The purpose of this research was to standardize the Greek version of the "Revised Intrinsic/Extrinsic Religious Orientation Scale" on a sample of Athen's inhabitants. This scale is based on the revised version by Gorsuch and MacPherson (1989) of the original scale by Ross (1967). 496 adults from various areas of Athens, Greece participated in this research. Men's percentage was 31.9% (Ν = 158) and women's percentage was 67.5% (Ν = 335), while the sample's average age was 31.33 years old, ranging from 18 to 69. Factor analysis revealed three factors with eigenvalues above 1 which, in combination, accounted for 56.58% of the variance. Those three factors were "intrinsic religiousness", "extrinsic socially oriented religiousness" and "extrinsic personally oriented religiousness". Factorial structure on the Greek sample differed from the one of the original revised versions (intrinsic-extrinsic religiousness). According to the Scale's final structure, the 1 st factor's reliability was α = 0.827, the 2 nd factor's α = 0.729 and the 3 rd factor's α = 0.466. The results of the analysis demonstrate that the final form of the Scale can be used on similar studies concerning Greek population. Applications and value of the results are included in the discussion.

Workplace bullying/mobbing is a globally recognized problem. In numerous studies executed in Europe and North America, workplace bulling/mobbing is associated with psychological, psychosomatic, and behavioral effects on the individual, while it causes severe side-effects on the professional environment. Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-22) has been widely used by researchers to assess the phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to assess the psychometric properties of NAQ-22 in a sample of 265 primary and secondary school teachers. The teachers filled the NAQ-22, DASS-21, PSS, and Self-Esteem Questionnaires anonymously. Reliability and validity indexes of the tool were satisfactory (Cronbach's α = 0.915). Specifically, the study showed a negative correlation between mobbing and self-esteem (r = −0.364 ** ) and positive correlation between mobbing and stress (r = 0.406), anxiety and depression (r = 0.389).

The purpose of this study was to standardize a Greek version of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale and to study its psychometric qualities on Greek population. The questionnaire was completed by 496 adults from several areas of Attica (31.9% = male adults), while the sample's average age was 31.33 years old. Age ranged from 18 to 69 years old. Based on the eigenvalues produced by the factor analysis, a three factors solution ("Affiliation with God", "Satisfaction with life" and "Alienation from God-sense of meaningless life") was used. These three factors account for 51.492% of the variance. Nevertheless the three factors found in the Greek standardization differ from those of the original standardization, providing reason to believe that spiritual well-being among Greeks is different than well-being among US College Students. According to the final structure, the 1st factor's reliability was α = 0.882, the 2nd factor's α = 0.738 and the 3rd factor's α = 0.669. The results of the analysis demonstrate that the final form of the Scale can be safely used on similar studies concerning Greek population. Applications and value of the results are included in the discussion.

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