Contact information
Mailing Address: Department of Psychology, Institute for Population and Human Studies,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1113 Sofia, BULGARIA, “Acad. G.Bonchev” Str., Block 6
Phone: +359 2 979 30 40
E-mail: keiti_d@mail.bg, ekaterina.dimitrova@iphs.bas.bg
Research Interests
Child and Adolescent Aggression, Peer Groups and Problem Behavior, Difficult Student Class, School Psychology, Social Attitudes
Education
2005-2011 – PhD student in Psychology, IPHS – BAS, subject of dissertation: “Social fields of aggression in the difficult school class”.
2000-2002 – Master Degree/ Master’s degree in Social and Political Psychology, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo
1996-2000 – Bachelor Degreе/ Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo
Academic Positions
2018 – present – Assistant Professor, IPHS, BAS, Institute for Population and Human Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
2005 – 2011 – PhD student at the Institute of Psychology (subsequently at the Institute for Population and Human Studies).
Research Projects (last 10 Years)
1. Funding organization: Scientific Research Fund
Topic: “Psychology of civil protest – socio-psychological determinants of collective actions” (2023-2026)
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Sci. Antoaneta Rusinova-Hristova
Project status: topical
2. Financing organization: Ministry of Education and Science
Subject of the project: “Active inclusion in the system of pre-school education” under the Operational Program “Science and education for smart growth” (2019).
Project Manager: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maria Trifonova
3. Financing organization: Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria
Subject of the project: “Developing Policies for Bulgarians Abroad” (2019).
Project Manager: Prof. Dr. Antoaneta Hristova
4. Financing organization: Ministry of Education and Science
Subject of the project: „A School-Based Violence Prevention and Intervention of the Aggression Program“(2018-2019).
Head of project: Prof. Dr. Yolanda Zografova
5. Financing organization : Ministry of Education and Science
Subject of the project: “Study of the Manifestation of aggressive behavior and violence in schools – types, associated factors and motives” (2017-2018).
Head of project: Prof. Dr. Yolanda Zografova
Teaching and Supervision
2023–present: part-time lecturer in Social Psychology at the Military Academy “G.S. Rakovski” – Sofia
2013-2015 – part-time lecturer in Social psychology, European Polytechnic University, Pernik.
2003-2008 – part-time assistant in Social Psychology at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Journalism.
Selected Publications
Димитрова, E. (2019). Учителят като обект на агресия в трудния ученически клас. Сп. “Психологични изследвания”, 1, “Проф. Марин Дринов”, ISSN:1311-4700 (Print) 2367-4563 (Online), 169-184.
Димитрова, Е. (2019). Роль школьного психолога в диагностике и коррекции „трудного класса“ в школе. Профилактика девиантнаго поведения детей и молодежи: региональные модели и технологии, ФГАОУ ВО “Крымский федеральный университет имени В. Вернадского”, г. Ялта, Крим, ISBN:978-5-907198-20-3, 75-80.
Бакалова, Д., Димитрова, Е., Недева-Атанасова, В. (2021). Училищна среда и агресия във взаимоотношенията ученик-съученици и ученик-учител. Психологични изследвания, 24, 3, “Проф. Марин Дринов” – БАН, ISSN:1311-4700 (Print) 2367-4563 (Online), 307-334.
Димитрова, Е. (2022). Управление на трудни ученически класове в българското училище. Юбилеен сборник „Психологията – традиция и съвременност“, Университетско издателство “Св. Климент Охридски”, 2022, ISBN: 978-954-07-5611-0, 967-976
Yolanda Zografova, Ekaterina Evtimova Dimitrova (2023). The Role of Family and Media Environment on Aggressive Behaviour in Bulgarian Schools. Societies, 13, 10, MDPI, ISSN: 2075-4698, DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13100222, 1-17. SJR (Scopus):2.1
Ekaterina Dimitrova (2023). Aggressiveness and factors for its manifestation among girls in school environment in the context of social-psychological research (Theoretical overview). Psychological Research (in the Balkans), DOI:https://doi.org/10.7546/PsyRB.2023.26.03.04, 220-231.
Bakalova, D. I., Dimitrova, E.E. (2023). Optimistic expectations and life satisfaction as antecedents of emigration attitudes among Bulgarian Millennials and Zoomers. AIMS Geosciences, 9(2), AIMS PRESS, DOI:10.3934/geosci.2023016, 285-310. JCR-IF (Web of Science):0.33
Miteva, P., Alexandrova-Karamanova, A., Antonova, N., Dimitrova, E. (2024). Biopsychosocial Determinants of Glycemic Control and Microvascular Health: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Series of Biomechanics, 38, 4, ISSN:1313-2458, DOI:10.7546/SB.16.04.2024, 116-126. SJR (Scopus):0.21
Hristova, A., Zografova, Y., Dimitrova, E., Miteva, P. (2024). NEW RESEARCH MODEL IN THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF PROTEST. Psychological research (in the Balkans), 27, 1, ISSN:2815-4800, DOI:10.7546/PsyRB.2024.27.01.01