Abstract. This paper focuses on the provision of help and care to the older generation, comparing the situation of those in Estonia with migrant backgrounds to those with nonmigrant backgrounds. The empirical evidence suggests that, in the case of Estonia,...
Validation of the Turkish version of the Screening for Somatoform Disorders (SOMS)Turkish migrants use psychotherapeutic services mostly due to somatoform symptoms. For better objectification of those symptoms the screening for somatoform disorders (SOMS)...
Why Don’t We Ask Directly? An Analysis of the Subjective Perspective on Migration BackgroundAbstract. In Germany, the term ”person with a migration background” has been established in the field of research and federal statistics to assess the potential ...
Reserved Northerners, Jovial Southerners, and Open Urbanites: Regional Personality Differences in GermanyAbstract. The study and explanation of regional personality differences is a central research topic in geographical psychology. ...
Does Psychological Research Address Current Social Issues? A Scientometric Analysis of the Example of Refugees and Migration Using Topic ModelingAbstract. In the context of the scientific investigation of social challenges, and drawing on the example of ...
Zusammenfassung. Die Studie untersucht die Ausprägung homosexuellenfeindlicher Einstellung und ihre psychologischen Korrelate bei in Deutschland lebenden Jugendlichen mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund. Neben Jugendlichen ohne Migrationshintergrund ...
Zusammenfassung. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Entwicklung von Deutsch als Zweitsprache bei vier- bis fünfjährigen türkischstämmigen Vorschulkindern (n = 88). Als Referenzgruppe dienen deutsche Vorschulkinder derselben Altersstufe (n = 95). Die ...German as a second language: Language development of Turkish immigrant pre-school-age children in GermanyAbstract. The study investigates the development of German as a second language (L2) among four- to five-year-old Turkish pre-school children (n = 88)...
Consumption of media violence and aggressive behavior: A longitudinal study of German adolescents with and without migration backgroundThe consumption of media violence and aggressive behavior were assessed three times in a sample of N = 1,052 German ...
Adolescent interpreters: Language brokering in Russian immigrant families in GermanyAdolescent immigrants often translate for their parents, a behavior referred to as language brokering (LB). This study aimed (1) to identify demographic, acculturation- ...
Abstract. Being perceived as a foreigner regardless of one’s generational status, citizenship, or self-identification is called foreigner objectification. This is a form of identity denial and is linked to psychological distress. To ...
Asylum seekers–Migration–Phenomenology: The Potential of Art Therapy from a Transcultural PerspectiveAbstract. This article presents essential findings from a qualitative empirical research project analyzing the ...
Zusammenfassung. Kognitiv-behaviorale Elterntrainings sind in Deutschland mehrfach in ihrer präventiven Wirksamkeit, Einsetzbarkeit und Akzeptanz kritisiert worden. Insbesondere wird angezweifelt, ob solche Elterntrainings auch die Bedürfnisse von Eltern ...
Conduct disorders in adolescents with an immigrant backgroundLarge-scale national survey have revealed an increased prevalence of aggressive behavior in adolescents with immigrant backgrounds. To date no studies have examined psychiatric health care ...
Migrant ChildrenAbstract. In this paper the term migration is defined and the living conditions of families with migrant background are examined. Demographic aspects und explanations for migration are presented. ...
The Impact of Migration Background and Psychiatric Disorders on Cognitive Achievement of a Pediatric Outpatient SampleAbstract. It is a frequently replicated finding that children with migrant background score low on intelligence tests. There is also a ...
Experiences With a Migration-Adapted Service in Case Management for Children and Adolescents in Need of Treatment After Child Abuse and NeglectAbstract. Children and adolescents who have suffered child abuse or ...
Challenges in the Flight Process of Unaccompanied Youths: A Developmental PerspectiveAbstract. Since late 2015, there has been an increase in publications on the psychological burden of refugees. Unaccompanied young refugees are ...
Abstract. The Department of Medical Psychology and Sociology at the University of Leipzig deals with a wide scope of scientific working fields. First of all, the conduction of representative surveys for the validation of psychometric instruments, the ...
What effect do acculturative processes have on perception? A study on the concepts of severe distress amongst migrants and non-migrants in LondonAbstract. Research regarding cultural differences in illness perceptions suggests that they may explain ...
Mental health and attitudes towards returning to the country of origin in refugees from former YugoslaviaAbstract.Background: Many refugees live for years in exile. The combination of stress in the host country, together with long-term effects of ...