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 ...
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, ...
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. ...
The process of behavior change in the context of age with the example of smokingAbstract. Since older individuals are more likely to quit smoking, it is assumed that the development of the intention to stop may also be dependent on age-related ...
Abstract. The main research areas of the Social and Health Psychology group at the Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, are introduced. Exemplarily, three currently ongoing projects are described. The project ”Dyadic exchange ...
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 ...
Zusammenfassung.Theoretischer Hintergrund: Der Konsum von Tabak ist verantwortlich für zahlreiche körperliche Erkrankungen und kann zu einer psychischen Störung führen, der Nikotinabhängigkeit. Ziel: Feststellung der aktuellen Verbreitung, ...
AbstractSmoking/nicotine improves cognitive performance for a variety of tasks. In most cases, reaction time (RT) is generally shorter after smoking/nicotine. While there may be some slight facilitation of stimulus-evaluation processing, most of the RT ...
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death among youth. In the year 2002, Lithuania had the 2nd, Luxembourg the 5th, and Estonia the 9th highest suicide rates among 15- to 19-year-olds across 90 countries worldwide. Suicidal ideation is a significant ...