Smyrnaki, M., Skoulas, M., Liodaki, A., Papadimitriou, D., Papanastasatos, G., & Tsiboukli, A. (2024).
Family History of Pathological Gambling, related effects and suicidality in rural Greece.
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly,
42(4), 509-525.
Publisher's VersionAbstractThe aim of this study is to understand the family history of people pathologically engaging in gambling in rural Greece along with the factors and effects (suicidal thoughts/attempts) related thereto, according to participants’ perspective. Qualitative in nature, the study was based on 32 semi-structured interviews carried out with adults who attended a Treatment Facility for pathological gambling in Heraklion Crete, in Greece. A past family history of excessive gambling was reported by most of the participants, while in many cases were reported a family history of alcohol misuse. Participants perceived self-characteristics, losses/traumatic experiences, paternal and nuclear family characteristics, work-related problems, peers who also gamble and upbringing practices influenced by culture as principal pathological gambling factors. Participants also reported that pathological gambling has various effects on one’s psychological mood, behavior, and relationship patterns with self and others. Most participants also reported having suicidal thoughts, whereas a few of them mentioned at least one suicide attempt. The study concludes that pathological gambling in the current population is associated with a past family history of excessive gambling or alcohol misuse. Multiple factors also seem to contribute to its manifestation and to such adverse effects, such as suicidal thoughts and attempts.
Παυλή-Κορρέ, Μαρία, Τσιμπουκλή, Άννα, Μπαμπάλης, Θωμάς, Λευθεριώτου, Πιέρα, & Γιαντσελίδου, Αγγελική. (2024).
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1ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Διά βίου μάθηση, χώρος εργασίας και ανάπτυξη κοινωνικών δεξιοτήτων.Abstract
The present study focuses on specific socially vulnerable groups that face more risks for social and educational exclusion and stigma. These groups include Roma, people with mental health issues, prisoners and people who abuse drugs. The obstacles and motivation to participate in Lifelong Learning Programmes are discussed in addition with the availability of human and other resources, the state and media position on fighting stigma, the training of trainers and capacity building.
koinonika_eyalotes_omades_kai_dia_vioy_mathisi.praktika_synedrioy_dia_vioy_mathisi_final_3-359-365.pdf Μπαμπάλης, Θωμάς, & Τσιμπουκλή, Άννα. (2024).
Διά βίου μάθηση, χώρος εργασίας και ανάπτυξη κοινωνικών δεξιοτήτων..
1ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Διά βίου μάθηση, χώρος εργασίας και ανάπτυξη κοινωνικών δεξιοτήτων.. Alexandroupolis.
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The significance of social skills for both, integration in the labor market and job retention, has been long recognized in the international literature (Suarta et al., 2017). The need to adapt to current demands is linked with the investment in social skills (Harvey, 2010). However, recent studies suggest that social skills are increasingly rare in the job market (Schislyaeva & Saychenko, 2022). The current paper focuses on the issues surrounding the cultivation of social skills in the workplace.
dia_vioy_mathisi_horos_ergasias_kai_koinonikes_dexiotites._synedrioy_dia_vioy_mathisi_final_3_1.pdf Tsiboukli, A., & Efstratoglou, A. (2024).
Employment and occupational prospects and lifelong learning in Greece.
Adult Education: Critical Issues,
3(2), 27-38.
Publisher's VersionAbstractThe present paper addresses employment and occupational prospects in Greece, in the period 2011-2022, highlighting the dynamic, stagnant and declining occupations and it also addresses employment and occupational prospects in the near future (2022-2030). The role that Lifelong Learning can play in an environment of abrupt changes is also discussed. The study reveals that in the period 2011-2022, the total employment rates in Greece increased by 1.0%, with the creation of 43,002 new jobs. A large number of jobs was created for general and keyboard clerks, health professionals and information and communication technology professionals but on the other hand, a large number of jobs were destructed. Therefore, the employment and occupational prospects in Greece in the near future require further attention. The estimates presented in this paper concern the time period 2022-2030, in a two-digit occupation code and they are derived from the application of the Oxford model (Oxford Global Economic Model - GEM), which is managed by NKUA, in the framework of its eLearning program. In this time period, according to relevant estimates, the total employment rates in Greece are expected to decrease by 3.4%, with a loss of 143,998 jobs in total. This negative development, that is expected to take place in an environment of increased production (estimates of the Oxford model), indicate a paradox that is a period of economic growth which is not followed by the creation of new jobs (jobless growth). In light of this evidence, employment and occupational prospects and Lifelong learning are interlinked and often considered a favored topic for researchers, practitioners, policy makers and politicians. As occupations, dynamic, stagnant or declining, include certain tasks and skills, their evolution (and mainly in the dynamic ones) provide the necessary information areas in which long term strategy of Lifelong Learning should target. However, there seems to be a distance between policy, strategy and action. The paper suggests a more careful mapping of the job market, the lifelong learning programmes and the trainees’ prospective profiles. It also addresses the need to focus on those who rarely participate in lifelong learning programmes and are considered to also be the dropout rates from formal educational processes.
Tsiboukli, A., & Sakkopoulou, A. (2024).
Recollection of Childhood Memories from Parental Drug and Alcohol Misuse in a Qualitative Study of Women in Greece..
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly.
Publisher's VersionAbstractThe present paper focuses on the recall of childhood experiences of adults who had at least one parent misusing alcohol and/or drugs. The study aims to gain an in-depth understanding of the recall of these experiences in adulthood and their effect on relationships with significant others. Twelve (12) adults, who had experienced as children in their family’s drug and alcohol misuse were interviewed and their interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings of the qualitative study suggest that adults recall in their childhood the reversal of family roles and traumas that seem to affect their current relationships. The research findings indicate the necessity of supporting early enough children who grow up in families where alcohol and drug misuse are part of daily life and to create a therapeutic alliance in adult life in order to advance in their relationship with self and others.