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Xenia Chryssochoou

Xenia Chryssochoou

Xenia Chryssochoou obtained degrees in Psychology from Athens (State University) and Paris (University Rene Descartes Paris V). In 1996 she has obtained her PhD on National and European Identity doing comparative research among Greek and French nationals. She has worked in France as an associate Lecturer at the Universities of Lille and Paris and the Institute for Teacher Training in Reims and as a lecturer at the University of Surrey (UK) during the period 1997-2003. From December 2003 she is an associate professor at the department of psychology of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens (GR).

Dr. Chryssochoou is interested in studying the intergroup and identity dynamics within "global" multicultural societies. She has written a book on these issues entitled “Cultural Diversity. Its social psychology” published in 2004 by Blackwell. In particular she is interested in understanding processes of construction of identities in bi-cultural environments as well as processes of construction of superordinate identities (i.e. European Identity). Her research interests include investigating the social psychological processes of mobility and migration in modern societies, justice issues and resource allocation between different groups especially in the context of intergroup conflict. She is particularly concerned with examining such processes in the context of social change and potentially threatening environments. Further she is interested in the construction of common sense knowledge and beliefs and the interplay between social representations, culture and identities.

Dr. Chryssochoo is a member of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, Association pour la Diffusion de la Recherche Internationale en Psychologie Sociale, International Society for Self and Identity, and Asian Association of Social Psychology. She was also a member of the Social Psychology European Research Institute and of the Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism during her stay at Surrey.

Primary Interests:

  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Political Psychology
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Self and Identity

Books:

Journal Articles:

  • Chryssochoou, X. (2003). Studying identity in social psychology: Some thoughts on the definition of identity and its relation to action. Language and Politics, 22, 225-242.
  • Chryssochoou, X. (2000). Multicultural societies: making sense of new environments and identities Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology 10(5) 343-354.
  • Chryssochoou, X. (2000). The representation(s) of a new superordinate category. Studying the stereotype of the European in the context of European Integration. The European Psychologist, 5(4), 269-277.
  • Chryssochoou, X., Picard, M., & Pronine, M. (1998). Explications de l'echec scolaire. Les theories implicites des enseignants selon l'origine sociale et culturelle de l'eleve. Psychologie et Education, 32, 43-60.
  • Chryssochoou, X., & Sanchez-Mazas, M. (2000). Modele ou renegat? Une etude sur les perceptions de la "personne alibi" dans un contexte méritocratique. Cahiers Internationaux de Psychologie Sociale, (47-48), 34-43.
  • Chryssochoou, X. and Volpato, C (2004). Social influence and the power of minorities: an analysis of the Communist Manifesto. Social Justice Research, 17(4), 357-388.
  • Rothi, D. M., Lyons, E., & Chryssochoou, X. (2005). National attachment and patriotism in a European nation: A British study. Political Psychology, 26(1), 135-155.
  • Vignoles, V. L., Chryssochoou, X., & Breakwell, G. M. (2004). Combining individuality and relatedness: Representations of the person among Anglican Clergy. British Journal of Social Psychology, 43(1), 113-132.
  • Vignoles, V. L., Chryssochoou, X., & Breakwell, G.M. (2002). Evaluating models of identity motivation: Self-esteem is not the whole story. Self and Identity, 1, 201-218.
  • Vignoles, V. L., Chryssochoou, X., & Breakwell, G. M. (2002). Sources of distinctiveness: Position, difference and separateness in the identities of Anglican parish priests. European Journal of Social Psychology, 32, 761-780.
  • Vignoles, V. L., Chryssochoou, X., & Breakwell, G. M. (2000). The distinctiveness principle: identity, meaning and the bounds of cultural relativity. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 4(4), 337-354.

Courses Taught:

  • Epistemology of Common Sense: Dialogues Between Social Cognition and Social Thought
  • Historical and Cultural Perspective of Social Psychological Concepts
  • Psychology of Migration and Multiculturalism

Xenia Chryssochoou
Department of Psychology
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
136 Syngrou Avenue
17671 Athens
Greece

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