Aim: The study was a process and out-
come evaluation that compared Ger-
man and Italian adolescents in a sub-
stance-misuse prevention programme.
<span class?"fett">Method:</span> Data analyses were based on two evaluation studies (a pre-and post-...
Risk indicators for depressive symptoms in early adolescence: Test of a mediational modelAbstract. This study examined the validity of a model for the prediction of depressive symptoms in early adolescence. Difficult temperament, low academic self-...
Pubertal timing in girls and the consequences in late adolescenceAbstract. This article deals with the long-term consequences of inter-individual differences in the timing of pubertal maturation on psychosocial adaptation in late adolescence. A sample of ...
Timing matters in the development of adolescents’ behavioral autonomy. Drawing from two German national surveys, the present studies showed that premature curfew autonomy (measured retrospectively) was associated with developmental risks in late ...
The present article challenges the assumption that later timing of sexual experiences is unequivocally associated with higher psychosocial adjustment. Data from two representative cross-sectional German studies conducted in 1996 and 2005 were analyzed to ...