Frosso Motti-Stefanidi, Ph.D

Professor Emerita
Department of Psychology
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Email: frmotti@psych.uoa.gr
Website: www.frossomotti.com

Education

1986
Ph.D., Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, United States.

1984
M.A., Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, United States.

1979–1984
Graduate studies, Institute of Child Development and School Psychology Program, University of Minnesota, United States.

1979
B.A., summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, United States.

1977
Transferred to the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, United States.

1975–1977
Studies in Psychology and Education, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Honors and Awards

2022
ISSBD Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Research and Theory in Behavioral Development.

2022
Fellow, International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development.

2021–2022
Chen Yidan Visiting Global Fellow, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.

2010
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science. 2005
Distinguished International Alumni Award, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota

Professional Positions

2023–present
Professor Emerita, Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

2005–2023
Professor, Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

2018–2019
Director, Master’s Program in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

2005–2008
Chair, Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

1999–2005
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

1994–1999
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

1991–1994
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

1989–1991
Part-time Lecturer, Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

1987–1991
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Higher Education Professional School of Early Childhood Education, Athens, Greece.

1984–1987
Child Psychologist, “Metera” Baby Center, Athens, Greece.

1982–1984
Teaching Associate, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota.

1981–1984
Teaching Assistant, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota.

1979–1982
Research Assistant, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota

Professional Leadership Roles

2026–2030
President, International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. (ISSBD)

2024–2026
President-Elect, International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development.

2021–2023
President, Sectorial Scientific Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation.

2020–2022
President, International Consortium of Developmental Science Societies. (ICDSS)

2020
Jury Member, European Commission EWRC Regiostars Awards.

2017–2020
Member, Secretariat of the International Consortium of Developmental Science Societies.

2015–2021
Member, Governing Council, Society for Research in Child Development. (SRCD)

2013–2017
Co-Chair, International Affairs Committee, Society for Research in Child Development.

2013–2015
President, European Society for Developmental Psychology. (EADP)

2011–2013
President-Elect, European Society for Developmental Psychology.

2010–2012
Past President, European Association of Personality Psychology.

2009–2011
Secretary, European Society for Developmental Psychology.

2008–2010
President, European Association of Personality Psychology. (EAPP)

2007–2009
Member, Executive Committee, European Society for Developmental Psychology.

2006–2008
President-Elect, European Association of Personality Psychology.

2005–present
Co-Coordinator, Division of Personality Psychology, Hellenic Psychological Society.

2001–2005
Member, Executive Committee, Hellenic Psychological Society.

1999–2001
Member, Executive Committee, Society of Greek Psychologists.

1997–1999
Representative of the Hellenic Psychological Society to the Central Health Council, Ministry of Health.

1997–1999
Member, National Committee of Psychologists.

1995–1999
Member, Executive Committee, Hellenic Psychological Society.

1990
Founding Member, Hellenic Psychological Society

Editorial Roles and Scientific Service

2018
Guest Editor, with Katariina Salmela-Aro, Special Issue, European Psychologist, “Youth and Migration: What Promotes and What Challenges Their Integration?”

2018
Guest Editor, with Elvira Cicognani, Special Issue, European Journal of Developmental Psychology, “Bringing the European Union Closer to Its Young Citizens: Youth Active Citizenship in Europe and Trust in EU Institutions.”

2016

Guest Editor with Ann Borge & Ann Masten, Special Issue, European Journal of Developmental Psychology, “Resilience in developing systems: The promise of integrated approaches for understanding and facilitating positive adaptation to adversity in individuals and their families.”

2017–present
Member, Editorial Board, Child Development Perspectives.

2015–2023
Panel Member, European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant Evaluation Panels.

2012–2014
Chair, Panels for Economics and Social Sciences, European Science Foundation (ESF), Strasbourg, France.

2009–2014
Member, Editorial Board, European Journal of Developmental Psychology.

2002–2005
Associate Editor, Psychologia: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society.

1999–2005
Editor, Newsletter of the Hellenic Psychological Society.

1998–2002
Member, Editorial Board, Psychologia: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society. Ad hoc reviewer Child Development; Developmental Psychology; International Journal of Behavioral Development; Journal of Adolescence; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Leadership in International Scientific Conferences and Events

2023, December
Chair, one-day conference “Immigrant and Refugee Youth Resilience: Who Adapts Well and Why?” National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

2023, November
Chair, one-day conference “Resilience in Military Context,” Hellenic Armed Forces Officers’ Club, Athens, Greece.

2022, June
Chair, 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Rhodes, Greece.

2021
Co-Chair, Jacobs Foundation-funded preconference meeting “The Development of Refugee Children and Youth Living in Camps During COVID-19,” Society for Research in Child Development Virtual Biennial Meeting.

2020, June
Chair, 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Rhodes, Greece. Cancelled due to COVID-19.

2017, July
Chair, ISSBD Regional Workshop “Positive Youth Development in Times of Social Change,” Syros, Greece. Organized in collaboration with Katariina Salmela-Aro and Ingrid Schoon, on behalf of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, in collaboration with the European Association of Developmental Psychology.

2017, March
Chair, conference “Young People as Active EU Citizens: Challenges and Visions for a Renewed EU Project,” Athens, Greece. Organized in the context of the European Commission Horizon 2020 project Constructing AcTive CitizensHip with European Youth: Policies, Practices, Challenges and Solutions.

2015, September
Co-Chair, with Radosveta Dimitrova, Experts’ Meeting “Explaining Positive Immigrant Youth Adaptation,” Hydra, Greece. Organized on behalf of SRCD, EADP, and EARA.

2014, October
Co-Chair, with Anne Petersen and Silvia Koller, SRCD Themed Meeting “Positive Youth Development in the Context of the Global Recession,” Prague, Czech Republic.

2014, June
Co-Chair, with Ann S. Masten, EADP/Jacobs Foundation Summer School “Risk and Resilience: Multilevel Dynamics,” Syros, Greece.

2011
Co-Chair, with David Lackland Sam, EADP/Jacobs Foundation Preconference Workshop on Immigrant Youth Adaptation in European Context, Bergen, Norway.

2008
Co-Chair, with David Lackland Sam, EADP/Jacobs Foundation Summer School “Immigration and Development: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations,” Syros, Greece.

2007
Co-Chair, with Kostas Kafetsios, Summer School of the Division of Personality Psychology, Hellenic Psychological Society, “HLM of Personality Data,” Syros, Greece.

2006
Co-Chair, with Jens Asendorpf, European Association of Personality Psychology Summer School “HLM of Personality Data,” Syros, Greece.

2006
Chair, Organizing and Scientific Committees, 13th European Conference on Personality, Athens, Greece.

Selected Publications in English

Abdulhamed, R., Motti-Stefanidi, F., Hietajärvi, L., Salmela-Aro, K., Klemetti, R., & Lonka, K. (2026). Mental health and school adaptation among immigrant, refugee, and non-immigrant adolescents. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 104.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2026.101954

Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2023). Acculturation and resilience of immigrant-origin youth: Do their school experiences reflect nonimmigrants’ “native supremacy”? Development and Psychopathology, 35(5), 2155–2167. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423000895

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Pavlopoulos, V., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2023). Cascades linking school achievement and engagement to the acculturation of immigrant-origin youth. European Journal of Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2023.2184338

Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2023). Immigrant youth resilience in the context of challenging receiving societies. In L. J. Crockett, G. Carlo, & J. E. Schulenberg (Eds.), APA handbook of adolescent and young adult development (pp. 407–423). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000298-025

Juang, L. P., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Schachner, M. K., Frisén, A., Hwang, C. P., Moscardino, U., Motti-Stefanidi, F., Oppedal, B., Abdullahi, A. K., Barahona, R., Berne, S., Ceccon, C., Gharaei, N., Ntalachanis, A., Moffitt, U., Pavlopoulos, V., Pevec, S., Sandberg, D. J., Zacharia, A., & Syed, M. (2022). Ethnic-racial identity in Europe: Adapting the Identity Project intervention in five countries. European Journal of Developmental Psychology.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2022.2131520

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Pavlopoulos, V., Mastrotheodoros, S., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2022). Resilience during a great economic recession: Social and personal resources for youth’s positive adaptation in the school context. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12055

Gillespie, S., Masten, A. S., Shiner, R., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2022). Personality development among immigrant and non-immigrant adolescents in the context of a great economic recession: Disruption or maturation? European Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070221127386

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Pavlopoulos, V., & He, J. (2021). Immigrant youth resilience: Theoretical considerations, empirical developments, and future directions. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12656

Stavropoulos, V., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Griffiths, M. D. (2021). Risks and opportunities for youth in the digital era. European Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000451

Mastrotheodoros, S., Kornienko, O., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2021). Developmental interplay between ethnic, national, and personal identity in immigrant adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50, 1126–1139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01434-y

Distefano, R., Masten, A. S., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2021). Autonomy-supportive parenting in immigrant and non-immigrant youth during early adolescence. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 30(5), 1171-1183. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-01943-1

Masten, A. S., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2020). Multisystem resilience for children and youth in disaster: Reflections in the context of COVID-19. Adversity and Resilience Science, 1(2), 95–106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-020-00010-w

Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Kornienko, O., McDermott, E. R., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2020). National identity development and friendship network dynamics among immigrant and non-immigrant youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49(3), 706–723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01181-1

Mastrotheodoros, S., Pavlopoulos, V., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2020). Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS): Greek adaptation and measurement invariance across time and ethnic groups. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1–15.https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2020.1852921

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Pavlopoulos, V., Papathanasiou, N., & Mastrotheodoros, S. (2020). Immigrant and refugee adolescents’ resilient adaptation: Who does well and why? Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society, 25(1), 20–34. https://doi.org/10.12681/psy_hps.25334

Cicognani, E., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (Eds.). (2020). Youth citizenship and the European Union. Routledge.

Tzankova, I., Prati, G., Eckstein, K., Noack, P., Amnå, E., Motti-Stefanidi, F., … Cicognani, E. (2020). Adolescents’ patterns of citizenship orientations and correlated contextual variables: Results from a two-wave study in five European countries. Youth & Society. 53(8) 1311­ –1334. https://doi.rg/10.1177/0044118X20942256

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Pavlopoulos, V., Mastrotheodoros, S., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2020). Longitudinal interplay between peer likeability and youth’s adaptation and psychological well-being: A study of immigrant and non-immigrant adolescents in the school context. International Journal of Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025419894721

Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Masten, A. S. (2020). Immigrant youth resilience: Integrating developmental and cultural perspectives. In D. Güngör & D. Strohmeier (Eds.), Contextualizing immigrant and refugee resilience: Cultural and acculturation perspectives (pp. 11–31). Springer.

Gomez, R., Motti-Stefanidi, F., Jordan, S., & Stavropoulos, V. (2020). Greek validation of the factor structure and longitudinal measurement invariance of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire–Self Report: Exploratory structural equation modelling. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1–11.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-020-01065-7

Lansford, J. E., Gauvain, M., Koller, S. H., Daiute, C., Hyson, M., Motti-Stefanidi, F., … Zhou, N. (2019). The importance of international collaborative research for advancing understanding of child and youth development. International Perspectives in Psychology, 8(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1037/ipp0000102

Stavropoulos, V., Gomez, R., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2019). Internet gaming disorder: A pathway towards assessment consensus. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 1822.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01822

Stavropoulos, V., Mastrotheodoros, S., Papapetrou, S., Gomez, R., Beard, C., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2019). Measurement invariance: The case of measuring romantic attachment in Greek and Cypriot adolescents. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 16(3), 362–371. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2017.1414696

Pavlopoulos, V., Kostoglou, D., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2019). From political interest to participation in EU-related actions: The mediating role of European identity and political efficacy. Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society, 24(2), 102–121. https://doi.org/10.12681/psy_hps.24920

Asendorpf, J. B., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2019). Immigrant youth adaptation in multilevel context: Conceptual and statistical considerations. In P. F. Titzmann & P. Jugert (Eds.), Youth in superdiverse societies : New directions for future research and interventions. (p.p. 129-143). Routledge.

Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2019). Resilience among immigrant youth: Who adapts well and why? Current Directions in Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721419861412

Masten, A. S., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Rahl, H. A. (2019). Developmental risk and resilience in the context of devastation and forced migration. In R. D. Parke & G. H. Elder Jr. (Eds.), Children in changing worlds: Sociocultural and temporal perspectives. Cambridge University Press.

Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2018). Resilience among immigrant youth: The role of culture, development, and acculturation. Developmental Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2018.04.002

Suárez-Orozco, C., Motti-Stefanidi, F., Marks, A., & Katsiaficas, D. (2018). An integrative risk and resilience model for understanding the adaptation of immigrant-origin children and youth. American Psychologist, 73(6), 781–796. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000265

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Pavlopoulos, V., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2018). Immigrant youth acculturation and perceived discrimination: Longitudinal mediation by immigrant peers’ acceptance/rejection. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2018.03.001

Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2018). Adaptation. In M. H. Bornstein, M. E. Arterberry, K. L. Fingerman, & J. E. Lansford (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of lifespan human development (pp. 28–32). SAGE.

Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2018). Self-efficacy. In M. H. Bornstein, M. E. Arterberry, K. L. Fingerman, & J. E. Lansford (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of lifespan human development (pp. 1929–1931). SAGE.

Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2018). Immigrant and refugee youth positive adaptation and development. In J. E. Lansford & P. Banati (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent development research and its impact on global policy (pp. 217–237). Oxford University Press.

Asendorpf, J. B., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2017). A longitudinal study of immigrants’ peer acceptance and rejection: Immigrant status, immigrant composition of the classroom, and acculturation. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23(4), 486–498. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000155

Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2017). Adaptation during a great economic recession: A cohort study of Greek and immigrant youth. Child Development, 88, 1139–1155. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12878

Asendorpf, J. B., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2017). Mediated disposition–environment transactions: The DAE model. European Journal of Personality, 32(3), 167–185. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2118

Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Masten, A. S. (2017). A resilience perspective on immigrant youth adaptation and development. In N. J. Cabrera & B. Leyendecker (Eds.), Handbook of positive development of minority children. Springer.

Pavlopoulos, V., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2017). Intercultural relations in Greece. In J. W. Berry (Ed.), Mutual intercultural relations (pp. 187–209). Cambridge University Press.

Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2017). Conceptual and methodological issues in the study of minority youth: Adaptation and development. In N. J. Cabrera & B. Leyendecker (Eds.), Handbook of positive development of minority children. Springer.

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Papathanasiou, N., Mastrotheodoros, S., & Pavlopoulos, V. (2017). Youth adaptation during the current great economic recession in Greece: Risk and resilience. In A. Petersen, S. H. Koller, F. Motti-Stefanidi, & S. Verma (Eds.), Positive youth development in global contexts of social and economic change. Routledge.

Koller, S. H., Motti-Stefanidi, F., Petersen, A. C., & Verma, S. (2017). Achieving positive development for youth globally: How far have we come and what is yet needed? In A. Petersen, S. H. Koller, F. Motti-Stefanidi, & S. Verma (Eds.), Positive youth development in global contexts of social and economic change. Routledge.

Petersen, A., Koller, S. H., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Verma, S. (Eds.). (2017). Positive youth development in global contexts of social and economic change. Routledge.

Petersen, A., Koller, S. H., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Verma, S. (2017). Global equity and justice issues for young people during the first three decades of life. In S. S. Horn, M. Ruck, & L. Liben (Eds.), Advances in child development and behavior (Vol. 51). Academic Press.

Borge, A. I. H., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Masten, A. S. (Eds.). (2016). Resilience in developing systems: The promise of integrated approaches for understanding and facilitating positive adaptation to adversity in individuals and their families. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 13 (3). 293-296 https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2016.1188496

Stavropoulos, V., Kuss, D. J., Griffiths, M. D., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2016). MMORPG gaming and hostility predict Internet addiction risk in adolescents: An empirical multilevel longitudinal study. Addictive Behaviors, 64, 294–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.09.001

Vedder, P. H., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2016). Children, families, and schools. In D. L. Sam & J. W. Berry (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of acculturation psychology (2nd ed., pp. 464–482). Cambridge University Press.

Anagnostaki, L., Pavlopoulos, V., Obradović, J., Masten, A. S., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2016). Academic resilience of immigrant youth in Greek schools: Personal and family resources. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 13(3), 377–393. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2016.1168738

Borge, A. I. H., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Masten, A. S. (Eds.). (2016). Introduction: Resilience in developing systems: The promise of integrated approaches for understanding and facilitating positive adaptation to adversity in individuals and their families. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 13, 293-296. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2016.1147344

Stavropoulos, V., Kuss, D., Griffiths, M. D., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2016). A longitudinal study of adolescent Internet addiction: The role of conscientiousness and classroom hostility. Journal of Adolescent Research, 31(4), 442–473. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584155801

Mastrotheodoros, S., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2017). Dimensions of Identity Development Scale (DIDS): A test of longitudinal measurement invariance in Greek adolescents. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 14(5), 605–617. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2016.1241175

Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2015). Me, us, and them: Testing sociometer theory in a socially diverse real-life context. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000073

Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2015). Risks and resilience in immigrant youth adaptation: Who succeeds in the Greek school context and why? European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 12(3), 261–274. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2015.1020787

Mastrotheodoros, S., Chen, B. B., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2015). Experiences in Close Relationships–Revised: Measurement (non-)invariance across Chinese and Greek samples. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 12(3), 344–358. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2015.1021327

Reitz, A. K., Asendorpf, J. B., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2015). When do immigrant adolescents feel personally discriminated against? Longitudinal effects of peer preference. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 39(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025414567008

Stavropoulos, V., Gentile, D., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2015). A multilevel longitudinal study of adolescent Internet addiction: The role of obsessive–compulsive symptoms and classroom openness to experience. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2015.1066670

Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2014). Immigrant youth adaptation in the Greek school context: A risk and resilience perspective. Child Development Perspectives, 8(3), 180–185. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12081

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Masten, A. S., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2014). School engagement trajectories of immigrant youth: Risks and longitudinal interplay with academic success. International Journal of Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025414533428

Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2014). Identity development in the context of the risk and resilience framework. In M. Syed & K. McLean (Eds.), Oxford handbook of identity development. Oxford University Press.

Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2013). Mastering developmental transitions in immigrant adolescents: The longitudinal interplay of family functioning, developmental tasks, and acculturative tasks. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033889

Stavropoulos, V., Alexandraki, K., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2013). Recognizing Internet addiction: Prevalence and relationship to academic achievement in adolescents enrolled in urban and rural Greek high schools. Journal of Adolescence, 36(3), 565–576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.03.008

Stavropoulos, V., Alexandraki, K., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2013). Flow and telepresence contributing to Internet abuse: Differences according to gender and age. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(5), 1941–1948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.03.011

Loyd, J. E. V., Obradović, J., Carpiano, R. M., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2013). Multiple imputation of missing multilevel, longitudinal data: A case when practical considerations trump “best practices”? Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 12(1), 261–275. DOI:10.22237/jmasm/1367382480

Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Masten, A. S. (2013). School success and school engagement of immigrant youth: A risk and resilience developmental perspective. European Psychologist, 18(2), 126–135. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000139

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Berry, J. W., Chryssochoou, X., Sam, D. L., & Phinney, J. (2012). Immigrant youth adaptation in context: Developmental, acculturation, and social psychological perspectives. In A. S. Masten, K. Liebkind, & D. J. Hernandez (Eds.), Realizing the potential of immigrant youth (pp. 117–158). Cambridge University Press.

Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2012). Perceived discrimination of immigrant youth living in Greece: How does group discrimination translate into personal discrimination? European Psychologist, 17(2), 93–104. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000116

Motti-Stefanidi F, Asendorpf JB, Masten AS. (2012).The adaptation and well-being of adolescent immigrants in Greek schools: A multilevel, longitudinal study of risks and resources. Development and Psychopathology. 24(2):451-473. https://doi:10.1017/S0954579412000090

Mastrotheodoros, S., Dimitrova, R., Motti-Stefanidi, F., Abubakar, A., & van de Schoot, R. (2012). Measurement invariance of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure across Bulgarian, Dutch, and Greek samples. European Journal of Developmental Psychology.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2012.688099

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Pavlopoulos, V., & Tantaros, S. (2011). Parent-adolescent conflict and adolescents’ adaptation: A longitudinal study of Albanian immigrant youth living in Greece. International Journal of Developmental Science, 5(1–2), 57–71. https://doi.org/10.3233/DEV-2011-11074

Masten, A. S., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2009). Understanding and promoting resilience in children: Promotive and protective processes in schools. In T. B. Gutkin & C. R. Reynolds (Eds.), Handbook of school psychology (4th ed., pp. 721–738). Wiley.

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Pavlopoulos, V., Obradović, J., Dalla, M., Takis, N., Papathanasiou, A., & Masten, A. S. (2008). Immigration as a risk factor for adolescent adaptation in Greek urban schools. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 5(2), 235–261. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405620701556417

Motti-Stefanidi, F., Pavlopoulos, V., Obradović, J., & Masten, A. S. (2008). Acculturation and adaptation of immigrant adolescents in Greek urban schools. International Journal of Psychology, 43(1), 45–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207590701804412

Keynote, Presidential, and Invited Addresses

1. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2025, May). Resilient adaptation among immigrant youth: The role of schools and families.Keynote address, Conference on “Parenting and Culture: Cross-Cultural and International Migration Perspectives,” University G. d’Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
2. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2023, October). Resilience of immigrant-origin youth in the school context: Their right to belong and non-immigrants’ “native supremacy”. Keynote address, Right to Belong Consortium Day, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
3. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2022, March). What are the obstacles for, and what protects immigrant youth resilient adaptation in the school context? Schwartzman Lecture, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada (virtual).
4. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2022, April). Immigrant youth resilient adaptation: Who adapts well and why? Chen Yidan Fellow Invited Public Lecture, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Boston, MA, United States.
5. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2019, September). A risk and resilience perspective on immigrant youth school adjustment: Educational and public policy implications. Opening keynote address, Italian Psychological Association Meeting, Naples, Italy.
6. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2018, July). Immigrant youth adaptation from a risk and resilience perspective: Social policy implications. Keynote address, International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development Biennial Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
7. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2013, September). Immigrant youth adaptation in context: Risk and resilience processes.Presidential address, European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
8. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2010, August). Personality, acculturation, social context, and adaptation of immigrant youth.Presidential address, European Conference on Personality, Brno, Czech Republic.

Other Invited Addresses and Distinguished Talks

1. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2026, April). A resilience approach to individual differences in development and adaptation.Invited talk, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
2. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2025, October). A life in developmental science: Celebrating the legacy of Katariina Salmela-Aro. Invited address, Memorial Seminar, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
3. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2023, March). Native supremacy and resilience of immigrant-origin youth: Implications for equitable and inclusive education. Invited address, Zigler Policy Pre-Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
4. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2022, October). Acculturation and immigrant youth school resilience: A multilevel integration.Invited presentation, Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
5. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2022, May). What are the obstacles for, and what protects immigrant youth resilient adaptation in the school context? Invited lecture, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
6. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2022, May). A resilience approach to individual differences in development and adaptation.Invited workshop, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
7. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2021, April). Resilient adaptation of immigrant youth in the Greek school context: Risks and resources. Invited address, Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting (virtual).
8. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2017, March). Peer acceptance and rejection of immigrant youth: Who’s in, who’s out? Invited presentation, International Convention of Psychological Science, Vienna, Austria.
9. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2017, February). Migration research to policy: Examples from Europe. Invited presentation, International Consortium of Developmental Science Societies Consensus Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands.
10. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2017, January). Immigrant youth adaptation and well-being in the Greek school context: Who succeeds and why? Invited talk, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
11. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2016, November). Refugee and immigrant children and young people in cities and municipalities. Invited presentation, Child in the City Conference, Ghent, Belgium.
12. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2016, March). Refugee and immigrant children and youth: Reflections on successful integration in receiving societies. Invited presentation, European Parliament Working Group on the Quality of Childhood, Brussels, Belgium.
13. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2012, July). Positive immigrant youth adaptation in context. Invited address, International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa.
14. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2010, December). Integration of migrants in school: An international perspective. Invited presentation, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
15. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2008, July). Risk, resources, and academic resilience in immigrant youth. Invited address, International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.

Invited Symposium Presentations (Selected)

• Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2023, August). Immigrant-origin and non-immigrant youth’s educational and socio-emotional competence. Invited symposium presentation, EARLI Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2022, August). Bidirectional effects between perceived discrimination and immigrant youth’s adaptation and well-being. Invited symposium presentation, EARA Biennial Meeting, Dublin, Ireland.
• Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2018, September). Resilience among youth living in Greece during the economic recession. Invited symposium presentation, EARA Biennial Meeting, Ghent, Belgium.
• Motti-Stefanidi, F., Serek, J., Noack, P., & Cicognani, E. (2018, September). Active citizenship of late adolescents in European contexts. Invited symposium presentation, EARA Biennial Meeting, Ghent, Belgium.
• Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2017, September). Immigrant youth positive adaptation: Why bother? Invited presentation, Presidential Symposium, ECDP, Utrecht, Netherlands.
• Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2017, September). Longitudinal interplay between immigrant youth’s acculturation and peer acceptance/rejection. Invited symposium presentation, ECDP, Utrecht, Netherlands.
• Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2016, July). Longitudinal interplay between peer preference and youth adaptation. Invited symposium presentation, ISSBD Biennial Meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Principal Investigator (PI) Grants

1. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (Principal Investigator). (2020–2023). A resilience perspective on immigrant and refugee youth adaptation: Who does well and why? Funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (ELIDEK).
2. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (Principal Investigator). (2013–2016). The effect of the economic crisis on immigrant and Greek adolescents’ adaptation. Excellence Grant (Aristeia II), co-funded by the European Social Fund and Greek national resources under the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning.”
3. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (Principal Investigator, subproject). (2010). Perceived discrimination, acculturation, and adaptation of immigrant adolescents: A longitudinal study. Funded through the HERACLETUS II Program (EPEAEK II) supporting PhD research (A. Papathanasiou).
4. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (Principal Investigator). (2003–2006). Risk and resilience: Immigrant youth adaptation. Funded by the PYTHAGORAS Program (EPEAEK II), co-financed by the European Social Fund and Greek national resources.

Co-Investigator and Leadership Roles in Funded Projects

1. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (Co-Investigator). (2023–2027). Resilience in military context: Development of a measure to assess resilience among military personnel. Funded by the Hellenic Armed Forces (PI: Yiannis Tsaoussis).
2. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (Coordinator, NKUA team). (2015–2018). Constructing AcTive CitizensHip with European Youth: Policies, Practices, Challenges and Solutions (CATCH-EyoU). Research and Innovation Action funded by the European Commission under Horizon 2020 (Grant Agreement No. 649538; PI: Elvira Cicognani, University of Bologna).
3. Motti-Stefanidi, F. (Coordinator, Action 6.1). (2010–2013). Education of immigrant and repatriate students: Psychological support and needs assessment. Co-financed by Greece and the European Union (PI: Anna Anastasiadi; Action Coordinator: Souzana Panteliadou)