Conference and Program Co-Chairs
Clara Pracana
Full and Training member of the Portuguese Association of Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Portugal
Michael Wang
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
International Scientific Committee
A. Nuray Karanci, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Abdulqawi Salim Alzubaidi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Abraham A. Argun, Argun Affiliated Psychological Services, USA
Acácia Santos, São Francisco University, Brazil
Adilia Silva, Independent Researcher/Clinician, South Africa
Adriana Baban, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Adriane Roso, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria – UFSM, Brazil
Alessio Avenanti, Università di Bologna, Italy
Ali Kemal Tekin, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Alipio Sánchez Vidal, University of Barcelona, Spain
Alison Attrill-Smith, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Alois Ghergut, University Alexandru Ioan Cuza from Iasi, Romania
André Francisco Pilon, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Andrea Guazzini, University of Florence, Italy
Andreja Avsec, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Andreja Bubic, University of Split, Croatia
Ann Marie Bissessar, University of The West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Anna Alexandrova-Karamanova, Institute for Population and Human Studies – BAS, Bulgaria
Anna Janovská, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
Antonio Aiello, University of Pisa, Italy
António Alvim, Portuguese Association of Psychoanalysis and Psychology, Portugal
Assunta Marano, Themis Research Centre / University of Aquila, Italy
Atmane Ikhlef, Independent Consultant / Researcher, Algeria
Auksė Endriulaitienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Ayse Esra Aslan, Istanbul University, Turkey
Başak Bahtiyar, Maltepe University, Turkey
Beata Kunat, University of Białystok, Poland
Bernard Gangloff, University of Rouen, France
Bernard Pak-ho Wong, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong
Binnur Yesilyaprak, Ankara University, Turkey
Brij Mohan, Louisiana State University, USA
Chris McVittie, Queen Margaret University, United Kingdom
Christoph J. Kemper, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Claudio Sica, University of Firenze, Italy
Colette Dufresne-Tassé, Université de Montréal, Canada
Cristian Vasile, Ploiesti University & International Society for Applied Psychology, Romania
Daniel Süss, Zurich University of Applied Sciences & University, Switzerland
Daragh T. Mcdermott, Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom
David Aparisi, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
David Vaidis, Université Paris Descartes, France
Deborah Wooldridge , Bowling Green State University, USA
Derek Chadee, University of The West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Diego Lasio, University of Cagliari, Italy
Edith Galy-Marie, Aix-Marseille University, France
Edwiges Silvares, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Edwin Herazo, Human Behavioral Research Institute, Colombia
Elena Levchenko, Perm State University, Russia
Eleni Petkari, European University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Elias Kourkoutas, University of Crete, Greece
Emel Kuruoglu, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
Emerson Rasera, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Eva Sollarova, Matej Bel University, Slovakia
Ewa Mörtberg, Stockholm University, Sweden
Fabio Madeddu, University of Milan – Bicocca, Italy
Fotios Anagnostopoulos, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences, Greece
Gandharva Joshi, Saurashtra University, India
Gilberto Safra, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Gordana Jovanović, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Greta Defeyter, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Grzegorz Pochwatko, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Helena Klimusová, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Henry Grubb, University of Dubuque, USA
Hossein Kareshki, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Igor Menezes, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Isabella Corradini, Themis Research Centre, Italy
Isabella Mcmurray, University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Ivandro Soares Monteiro, ORASI Institute, Portugal
Jakob Pietschnig, University of Vienna, Austria
Janina Uszyńska-Jarmoc, University of Bialystok, Poland
Joanne Dickson, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Kamna Chhibber, Fortis Healthcare, India
Karen Blair, St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish, Canada
Katalin Hejja-Nagy, Eszterhazy Karoly University, Hungary
Katherine Makarec, William Paterson University, USA
Kostas A. Fanti, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Kristi Kõiv, University of Tartu, Estonia
Lada Kaliská, Matej Bel University, Slovakia
Ladislav Lovaš, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia
Laura Furcsa, Eszterházy Károly University, Hungary
Lilly Both, University of New Brunswick in Saint John, Canada
Lisa Best, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Loreta Bukšnytė-Marmienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Luca Cerniglia, Università Telematica Internazionale Uninettuno, Italy
Luciana Kind, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Madelene Sta. Maria, De La Salle University Manila, Philippines
Mandy Rossignol, University of Mons, Belgium
Marcello Nonnis, University of Cagliari, Italy
Marcelo F. Costa, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Marco Vassallo, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Italy
Margit Höfler, University of Graz, Austria
Martin Eisemann, Tromso University, Norway
Mary M. Chittooran, Saint Louis University, USA
Michael Zeiler, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Mohammad Hakami, Islamic Azad University-Karaj Branch, Iran
Mojca Juriševič, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia
Naved Iqbal, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
Neala Ambrosi-Randić, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia
Nuria Carriedo, UNED. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Olga Deyneka, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Olga Orosová, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
Omar Rahman, University of South Florida, USA
Otilia Clipa, Stefan cel Mare University, Romania
Ovidiu Gavrilovici, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Romania
Oya Hazer, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Páraic Scanlon, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom
Patrizia Meringolo, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
Plamen Dimitrov, The Bulgarian Psychological Society, Bulgaria
Regina Fernández Morales, Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala
Reinhold Viehoff, Martin Luther University, Germany
Rivka Tuval-mashiach, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Ronald Hambleton, University of Massachusetts, USA
Saija Helmi, University of Tampere, Finland
Samir Parikh, Fortis Healthcare, India
Sema Karakelle, Istanbul University, Turkey
Sharo (Shahrokh) Shafaie, Southeast Missouri State University, USA
Shulamith Kreitler, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Silvia Cimino, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Simona Trip, University of Oradea, Romania
Stefan Höfer, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
Suppiah Nachiappan, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia
Susana Corral, University of Deusto, Spain
Suzie Savvidou, The University of Sheffield International Faculty, Greece
Sylvia Kwok, City University of Hong Kong, China
Tali Heiman, The Open University of Israel, Israel
Tyrone Pretorius, Monash University, South Africa
Valentin Bucik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Victor Martinelli, University of Malta, Malta
Vildan Mevsim, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
Vittore Perruci, Università della Valle d’Aosta, Italy
Werner Leitner, IB Hochschule, Germany
Wouter Vanderplasschen, Ghent University, Belgium
Yonghui Wang, Shaanxi Normal University, China
Yousef Abdelqader Abu Shindi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Zoe Bablekou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Zvjezdan Penezić, University of Zadar, Croatia