Accentuation rather than change? Personality development during puberty

Abstract. This study examines the accentuation hypothesis which assumes that “potentially disruptive transitions produce personality continuity, not change” (, p. ...

Fear of crime in old age. Findings and considerations on an interface between gerontopsychology and victimology

Abstract. According to the so-called “victimization-fear paradox”, older persons fear crime more than younger ones, although they carry a lower ...

Are spelling difficulties the expression of a phonological deficit? The development of orthographic knowledge and phonological recoding ability in the 2^nd to 4^th grade of the elementary school

Abstract. The development of orthographic knowledge was ...

What children know about foreign countries… A study of preschoolers of German and other nationalities

Abstract. What do preschool children know about their own and foreign countries? What is the children's thinking in this domain related to? Do children ...

The piggyback theorem of asymmetric strategy transfer. A contribution to the theory of training and transfer

Abstract. In the first part of this contribution a theorem is delineated according to which a more specialized strategy transfers to a more ...