Evangelos C Karademas
Biographic Data
| ID | 1560140 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Evangelos C Karademas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Evangelos C |
| FAMILY NAME | Karademas |
| SIGNATURE | KARADEMAS E C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Crete |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0802-5213 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A person-centered analysis of climate change appraisals
Climate change represents a chronic global stressor which significantly affects health and well-being. Although prior research has highlighted climate-related emotional distress and coping, less is known about how the multiplicity of climate change perceptions relates to adaptive behavior. Grounded in a stress-coping theoretical framework, this study examined associations between climate change perceptions (e.g., impact, causes), distress, coping…
The impact of early maladaptive schemas on anxiety and depression among early-stage breast cancer patients
Background Illness representations and Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMSs) play a significant role in shaping emotional self-regulation processes. EMSs are trait-like structures that constitute vulnerability factors associated with psychopathology in adulthood. Adverse life events, such as a breast cancer (BC) diagnosis, are assumed to trigger these EMSs. The present study examined, in a sample of BC patients, whether EMSs are related to anxiety/dep…
Changes over time in self-efficacy to cope with cancer and well-being in women with breast cancer
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine whether self-efficacy to cope with cancer changes over time in patients with breast cancer and whether these potential changes are similar across patients. It also aimed to examine whether these trajectories are related to patient psychological well-being and overall quality of life. METHODS: = 404) from four countries (i.e. Finland, Israel, Italy, and Portugal) were enrolled in the study few weeks after bre…
Early maladaptive schema domains and suicide risk in major depressive disorder
Early maladaptive schemas (EMS), illness representations, and coping are associated with clinical outcomes of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the pathways that link these factors are largely unknown. The present prospective study aimed at investigating the possible mediating role of illness representations and coping in the associations among schema domains, symptom severity, and suicide risk in MDD. Participants were 135 …
The relation of partners’ illness representations to the coping behaviors of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases through patients’ illness representation
The relationship between dissociation and acute pain
Covid-19 pandemic-related representations, self-efficacy, and psychological well-being in the general population during lockdown
The mutual determination of self-efficacy to cope with cancer and cancer-related coping over time
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal impact of self-efficacy to cope with cancer on the cancer-related coping reactions of breast cancer patients and vice versa. DESIGN AND MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: = 403) were enrolled in the study a few weeks after surgery or biopsy. Coping self-efficacy was assessed at baseline and six months later (M6). Cancer-related coping was assessed three (M3) and nine months (M9) after baseline…
Patients’ Perspective on the Psychological Impact of Multiple Sclerosis on Their Life
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that greatly impacts on patients’ physical and psychosocial wellbeing. The purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences of people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in Greece (N = 30), with regard to the way they coped with the diagnosis and the symptoms, the psychological implications of the disorder and the meaning they attributed to it. Data were collected through semi-structured in…
Coping with global uncertainty
Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the "new normal"-social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transactional model this study posits that perceived partner dyadic coping may be an important moderator betwee…
Emotion regulation contributes to the well-being of patients with autoimmune diseases through illness-related emotions
This prospective study aimed to examine whether illness-related negative emotions mediate the relationship of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression to the well-being of 99 patients with rheumatoid arthritis or multiple sclerosis. After adjusting for disease and patient-related parameters, only cognitive reappraisal was associated with physical and psychological well-being through emotions. Expressive suppression was associated with psy…
The impact of mild cognitive impairment on the self-regulation process
This study examined whether mild cognitive impairment affects the associations between personal expectations (i.e. optimism and self-efficacy), illness-related coping, and quality of life. In total, two groups of older adults participated: 127 persons diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment and 225 cognitively healthy older persons (cognitively non-impaired group). Several significant relationships observed in the cognitively non-impaired group …
Patient and partner dispositional optimism as a long-term predictor of illness representations in autoimmune diseases
We examined whether the dispositional optimism of patients suffering from an autoimmune disease as well as of their partners can predict, at a dyadic level, their representations of illness consequences, and personal and treatment control, assessed 1 year later. Patient optimism predicted several patient and partner illness representations. Partner optimism was unrelated to own or patient illness representations. Results highlight the strong long…
Assessment in Health Psychology
The psychological well-being of couples experiencing a chronic illness
This study aimed to examine the effects of 75 cardiac patients' and their spouses' illness cognitions of acceptance and helplessness on their own and their partner's psychological symptoms, as well as the impact of marital quality. Dyadic responses were examined with the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, while PROCESS was used to examine possible conditional indirect effects. Patients' and spouses' cognitions were related to their partners' sy…
The role of core self-evaluations in the relationship between religious involvement and subjective well-being
This study examined whether core self-evaluations (CSE), a personality-based construct, mediates the association between religious involvement and subjective well-being (i.e., physical and psychological). Furthermore, investigates whether the indirect relation of religious involvement to well-being through CSE is conditional on age group (elderly vs. adults). Two different samples were examined: an elderly (N = 300) and an adult community sample …
The association between Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) public perceptions and reactions
The aim of this study was to examine the relation between the public perceptions and reactions to the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in Crete, Greece. It was conducted in two phases: at the early phase of the outbreak and during the peak. The Common Sense Model was used as an appropriate theoretical framework. Participants were 273 healthy adults. Perceptions, especially perceived control and emotions, were related to protective behaviours, infection…
Conditional indirect relations of cardiac patients' subjective health to optimism through illness representations
The aim of this study was to examine whether chronic patients' subjective health can prospectively predict optimism through illness representations, as well as whether this relation depends on health levels. A sample of 97 cardiac patients participated in the two phases of the study. Subjective health predicted optimism with several illness representations serving as mediators. These relations were, however, conditional on the values of subjectiv…
The Impact of Emotion Regulation and Illness-focused Coping Strategies on the Relation of Illness-related Negative Emotions to Subjective Health
In this study we examined whether emotion regulation and illness-focused coping strategies mediate and/ or moderate the relation of illness-related negative emotions to patients' subjective health. One hundred and thirty-five cardiac patients participated in the study. Illness-focused coping strategies were found to mediate the relation of emotions to physical functioning, whereas emotion regulation strategies mediated the relation to psychologic…
Illness Cognitions as a Pathway Between Religiousness and Subjective Health in Chronic Cardiac Patients
The aim of this study was to examine the role of illness cognitions as a possible pathway between religiousness and subjective health in chronic illness. A sample of 135 chronic cardiac patients completed questionnaires about intrinsic religiousness, frequency of church service attendance, basic illness cognitions (i.e., helplessness, illness acceptance, perceived benefits), and physical and emotional well-being. According to the results, religio…
Illness Acceptance, Hospitalization Stress and Subjective Health in a Sample of Chronic Patients Admitted to Hospital
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of illness acceptance on the subjective health of hospitalized chronic medical patients. Participants were 128 patients with a previous diagnosis of chronic coronary artery disease, cancer, or chronic renal disease, who were admitted to a public hospital. Illness acceptance was associated with higher levels of subjective health. It was negatively related to psychological symptoms and positively to …
Effects of exposure to the suffering of unknown persons on health-related cognitions, and the role of mood
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether exposure to the suffering of unknown persons, as an inevitable part of life, influences cognitions about health. Our assumption was that exposure to suffering affects cognitions in a negative way, as well as this influence being exerted directly and through negative mood. Eighty-nine participants were randomly assigned to two groups. The experimental group was exposed to a series of photos p…
Illness Perceptions, Illness-related Problems, Subjective Health and the Role of Perceived Primal Threat
Many theories suggest that a threatening situation impacts health because it affects core needs. Our assumption was that a set of interdependent `perceived primal threats' to basic human needs (self-preservation, social integration, personal identity and growth, and positive worldview), which result from the presence of a disease, are related to illness perceptions and subjective health. Participants were 121 chronic medical patients. According t…
Family, School and Health in Children and Adolescents
The association between family, school and subjective health was examined in a large representative sample of Greek children and adolescents ( N = 3034). We hypothesized that (a) family and school factors are associated with health, even after controlling for gender and economic status; (b) family and school factors are directly related to satisfaction with life and health complaints, but indirectly to self-rated health. According to the findings…
Health-related Information Processing and Recent Health Problems
Our purpose was to assess the relationship between health status and health-related information processing. We expected that persons who report a recent health problem would show greater bias towards relevant stimuli. Participants comprised two groups: the experimental with 25 students who recently had to interrupt usual activities because of their health, and a comparison group of 25 healthy students matched for demographics, health habits and c…
Coping with global uncertainty
Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the "new normal"-social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transactional model this study posits that perceived partner dyadic coping may be an important moderator betwee…
The Impact of Emotion Regulation and Illness-focused Coping Strategies on the Relation of Illness-related Negative Emotions to Subjective Health
In this study we examined whether emotion regulation and illness-focused coping strategies mediate and/ or moderate the relation of illness-related negative emotions to patients' subjective health. One hundred and thirty-five cardiac patients participated in the study. Illness-focused coping strategies were found to mediate the relation of emotions to physical functioning, whereas emotion regulation strategies mediated the relation to psychologic…
The psychological well-being of couples experiencing a chronic illness
This study aimed to examine the effects of 75 cardiac patients' and their spouses' illness cognitions of acceptance and helplessness on their own and their partner's psychological symptoms, as well as the impact of marital quality. Dyadic responses were examined with the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, while PROCESS was used to examine possible conditional indirect effects. Patients' and spouses' cognitions were related to their partners' sy…
The association between Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) public perceptions and reactions
The aim of this study was to examine the relation between the public perceptions and reactions to the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in Crete, Greece. It was conducted in two phases: at the early phase of the outbreak and during the peak. The Common Sense Model was used as an appropriate theoretical framework. Participants were 273 healthy adults. Perceptions, especially perceived control and emotions, were related to protective behaviours, infection…
Illness Cognitions as a Pathway Between Religiousness and Subjective Health in Chronic Cardiac Patients
The aim of this study was to examine the role of illness cognitions as a possible pathway between religiousness and subjective health in chronic illness. A sample of 135 chronic cardiac patients completed questionnaires about intrinsic religiousness, frequency of church service attendance, basic illness cognitions (i.e., helplessness, illness acceptance, perceived benefits), and physical and emotional well-being. According to the results, religio…
Illness Acceptance, Hospitalization Stress and Subjective Health in a Sample of Chronic Patients Admitted to Hospital
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of illness acceptance on the subjective health of hospitalized chronic medical patients. Participants were 128 patients with a previous diagnosis of chronic coronary artery disease, cancer, or chronic renal disease, who were admitted to a public hospital. Illness acceptance was associated with higher levels of subjective health. It was negatively related to psychological symptoms and positively to …
Family, School and Health in Children and Adolescents
The association between family, school and subjective health was examined in a large representative sample of Greek children and adolescents ( N = 3034). We hypothesized that (a) family and school factors are associated with health, even after controlling for gender and economic status; (b) family and school factors are directly related to satisfaction with life and health complaints, but indirectly to self-rated health. According to the findings…
The impact of mild cognitive impairment on the self-regulation process
This study examined whether mild cognitive impairment affects the associations between personal expectations (i.e. optimism and self-efficacy), illness-related coping, and quality of life. In total, two groups of older adults participated: 127 persons diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment and 225 cognitively healthy older persons (cognitively non-impaired group). Several significant relationships observed in the cognitively non-impaired group …
Patient and partner dispositional optimism as a long-term predictor of illness representations in autoimmune diseases
We examined whether the dispositional optimism of patients suffering from an autoimmune disease as well as of their partners can predict, at a dyadic level, their representations of illness consequences, and personal and treatment control, assessed 1 year later. Patient optimism predicted several patient and partner illness representations. Partner optimism was unrelated to own or patient illness representations. Results highlight the strong long…
Conditional indirect relations of cardiac patients' subjective health to optimism through illness representations
The aim of this study was to examine whether chronic patients' subjective health can prospectively predict optimism through illness representations, as well as whether this relation depends on health levels. A sample of 97 cardiac patients participated in the two phases of the study. Subjective health predicted optimism with several illness representations serving as mediators. These relations were, however, conditional on the values of subjectiv…
Illness Perceptions, Illness-related Problems, Subjective Health and the Role of Perceived Primal Threat
Many theories suggest that a threatening situation impacts health because it affects core needs. Our assumption was that a set of interdependent `perceived primal threats' to basic human needs (self-preservation, social integration, personal identity and growth, and positive worldview), which result from the presence of a disease, are related to illness perceptions and subjective health. Participants were 121 chronic medical patients. According t…
Self-efficacy, social support and well-being
Illness Perceptions, Illness-related Problems, Subjective Health and the Role of Perceived Primal Threat
Many theories suggest that a threatening situation impacts health because it affects core needs. Our assumption was that a set of interdependent `perceived primal threats' to basic human needs (self-preservation, social integration, personal identity and growth, and positive worldview), which result from the presence of a disease, are related to illness perceptions and subjective health. Participants were 121 chronic medical patients. According t…
Family, School and Health in Children and Adolescents
The association between family, school and subjective health was examined in a large representative sample of Greek children and adolescents ( N = 3034). We hypothesized that (a) family and school factors are associated with health, even after controlling for gender and economic status; (b) family and school factors are directly related to satisfaction with life and health complaints, but indirectly to self-rated health. According to the findings…
Health-related Information Processing and Recent Health Problems
Our purpose was to assess the relationship between health status and health-related information processing. We expected that persons who report a recent health problem would show greater bias towards relevant stimuli. Participants comprised two groups: the experimental with 25 students who recently had to interrupt usual activities because of their health, and a comparison group of 25 healthy students matched for demographics, health habits and c…
Illness Acceptance, Hospitalization Stress and Subjective Health in a Sample of Chronic Patients Admitted to Hospital
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of illness acceptance on the subjective health of hospitalized chronic medical patients. Participants were 128 patients with a previous diagnosis of chronic coronary artery disease, cancer, or chronic renal disease, who were admitted to a public hospital. Illness acceptance was associated with higher levels of subjective health. It was negatively related to psychological symptoms and positively to …
Effects of exposure to the suffering of unknown persons on health-related cognitions, and the role of mood
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether exposure to the suffering of unknown persons, as an inevitable part of life, influences cognitions about health. Our assumption was that exposure to suffering affects cognitions in a negative way, as well as this influence being exerted directly and through negative mood. Eighty-nine participants were randomly assigned to two groups. The experimental group was exposed to a series of photos p…
Illness Cognitions as a Pathway Between Religiousness and Subjective Health in Chronic Cardiac Patients
The aim of this study was to examine the role of illness cognitions as a possible pathway between religiousness and subjective health in chronic illness. A sample of 135 chronic cardiac patients completed questionnaires about intrinsic religiousness, frequency of church service attendance, basic illness cognitions (i.e., helplessness, illness acceptance, perceived benefits), and physical and emotional well-being. According to the results, religio…
The Impact of Emotion Regulation and Illness-focused Coping Strategies on the Relation of Illness-related Negative Emotions to Subjective Health
In this study we examined whether emotion regulation and illness-focused coping strategies mediate and/ or moderate the relation of illness-related negative emotions to patients' subjective health. One hundred and thirty-five cardiac patients participated in the study. Illness-focused coping strategies were found to mediate the relation of emotions to physical functioning, whereas emotion regulation strategies mediated the relation to psychologic…
Conditional indirect relations of cardiac patients' subjective health to optimism through illness representations
The aim of this study was to examine whether chronic patients' subjective health can prospectively predict optimism through illness representations, as well as whether this relation depends on health levels. A sample of 97 cardiac patients participated in the two phases of the study. Subjective health predicted optimism with several illness representations serving as mediators. These relations were, however, conditional on the values of subjectiv…
The role of core self-evaluations in the relationship between religious involvement and subjective well-being
This study examined whether core self-evaluations (CSE), a personality-based construct, mediates the association between religious involvement and subjective well-being (i.e., physical and psychological). Furthermore, investigates whether the indirect relation of religious involvement to well-being through CSE is conditional on age group (elderly vs. adults). Two different samples were examined: an elderly (N = 300) and an adult community sample …
The association between Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) public perceptions and reactions
The aim of this study was to examine the relation between the public perceptions and reactions to the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in Crete, Greece. It was conducted in two phases: at the early phase of the outbreak and during the peak. The Common Sense Model was used as an appropriate theoretical framework. Participants were 273 healthy adults. Perceptions, especially perceived control and emotions, were related to protective behaviours, infection…
The psychological well-being of couples experiencing a chronic illness
This study aimed to examine the effects of 75 cardiac patients' and their spouses' illness cognitions of acceptance and helplessness on their own and their partner's psychological symptoms, as well as the impact of marital quality. Dyadic responses were examined with the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, while PROCESS was used to examine possible conditional indirect effects. Patients' and spouses' cognitions were related to their partners' sy…
Assessment in Health Psychology
Patient and partner dispositional optimism as a long-term predictor of illness representations in autoimmune diseases
We examined whether the dispositional optimism of patients suffering from an autoimmune disease as well as of their partners can predict, at a dyadic level, their representations of illness consequences, and personal and treatment control, assessed 1 year later. Patient optimism predicted several patient and partner illness representations. Partner optimism was unrelated to own or patient illness representations. Results highlight the strong long…
The impact of mild cognitive impairment on the self-regulation process
This study examined whether mild cognitive impairment affects the associations between personal expectations (i.e. optimism and self-efficacy), illness-related coping, and quality of life. In total, two groups of older adults participated: 127 persons diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment and 225 cognitively healthy older persons (cognitively non-impaired group). Several significant relationships observed in the cognitively non-impaired group …
Emotion regulation contributes to the well-being of patients with autoimmune diseases through illness-related emotions
This prospective study aimed to examine whether illness-related negative emotions mediate the relationship of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression to the well-being of 99 patients with rheumatoid arthritis or multiple sclerosis. After adjusting for disease and patient-related parameters, only cognitive reappraisal was associated with physical and psychological well-being through emotions. Expressive suppression was associated with psy…
Patients’ Perspective on the Psychological Impact of Multiple Sclerosis on Their Life
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that greatly impacts on patients’ physical and psychosocial wellbeing. The purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences of people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in Greece (N = 30), with regard to the way they coped with the diagnosis and the symptoms, the psychological implications of the disorder and the meaning they attributed to it. Data were collected through semi-structured in…
Coping with global uncertainty
Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the "new normal"-social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transactional model this study posits that perceived partner dyadic coping may be an important moderator betwee…
The relation of partners’ illness representations to the coping behaviors of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases through patients’ illness representation
The relationship between dissociation and acute pain
Covid-19 pandemic-related representations, self-efficacy, and psychological well-being in the general population during lockdown
The mutual determination of self-efficacy to cope with cancer and cancer-related coping over time
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal impact of self-efficacy to cope with cancer on the cancer-related coping reactions of breast cancer patients and vice versa. DESIGN AND MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: = 403) were enrolled in the study a few weeks after surgery or biopsy. Coping self-efficacy was assessed at baseline and six months later (M6). Cancer-related coping was assessed three (M3) and nine months (M9) after baseline…
Early maladaptive schema domains and suicide risk in major depressive disorder
Early maladaptive schemas (EMS), illness representations, and coping are associated with clinical outcomes of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the pathways that link these factors are largely unknown. The present prospective study aimed at investigating the possible mediating role of illness representations and coping in the associations among schema domains, symptom severity, and suicide risk in MDD. Participants were 135 …
The impact of early maladaptive schemas on anxiety and depression among early-stage breast cancer patients
Background Illness representations and Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMSs) play a significant role in shaping emotional self-regulation processes. EMSs are trait-like structures that constitute vulnerability factors associated with psychopathology in adulthood. Adverse life events, such as a breast cancer (BC) diagnosis, are assumed to trigger these EMSs. The present study examined, in a sample of BC patients, whether EMSs are related to anxiety/dep…
Changes over time in self-efficacy to cope with cancer and well-being in women with breast cancer
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine whether self-efficacy to cope with cancer changes over time in patients with breast cancer and whether these potential changes are similar across patients. It also aimed to examine whether these trajectories are related to patient psychological well-being and overall quality of life. METHODS: = 404) from four countries (i.e. Finland, Israel, Italy, and Portugal) were enrolled in the study few weeks after bre…
Psychology (24 works) · Medicine (19 works) · Psychiatry (17 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (10 works) · Cognition (7 works) · Disease (7 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (7 works)