Play and communicative behaviour in young boys with fragile-X syndromeSummary: Reports on development and behaviour in boys with fragile-X syndrome support the idea of a characteristic behavioural phenotype in this special population. Preliminary results ...
Validation of the QbMini Test to diagnose Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 5-year-old childrenAbstract.Objective: ADHD occurs in 2 %–8 % of all preschoolers. There are only few methods for ...
Zusammenfassung:Fragestellung: Im Rahmen zweier Projekte zur Wirksamkeit universeller und selektiver Präventionsmaßnahmen für Familien mit Vorschulkindern wird untersucht, wie gut Mütter, Väter und Erzieherinnen in der Einschätzung von ...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in preschool children – Review on diagnostics, prevalence and health-care service delivery in GermanyAbstract. Preschool-aged children between the ages of three and six have a ...
Effects on Language Learning GainsBackground: Insufficient language proficiency is assumed to be one of the most important predictors for later school performance of children with German as a second language as well as of children from underprivileged ...
Interviewing five to six year-old pre-school children on their anxietiesAbstract. Although anxiety-inducing situations may be associated with distress even in preschool children, there are only few instruments to assess anxieties of children of this age ...
Zusammenfassung. In zwei Untersuchungen wurde der Frage nachgegangen, ob sich beim Zeigen zu nicht sichtbaren Objekten ein Indiz für direkte Pfadintegration erkennen lässt. Dabei wurde angenommen, dass beim Zeigen zum Ausgangspunkt eines eben ...
Intuitive biology in children’s thinking: Can preschoolers distinguish between biological and social relationships?Abstract. The development of domain-specific knowledge within foundational theories, i.e., intuitive physics, biology, or psychology, has ...
Disturbed mother-child interaction at preschool age in children with hyperkinetic and conduct problemsAbstract. Background: In the literature, disturbances in the mother-child interaction have been consistently reported in children with hyperkinetic and ...
German version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (T4-16 - SDQ): Psychometric quality of the teacher version for preschoolersAbstract. Findings concerning the psychometric quality of the German version of the teacher-SDQ (T4-16 - SDQ) are ...
The EF Touch Test Battery for the Assessment of Executive Functions in 3- to 5-Year-Old Children. Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the German VersionAbstract: Children’s executive functions (EF) play an important role in ...
Mothers’ evaluation of their kindergarten children’s developmental statusAbstract. The question whether parents are able to assess their children’s development accurately is one that repeatedly comes up in applied developmental psychology research and is ...
Zusammenfassung. Die vorschulische Satzgedächtnis-Kapazität hat sich bei deutschsprachigen Kindern als starker Prädiktor für Lese- und Rechtschreibleistungen in der Grundschule erwiesen. Da zu den Risikofaktoren für den Schriftspracherwerb die nicht-...
Behavior Problems in Children With Developmental Deficits in Preschool AgeAbstract. The present study examined the association between behavior problems and development deficits. The study compised 201 children who were 36 – 72 months of age. Teachers ...
Informiert wird über empirische Untersuchungsbefunde zur Reliabilität und Validität des „Non-verbalen Intelligenztests“ (SON-R 2½-7), die auf den Einsatz des Verfahrens unter den Routinebedingungen der klinisch-psychologischen Diagnostik eines ...
ADHD at preschool ageADHD is one of the most frequent disorders in childhood and adolescence. ADHD leads to academic problems and other difficulties. Children with ADHD are characterized by deficits of executive functions and diminished self-regulation–...
Preschool AgeDevelopmental screenings during the first few years of life ensure that the special needs of preschoolers can be identified at an early stage. Promotion of cognitive and social–emotional skills in particular is becoming increasingly ...
Development of Executive Functioning in Preschoolers with Developmental Disorders: ADHS Symptoms, Specific Language Impairment, and Intellectual DisabilitiesAbstract. Children with specific language impairments (SLI), children with intellectual ...
Use of Mental Health Services in Preschool Age: A Systematic Review of Barriers and PredictorsAbstract. Untreated psychopathology in early childhood tends to become chronic. Despite relevant rates of psychopathology in preschool ...
Language Competence of 4-Year-Old Monolingual German Children: A Cross-Sectional AnalysisAbstract.Theoretical Background: Whereas a growing percentage of immigrant children with deficient German language skills in Germany is well documented, ...