Scientific Annals of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece VOLUME 5 INFORMATION SCIENTIFIC ANNALS  OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN GREECE ΙSBN 978-960-19-0033-9 Edited annually by the Psychological Society of Northern Greece (PSNG) Volume 5, 2007 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  Marios Goudas Anastasia Alevriadou Mary Kosmidis 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 5th Volume: Plousia Misailidi Andreas Brouzos Anastasia Efklides University of Ioannina, Greece University of Ioannina, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Editorial Board Anastasia Efklides Shulamith Kreitler Angeliki Leontari Diomedes Markoulis Robert Neimeyer Markku Niemivirta Jose M. 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Τόμος 5, 2007                                                                                               Volume 5, 2007 ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΗ ΕΠΕΤΗΡΙΔΑ  ΤΗΣ  ΨΥΧΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑΣ ΒΟΡΕΙΟΥ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ έτος ιδρύσεως 2002 SCIENTIFIC ANNALS OF THE  PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN GREECE founded 2002 ΓΟΝΕΙΣ, ΠΑΙΔΙ, ΚΑΙ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΗ Επιμέλεια Σύνταξης και Έκδοσης:                     Πλουσία Μισαηλίδη                     Ανδρέας Μπρούζος                     Aναστασία Ευκλείδη PARENTS, CHILD, AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE Editors:         Plousia Misailidi         Andreas Brouzos         Anastasia Efklides ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ                                                                               ELLINIKA GRAMMATA Τόμος 5, 2007                                                                                                  Volume 5, 2007 CONTENTS Authors list .........................................................................................................................IX Reviewers list ......................................................................................................................XI Preface          Anastasia Efklides ......................................................................................................XIII Prologue          Plousia Misailidi...........................................................................................................XV Children’s loneliness, social competence and school success: The role of the family Marja Vauras and Niina Junttila.................................................................................................1 The harmful effects of parental conditional regard Avi Assor and Guy Roth..........................................................................................................17 Adolescent gender identities in the family context: Research findings, interpretations, and problems Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzis ...................................................................................................35 Parents’ action control and achievement motive: Effects on children’s anxiety, strategy use, and performance Georgia Papantoniou.............................................................................................................57 The role of the family in shaping resilience in young people Sophia Leontopoulou.............................................................................................................83 Individual differences in theory of mind development: The role of early social experiences in the family Plousia Misailidi...................................................................................................................113 Promoting metacognitive skills in preschool age: An intervention study in the classroom Eleftheria Gonida, Grigoris Kiosseoglou, and Olympia Papakyriakidou..............................................133 Students’ self-perceptions of their abilities and metacognitive experiences after the execution of cognitive tasks Irini Dermitzaki, Marios Goudas, and Angeliki Leondari ................................................................163 Teachers draw themselves within their classroom: What is revealed about their pedagogic practice Fotini Bonoti and Eleni Andreou..............................................................................................185 The psychological repercussions of learning difficulties on the child and the family: The role of school psychologist in their management Dimitris S. Nikolopoulos .......................................................................................................203