Hellenic Journal of Psychology   Psychological Society of Northern Greece VOLUME 8, ISSUE 3 INFORMATION HELLENIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY ΙSSN 1790-1391 Edited three times a year by the Psychological Society of Northern Greece (PSNG) Volume 8, Issue 3, 2011 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: Andreas Brouzos Maria Dikaiou Angeliki Leondari Georgios D. Sideridis University of Ioannina, Greece 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       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: ALPHABET S.A., Vrilissou 80, Poligono, 114 76 Athens, Greece. Τel: +30-210-646686 © Copyright 2011: 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 8, Issue 3, 2011     HELLENIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Founded 2004 SPECIAL ISSUE: COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY Guest Editor: Christina Athanasiades              ELLINIKA GRAMMATA   CONTENTS ΠΡΟΛΟΓΟΣ        Χριστίνα Αθανασιάδου.............................................................................................V Η Συμβουλευτική Ψυχολογία στην Ελλάδα σήμερα        Μαρία Μαλικιώση-Λοΐζου..........................................................................................266 Η Συμβουλευτική Ψυχολογία στο σχολικό πλαίσιο        Χριστίνα Αθανασιάδου ............................................................................................289 Η σημασία της εικόνας του σώματος για την ψυχική υγεία νεαρών ανδρών και γυναικών: Συμβουλευτικές παρεμβάσεις           Αγγελική Λεονταρή .............................................................................................309 Μια πρόταση αξιολόγησης της συμβουλευτικής γονέων στο πλαίσιο της εμπειρικής τεκμηρίωσης          Αριάδνη Στογιαννίδου ...........................................................................................338 Improving student achievement by improving student behavior: Prevention in action          Robert H. McPherson, Jonathan Schwartz, & Stacie Passe ....……….............................….359 The centrality and consistency of counselling psychology: Before, during and after 2008          Pamela James......................................................................................................374