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Contact information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mailing Address: Department of Psychology, Institute for Population and Human Studies,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
“Acad. G. Bonchev” Str., block 6, floor 5, 1113 Sofia, BULGARIA
Phone: +359 896 759 561
E-mail: plamen.petkov@iphs.eu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interpersonal Trust; Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma; Socio-Psychological Determinants of Behavior; Psychology of Propaganda and Disinformation; Psychotherapy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022-2025 \u2013 PhD in Social Psychology, IPHS – BAS
2019-2021 \u2013 Master\u2019s degree in organizational psychology and social psychology, New Bulgarian University
2019-2020 \u2013 Master\u2019s degree in Psychological assistance to police activity, Academy of the Ministry of Interior, Sofia
2015-2019 – Bachelor Degre\u0435 in Psychology (specialization \u201cPsychology of Groups and Organizations\u201d), New Bulgarian University; Academic Minor: Business Management and Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Positions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 \u2013 2026 \u2013 Assistant, IPHS, BAS
2026 \u2013 present \u2013 Assistant Professor, IPHS, BAS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Projects (last 5 Years)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

European Homelessness Counts<\/p>\n\n\n

Selected Publications (10 in the last 10 Years)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. Petkov, P. (2025). A CASE STUDY OF MONODRAMATIC PROCESS OF SUPPORTING THE CLIENT MONITORED WITH PSYCHO-EVALUATION OF ANXIETY. Psychological Research (in the Balkans), 28(1). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7546\/PsyRB.2025.28.01.04<\/li>\n
  2. Todorov, V. D., & Petkov, P. I. (2025). PSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATION OF A BULGARIAN VERSION OF THE NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY NPI-40. Psychological Thought, 18(2), 560. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.37708\/psyct.v18i2.1159<\/li>\n
  3. Propaganda and Trust \u2013 a Social Psychological Review of the Mechanisms Guiding Public Opinion (in Bulgarian) \u2013 in Volume Five of the \u201eProceedings of the National School for Doctoral Students and Young Researchers in the Social Sciences<\/li>\n
  4. Petkov, P. (2024). Validation of a scale for interpersonal trust. Bulgarian Journal of Psychology, 3, 957\u2013972. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.14390213 <\/li>\n
  5. Petkov, P. (2023). The Problem of Trust \u2013 A Comparative Analysis of Two Research Approaches (In Bulgarian) \u2013 in Volume Four of the \u201eProceedings of the National School for Doctoral Students and Young Researchers in the Social Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"featured_media":17466,"template":"","sections":[100],"class_list":["post-17467","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sections-social-and-counseling-psychology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAsst. 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