Handling of missing data in psychological research: Problems and solutionsAbstract. Missing data are a pervasive problem in empirical psychological research. From the methodological perspective, traditional procedures such as Casewise and Pairwise ...
dlexDB – A lexical database for the psychological and linguistic researchAbstract. The lexical database dlexDB supplies in form of an online database frequency-based norms of numerous process-related word properties for psychological and linguistic ...
Zusammenfassung. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird ein Überblick über den aktuellen Wissensstand zur Entwicklungsepidemiologie psychischer Störungen des Kindes- und Jugendalters gegeben. Der Median der Periodenprävalenzraten der wichtigsten Studien betrug ...
Effects of the generic use of the masculine pronoun and alternative forms of speech on the cognitive visibility of womenAbstract.Feminist linguistics have postulated that a masculine pronoun that is used in a generic sense (”he“ to indicate a male or ...
Many reasons speak against it, yet many people feel good: The paradox of subjective well-beingAbstract. It is suggested that the well-being paradox consists of two facets: (i) even under adversive circumstances many people are happy, and (ii) the ...
“For reasons of intelligibility ...”. How masculine generics and alternative forms affect the cognitive processing of a textAbstract. It is frequently argued that gender-fair language impairs processing of textual information. To test this assumption, 86 ...
Multilevel analyses in psychological research. Advantages and potential of multilevel random coefficient modelingAbstract. Multilevel data structures are commonplace in psychological research, e.g., in diary studies with numerous observations per ...
Zusammenfassung. Eine Vielzahl psychischer Störungen im DSM-IV und ICD-10 beinhalten Symptome einer maladaptiven Emotionsregulation. Der folgende Beitrag beinhaltet einen Überblick zu Definition und Funktion von Emotionsregulation (ER). Danach werden ...
Zusammenfassung. Alienation (Entfremdung) wurde als potentielle Krankheitsursache von der experimentell ausgerichteten Psychologie lange Zeit nicht systematisch untersucht. In der Vergangenheit war der Alienationsbegriff fast ausschließlich hermeneutisch-...
Student selection for psychology. Test development and predictive validityAbstract. International research in the field of college admission unequivocally demonstrates that achievement and ability tests are adequate predictors of subsequent graduate and ...
Developmental basis of emotion regulationThis article approaches the interrelation between emotions and emotion regulation from a developmental perspective, embedding it in a system of psychological forms of regulation. Existing conceptions of emotion ...
Construction of 130 German Compound Remote Associate (CRA)–Word puzzles to investigate creative processes in the German language areaThe Compound Remote Associate (CRA) task represents an important paradigm to systematically examine verbal-associative ...
Digital dementia? Myths and scientific evidence concerning the effect of Internet useDigital media are omnipresent in our daily lives. This popularity is giving rise to fears about the possible negative consequences of computer and internet use. This ...
childLex–A Lexical Database for Print Language for Children in GermanAbstract. In this article we introduce childLex, an online database for children’s print language in German. childLex is based on a large corpus of children’s books and textbooks used ...
Sensitivity to injusticeAbstract. Individuals differ in their sensitivity to injustice. These differences are stable across time and generalize across a wide range of cases of injustice. Justice sensitivity composes of four facets: victim sensitivity, ...
Zusammenfassung. Kompetenzkonstrukte in der empirischen Bildungsforschung werden in der Regel auf kontinuierlichen Skalen abgebildet. Bei der Verwendung von Messmodellen der Item-Response-Theorie (IRT) kann auf Basis der gemeinsamen Metrik für ...
Emotion regulation in depression: An overview of results using various methodsThe number of studies examining the association between emotion regulation (ER) and depressive disorders is increasing. In this review, studies investigating the association ...