Abstract: Six hypotheses about the hierarchical structure of the two higher order factors (Big Two) Mental Health and Behavior Control and about their relationships to the constructs Neuroticism and Introversion are examined. The following instruments ...

Abstract: Status-oriented psychological tests have demonstrated their usefulness in diagnosing dementia in clinical groups of patients. For the early recognition of dementia the determination of cognitive performance status only is not sufficient. These ...

Summary: Empirical research on ethics measures ethical positions and studies antecedents as well as consequences of specific ethical positions. Scales measuring a Protestant ethic and a humanitarian-egalitarian ethic were translated from English and ...

Abstract: Actual psychiatric classification systems - ICD-10 and DSM-IV - were subjected to a critical review. With reference to possible psychological alternatives we have to consider a holistic view of men and a comprehensive regard of all important ...

Abstract: Coping with disease is an important construct in modern medical psychological investigations. Considering responses of 210 visually handicapped patients to the 45-item version of the German Essener Coping Questionnaire (EFK), the present study ...

Abstract: On the basis of available oncological research on the quality of life, this construct is defined as a general, dynamic, and global construct, and a revised version of a questionnaire for its assessment, composed of 68 items, is presented. An ...