Kleio Koutra
Biographic Data
| ID | 5823020 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kleio Koutra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kleio |
| FAMILY NAME | Koutra |
| SIGNATURE | KOUTRA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hellenic Mediterranean University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9713-5013 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Identifying core teamwork competencies for community-based health and social care professionals
BACKGROUND: Due to the increasing burden of chronic diseases, the European Recovery Plan aims to enhance community-based healthcare services across Europe by 2026. Therefore, healthcare professionals will need to be prepared to work effectively in teams to ensure effective patient-centred care. However, few courses specifically designed for developing teamwork competencies are available. The aim of this study was to identify core teamwork compete…
Predictors of Ageism among Social Work Students and Practitioners in Greece
This study examines whether aging anxiety (based on terror management theory) or demographic and experiential factors better explain attitudes toward older adults among social work students and professionals. Cross-sectional data were collected via an online survey from a sample of 309 social work students and professionals in Crete. Ageism and aging anxiety were assessed using the relating to older people evaluation scale and the aging anxiety s…
MapStakes-PH
Co-creation is increasingly used in public health to strengthen the relevance, feasibility, and sustainability of interventions, yet many approaches remain either too generic to guide implementation or too rigid for multi-country adaptation. This paper presents the application of the MapStakes-PH framework as a practical, step-by-step roadmap for organizing co-creation processes in preventive public health, using Project Sunrise, a Horizon Europe…
Key factors in developing effective digital health promotion tools for cancer prevention and health behavior change in adolescence through a multi-country survey
Primary cancer prevention through behavior change in adolescence, a crucial period for shaping lifelong health habits, presents a major public health challenge across Europe. Addressing this, the SUNRISE project aims to tackle the challenge of primary cancer prevention in adolescents by developing and implementing an innovative, digitally-enhanced life-skills program tailored to diverse socio-economic, cultural, and environmental backgrounds by i…
Global Voices of Trauma Recovery
Minimal research has examined culturally nuanced healing experiences across national landscapes, highlighting the need for a comprehensive understanding of culturally relevant healing experiences for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). This paper explores these experience among 136 survivors of GBV across seven global contexts. Using the Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interview-Trauma, after reflecting on their healing journey, survivors s…
Efficacy of an instant messaging-based life-skills training program to prevent behavioral risk factors among adolescents in Europe
One of the most significant risk factors for cancer and several other adverse health outcomes is nicotine and tobacco use. Life-skills training programs conducted within the school curriculum are effective in preventing substance use, including nicotine and tobacco use, however, large-scale implementation is hindered by time, organizational and financial constraints. Providing life-skills training programs via smartphones may be a more economical…
Ageism and attitudes towards older people in the field of social work. A systematic review of operational definitions
Psychometric Evaluation of a Multicultural Instrument
Trauma Recovery Rubric
Research is beginning to examine gender-based violence (GBV) survivors' recovery, but little is known about diverse recovery trajectories or their relationships with other distress and recovery variables. This interdisciplinary, international multisite mixed-method study developed and used the TRR to identify and classify survivors' trauma pathways. This study describes the phases of the initial development of the preliminary TRR (Phase 1), refin…
We discovered places we never used before’. Home and parenting geographies during the 2020 lockdowns in Italy and Greece
The paper presents and discusses data from a qualitative study carried out in April and May 2020 with families under lockdown in Italy (N = 319) and Greece (N = 297). The research examined how confinement and restrictions on movement had impacted families’ everyday geographies (with a particular focus on ‘liminal’ places located between homes and public spaces, such as balconies, hallways, courtyards, backyards), as well as parents’ most valued p…
Conceptual Development and Content Validation of a Multicultural Instrument to Assess the Normalization of Gender-Based Violence against Women
The normalization of gender-based violence (GBV) consists of all those cultural beliefs and values that sustain, justify, or minimize GBV perpetration. Acknowledging the lack of instruments addressing the normalization of GBV and its constitutive sociocultural dimensions, this article presents the conceptual development and initial validation of the Normalization of gender-based violence against women scale. This 18-item instrument could be used …
Overcoming age barriers
Education is the main vehicle for empowering adults, and can contribute to community wellbeing. However, regarding mature adults (MAs) (over 45 years old), age has been identified in various studies as a significant barrier to accessing educational activities. This paper focuses on MAs’ motivations to learn through an exploratory survey undertaken in six European countries. A K-means cluster analysis based on 16 variables has been run on n = 846 …
The effect of social capital on non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviors among college students in Greece during the current economic crisis
This cross-sectional study examines the effects of social capital on non-suicidal self-injury and self-injurious behaviors among 632 Greek college students during the current economic crisis. This is a quantitative study which uses a set of normed instruments to measure non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviors. After controlling for a set of demographic variables, and negative affective states, social capital was not found to have an effec…
A cross-sectional study comparing predictors of non-suicidal self-injury among college students in the United States and Greece
The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of non-suicidal-self-injury (NSSI) including depression, stress, anxiety and suicidal behaviors (SIB) among students at two colleges in the USA and Greece. A convenience sample (N = 1062) was used along with the NSSI-Check List, SITBI, and DASS instruments. Significantly Greek (27%) reported higher rates of NSSI (p < .01) versus the United States students (17%). Greek students engaged in self-bi…
Psychometric Validation of the Youth Social Capital Scale in Greece
Objectives: This article describes the psychometric validation of the Youth Social Capital scale (YSCS) in 16- to 17-year-old students living in rural and urban areas in Crete, Greece. Methods: Sampling was performed among 27 secondary education units of Heraklion Prefecture. The self-reported questionnaire was answered by 692 participants (response rate 96.3%). The validation of the scale included both internal consistency and construct, converg…
Overcoming age barriers
Education is the main vehicle for empowering adults, and can contribute to community wellbeing. However, regarding mature adults (MAs) (over 45 years old), age has been identified in various studies as a significant barrier to accessing educational activities. This paper focuses on MAs’ motivations to learn through an exploratory survey undertaken in six European countries. A K-means cluster analysis based on 16 variables has been run on n = 846 …
Psychometric Validation of the Youth Social Capital Scale in Greece
Objectives: This article describes the psychometric validation of the Youth Social Capital scale (YSCS) in 16- to 17-year-old students living in rural and urban areas in Crete, Greece. Methods: Sampling was performed among 27 secondary education units of Heraklion Prefecture. The self-reported questionnaire was answered by 692 participants (response rate 96.3%). The validation of the scale included both internal consistency and construct, converg…
Conceptual Development and Content Validation of a Multicultural Instrument to Assess the Normalization of Gender-Based Violence against Women
The normalization of gender-based violence (GBV) consists of all those cultural beliefs and values that sustain, justify, or minimize GBV perpetration. Acknowledging the lack of instruments addressing the normalization of GBV and its constitutive sociocultural dimensions, this article presents the conceptual development and initial validation of the Normalization of gender-based violence against women scale. This 18-item instrument could be used …
We discovered places we never used before’. Home and parenting geographies during the 2020 lockdowns in Italy and Greece
The paper presents and discusses data from a qualitative study carried out in April and May 2020 with families under lockdown in Italy (N = 319) and Greece (N = 297). The research examined how confinement and restrictions on movement had impacted families’ everyday geographies (with a particular focus on ‘liminal’ places located between homes and public spaces, such as balconies, hallways, courtyards, backyards), as well as parents’ most valued p…
A cross-sectional study comparing predictors of non-suicidal self-injury among college students in the United States and Greece
The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of non-suicidal-self-injury (NSSI) including depression, stress, anxiety and suicidal behaviors (SIB) among students at two colleges in the USA and Greece. A convenience sample (N = 1062) was used along with the NSSI-Check List, SITBI, and DASS instruments. Significantly Greek (27%) reported higher rates of NSSI (p < .01) versus the United States students (17%). Greek students engaged in self-bi…
Psychometric Validation of the Youth Social Capital Scale in Greece
Objectives: This article describes the psychometric validation of the Youth Social Capital scale (YSCS) in 16- to 17-year-old students living in rural and urban areas in Crete, Greece. Methods: Sampling was performed among 27 secondary education units of Heraklion Prefecture. The self-reported questionnaire was answered by 692 participants (response rate 96.3%). The validation of the scale included both internal consistency and construct, converg…
A cross-sectional study comparing predictors of non-suicidal self-injury among college students in the United States and Greece
The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of non-suicidal-self-injury (NSSI) including depression, stress, anxiety and suicidal behaviors (SIB) among students at two colleges in the USA and Greece. A convenience sample (N = 1062) was used along with the NSSI-Check List, SITBI, and DASS instruments. Significantly Greek (27%) reported higher rates of NSSI (p < .01) versus the United States students (17%). Greek students engaged in self-bi…
Overcoming age barriers
Education is the main vehicle for empowering adults, and can contribute to community wellbeing. However, regarding mature adults (MAs) (over 45 years old), age has been identified in various studies as a significant barrier to accessing educational activities. This paper focuses on MAs’ motivations to learn through an exploratory survey undertaken in six European countries. A K-means cluster analysis based on 16 variables has been run on n = 846 …
The effect of social capital on non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviors among college students in Greece during the current economic crisis
This cross-sectional study examines the effects of social capital on non-suicidal self-injury and self-injurious behaviors among 632 Greek college students during the current economic crisis. This is a quantitative study which uses a set of normed instruments to measure non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviors. After controlling for a set of demographic variables, and negative affective states, social capital was not found to have an effec…
Conceptual Development and Content Validation of a Multicultural Instrument to Assess the Normalization of Gender-Based Violence against Women
The normalization of gender-based violence (GBV) consists of all those cultural beliefs and values that sustain, justify, or minimize GBV perpetration. Acknowledging the lack of instruments addressing the normalization of GBV and its constitutive sociocultural dimensions, this article presents the conceptual development and initial validation of the Normalization of gender-based violence against women scale. This 18-item instrument could be used …
Trauma Recovery Rubric
Research is beginning to examine gender-based violence (GBV) survivors' recovery, but little is known about diverse recovery trajectories or their relationships with other distress and recovery variables. This interdisciplinary, international multisite mixed-method study developed and used the TRR to identify and classify survivors' trauma pathways. This study describes the phases of the initial development of the preliminary TRR (Phase 1), refin…
We discovered places we never used before’. Home and parenting geographies during the 2020 lockdowns in Italy and Greece
The paper presents and discusses data from a qualitative study carried out in April and May 2020 with families under lockdown in Italy (N = 319) and Greece (N = 297). The research examined how confinement and restrictions on movement had impacted families’ everyday geographies (with a particular focus on ‘liminal’ places located between homes and public spaces, such as balconies, hallways, courtyards, backyards), as well as parents’ most valued p…
Ageism and attitudes towards older people in the field of social work. A systematic review of operational definitions
Psychometric Evaluation of a Multicultural Instrument
Efficacy of an instant messaging-based life-skills training program to prevent behavioral risk factors among adolescents in Europe
One of the most significant risk factors for cancer and several other adverse health outcomes is nicotine and tobacco use. Life-skills training programs conducted within the school curriculum are effective in preventing substance use, including nicotine and tobacco use, however, large-scale implementation is hindered by time, organizational and financial constraints. Providing life-skills training programs via smartphones may be a more economical…
Identifying core teamwork competencies for community-based health and social care professionals
BACKGROUND: Due to the increasing burden of chronic diseases, the European Recovery Plan aims to enhance community-based healthcare services across Europe by 2026. Therefore, healthcare professionals will need to be prepared to work effectively in teams to ensure effective patient-centred care. However, few courses specifically designed for developing teamwork competencies are available. The aim of this study was to identify core teamwork compete…
Predictors of Ageism among Social Work Students and Practitioners in Greece
This study examines whether aging anxiety (based on terror management theory) or demographic and experiential factors better explain attitudes toward older adults among social work students and professionals. Cross-sectional data were collected via an online survey from a sample of 309 social work students and professionals in Crete. Ageism and aging anxiety were assessed using the relating to older people evaluation scale and the aging anxiety s…
MapStakes-PH
Co-creation is increasingly used in public health to strengthen the relevance, feasibility, and sustainability of interventions, yet many approaches remain either too generic to guide implementation or too rigid for multi-country adaptation. This paper presents the application of the MapStakes-PH framework as a practical, step-by-step roadmap for organizing co-creation processes in preventive public health, using Project Sunrise, a Horizon Europe…
Key factors in developing effective digital health promotion tools for cancer prevention and health behavior change in adolescence through a multi-country survey
Primary cancer prevention through behavior change in adolescence, a crucial period for shaping lifelong health habits, presents a major public health challenge across Europe. Addressing this, the SUNRISE project aims to tackle the challenge of primary cancer prevention in adolescents by developing and implementing an innovative, digitally-enhanced life-skills program tailored to diverse socio-economic, cultural, and environmental backgrounds by i…
Global Voices of Trauma Recovery
Minimal research has examined culturally nuanced healing experiences across national landscapes, highlighting the need for a comprehensive understanding of culturally relevant healing experiences for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). This paper explores these experience among 136 survivors of GBV across seven global contexts. Using the Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interview-Trauma, after reflecting on their healing journey, survivors s…
Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Social science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (3 works) · Medical emergency (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Political science (3 works)