Scientific Annals of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece VOLUME 2  INFORMATION SCIENTIFIC ANNALS  OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN GREECE ΙSBN 960-406-826-1 Edited annually by the Psychological Society of Northern Greece (PSNG) Volume 2, 2004 Legally responsible: Anastasia Efklides, President of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece. Tel: ++30-2310-997374. Fax: ++30-2310-997384. E-mail: efklides@psy.auth.gr  Executive Committee of PSNG: Anastasia Efklides George Grouios  Philippos Vlachos Anastasia Alevriadou Glykeria Pita President Secretary Treasurer Member Member  Editors of the Scientific Annals of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece Editor-in-Chief: Anastasia Efklides Assistant Editors: Anastasia Alevriadou Associate Editors: George Grouios Filippos Vlachos   Symeon Vlachopoulos Panayiota Metallidou Fotini Bonoti George Panagis Dimitris Pnevmatikos   Editors of the 2nd Volume: Anastasia Efklides Grigoris Kiosseoglou Yannis Theodorakis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Thessaly, Greece Editorial Board Anastasia Efklides Angeliki Leontari Diomedes Markoulis Markku Niemivirta Jose M. Prieto Yannis Theodorakis Maria Tzouriadou Marja Vauras Marcel Veenman Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Helsinki, Finland Complutense University, Madrid, Spain 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 2004: 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. 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Τόμος 2, 2003                                                                                               Volume 2, 2003 ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΗ ΕΠΕΤΗΡΙΔΑ  ΤΗΣ  ΨΥΧΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑΣ ΒΟΡΕΙΟΥ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ έτος ιδρύσεως 2002 SCIENTIFIC ANNALS OF THE  PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN GREECE founded 2002 ΠΟΙΟΤΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΣΟΤΙΚΗ ΕΡΕΥΝΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΨΥΧΟΛΟΓΙΑ Επιμέλεια Σύνταξης και Έκδοσης:          Αναστασία Ευκλείδη          Γρηγόρης Κιοσέογλου          Γιάννης Θεοδωράκης QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY Editors:         Anastasia Efklides         Grigoris Kioseoglou         Yannis Theodorakis ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ                                                                               ELLINIKA GRAMMATA Τόμος 2, 2003                                                                                                  Volume 2, 2003 CONTENTS Authors list .........................................................................................................................XI Reviewers list ....................................................................................................................XIII Preface          Anastasia Efklides ......................................................................................................XV Prologue          Anastasia Efklides, Grigoris Kiosseoglou, and Yannis Theodorakis........................................XVII Part I. Qualitative methods of research The advantages and limitations of qualitative research in psychology and education           Christine Griffin......................... ....................................................................................3 Qualitative and quantitative research methods: Is their 'combined' use possible?          Athena Xenikou............................................................................................................17 Criteria for establishing validity and reliability in qualitative - hermeneutic research          Mary Hassandra and Marios Goudas.................................................................................31 Women repertoires: Discourse analysis in feminist research          Christina Athanasiadou and Vasiliki Deliyianni-Kouimtzis........................................................49 Qualitative and quantitative analysis of speech of primary school children  from a psycholinguist perspective: Effects of gender and age         Ria Pita, Vassiliki Deliyianni-Kouimtzis, Grigoris Kiosseoglou, .and Areti Chalkiadaki......................75 The combination of qualitative and quantitative methods in the evaluation of  learning disabilities         Maria Birbili and Maria Tzouriadou....................................................................................97 Part II. Quantitative methods of research - Instruments of measuring Development and psychometric evaluation of instruments of quantitative research          Yannis Theodorakis and Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis................................................................115 The Greek version of Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ):  Empirical investigation of its reliability and construct validity          Vasilios Barkoukis, Panayotis N. Zahariadis, Antonios Anastasiadis, Haralambos Tsorbatzoudis,         and George Grouios ....................................................................................................143 Questionnaire for text comprehension strategies: What exactly does it measure?          Georgia Papantoniou, Anastasia Efklides, and Grigoris Kiosseoglou.........................................157 The use of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale in Greek psychiatric patients         Alta Paneras and John R. Crawford.................................................................................183 Bridging the gap between experimental and applied psychology:  Methodological proposals for experimental psychologists         Robert Mellon....... .....................................................................................................203 Part III. Statistical treatments of quantitative data Examination of results of statistical analyses: Factor analysis         Demetrios S. Alexopoulos .............................................................................................227 Factorial correspondence analysis: An exploratory statistical method for the  analysis of a set of qualitative variables         Grigoris Kiosseoglou.....................................................................................................249 Implicit theories of wisdom in Greek population: A descriptive approach with  the use of factorial correspondence analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis         Despina Moraitou, Anastasia Efklides, and Grigoris Kiosseoglou.............................................271 Stability and change in middle school students' school value:  An application of latent growth curve modeling         Markku Niemivirta.......................................................................................................301 Comprehension of the syntax of the Greek language in mentally retarded  children: Testing of two different theoretical approaches          Panayota Stavroussi, Anastasia Efklides, Dimitrios Natsopoulos, and Grigoris Kioseoglou........................................................................................................315 Students, parents, and school avhievement goals, classroom engagement,  and performance: Application of hierarchical regression analysis         Katerina Voulala, Eleftheria Gonida, and Grigoris Kiosseoglou...............................................339