulakis, C., Galanakis, M., Bakoula-Tzoumaka, C., Darvyri, P., Chroussos, G., & Darviri, C. (2015). Validation of the Negative Acts Questionnaire (NAQ) in a Sample of Greek Teachers. Psychology, 2015, 6, 63-74.
  3. Panagiota Darvyri, Michael Galanakis, Adamantios G Avgoustidis, Niki Pateraki, Spyros Vasdekis, Christina Darviri (2014). The Revised Intrinsic/Extrinsic Religious Orientation Scale in a Sample of Attica's Inhabitants. Psychology, 5(13):1557-1567.
  4. Panagiota Darvyri, Michael Galanakis, Adamantios G. Avgoustidis, Spyros Vasdekis, Artemios Artemiadis, Xanthi Tigani, George P. Chrousos, Christina Darviri (2014). The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) in Greek Population of Attica. Psychology, 5 (13):1575-1582.
  5. Galanou Christina, Galanakis Michael, Alexopoulos Evangelos, Darviri Christina (2014). Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Greek validation on Student Sample. Psychology, Scientific Research, 5 (8).
  6. Eva Karatza, Dimitra Kourou, Michael Galanakis, Liza Varvogli, Christina Darviri. Validation of the Greek version of Perceived Stress Questionnaire:  Psychometric properties and factor structure in a population- based survey. Psychology, 2014, 5, 1268-1284.
  7. Angeliki Sakketou, Michael Galanakis, Liza Varvogli, George Chrousos, Christina Darviri. Validation of the Greek Version of the “Job Stress Measure”. Psychology, 2014, 5, 1527-1535.
  8. Alexia L Katsarou, Marios M Vryonis, Athanassios D Protogerou, Evangelos C Alexopoulos, Apostolos Achimastos, Dimitrios Papadogiannis, George P Chrousos, Christina Darviri  (2014). Stress management and dietary counseling in hypertensive patients: a pilot study of additional effect. Prim Health Care Res Dev, 21;15(1):38-45.
  9. Vasdekis SN, Roussopoulou A, Lazaris A, Antonopoulos CN, Voumvourakis K, Darviri C, Tsivgoulis G.Stress Management in Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy for Carotid Artery Stenosis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Vasc Surg. 2015 Oct;29(7):1400-7.
  10. Eleni Tsiouli, Vassilis Pavlopoulos, Evangelos C. Alexopoulos, George Chrousos, Christina Darviri. (2014). Short-term impact of a stress management and health promotion program on perceived stress, parental stress, health locus of control and cortisol levels in parents of children and adolescents with Diabetes Type 1: A pilot randomized controlled trial. EXPLORE: The Journal of Science & Healing. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, 10 (2), 88-98.
  11. Bougea AM, Spandideas N, Alexopoulos EC, Thomaides T, Chrousos GP & Darviri C. (2013). Effect of the emotional freedom technique on perceived stress, quality of life, and cortisol salivary levels in tension-type headache sufferers: a randomized controlled trial. Explore (NY), 9(2):91-9.
  12. Metikaridis T. Damianos, Hadjipavlou Alexander, Artemiadis Artemios, Chrousos George, Darviri Christina. Effects of a stress reduction program on subjects with neck pain: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. pp. 1-11, 2016.
  1. Evangelos C Alexopoulos, Marilena Zisi, Georgia Manola, Christina Darviri. Short-term effects of a randomized controlled worksite relaxation intervention in Greece. Ann Agric Environ Med. 2014; 21(2):382-387.
  2. Kasselakis P, Varvogli L, Chrousos GP and Darviri C. Stress Management for the Treatment of Sleep Disorders in Lawyers: Pilot Experimental Study in Athens, Hellas. Sleep Disor: Treat Care 2016, 5:2.
  3. Eleni Michalopoulou, Georgia Tzamalouka, George P. Chrousos and Christina Darviri (2015). Stress Management and Intimate Partner Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Family Violence. J Fam Viol (2015) 30:795–802.
  4. Anna Koumarianou, Panagiotis Pelekasis, Martha Kontogoni and Christina Darviri. How to Encounter the Development of Panic Disorder During Adjuvant Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: A Case Study. J Clin Case Rep 2015, 5:1.
  5. Gika DM, Artemiadis AK, Alexopoulos EC, Darviri C, Chrousos GP, Papanikolaou K. Use of a relaxation technique by mothers of children with autism: a case-series study. Psychol Rep. 2012 Dec;111(3):797-804.
  6. Ioannis Christakis, Marios T Pagkratis, Lisa Varvogli, Christina Darviri, George Chroussos. (2012). Measuring the stress of the surgeons in training and use of a novel interventional program to combat it. J Korean Surg Soc,82:312-316.
  7. Liza Varvogli, Christina Darviri (2011). Stress Management Techniques: evidence-based procedures that reduce stress and promote health. Health Science journal, 5(2):74-89
  8. Bougea A, Darviri C, Alexopoulos EC (2011). A systematic review of randomized controlled interventions for parents' distress in pediatricleukemia. ISRN Oncol. 2011:959247.

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