Smoking and health-related quality of life: a systematic reviewAims: This study gives an overview of the current evidence on the association between smoking and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). </p><p> Method: A systematic literature search in ...
Substance Abuse Prevention in Schools through Life Skills Training Results of a Four Year Intervention StudyAim: A four wave longitudinal, quasi-experimental study was conducted with a sample of 26 treatment and control classes (675 students) to test ...
Research collaboration in early substance use intervention
(EARLINT)The »Research Network in Early Substance Use In-tervention
(EARLINT)« has been founded to use synergies
among their scientific work. The goal of the
work program is the development ...
Prevention of tobacco- and alcohol-related diseases
its contribution to health care under consideration of the
transtheoretical model of behavior changeProblem: Tobacco smoking as well as alcohol risk
drinking constitute the most important ...
Life skills training in schools effects of a communitywide
prevention programme on the tobacco useAim: The study researches on the effects of a life-skills-
programme on all pupils of a town community,
regardless of the specific schooltype they are ...
Implementation,
acceptance and
effects of the 2002
tobacco tax increase
in GermanyAims: To study the effects of the
increase in tobacco tax in Germany.<BR>
Method: Before and after the increase
in tobacco tax, representative
samples were ...
Scales for the measurement of self-efficacy and decisional balance in the process of behavioral change in smokersAbstract. In the contextual framework of the transtheoretical model of change by Prochaska, we developed scales for the measurement of self-...
Zusammenfassung. Es werden deutsche Versionen von englischsprachigen Originalinstrumenten zur Erfassung von Kernkonstrukten des Transtheoretischen Modells (TTM) im Kontext des Tabakrauchens vorgestellt. Im Einzelnen werden der “Processes of Change“ - ...
Abstract. The aims of this study were to assess adolescents’ perceptions of the personal risks and prevalence of smoking, and to examine whether these perceptions were related and how they varied by gender, age and smoking status. A questionnaire survey ...
Life skills training and drug prevention in primary school: Development, implementation and evaluation of teaching unitsAbstract. This study describes the results of the process and outcome evaluation of the two teaching units “Fit for Life” for forms 1-...
The relevance of the learning environment for school-based health promotionAbstract. Research on health promotion in schools has so far largely neglected context factors such as school climate parameters. The success of prevention programs, however, ...
Determinants and changes of smoking behavior in adolescents: Transfer effects of a school-related health programAbstract. A school-related health program designed to prevent alcohol and drug abuse is evaluated regarding possible transfer effects on ...
Does smoking have a meaning for the self concept of smokers?Abstract. It is assumed, that health behaviors such as smoking are related to a persons self concept, but there is no empirical evidence. The individual meaning of smoking and its relation to ...
The assessment of craving in smokers with a German version of the ”Questionnaire on Smoking Urges“ (QSU-G)Abstract.Background: The ”Questionnaire on smoking urges“ (QSU) was developed by Tiffany and Drobes (1991) to assess craving for smoking. ...
Factors predisposing to early onset of tobacco useAbstract. The aim of this study is to examine social and individual factors predisposing to early onset of tobacco use in adolescence as being one of the best predictors for later tobacco dependence. In a ...
Behavior-specific determinants of change motivation with multiple risk behaviorsAbstract. There are no studies on the interaction of two behaviors in the framework of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM). Tobacco smoking and alcohol ...
Zusammenfassung. Ziel dieser systematischen Literaturübersicht ist, die Wirksamkeit internetbasierter Programme zur Förderung des Rauchausstiegs, zur Verhinderung des Raucheinstiegs und zum Schutz vor Passivrauch anhand der vorliegenden empirischen ...
The dual-effects model of social control proposes that social control leads to
increased psychological distress but also to better health practices. However,
findings are inconsistent, and recent research suggests that the most effective
control is ...
Elevated risk of smoking in children with externalizing disordersAbstract.Background: Several studies have reported higher smoking rates among adolescents with externalizing disorders (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder) as ...