Abstract: Status-oriented psychological tests have demonstrated their usefulness in diagnosing dementia in clinical groups of patients. For the early recognition of dementia the determination of cognitive performance status only is not sufficient. These ...
Survival in old age has been shown to be positively related to religiousness, and in particular to to church attendance. This research provides new confirmation of this relationship under the Swiss Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study on the Oldest Old (N ...
Approaches to Preventing Early Adolescent Alcohol Use: Early Childhood Risk Factors, Drinking Motives, and Mother-Adolescent AgreementAbstract.Purpose: In the present study, both early childhood- as well as ...
Reading Literacy and Reading Motivation: Their Development and the Mediation of the Relationship by Reading BehaviorThis study examines the development of reading literacy and intrinsic reading motivation from grades 3 to 6, as well as the mutual ...
Prediction of binge drinking in young adults: a cohort study over nine yearsAbstract.Objective: Which person characteristics and environmental factors predict binge drinking at age 21? Method: A ...
<span>Aims:</span> This study explores the relationships between resources and vulnerabilities (Jessor et al., 1991) and increases in substance use among adolescents from two different countries. </p><p> <span class="fett">Methods:</span> In the context ...
Relationship experiences during adolescence: How important are they for predicting romantic outcome in young adulthood?Abstract. In a six-year longitudinal study, the early factors influencing later romantic relationships in young adulthood were ...
Sport, alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs in the development from adolescence to young adulthood. A prospective studyAbstract. A survey on health behavior of students aged 16/17 years from a Swiss city was carried out in 1995, and the sample was ...
Ontogenetic development of direction pointing in a familiar environment during childhoodAbstract. In a combined longitudinal vs. cross-sectional design study pointing performance in preschool and elementary school children in familiar school environments ...
Zusammenfassung. Im Vergleich zur Vielzahl an soziologischen Studien über den Auszug aus dem Elternhaus existieren sehr wenige psychologische Studien, die die Ursachen und Prädiktoren von unterschiedlichem Auszugsverhalten untersuchen. Die Frage, ob ...
Zusammenfassung. In Zeiten groß angelegter Vergleichsuntersuchungen, Bildungsstandards und dem nationalen Bildungspanel sind die Ansprüche an die adäquate Messung von bildungsbezogenen Kompetenzen und ihren Veränderungen gestiegen. Auch die ...
Mental health of young adults in East- and West GermanyAbstract.Background: Although positive mental health (MH) is a key concept for salutogenesis, longitudinal analyses of its development are lacking. Objective: Investigation of antecedent factors for ...
Determinants of parental sensitivityParental sensitivity is one key skill in bringing up toddlers and contributes to healthy child development. Research has determined many risk and protective factors for parental sensitivity. In addition to those ...
Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: Results of the BELLA Cohort StudyAbstract. Mental health problems are among the most common disease patterns in childhood and adolescence. The longitudinal BELLA cohort ...
A Longitudinal Study of Motor Ability Development of Primary-School-Aged Children with Developmental Fine and Gross Motor DisordersAbstract.Theoretical Background: Motor performance is an important matter in the health-related ...
A Longitudinal Study of the Prediction of ADHD Symptoms and School Performance in First Grade by Executive Functions in PreschoolAbstract.Theoretical background: Executive functions (EF) are the ability to control or manage one’s ...
Numerous studies have emphasized a stable relationship between subjective age and health. However, few longitudinal studies exist and these have normally tested only one causal pathway. The present study investigated the direction of effects between ...
Sense of Coherence and Consumption of Psychoactive Substances in Adolescents: Results of a Longitudinal Study Over 10 YearsThis research investigated the development of the sense of coherence (SOC) longitudinally between the age of 14 and 24 years in a ...
Competent Parents – Satisfied Children? The Child’s Health-Related Qualify of Life and the Influence of the Triple P Over the Course of 10 YearsAbstract.Theoretical Background. In an international comparison, the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of ...
“Draw a Person!” Development of 4- to 6-Year-Old Children Drawings Depending on Intelligence and Hand Motor SkillsAbstract. The motor act of drawing themselves or others makes humans unique. This exceptional hand ...