Case Report of a 14-Year-Old Girl with Addison’s Disease Under Initial Presumptive Diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa: Confusingly Similar and Yet so Different?Abstract:Objective: Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison’...
Abstract:Introduction: Psychological treatments are becoming an increasingly important component of medical healthcare, as a growing number of people seek treatment for a wide range of mental health problems. While these treatments are known to be ...
This study focuses on the importance of social developmental expectations, assessed as emotional and cognitive evaluations regarding the timing and the gender-role conformity of normative developmental tasks. Two central questions were raised. First, to ...
Adolescence Alcohol Use Behaviours During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Role of MindfulnessAbstract.Objective: Cognitive and psychosocial factors contribute to individual differences in alcohol (mis)use and ...
Prenatal Androgen Influence on Addictive Behaviour in AdolescenceAbstract.Background: Men consume alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs more often than women, and they are more prone to pathological gambling and ...
Bullying and victimization. A Comparison between Adolescents with and without Special Needs in Learning and Emotional-Social DevelopmentAbstract. Students with emotional and behavioral disabilities and/or learning ...
Standardization of the COGBAT Test Battery in Adolescents Aged 12 to 15 YearsAbstract: Adolescence represents an important phase in the development of cognitive functions. In this standardization study of the ...
The aim of this study, which was carried out in the French-speacking part of Switzerland, was to examine the relationship between suicide attempts and self-mutilation by adolescents and young adults. The population, aged 14-25 years (N = 308), included a ...
This study investigated (a) the prevalence and co-occurrence of various victimisation and violence experiences among adolescents and examined (b) the quality of peer and family relationships of victims and perpetrators of bullying and violent delinquency. ...
This naturalistic cross-sectional study explores how and to what extent cannabis dependence was associated with intrapersonal aspects (anxiety, coping styles) and interpersonal aspects of adolescent functioning (school status, family relationships, peer ...
Obesity is common among adolescents and is associated with a number of medical complications. As maladaptive emotional processing is assumed to influence obesity, this research investigated emotional openness (EO), a general model of emotional processing, ...
Abstract. Previous studies focused mostly on predicting the adjustment of adolescents based on distinct coping strategies. However, people generally do not use only one coping strategy, but rather select from a repertoire of coping strategies. This study ...
Abstract.Objective: Adolescent problem behaviors are often the visible results of intrapsychic distress. Defensive reactions are the unconscious means of managing intrapsychic distress. This cross-sectional study examines the strength of defensive style ...
Abstract.Objective: This study investigates whether adolescents’ adherence to psychotropic medication is associated with demographic and socioeconomic factors, and to what extent parents’ assessments of their ...
Substance Use, Resulting Disorders, and Collateral Mental Disorders Among Adolescents in a Special Outpatient Institutions for AddictionsAbstract.Objective: Only few clinics offer the outpatient treatment of ...
Transition-oriented patient education program for adolescents and young adults with ADHDAbstract.Background: The transition from child- to adult-centered treatment includes numerous challenges in the treatment of ...
The Effect of Exercise Therapy on Adolescent Mental Health: A Systematic Review with Practical ExampleAbstract: The mental health of children and adolescents in Germany is currently highly burdened. Because of the ...
Screen Consumption and Cognitive Competence in AdolescenceAbstract.Background: In two studies, the correlations between screen consumption among children and adolescents and their cognitive competencies are ...
Abstract. Health literacy can help explain health inequalities in childhood and adolescence. However, suitable instruments for assessing health literacy in this age group are rare, especially in the German-speaking countries. One ...