Early Consumers of Alcohol and Tobacco - A Group at Risk?Abstract: Epidemiological studies have reported elevated rates of legal drug consumption among adolescents in Germany. The aim of this study was to ascertain patterns and parameters of smoking and ...
The course of psychological disorders from childhood to adulthoodAbstract. Background: Only few prospective longitudinal studies have described the course of psychological disorders from childhood to adulthood. The investigations carried out the date ...
Dependence on legal and illegal psychotropic substancesAbstract. Manifold measures and successes in the last years have not prevented the continued spreading of the use of nicotine and alcohol in Germany. The prevalence rates of the use of these legal ...
Legal and illegal drugs in adolescence: Use and misuse, risk and protective factors in a representative sample of 14- to 15-year-oldsAbstract. Use and misuse, age of first substance use, and prevalence of problematic use of legal (alcohol, nicotine) and ...
Elevated risk of smoking in children with externalizing disordersAbstract.Background: Several studies have reported higher smoking rates among adolescents with externalizing disorders (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder) as ...
Research has shown that learning disabilities are associated with internalizing problems in (pre)adolescents. In order to examine this relationship for math disability (MD), math achievement and internalizing problem scores were measured in a ...