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  • Marei Ahmed

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(2018-Now) Professor, Helwan University  2017-2022 Associate member, Laboratoire Cognitions Humaine et Artificielle (Chart‐UPON, EA 4004), Universite Paris Nanterre, France. (2007-2016) Researcher/Associate researcher, LAUREPS- CRPCC-Rennes 2 University, France.  (2011) Ph.D, Psychology, Rennes 2 University, France.  (2005) Ph.D, Sciences and Technics in Physical Education and Sport (STAPS), Rennes 2 University, France. Research activities Published more than 115 papers, international conferences, books, chapters over the world.  (2015-2019) Board of director in the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA).  (2011-Now) Editorial Board, Reviewer and in Scientific Committee for International and European conferences and Journals (i.e., JPS, ECPP2016,….).  2010: Talents and competences Researcher(Competences et Talents), France. Qualified as Assistant professor in Psychology, Education Sciences and STAPS from CNRS (France) Field of interests: Positive Psychology, Psychometric, Excercise and Sport psychology, STAPS and Health psychology. بعض المواقع العلميه https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marei-Salama-Younes-2 https://helwan.academia.edu/MareiSalamaYounes https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Mare%C3%AF-Salama-Younes/1413480593 https://publons.com/researcher/3996714/marei-salama-younes/ https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=qsgCCjQAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Mare%C3%AF-Salama-Younes/1413480593 بعض المواقع المهنيه https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069941742942 https://www.linkedin.com/in/marei-salama-younes-1726065a/ https://www.ippanetwork.org/about/board-2/

Education
  • Ph.D., Rennes 2 University, France 2011 and Ph.D., Rennes 2 University, France 2005
  • I obtained 2 Ph.D degree from Rennes 2 University, France
Experience
  • Professor, Helwan University (2018-now)and Associate member in Paris Naterre and Rennes 2 Universities periods between 2007 to 2022.
  • أستاذ دكتور جامعه حلوان (2018- للأن) وأستاذ مشارك و عضو باحث ببعض الجامعات الفرنسيه (2007-2022)
  • Professor, researcher and teacher-researcher in many universities (France, KSA and Egypt).
Teaching Area
  • Positive Psychology, Psychometry, Psychology and Excercise and Sport psychology
  • Psychology, Psychometric, Positive psychology, Sport psychology.
  • Psychometric and tests, Psychological test validation in French and Arabic, Positive psychology
  • الأختبارات والمقاييس ، مدحل في علم النفس ، التوجيه والأرشاد ، علم نفس التعلم، علم النفس التربوى، التوجيه والأرشاد التربوى، مدخل للأحصاء التربوى، بناء الأستفتاء، القياس النفسى، الأختبارات النفسيه، دراسات متقدمه في علم النفس، مدارس علم النفس
Research
  • Positive psychology, Psychometric, validation scale
  • Positive psychology, Psychometric and scale validation
  • Psychometric properties of the psychological flourishing scale in an egyptian setting
  • Need for cognition, need for closing, need to evaluate: Proposal of scales in French and socio-normative approach of fundamental needs | Besoin de cognition, besoin d'évaluer, besoin de clôture: proposition d'échelles en langue française et approche socio-normative des besoins dits fondamentaux
  • Factor structure and internal consistency of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and the Subjective Vitality Scale (VS), and the relationship between them: A study from France
  • Qualités psychométriques du questionnaire d'évaluation du mode explicatif des enfants
Publications
Conference Presentation
  • Salama-Younes, M. et al., (2018).Factor Structure and reliability of the Value in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) reduced set in Asian Arab countries, 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology, June 27-30, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Salama-Younes, M. et al., (2018). Character of Strengths in African Arab countries: Factor Structure of the Value in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) reduced set. 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology. June 27-30, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Jassem, R., S. & Salama-Younes, M. (2018). Humor and its Relationships with Vitality and Flourishing for Iraqis College Students, 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology, June 27-30, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Jassem, R., S. & Salama-Younes, M. (2018). Humor and its Relationships with Vitality and Flourishing for Iraqis College Students, 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology, June 27-30, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Salama-Younes, M. (2017). Psychometric properties of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6) and its Relationship to flourishing for Egyptian Athletes, European Conference on Psychologica lAssessment, 5-8 July, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Salama-Younes, M. & Massoud, W. (2017). Could resilience be a moderator in the relationships between mindfulness and wellbeing for Egyptian Athletes: Psychometric and exploratory Study?, European Conference on PsychologicalAssessment, 5-8 July, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Salama-Younes, M. (2017). Refinement and Factorial Invariance of the Psychological Well-being Scale with Egyptian Men Samples, ACAPS, 28-30 Octobre, Dijon, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M. (2016). Rasch Analysis and Relationship among Subjective Vitality and Life Satisfaction Scales, Mental Health Continuum Short Form and General Health Questionnaire-12 for Physically Active Seniors,The Fifth World Congress on Positive Psychology, July 13-17, Montreal, Canada.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
  • Salama-Younes, M. (2016). Preliminary validation of the Psychological Flourishing Scale and its impact on GPA for Egyptian Physical Education Students, 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2016, June 28 th to 1st July, Angers, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M. (2016). Refinement of the RPWBS and its impact on Health Perception for Masters Athletes, 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2016 Angers, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M. & AbdelAtty, S. (2016). Vitality as a mediator between harmonious, obsessive passion and life satisfaction: Study with Saudi Women, 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2016, June 28 th to 1st July, Angers, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M. &AbdelAtty, S. (2016). Passion, Couple relationships conflict and Flourishing for Saudian Female: Path Analysis, 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2016, June 28 th to 1st July, Angers, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M. & Massoud, W. (2016). Rasch Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis for the Flourishing Model with French Adult, 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2016, June 28 th to 1st July, Angers, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M. & AbdelAtty, S (2016). Psychometric Analysis and Refinement of Arabic version of the Moral Competency Inventory: Validation of 10 item measure for Saudi Women, 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2016, 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2016, June 28 th to 1st July, Angers, France.
  • El Zahrany, & Salama-Younes, M. (2016). Psychometric Properties for the Psychological Flourishing Scale with University Male Students: Exploratory Study from KSA, 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2016, June 28 th to 1st July, Angers, France.
  • Al oufy, F. & Salama-Younes, M. (2016). Psychometric Analysis and Refinement of the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) with Educational Leaderships in KSA: Exploratory Study, 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology 2016, June 28 th to 1st July, Angers, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M. & Hashim, M. (2015). Path analysis for passion, vitality and life satisfaction for physically active old adults, The Fourth World Congress on Positive Psychology, 25-28 Mars, Orlando, Florida.
  • Salama-Younes, M. (2015). Well-being and quality of life for Egyptian old adults practicing regularly a recreational activity, The 1st International Congress of I3SAW "Sport in the Arab World in the 21st Century: Global perspectives and local challenges", 2-5 Mars, Oran, Algeria.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2014). Santé perçue et vitalité perçue sont-elles des médiatrices entre la santé mentale positive et la satisfaction de vie ?, ICPA, Paris, July 8-13, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ismail, A. & Marivan, T. (2013). Vie florissante chez les seniors pratiquants des activités physiques régulières, Congrès Francophone de Psychologie Positive, Novembre 21-22, Reims, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M. (2013). Positive psychology, physical, musical and arts educations, The 3rd World Congress on Positive Psychology, June 26-29, Los Anglos, USA.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2013). Factor Structure and correlation of MHC-SF and SWLS: Study from two cultures, The 3rd World Congress on Positive Psychology, June 26-29, Los Anglos, USA.
  • Salama-Younes, M., & Amin Ramadan, M. (2013). Passion and flourishing for Egyptian old adult: psychometric and correlation study, The 3rd World Congress on Positive Psychology, June 26-29, Los Anglos, USA.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2013). On the relation between Quality of life and Subjective vitality for French seniors: The moderating role of life satisfaction, The 3rd World Congress on Positive Psychology, June 26-29, Los Anglos, USA.
  • Salama-Younes, M., & M. E. Ali (2013). Sport activities, wellbeing, life satisfaction with life and subjective vitality for saudian youth, The 3rd World Congress on Positive Psychology, June 26-29, Los Anglos, USA
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2013). Effect of the ABCDE Model on the pessimistic explanatory style for French Children, the 7th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, July 22 - 25, Lima, Peru.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2013). Effect of the ABCDE Model on the languishing physically active people, the 7th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, July 22 - 25, Lima, Peru.
  • Salama-Younes, M., & Massoud, W. (2013). A Rasch analysis for some positive psychological scales, European Conferences on Psychological Assessement, 17-20 July, Donostia, San Sebastien, Spain.
  • Massoud, W. & Salama-Younes, M., (2013). Item Response Theory (IRT) for need for cognition and need to evaluate scales with French students, European Conferences on Psychological Assessement, 17-20 July, Donostia, San Sebastien, Spain.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2011).Toward a Positive Psychology for Sports and Phyiscally Active People, WCPP, July 23-26, Philadelphie, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2011). Happiness, Subjective Vitality and Satisfaction With Life for Arabic Athletes, WCPP, July 23-26, Philadelphie, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2011). Emotional, Social, Psychological and Physical Wellbeing for French Old Runners, WCPP, July 23-26, Philadelphie, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Salama-Younes, M., & Abdel-hafiz, M. M. (2011). Factor sturcture and correlation of MHC-SF and SWLS: Study from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, WCPP, July 23-26, Philadelphie, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Ali, M. E. & Salama-Younes, M. (2011). Positive mental health, subjective vitality and satisfaction with life for Saudian physical education students, WCPP, July 23-26, Philadelphie, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Gouingouin, G. & Somat, A. (2010). Validation française d’une version courte d’échelles de mesure évaluant les besoins fondamentaux (de la cognition, clôture et d’évaluer). 8ème Congrès International de Psychologie Sociale de Langue Française de l'ADRIPS, 25-28 Août , Nice, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ismail, A. & Marivain, T. (2010). Bien-être psychologique, social et émotionnel chez les seniors français pratiquant des activités physiques, 8ème Congrès International de Psychologie Sociale en Langue Française de l'ADRIPS, 25-28 Aôut, Nice, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2010). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) and Subjective Vitality Scale (SVS) among physical education students in Egypt, France and Saudi Arabia, 5th European Conference on Positive Psychology, 23-26 June, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ismail, A. & Roncin, C. (2010). Flourishing, languishing and moderate mental health for physically active adults: Study from France, 24th European Health Psychology Conference, 1-4 September, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Marivain, T. & Salama-Younes, M. (2009). Modéliser le changement dans les apprentissages scolaires au moyen des modèles en croissances latentes : une présentation non techniques, Les Journées Scientifiques de l’Université de Nantes, 8-9 Juin, Nantes, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2009). Subjective Wellbeing for Arabic Athletes: comparative study, 1st World Congress on Positive Psychology, 18-21 June, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA .
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ali, M. E., Ismail, A. (2009). Learned Optimism for Children : Exploratory study in France, Paper presented in the Third International Conference for Disability and Rehabilitation 2226 March, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ismail, A., Deflandre, A. Roncin, M. (2009). Factorial structure of the well –being scales for French physically active adultes, 12th International Congress of Sport Psychology, 17-21 July, Marakech, Morocco.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ali, M., Verger, I. & Roncin, C. (2009). Development and factorial structure of subjective well–being scales for athletes from Arabic countries, 12th International Congress of Sport Psychology, 17-21 July, Marakech, Morocco.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ismail, A. Verger, I. & Roncin, C. (2008). Ryff’s Psychological wellbeing scale, French adaptation: Further evidence of construct validity, 4th European Conference on Positive Psychology, 1-4 July, Opatija, Croatia.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2008). Construct validity of a French version of mental health continuum (MHC-SR) for elderly people, 4th European Conference on Positive Psychology, 1-4 July, Opatija, Croatia.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2008). Development a short french measure of the Psycho-social wellbeing for old adult, 4th European Conference on Positive Psychology, 1-4 July, Opatija, Croatia.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ali, M. & Gebrel, M. (2008). Preliminary validation of the mental health continuum short form for Egyptian adolescents athletes, 4th European Conference on Positive Psychology, 1-4 July, Opatija, Croatia.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2007). Is optimistic vs pessimistic too simplistic with sport children?, The 12th European Congress of Sport Psychology, 4-9 Septembre, Halkidiki , Greece.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Martin-Krumm, M., Hanrahan, S. & Roncin, C. (2007). Specific or general explanatory style predict the performance: an exploratory study in sport and school context, 12th European Congress of Sport Psychology, 4-9 Septembre, Halkidiki, Greece.
  • Boukraa, A., Salama-Younes, M., & Roncin, C. (2007). The impact of values-expectancy model on the prediction of physical education performance for new immigrants students, 12th European Congress of Sport Psychology, 4-9 Septembre, Halkidiki, Greece.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ismail, A. & Roncin, C. (2007). Etude des effets des modes explicatifs sur la performance sportive chez des préadolescents, IV° Congrès International de Psychologie de la Santé, 22-24 Juin, Toulouse, France.
  • Boukraa, A., Salama-Younes, M., & Roncin, C. (2007). The impact of values-expectancy model on the prediction of physical education performance for new immigrants students, 12th European Congress of Sport Psychology, 4-9 Septembre, Halkidiki, Greece.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ismail, A. & Roncin, C. (2007). Etude des effets des modes explicatifs sur la performance sportive chez des préadolescents, IV° Congrès International de Psychologie de la Santé, 22-24 Juin, Toulouse, France.
  • El Ali, M. & Salama-Younes, M., (2006). Effet du sexe sur le choix de stratégies de coping face à la douleur aiguë des marathoniens de haut-niveau, Journées Internationales des Sciences du Sport, 2830 Novembre, Paris, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2006). Prediction of Performance: Sport versus General Explanatory Styles, South Africa conference of Positive Psychology, 4-6 April, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2006). Specific or general explanatory style: toward a better prediction of performance, Third European conference of Positive Psychology, 3-6 July, Braga, Portugal.
  • Salama-Younes, M., (2006). Specific explanatory style is a mediator variable to predict the results of performance, Third European conference of Positive Psychology, 3-6 July, Braga, Portugal.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ismail, A.. & Roncin, C. (2005). Styles explicatifs chez des préadolescents, VII ème Congrès International de Psychologie du Sport, 1er-4 Juillet, Reims, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Roncin, C., Le Foll, D., Martin-Krumm, C., Ismail, A. (2005). Similarités et différences de deux versions évaluant les styles explicatifs chez des enfants et préadolescents : le CASQ et le CASQ-R. III ème Congrès International de Psychologie et Santé, 22-24 juin, Marseille, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Ali, M. Salama, M.. & Roncin, C. (2005). Compétence perçue, mode explicatif, attentes de réussite prédisent-ils les performances sportives et scolaires chez des enfants, III ème Congrès International de Psychologie Sociale Appliquée, 20-22 Octobre, Rennes, France.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Martin-Krumm, C., Roncin, C. (2004). Psychometric properties of an experimental version of “CASQ”. The scale of measurement of the Explanatory Mode for Children from 8 to 12 ans. Second European Conference on Positive Psychology, 4-7 July, Verbania-Pallanza, Italy.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Martin-Krumm, C., Roncin, C. (2004). Factorial validation and development of an experimental version of the scale of measurement of the Explanatory Mode for Children from 8 to 12 ans. Second European Positive Psychology Conference, 4-7 July, Verbania-Pallanza, Italy.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Martin-Krumm, M. & Roncin, C. (2004). Mode explicatif optimiste, neutre et pessimiste chez les enfants : Validation transculturelle et épure d’une version française du « Children’s Attributional Style Questionnaire », V ème Congrès International de Psychologie Sociale de Langue Française, 1er-4 Septembre, Lausanne, Suisse.
  • Salama-Younes, M., Martin-Krumm, M. & Roncin, C. (2003). Propriétés psychométriques de la version expérimentale de l’Echelle de Mesure du Mode Explicatif « CASQ-R » pour enfants âgés de 9 à 12 ans, Xème Congrès de l’ACAPS, 30-31 octobre, Toulouse, France.
Memberships, Awards and Honors
  • • عضو مجلس الإدارة الموسع وعضو اللجنه الأستشاريه بالجمعية الدولية لعلم النفس الإيجابى IPPA. .
  • • عضو اللجنه الأستشاريه بالجمعية الدولية لعلم النفس الإيجابى IPPA •
  • عضو الشبكة الأوروبية والجمعية الكندية، و النيوزيلاندية، والفرنسية لعلم النفس الإيجابي، •
  • عضو بهيئة تحرير عدد من المجلات الأقليميه والدوليه مثل Journal of Positive School Psychology • Middle East Journal of Positive Psychology • عضو باللجنة العلمية بالشبكات العلميه المتخصصه مثل شبكة العلوم النفسية العربية - ArabPsyNet (APN). • عضو الشبكة الأوروبية والجمعية الكندية، و النيوزيلاندية، والفرنسية لعلم النفس الإيجابي . • عضو بالأتحاد الأوروبى لعلم النفس الرياضى FEPSACوالجمعيه الفرنسية لعلم النفس الرياضىSFP. • مُحكم بعدد من الدوريات والمجلات الدولية المتخصّصة مثل Sciences & Bonheur • Personality and Individual Differences& STAPS & Social Indicators Research & Journal of Well-Being Assessment • مُحكم بعدد من المؤتمرات العالمية والأوروبية لعلم النفس الإيجابي ECPP& IPPA
  • • حاصل على " الكفاءة والموهبه " بالمجال العلمى من الجمهوريه الفرنسيه.