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2026

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Psychology

D-Index
39
Citations
9330
World Ranking
8432
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Cyprus Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Cyprus Leader Award

Overview

Maria Karekla is affiliated with the University of Cyprus in Cyprus and has a research focus primarily in psychology and medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, social psychology, and sociology and political science.

The research conducted by Karekla includes significant contributions to understanding mental health, especially in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their recent publications demonstrate an interest in behavioral health, psychological flexibility, and the impacts of global health crises.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Karekla include:

  • Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: An international study (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • The empirical status of acceptance and commitment therapy: A review of meta-analyses (2020), published in Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Psy-Flex: A contextually sensitive measure of psychological flexibility (2021), published in Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Report of the ACBS Task Force on the strategies and tactics of contextual behavioral science research (2021), published in Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • The Dynamics of Fear at the Time of Covid-19: A Contextual Behavioral Science Perspective (2020), published in PubMed

Karekla often collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors including:

  • Andrew T. Gloster
  • Angelos P. Kassianos
  • Marios Constantinou
  • Louise McHugh
  • Christiana Nicolaou

Their research outputs are published in several notable venues. The most frequent publication venues for Karekla's work are:

  • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • European Journal of Psychology Open

Main topics addressed throughout their work include:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts

Maria Karekla's interdisciplinary approach bridges psychology and medicine, with a notable focus on the psychological effects of contemporary global issues and the development of therapeutic methods. Their work contributes to advancing understanding in both theoretical and applied contexts within mental health research.

Best Publications

  • Measuring experiential avoidance: A preliminary test of a working model

    Steven C. Hayes;Kirk Strosahl;Kelly G. Wilson;Richard T. Bissett

  • The Empirical Status of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Review of Meta-Analyses

    Andrew T. Gloster;Noemi Walder;Michael E. Levin;Michael P. Twohig

  • Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: An international study.

    Andrew T. Gloster;Demetris Lamnisos;Jelena Lubenko;Giovambattista Presti

  • Internet- and Mobile-Based Psychological Interventions: Applications, Efficacy, and Potential for Improving Mental Health: A Report of the EFPA E-Health Taskforce

    David D. Ebert;Tom Van Daele;Tine Nordgreen;Maria Karekla

  • Coping and experiential avoidance: unique or overlapping constructs?

    Maria Karekla;Georgia Panayiotou

  • Emotional avoidance and panicogenic responding to a biological challenge procedure

    Maria Karekla;John P. Forsyth;Megan M. Kelly

  • Implementation intention and planning interventions in Health Psychology: Recommendations from the Synergy Expert Group for research and practice.

    Martin S Hagger;Aleksandra Luszczynska;Aleksandra Luszczynska;John de Wit;Yael Benyamini

  • Religious coping and cancer: Proposing an acceptance and commitment therapy approach

    Maria Karekla;Marios Constantinou

  • A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Ke Wang;Amit Goldenberg;Charles A. Dorison;Jeremy K. Miller

  • Perceived social support helps, but does not buffer the negative impact of anxiety disorders on quality of life and perceived stress

    Georgia Panayiotou;Maria Karekla

  • Psy-Flex: A contextually sensitive measure of psychological flexibility

    Andrew T. Gloster;Victoria J. Block;Jens Klotsche;Jeanette Villanueva

  • The dynamics of fear at the time of COVID-19: A contextual behavioral science perspective

    Giovambattista Presti;Louise McHugh;Andrew Gloster;Maria Karekla

  • Report of the ACBS Task Force on the strategies and tactics of contextual behavioral science research

    Steven C. Hayes;Rhonda M. Merwin;Louise McHugh;Emily K. Sandoz

  • Sex differences in response to a panicogenic challenge procedure: an experimental evaluation of panic vulnerability in a non-clinical sample.

    Megan M. Kelly;John P. Forsyth;Maria Karekla

  • To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic

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  • Coping through avoidance may explain gender disparities in anxiety

    Georgia Panayiotou;Maria Karekla;Chrysanthi Leonidou

  • Recommendations for policy and practice of telepsychotherapy and e-mental health in Europe and beyond

    Tom Van Daele;Maria Karekla;Angelos P. Kassianos;Angelo Compare

  • Online consultations in mental healthcare during the COVID-19 outbreak: An international survey study on professionals' motivations and perceived barriers

    Nele A.J. De Witte;Per Carlbring;Anne Etzelmueller;Anne Etzelmueller;Tine Nordgreen

  • Best Practices and Recommendations for Digital Interventions to Improve Engagement and Adherence in Chronic Illness Sufferers

    Maria Karekla;Orestis Kasinopoulos;David Dias Neto;David Daniel Ebert

  • Evaluating the role of panic disorder in emotional sensitivity processes involved with smoking.

    Michael J. Zvolensky;Norman B. Schmidt;Martin M. Antony;Randi E. McCabe

  • The Role of Illness Perceptions, Coping, and Self-Efficacy on Adherence to Precautionary Measures for COVID-19.

    Yuen Yu Chong;Wai Tong Chien;Ho Yu Cheng;Ka Ming Chow

  • Experiential Avoidance as a Common Psychological Process in European Cultures

    Jean-Louis Monestès;Maria Karekla;Nele Jacobs;Michalis P. Michaelides

  • Direct and indirect predictors of social anxiety: The role of anxiety sensitivity, behavioral inhibition, experiential avoidance and self-consciousness

    Georgia Panayiotou;Maria Karekla;Margarita Panayiotou

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew T. Gloster
Andrew T. Gloster University of Lucerne
Georgia Panayiotou
Georgia Panayiotou University of Cyprus
John P. Forsyth
John P. Forsyth University at Albany, State University of New York
David Daniel Ebert
David Daniel Ebert Technical University of Munich
Louise McHugh
Louise McHugh University College Dublin
Angelo Compare
Angelo Compare University of Bergamo
Raimo Lappalainen
Raimo Lappalainen University of Jyväskylä
Adriana Baban
Adriana Baban Babeș-Bolyai University
Steven C. Hayes
Steven C. Hayes University of Nevada Reno
Frank W. Bond
Frank W. Bond Goldsmiths University of London

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