Hellenic Journal of Psychology   Psychological Society of Northern Greece VOLUME 5, ISSUE 3 INFORMATION HELLENIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY ΙSSN 1790-1391 Edited three times a year by the Psychological Society of Northern Greece (PSNG) Volume 5, Issue 3, 2008 Legally responsible: George Grouios, President of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece. Phone: +30-2310-992177; E-mail: ggrouios@phed.auth.gr Editors Editor-in-Chief:  Anastasia Efklides Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Associate Editors: Maria Dikaiou Angeliki Leondari Georgios D. Sideridis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece Assistant Editors: Irini Dermitzaki Mary H. Kosmidis Filippos Vlachos Plousia Misailidi Pagona Roussi University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece University of Ioannina, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Editor of Issue 3 Anastasia Efklides Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Editorial Board Anastasia Efklides George Grouios Shulamith Kreitler Diomedes Markoulis Robert Neimeyer Markku Niemivirta Jose M. Prieto Wolfgang Schnotz  Yannis Theodorakis Maria Tzouriadou Marja Vauras Marcel Veenman Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Tel-Aviv University, Israel Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Memphis, USA University of Helsinki, Finland Complutense University, Madrid, Spain University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Turku, Finland University of Leiden, The Netherlands Publisher: ELLINIKA GRAMMATA: Emm. Benaki 59, 106 81 Athens, Greece Τel: ++30-210-3891800 - Fax: ++30-210-3836658 Bookstore: Zood. Pigis 21 & Tzavela 1, 106 81 Athens, Greece © Copyright 2008: Psychological Society of Northern Greece (PSNG) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) for commercial purposes without the written permission of the copyright owners. Manuscripts submitted to the journal in no case are returned back Volume 5, Issue 3, 2008     HELLENIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Founded 2004   Editor: Anastasia Efklides               ELLINIKA GRAMMATA   CONTENTS Students’ value beliefs, performance expectations, and school perofrmance: The effect of school subject and gender            Georgia Stephanou...................................................................................................231 Children’s perceptions of loneliness            Evangelia P. Galanaki................................................................................................258 Οι πολλαπλές σημασίες μιας αναπτυξιακής προοπτικής στην ψυχοπαθολογία [Multiple meanings of a developmental perspective on psychopathology]           Michael Rutter.........................................................................................................281 Ψυχή, νους, και εγκέφαλος: Μια ιστορική αναδρομή στη μελέτη των μεταξύ τους σχέσεων          Γεώργιος Θ. Παναγής & Μανόλης Δαφέρμος...................................................................324 [Psyche, mind, and brain: A historical retrospection to the study of their relations]          George T. Panagis & Manolis Dafermos..........................................................................366