Prevention

The importance of early prevention is steadily increasing. On the basis of growing knowledge about normal and differing development age-specific intervention programs that are now well-established have been originated. The focus concentrates on ...

Resource orientating diagnostics of social behavior in school: A component for promoting social-emotional competence

The German Teacher Report Checklist for Social and Learning Behavior (Lehrereinschätzliste für Sozial- und Lernverhalten, LSL;

Promotion of social-emotional competence in early childhood

Early promotion of social-emotional skills as a preventive intervention in order to support this key development area shows short- and long-term effects on positive social behavior, learning ...

Promoting social-emotional competence in preschool: Evaluation of a preventive behavioral training program

This paper reports results of an evaluation study on effectiveness of a social-emotional competence training. Preschool children (n = 127) took part ...

Long-term effects of a kindergarten-based promotion of phonological awareness

The analysis focused on the question whether children profit from the kindergarten-based training of phonological awareness Lobo vom Globo so that dyslexia can be avoided. The ...

Efficacy of school-based group interventions for the prevention of depression: A systematic review

Between five and ten percent of children and adolescents have depressive disorders. Chronic depressions are frequently accompanied by first symptoms in ...

Improvement of knowledge and attitudes towards depression in adolescents: Development and evaluation of an information booklet

Many adolescents still lack knowledge about depression and possess negative attitudes towards mental health difficulties. ...

Personality disorders in adolescence: Controversy and perspectives

The focus of this paper was to illustrate the recent controversy on personality disorders in youth and to outline trends for the German speaking countries in research and clinical practice ...