Effects, course and conditions of different child welfare procedures

Abstract. We present the first prospective longitudinal study on relations between different planned child welfare procedures and their effects. We followed up 180 out of 233 individual ...

Effects of youth welfare: results of a one-year follow-up

Abstract. In a prospective longitudinal study, the “Jugendhilfe-Effekte-Studie”, 233 cases of youth welfare are being analyzed. Results of a one-year follow-up of 92 cases of out-patient care, day ...

Instruments for the assessment of abuse and neglect risks

Abstract. Structured and empirical founded instruments for the assessment of abuse and neglect risks can help to qualify youth care. Several instruments are used to demonstrate three risk ...

Sex differences in bullying: indirect-/relational- and overt-aggressive behavior among adolescents

Abstract. Only recently, research on bullying and victimization among children and adolescents has focused on indirect forms of aggression: indirect, social ...

Anxiety sensitivity and anxiety disorders in eight year olds

Abstract. This study examines the questions whether anxiety sensitivity (AS), i.e. the tendency to interpret body sensation commonly cooccuring with anxiety as threatening, is already relevant ...

Life skills training for first and second grade pupils: results of an intervention study

Abstract. This study examines the practicability and the effects of a Life-Skills-training for forms 1 and 2 in primary schools. The programme “Fit For Life 1-2” ...