@phdthesis{Zimmermann2011, author = {Zimmermann, Linda}, title = {Psychische Gesundheit von angehenden Lehrkr{\"a}ften in der zweiten Phase der Lehrerausbildung : Evaluation der Pilotstudie "Gesundheitspr{\"a}vention durch Coachinggruppen nach dem Freiburger Modell"}, publisher = {Logos Verl.}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-8325-2780-8}, pages = {204 S.}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Wyschkon2011, author = {Wyschkon, Anne}, title = {Repr{\"a}sentativit{\"a}t und Umfang von Normstrichproben f{\"u}r Leistungstests : Auswirkungen auf die Diagnostik von schwachen Leistungen und Umschriebenen Entwicklungsst{\"o}rungen im Grundschulalter}, series = {Psychologische Forschungsergebnisse}, volume = {162}, journal = {Psychologische Forschungsergebnisse}, publisher = {Kova?}, address = {Hamburg}, isbn = {978-3-8300-5924-0}, issn = {1435-666X}, pages = {418 S.}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{WittBuchmannBlomeyeretal.2011, author = {Witt, Stephanie H. and Buchmann, Arlette F. and Blomeyer, Dorothea and Nieratschker, Vanessa and Treutlein, Jens and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Schmidt, Martin H. and Bidlingmaier, Martin and Wiedemann, Klaus and Rietschel, Marcella and Laucht, Manfred and Wuest, Stefan and Zimmermann, Ulrich S.}, title = {An interaction between a neuropeptide Y gene polymorphism and early adversity modulates endocrine stress responses}, series = {Psychoneuroendocrinology}, volume = {36}, journal = {Psychoneuroendocrinology}, number = {7}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0306-4530}, doi = {10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.12.015}, pages = {1010 -- 1020}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Interindividual variability in the regulation of the human stress system accounts for a part of the individual's liability to stress-related diseases. These differences are influenced by environmental and genetic factors. Early childhood adversity is a well-studied environmental factor affecting an individual's stress response which has been shown to be modulated by gene environment interaction (GxE). Neuropeptide Y (NPY) plays a role in stress regulation and genetic variation in NPY may influence stress responses. In this study, we analyzed the association of a common variant in the NPY gene promoter, rs16147, with cortisol and ACTH responses to acute psychosocial stress in young adults from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an ongoing epidemiological cohort study following the outcome of early adversity from birth into adulthood. We found evidence of a GxE interaction between rs16147 and early adversity significantly affecting HPA axis responses to acute psychosocial stress. These findings suggest that the neurobiological mechanisms linking early adverse experience and later neuroendocrine stress regulation are modulated by a gene variant whose functional relevance is documented by increasing convergent evidence from in vitro, animal and human studies.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{WarschburgerLehmkuhl2011, author = {Warschburger, Petra and Lehmkuhl, Ulrike}, title = {Disturbed eating behavior and its consequences}, series = {Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie : Ergebnisse aus Psychotherapie, Beratung und Psychiatrie}, volume = {60}, journal = {Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie : Ergebnisse aus Psychotherapie, Beratung und Psychiatrie}, number = {4}, publisher = {Vandenhoeck \& Ruprecht}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, issn = {0032-7034}, pages = {249 -- 252}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Vapenka2011, author = {V{\´a}penka, Aleš}, title = {Geschlechterstereotype und Geschlechtsidentit{\"a}t von M{\"a}nnern mit unterschiedlichem Verlauf der psychosexuellen Entwicklung}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-53175}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Im Rahmen eines explorativen Vergleichsuntersuchungsplans wurde untersucht, inwieweit sich die durch biologische Faktoren bedingte unterschiedliche Lebenserfahrung sowie die Sozialisationsbedingungen in der psychosexuellen Entwicklung bei hetero-, homo- und postoperativen transsexuellen M{\"a}nnern (N = 191) auf die Integration der Geschlechterstereotypen in die kognitiven (Selbst-, Fremdwahrnehmung), emotionalen (Selbst- und Fremdbewertung) und verhaltensm{\"a}ßigen Aspekte (Normen der geschlechtsspezifischen Verhaltens) der Geschlechtsidentit{\"a}t auswirken und ob sich Identifikationsmuster der Entwicklung des geschlechtlichen Selbstkonzepts ableiten lassen. Die Messung der kognitiven Aspekte des geschlechtlichen Selbstkonzepts (Maskulinit{\"a}t und Femininit{\"a}t) erfolgte mittels der GERO-Skala von Brengelmann und Hendrich (1990). Zur Erfassung der emotionalen Aspekte und Identifikationsmuster der Entwicklung des geschlechtlichen Selbstkonzepts wurden die Werte f{\"u}r die Variablen Maskulinit{\"a}t und Femininit{\"a}t zuerst mittels der computergesteuerten Methodik IDEXMONO und IDEXIDIO, die auf der Identit{\"a}tsstrukturanalyse (Identity Structure Analysis) von Weinreich (2003) basiert, aufgearbeitet und weiter interferenzstatistisch ausgewertet. Weiterhin wurden der Fragebogen zur Messung normativer Geschlechtsrollenorientierung (NGRO) von Athenstaedt (2000) sowie ein ad hoc entworfener demographischer Fragebogen eingesetzt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass der Verlauf der psychosexuellen Entwicklung einen starken Einfluss auf die Integration der Geschlechterstereotypen in die geschlechtliche Selbst- und Fremdwahrnehmung hat. Im kognitiven Bereich, bezogen auf die pers{\"o}nliche Identit{\"a}t (Grad der Selbstzuschreibung m{\"a}nnlicher und weiblicher Merkmale), stellt die Maskulinit{\"a}t eine stabile und erstrebenswerte Variable zur Herausbildung des geschlechtlichen Selbstkonzepts bei allen Gruppen dar. Die Femininit{\"a}t tr{\"a}gt am meisten zur Differenzierung zwischen den Hetero-, Homo- und Transsexuellen bei. Sie wird, je nach der Entwicklungsphase, unterschiedlich in das geschlechtliche Selbstkonzept integriert. Hinsichtlich der sozialen Identit{\"a}t (Zugeh{\"o}rigkeitsgef{\"u}hl) lassen sich die Gruppen bez{\"u}glich der wahrgenommenen {\"A}hnlichkeiten sowohl mit m{\"a}nnlichen als auch weiblichen Personen, je nach der Entwicklungsphase, unterscheiden. Die soziale Wahrnehmung von M{\"a}nnern und Frauen (Fremdwahrnehmung), ist bei Transsexuellen traditioneller als die der Hetero- und Homosexuellen. Bei der Selbst- und Fremdbewertung ergaben sich keine signifikanten Unterschiede. Bei der Internalisierung der sozialen Normen des geschlechtsspezifischen Verhaltens zeigt sich, dass Heterosexuelle der Aus{\"u}bung der Geschlechterrollen gegen{\"u}ber egalit{\"a}rer eingestellt sind als Trans- und Homosexuelle. Bei den Sozialisationsfaktoren ist hervorzuheben, dass generell weibliche Identifikationspersonen einen st{\"a}rkeren Einfluss auf die Herausbildung des geschlechtlichen Selbstkonzeptes hatten als m{\"a}nnliche Identifikationspersonen. Es scheint jedoch, dass Homosexuelle bei der Entwicklung ihres geschlechtlichen Selbstkonzepts st{\"a}rker unter dem Einfluss der Frauen stehen als die anderen zwei erforschten Gruppen. Zur Beantwortung der Frage, welche selbstkonzeptbezogenen Variablen und Entwicklungsfaktoren die gr{\"o}ßte statistische Bedeutung f{\"u}r die Trennung und Pr{\"a}diktion der einzelnen untersuchten Gruppen haben, wurde eine Diskriminanzanalyse berechnet. Die gr{\"o}ßte diskriminatorische Bedeutung besitzen die Variablen „Stereotypische Wahrnehmung der m{\"a}nnlichen Personen" und „Ego-Involvement mit weiblichen Personen" f{\"u}r die Diskriminanzfunktion 1 (Trennung der Transsexuellen von Hetero- und Homosexuellen) und die Variablen „Empathische Identifikation mit m{\"a}nnlichen Personen in der Vergangenheit" und „Zuwachs an empathischer Identifikation mit weiblichen Personen" f{\"u}r die Diskriminanzfunktion 2 (Trennung der Hetero- von Homosexuellen).}, language = {de} } @article{VoltmerSpahnSchaarschmidtetal.2011, author = {Voltmer, Edgar and Spahn, Claudia and Schaarschmidt, Uwe and Kieschke, Ulf}, title = {Work-related behavior and experience patterns of entrepreneurs compared to teachers and physicians}, series = {International archives of occupational and environmental health}, volume = {84}, journal = {International archives of occupational and environmental health}, number = {5}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {New York}, issn = {0340-0131}, doi = {10.1007/s00420-011-0632-9}, pages = {479 -- 490}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Purpose This study examined the status of health-related behavior and experience patterns of entrepreneurs in comparison with teachers and physicians to identify specific health risks and resources. Methods Entrepreneurs (n = 632), teachers (n = 5,196), and physicians (n = 549) were surveyed in a cross-sectional design. The questionnaire Work-related Behavior and Experience Patterns (AVEM) was used for all professions and, in addition, two scales (health prevention and self-confidence) from the Checklist for Entrepreneurs in the sample of entrepreneurs. Results The largest proportion of the entrepreneurs (45\%) presented with a healthy pattern (compared with 18.4\% teachers and 18.3\% physicians). Thirty-eight percent of entrepreneurs showed a risk pattern of overexertion and stress, followed by teachers (28.9\%) and physicians (20.6\%). Unambitious or burnout patterns were seen in only 9.3/8.2\% of entrepreneurs, respectively, and 25.3/27.3\% of teachers, and 39.6/21.5\% of physicians. While the distribution of patterns in teachers and physicians differed significantly between genders, a gender difference was not found among entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs with the risk pattern of overexertion scored significantly (P < 0.01) lower in self-confidence and health care than those with the healthy pattern. Conclusions The development of a successful enterprise depends, in part, on the health of the entrepreneur. The large proportion of entrepreneurs with the healthy pattern irrespective of gender may support the notion that self-selection effects of healthy individuals in this special career might be important. At the same time, a large proportion was at risk for overexertion and might benefit from measures to cope with professional demands and stress and promote a healthy behavior pattern.}, language = {en} } @article{VockPreckelRolling2011, author = {Vock, Miriam and Preckel, Franzis and Rolling, Heinz}, title = {Mental abilities and school achievement a test of a mediation hypothesis}, series = {Intelligence}, volume = {39}, journal = {Intelligence}, number = {5}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {New York}, issn = {0160-2896}, doi = {10.1016/j.intell.2011.06.006}, pages = {357 -- 369}, year = {2011}, abstract = {This study analyzes the interplay of four cognitive abilities - reasoning, divergent thinking, mental speed, and short-term memory - and their impact on academic achievement in school in a sample of adolescents in grades seven to 10 (N = 1135). Based on information processing approaches to intelligence, we tested a mediation hypothesis, which states that the complex cognitive abilities of reasoning and divergent thinking mediate the influence of the basic cognitive abilities of mental speed and short-term memory on achievement. We administered a comprehensive test battery and analyzed the data through structural equation modeling while controlling for the cluster structure of the data. Our findings support the notion that mental speed and short-term memory, as ability factors reflecting basic cognitive processes, exert an indirect influence on academic achievement by affecting reasoning and divergent thinking (total indirect effects: beta=.22 and .24. respectively). Short-term memory also directly affects achievement (beta=.22).}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Urieta2011, author = {Urieta, Kristin}, title = {Kinder in schwierigen {\"U}bergangssituationen vom Elementar- zum Prim{\"a}rbereich : eine biografieanalytische Studie}, publisher = {Curach Bh{\´a}n Publ}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-942002-01-1}, pages = {235 S.}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{SrinivasanSenthilkumarMuralietal.2011, author = {Srinivasan, K. and Senthilkumar, Dharmapuri Vijayan and Murali, K. and Lakshmanan, Muthusamy and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Synchronization transitions in coupled time-delay electronic circuits with a threshold nonlinearity}, series = {Chaos : an interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear science}, volume = {21}, journal = {Chaos : an interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear science}, number = {2}, publisher = {American Institute of Physics}, address = {Melville}, issn = {1054-1500}, doi = {10.1063/1.3591791}, pages = {11}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Experimental observations of typical kinds of synchronization transitions are reported in unidirectionally coupled time-delay electronic circuits with a threshold nonlinearity and two time delays, namely feedback delay tau(1) and coupling delay tau(2). We have observed transitions from anticipatory to lag via complete synchronization and their inverse counterparts with excitatory and inhibitory couplings, respectively, as a function of the coupling delay tau(2). The anticipating and lag times depend on the difference between the feedback and the coupling delays. A single stability condition for all the different types of synchronization is found to be valid as the stability condition is independent of both the delays. Further, the existence of different kinds of synchronizations observed experimentally is corroborated by numerical simulations and from the changes in the Lyapunov exponents of the coupled time-delay systems.}, language = {en} } @article{SpringerBrandstaedterLiepeltetal.2011, author = {Springer, Anne and Brandst{\"a}dter, Simone and Liepelt, Roman and Birngruber, Teresa and Giese, Martin and Mechsner, Franz and Prinz, Wolfgang}, title = {Motor execution affects action prediction}, series = {Brain and cognition : a journal of experimental and clinical research}, volume = {76}, journal = {Brain and cognition : a journal of experimental and clinical research}, number = {1}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {San Diego}, issn = {0278-2626}, doi = {10.1016/j.bandc.2011.03.007}, pages = {26 -- 36}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Previous studies provided evidence of the claim that the prediction of occluded action involves real-time simulation. We report two experiments that aimed to study how real-time simulation is affected by simultaneous action execution under conditions of full, partial or no overlap between observed and executed actions. This overlap was analysed by comparing the body sides and the movement kinematics involved in the observed and the executed action. While performing actions, participants observed point-light (PL) actions that were interrupted by an occluder, followed by a test pose. The task was to judge whether the test pose depicted a continuation of the occluded action in the same depth angle. Using a paradigm proposed by Graf et al., we independently manipulated the duration of the occluder and the temporal advance of the test pose relative to occlusion onset (occluder time and pose time, respectively). This paradigm allows the assessment of real-time simulation, based on prediction performance across different occluder time/pose time combinations (i.e., improved task performance with decreasing time distance between occluder time and pose time is taken to reflect real-time simulation). The PL actor could be perceived as from the front or back, as indicated by task instructions. In Experiment 1 (front view instructions), evidence of action simulation was obtained for partial overlap (i.e., observed and performed action corresponded either in body side or movement kinematics), but not for full or no overlap conditions. The same pattern was obtained in Experiment 2 (back view instructions), ruling out a spatial compatibility explanation for the real-time pattern observed. Our results suggest that motor processes affect action prediction and real-time simulation. The strength of their impact varies as a function of the overlap between observed and executed actions.}, language = {en} } @article{SkopeteasFanselow2011, author = {Skopeteas, Stavros and Fanselow, Gisbert}, title = {Focus and the exclusion of alternatives on the interaction of syntactic structure with pragmatic inference}, series = {Lingua : international review of general linguistics}, volume = {121}, journal = {Lingua : international review of general linguistics}, number = {11}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0024-3841}, doi = {10.1016/j.lingua.2011.05.005}, pages = {1693 -- 1706}, year = {2011}, abstract = {The claim that focus evokes a set of alternatives is a central issue in several accounts of the effects of focus on interpretation. This article presents two empirical studies that examine whether this property of focus is independent of contextual conditions. The syntactic operation at issue is object-fronting in German, Spanish, Greek, and Hungarian licensed by contexts involving focus on the object constituent. This operation evokes the intuition that the fronted referent excludes some or all relevant alternatives. The presented experiments deal with the question whether this interpretative property obligatorily accompanies the operation at issue or not. The empirical findings show that in German, Spanish, and Greek this intuition depends on properties of the context and is sensitive to the interaction with further discourse factors (in particular, the predictability of the referent). Hungarian displays a different data pattern: our data does not provide evidence that the syntactic operation at issue depends on the context or interacts with further discourse factors. This finding is in line with the view that evoking alternatives is inherent part of constituent-fronting in this language.}, language = {en} } @article{SinnEngbert2011, author = {Sinn, Petra and Engbert, Ralf}, title = {Saccadic facilitation by modulation of microsaccades in natural backgrounds}, series = {Attention, perception, \& psychophysics : AP\&P ; a journal of the Psychonomic Society, Inc.}, volume = {73}, journal = {Attention, perception, \& psychophysics : AP\&P ; a journal of the Psychonomic Society, Inc.}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {New York}, issn = {1943-3921}, doi = {10.3758/s13414-011-0107-9}, pages = {1029 -- 1033}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Saccades move objects of interest into the center of the visual field for high-acuity visual analysis. White, Stritzke, and Gegenfurtner (Current Biology, 18, 124-128, 2008) have shown that saccadic latencies in the context of a structured background are much shorter than those with an unstructured background at equal levels of visibility. This effect has been explained by possible preactivation of the saccadic circuitry whenever a structured background acts as a mask for potential saccade targets. Here, we show that background textures modulate rates of microsaccades during visual fixation. First, after a display change, structured backgrounds induce a stronger decrease of microsaccade rates than do uniform backgrounds. Second, we demonstrate that the occurrence of a microsaccade in a critical time window can delay a subsequent saccadic response. Taken together, our findings suggest that microsaccades contribute to the saccadic facilitation effect, due to a modulation of microsaccade rates by properties of the background.}, language = {en} } @article{ShuZhouYanetal.2011, author = {Shu, Hua and Zhou, Wei and Yan, Ming and Kliegl, Reinhold}, title = {Font size modulates saccade-target selection in Chinese reading}, series = {Attention, perception, \& psychophysics : AP\&P ; a journal of the Psychonomic Society, Inc.}, volume = {73}, journal = {Attention, perception, \& psychophysics : AP\&P ; a journal of the Psychonomic Society, Inc.}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {New York}, issn = {1943-3921}, doi = {10.3758/s13414-010-0029-y}, pages = {482 -- 490}, year = {2011}, abstract = {In alphabetic writing systems, saccade amplitude (a close correlate of reading speed) is independent of font size, presumably because an increase in the angular size of letters is compensated for by a decrease of visual acuity with eccentricity. We propose that this invariance may (also) be due to the presence of spaces between words, guiding the eyes across a large range of font sizes. Here, we test whether saccade amplitude is also invariant against manipulations of font size during reading Chinese, a character-based writing system without spaces as explicit word boundaries for saccade-target selection. In contrast to word-spaced alphabetic writing systems, saccade amplitude decreased significantly with increased font size, leading to an increase in the number of fixations at the beginning of words and in the number of refixations. These results are consistent with a model which assumes that word beginning (rather than word center) is the default saccade target if the length of the parafoveal word is not available.}, language = {en} } @article{ShuZhouYan2011, author = {Shu, Hua and Zhou, Wei and Yan, Ming}, title = {Font size modulates saccade-target selection in Chinese reading}, doi = {10.3758/s13414-010-0029-y}, year = {2011}, abstract = {In alphabetic writing systems, saccade amplitude (a close correlate of reading speed) is independent of font size, presumably because an increase in the angular size of letters is compensated for by a decrease of visual acuity with eccentricity. We propose that this invariance may (also) be due to the presence of spaces between words, guiding the eyes across a large range of font sizes. Here, we test whether saccade amplitude is also invariant against manipulations of font size during reading Chinese, a character-based writing system without spaces as explicit word boundaries for saccade-target selection. In contrast to word-spaced alphabetic writing systems, saccade amplitude decreased significantly with increased font size, leading to an increase in the number of fixations at the beginning of words and in the number of refixations. These results are consistent with a model which assumes that word beginning (rather than word center) is the default saccade target if the length of the parafoveal word is not available.}, language = {en} } @article{SeemuellerFiehlerRoesler2011, author = {Seem{\"u}ller, Anna and Fiehler, Katja and R{\"o}sler, Frank}, title = {Unimodal and crossmodal working memory representations of visual and kinesthetic movement trajectories}, series = {Acta psychologica : international journal of psychonomics}, volume = {136}, journal = {Acta psychologica : international journal of psychonomics}, number = {1}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0001-6918}, doi = {10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.09.014}, pages = {52 -- 59}, year = {2011}, abstract = {The present study investigated whether visual and kinesthetic stimuli are stored as multisensory or modality-specific representations in unimodal and crossmodal working memory tasks. To this end, angle-shaped movement trajectories were presented to 16 subjects in delayed matching-to-sample tasks either visually or kinesthetically during encoding and recognition. During the retention interval, a secondary visual or kinesthetic interference task was inserted either immediately or with a delay after encoding. The modality of the interference task interacted significantly with the encoding modality. After visual encoding, memory was more impaired by a visual than by a kinesthetic secondary task, while after kinesthetic encoding the pattern was reversed. The time when the secondary task had to be performed interacted with the encoding modality as well. For visual encoding, memory was more impaired, when the secondary task had to be performed at the beginning of the retention interval. In contrast, memory after kinesthetic encoding was more affected, when the secondary task was introduced later in the retention interval. The findings suggest that working memory traces are maintained in a modality-specific format characterized by distinct consolidation processes that take longer after kinesthetic than after visual encoding.}, language = {en} } @article{SchweizerPlessnerKahlertetal.2011, author = {Schweizer, Geoffrey and Plessner, Henning and Kahlert, Daniela and Brand, Ralf}, title = {A Video-Based training method for improving soccer referees' intuitive decision-making skills}, series = {Journal of applied sport psychology}, volume = {23}, journal = {Journal of applied sport psychology}, number = {4}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1041-3200}, doi = {10.1080/10413200.2011.555346}, pages = {429 -- 442}, year = {2011}, abstract = {We present a video-based online training-tool (SET, for Schiedsrichter-Entscheidungs-Training, in German) for improving soccer referees' decisions. We assume that referees' decision-making in contact situations mainly relies on intuitive processing. For improving intuitive decisions, feedback on the correctness of decisions is essential; explanations are not required (Hogarth, 2008). Referees participating in SET watch videos, make decisions, and receive feedback. Evidence of the training's effectiveness was obtained in two experiments with soccer players and expert referees. Immediate feedback on the correctness of decisions without further explanations was sufficient for increasing decision accuracy. Results illustrate that SET is a promising tool for complementing referees' training.}, language = {en} } @article{SchmidBlomeyerBuchmannetal.2011, author = {Schmid, Brigitte and Blomeyer, Dorothea and Buchmann, Arlette F. and Trautmann-Villalba, Patricia and Zimmermann, Ulrich S. and Schmidt, Martin H. and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Banaschewski, Tobias and Laucht, Manfred}, title = {Quality of early mother-child interaction associated with depressive psychopathology in the offspring - a prospective study from infancy to adulthood}, series = {Journal of psychiatric research}, volume = {45}, journal = {Journal of psychiatric research}, number = {10}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0022-3956}, doi = {10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.05.010}, pages = {1387 -- 1394}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Evidence from animal research has revealed that less maternal care results in disturbed emotionality in the offspring. In the present study, the long-term impact of maternal responsiveness and stimulation during early mother child interaction on depressive psychopathology was examined until adulthood. Data are from an epidemiological cohort study of the long-term outcome of early risk factors assessed at birth. At age 3 months, mothers and infants were videotaped during a nursing and playing situation. Maternal responsiveness and stimulation as well as infant responsiveness were evaluated by trained raters. At age 19 years, 314 participants (145 males, 169 females) were characterized on measures of depression through interview and questionnaire. In addition, measures of depression and anxiety were available from assessments in childhood. Results indicated that less maternal stimulation during early interaction was associated with a higher risk of depression in the offspring until the age of 19 years. In addition, children of less stimulating mothers showed more depressive symptoms at age 19 years and displayed more anxiety and depressive symptoms between the ages of 4.5 and 15 years. In contrast, maternal responsiveness was unrelated to children's outcome. In accordance with findings from animal research, the present study provides first longitudinal evidence in humans of a continuous and long-term influence of early maternal interaction behavior on the offspring's psychological adjustment until adulthood. The results suggest that the amount of maternally initiated contact behavior in a very early developmental stage may be crucial for children's mental health, regardless of child and maternal responsiveness.}, language = {en} } @book{Roesler2011, author = {R{\"o}sler, Frank}, title = {Psychophysiologie der Kognition : eine Einf{\"u}hrung in die Kognitive Neurowissenschaft}, publisher = {Spektrum Akademischer Verlag}, address = {Heidelberg}, isbn = {978-3-8274-2598-0}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-8274-2599-7}, pages = {S. 461}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{RolfsOhl2011, author = {Rolfs, Martin and Ohl, Sven}, title = {Visual suppression in the superior colliculus around the time of microsaccades}, series = {Journal of neurophysiology}, volume = {105}, journal = {Journal of neurophysiology}, number = {1}, publisher = {American Chemical Society}, address = {Bethesda}, issn = {0022-3077}, doi = {10.1152/jn.00862.2010}, pages = {1 -- 3}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Miniature eye movements jitter the retinal image unceasingly, raising the question of how perceptual continuity is achieved during visual fixation. Recent work discovered suppression of visual bursts in the superior colliculus around the time of microsaccades, tiny jerks of the eyes that support visual perception while gaze is fixed. This finding suggests that corollary discharge, supporting visual stability when rapid eye movements drastically shift the retinal image, may also exist for the smallest saccades.}, language = {en} } @article{RjoskMcElvanyAndersetal.2011, author = {Rjosk, Camilla and McElvany, Nele and Anders, Yvonne and Becker, Michael}, title = {Teachers' diagnostic skills in estimating students' basic reading capacities}, series = {Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht : Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Forschung und Praxis}, volume = {58}, journal = {Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht : Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Forschung und Praxis}, number = {2}, publisher = {Reinhardt}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, issn = {0342-183X}, doi = {10.2378/peu2011.art04d}, pages = {92 -- 105}, year = {2011}, abstract = {The present study investigates diagnostic skills of German teachers in estimating basic reading capacities of sixth graders and the way they relate to achievement heterogeneity of the judged student group and to students' language background. The data were obtained from a sample of 39 German teachers and their classes in the context of the Berlin Longitudinal Reading Study. Judgements on different levels were analysed (achievement of sixth graders in general and of individual students). Diagnostic skills were investigated using different indicators: the personal judgement error and tendency and the accuracy in identifying achievement differences between individual students (rank component). The accuracy in estimating reading capacities of students with and without a different language background was investigated by means of achievement level matched pairs. The outcomes indicated, among others, an overestimation of students' general achievement level and on average an acceptable accuracy in identifying achievement differences between individual students. They showed equal difficulties in judging performances of students with and without a different language background.}, language = {de} } @misc{RisseKliegl2011, author = {Risse, Sarah and Kliegl, Reinhold}, title = {Adult age differences in the perceptual span during reading}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-56935}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Following up on research suggesting an age-related reduction in the rightward extent of the perceptual span during reading (Rayner, Castelhano, \& Yang, 2009), we compared old and young adults in an N+2-boundary paradigm in which a nonword preview of word N+2 or word N+2 itself is replaced by the target word once the eyes cross an invisible boundary located after word N. The intermediate word N+1 was always three letters long. Gaze durations on word N+2 were significantly shorter for identical than nonword N+2 preview both for young and for old adults with no significant difference in this preview benefit. Young adults, however, did modulate their gaze duration on word N more strongly than old adults in response to the difficulty of the parafoveal word N+1. Taken together, the results suggest a dissociation of preview benefit and parafoveal-on-foveal effect. Results are discussed in terms of age-related decline in resilience towards distributed processing while simultaneously preserving the ability to integrate parafoveal information into foveal processing. As such, the present results relate to proposals of regulatory compensation strategies older adults use to secure an overall reading speed very similar to that of young adults.}, language = {en} } @article{RisseKliegl2011, author = {Risse, Sarah and Kliegl, Reinhold}, title = {Adult age difference in the perceptual span during reading}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Following up on research suggesting an age-related reduction in the rightward extent of the perceptual span during reading (Rayner, Castelhano, \& Yang, 2009), we compared old and young adults in an N + 2-boundary paradigm in which a nonword preview of word N + 2 or word N + 2 itself is replaced by the target word once the eyes cross an invisible boundary located after word N. The intermediate word N + 1 was always three letters long. Gaze durations on word N + 2 were significantly shorter for identical than nonword N + 2 preview both for young and for old adults, with no significant difference in this preview benefit. Young adults, however, did modulate their gaze duration on word N more strongly than old adults in response to the difficulty of the parafoveal word N + 1. Taken together, the results suggest a dissociation of preview benefit and parafoveal-on-foveal effect. Results are discussed in terms of age-related decline in resilience towards distributed processing while simultaneously preserving the ability to integrate parafoveal information into foveal processing. As such, the present results relate to proposals of regulatory compensation strategies older adults use to secure an overall reading speed very similar to that of young adults. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)}, language = {en} } @article{RisseKliegl2011, author = {Risse, Sarah and Kliegl, Reinhold}, title = {Adult age differences in the perceptual span during reading}, series = {Psychology and aging}, volume = {26}, journal = {Psychology and aging}, number = {2}, publisher = {American Psychological Association}, address = {Washington}, issn = {0882-7974}, doi = {10.1037/a0021616}, pages = {451 -- 460}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Following up on research suggesting an age-related reduction in the rightward extent of the perceptual span during reading (Rayner, Castelhano, \& Yang, 2009), we compared old and young adults in an N + 2-boundary paradigm in which a nonword preview of word N + 2 or word N + 2 itself is replaced by the target word once the eyes cross an invisible boundary located after word N. The intermediate word N + I was always three letters long. Gaze durations on word N + 2 were significantly shorter for identical than nonword N + 2 preview both for young and for old adults, with no significant difference in this preview benefit. Young adults, however, did modulate their gaze duration on word N more strongly than old adults in response to the difficulty of the parafoveal word N + I. Taken together, the results suggest a dissociation of preview benefit and parafoveal-on-foveal effect. Results are discussed in terms of age-related decline in resilience towards distributed processing while simultaneously preserving the ability to integrate parafoveal information into foveal processing. As such, the present results relate to proposals of regulatory compensation strategies older adults use to secure an overall reading speed very similar to that of young adults.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Risse2011, author = {Risse, Sarah}, title = {Processing in the perceptual span : investigations with the n+2-boundary paradigm}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-60414}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Cognitive psychology is traditionally interested in the interaction of perception, cognition, and behavioral control. Investigating eye movements in reading constitutes a field of research in which the processes and interactions of these subsystems can be studied in a well-defined environment. Thereby, the following questions are pursued: How much information is visually perceived during a fixation, how is processing achieved and temporally coordinated from visual letter encoding to final sentence comprehension, and how do such processes reflect on behavior such as the control of the eyes' movements during reading. Various theoretical models have been proposed to account for the specific eye-movement behavior in reading (for a review see Reichle, Rayner, \& Pollatsek, 2003). Some models are based on the idea of shifting attention serially from one word to the next within the sentence whereas others propose distributed attention allocating processing resources to more than one word at a time. As attention is assumed to drive word recognition processes one major difference between these models is that word processing must either occur in strict serial order, or that word processing is achieved in parallel. In spite of this crucial difference in the time course of word processing, both model classes perform well on explaining many of the benchmark effects in reading. In fact, there seems to be not much empirical evidence that challenges the models to a point at which their basic assumptions could be falsified. One issue often perceived as being decisive in the debate on serial and parallel word processing is how not-yet-fixated words to the right of fixation affect eye movements. Specifically, evidence is discussed as to what spatial extent such parafoveal words are previewed and how this influences current and subsequent word processing. Four experiments investigated parafoveal processing close to the spatial limits of the perceptual span. The present work aims to go beyond mere existence proofs of previewing words at such spatial distances. Introducing a manipulation that dissociates the sources of long-range preview effects, benefits and costs of parafoveal processing can be investigated in a single analysis and the differing impact is tracked across a three-word target region. In addition, the same manipulation evaluates the role of oculomotor error as the cause of non-local distributed effects. In this respect, the results contribute to a better understanding of the time course of word processing inside the perceptual span and attention allocation during reading.}, language = {en} } @article{Rauh2011, author = {Rauh, Hellgard}, title = {Autogenese, Evolution und Entwicklung : ein Kommentar zu J{\"u}ttemanns Historischer Psychologie}, issn = {1610-3696}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{PollatosWernerDuscheketal.2011, author = {Pollatos, Olga and Werner, Natalie S. and Duschek, Stefan and Schandry, Rainer and Matthias, Ellen and Traut-Mattausch, Eva and Herbert, Beate M.}, title = {Differential effects of alexithymia subscales on autonomic reactivity and anxiety during social stress}, series = {Journal of psychosomatic research}, volume = {70}, journal = {Journal of psychosomatic research}, number = {6}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0022-3999}, doi = {10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.12.003}, pages = {525 -- 533}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Objectives: Alexithymia is characterized by a difficulty in identifying and describing one's emotions. Recent research has associated differential effects of the alexithymia facets to hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis markers during stress. This study aimed to analyze how the facets of alexithymia interact with autonomic reactivity as well as self- and observer-rated anxiety during a social stress task. Methods: With the use of a public-speaking paradigm, skin conductance levels (SCLs) and heart rate (HR) during the defined periods of baseline, preparation, stress, and recovery were assessed in 60 volunteers (42 females, mean age 22.8) categorized as having either high (HDA) or low (LDA) degrees of alexithymia. Results: We found smaller SCLs during preparation and speech in the HDA group. Regression analyses indicated that only the alexithymia facet "difficulty in describing feelings" (DDF) was associated with smaller electrodermal responses. In the HDA group, self- and observer-rated anxiety was higher in the HDA than in the LDA group, which was attributable to higher scores in the subscales "difficulty in identifying feelings" (DIF) and "externally oriented thinking" (EOT). Conclusions: Our data support and specify the decoupling hypothesis of alexithymia by showing that the facets of alexithymia are differentially related to autonomic reactivity as well as self- and observer-rated anxiety during social stress.}, language = {en} } @article{PollatosHerbertWankneretal.2011, author = {Pollatos, Olga and Herbert, Beate M. and Wankner, Sarah and Dietel, Anja and Wachsmuth, Cornelia and Henningsen, Peter and Sack, Martin}, title = {Autonomic imbalance is associated with reduced facial recognition in somatoform disorders}, series = {Journal of psychosomatic research}, volume = {71}, journal = {Journal of psychosomatic research}, number = {4}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0022-3999}, doi = {10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.03.012}, pages = {232 -- 239}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Objectives: Somatoform disorders are characterized by the presence of multiple somatic symptoms. While the accuracy of perceiving bodily signal (interoceptive awareness) is only sparely investigated in somatoform disorders, recent research has associated autonomic imbalance with cognitive and emotional difficulties in stress-related diseases. This study aimed to investigate how sympathovagal reactivity interacts with performance in recognizing emotions in faces (facial recognition task). Methods: Using a facial recognition and appraisal task, skin conductance levels (SCLs), heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) were assessed in 26 somatoform patients and compared to healthy controls. Interoceptive awareness was assessed by a heartbeat detection task. Results: We found evidence for a sympathovagal imbalance in somatoform disorders characterized by low parasympathetic reactivity during emotional tasks and increased sympathetic activation during baseline. Somatoform patients exhibited a reduced recognition performance for neutral and sad emotional expressions only. Possible confounding variables such as alexithymia, anxiety or depression were taken into account. Interoceptive awareness was reduced in somatoform patients. Conclusions: Our data demonstrate an imbalance in sympathovagal activation in somatoform disorders associated with decreased parasympathetic activation. This might account for difficulties in processing of sad and neutral facial expressions in somatoform patients which might be a pathogenic mechanism for increased everyday vulnerability.}, language = {en} } @article{PollatosDietelHerbertetal.2011, author = {Pollatos, Olga and Dietel, Anja and Herbert, Beate M. and Wankner, Sarah and Wachsmuth, Cornelia and Henningsen, Peter and Sack, Martin}, title = {Blunted autonomic reactivity and increased pain tolerance in somatoform patients}, series = {Pain : journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain}, volume = {152}, journal = {Pain : journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain}, number = {9}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0304-3959}, doi = {10.1016/j.pain.2011.05.024}, pages = {2157 -- 2164}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Somatoform disorders are characterized by the presence of multiple somatic symptoms. Patients often experience different pain syndromes, and recent research suggests that sympathovagal balance is disturbed in somatoform patients, which could be related to alteration in pain sensitivity. This study analyzed how proposed sympathovagal imbalance interacts with objective pain assessment and the imagination of pain in somatoform disorders. Twenty-one patients (4 men) with diagnosed multisomatoform disorder were included in the study and matched to healthy control subjects. Autonomic measures and heart rate variability were assessed during baseline; pain perception was assessed by means of a pressure algometer and pain imagination. We found evidence for a sympathovagal imbalance in somatoform disorders characterized by low parasympathetic activation and high sympathetic activation during all conditions. Additionally, somatoform patients had reduced pain tolerance. Vagal withdrawal during pain assessment was more pronounced for healthy control subjects and correlated positively with assessed pain tolerance. During imagination somatoform, patients reported higher pain unpleasantness and higher pain intensity as compared to control subjects. We conclude that our data demonstrate an imbalance in sympathovagal activation and a hyposensitivity to pain tolerance stimuli in somatoform disorders. Parasympathetic reactivity might form crucial information when judging pain-associated affective-motivational components. Our results might be attributable to a deficient detection of visceral signals and might be a pathogenetic mechanism for the development of emotional difficulties and increased everyday vulnerability in somatoform patients.}, language = {en} } @article{PitzerJennenSteinmetzEsseretal.2011, author = {Pitzer, Martina and Jennen-Steinmetz, Christine and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Schmidt, Martin H. and Laucht, Manfred}, title = {Prediction of preadolescent depressive symptoms from child temperament, maternal distress, and gender results of a prospective, longitudinal study}, series = {Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics}, volume = {32}, journal = {Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics}, number = {1}, publisher = {Lippincott Williams \& Wilkins}, address = {Philadelphia}, issn = {0196-206X}, doi = {10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181f4a474}, pages = {18 -- 26}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Objective: The delineation of developmental pathways to juvenile depressive symptoms is of major clinical interest because these are known to be predictive for adult mood disorders and for a range of other mental health problems. This study investigates the impact of child temperament and early maternal distress, both of which are known to influence children's emotional development, on preadolescent depression. Methods: In a prospective, longitudinal at-risk sample (163 boys, 178 girls), we assessed temperament at the age of 3 months and at 2 years, 4.5 years, and 8 years, respectively, and chronic maternal distress during infancy. Hierarchical linear regression analysis was used to investigate the prediction of depressive symptoms at the age of 11 years measured by the Child Depression Inventory. In addition, we controlled for psychosocial and obstetric perinatal risks and gender. Results: Psychosocial risks and self-control temperament made significant independent contributions to preadolescent depression, whereas fearful, difficult temperament and obstetric risks were unrelated to depressive outcome. Interestingly, a clear gender difference emerged with a significant prediction from maternal distress only in girls. Conclusions: Our data extend previous findings of a concurrent association between regulative temperament and juvenile depression to a predictive view. Furthermore, the results point toward gender-specific pathways to preadolescent depression and support earlier findings indicating that subclinical maternal distress may exert as detrimental effects on child development as clinical depression.}, language = {en} } @article{PitzerJennenSteinmetzEsseretal.2011, author = {Pitzer, Martina and Jennen-Steinmetz, Christine and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Schmidt, Martin H. and Laucht, Manfred}, title = {Differential susceptibility to environmental influences the role of early temperament and parenting in the development of externalizing problems}, series = {Comprehensive psychiatry : official journal of the American Psychopathological Association}, volume = {52}, journal = {Comprehensive psychiatry : official journal of the American Psychopathological Association}, number = {6}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Philadelphia}, issn = {0010-440X}, doi = {10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.10.017}, pages = {650 -- 658}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Objective: A difficult or undercontrolled temperament, as well as harsh parental discipline or a lack of warmth, has long been regarded as risk factors for the development of externalizing problems. In addition, it has been suggested that children with difficult temperament are especially susceptible to rearing influences. We investigated the impact of early temperament and parenting and their interactions on externalizing behavior at school age. Methods: Participants were 148 boys and 160 girls from a prospective longitudinal study on a high-risk sample. At ages 3 months and 2 years, temperament was assessed by a highly structured parent interview and standardized behavioral observations. Maternal parenting was assessed by videotaped behavioral observation and a parent questionnaire. Externalizing problems at age 8 years were measured by the Child Behavior Checklist. Results: Using hierarchical linear regression analyses, we found that externalizing problems were predicted by psychosocial adversity and poor self-control, whereas no main effect for restrictive parenting or maternal empathy was found. Fearful-inhibited boys were positively affected by empathic and sensitive parenting, whereas girls who were low in self-control and/or fearful developed less externalizing problems with restrictive parenting. Conclusion: Our results partly support the differential susceptibility hypothesis. In addition, they point toward gender-specific pathways in the development of externalizing problems.}, language = {en} } @article{ParkinsonSpringerPrinz2011, author = {Parkinson, Jim and Springer, Anne and Prinz, Wolfgang}, title = {Can you see me in the snow? - action simulation aids the detection of visually degraded human motion}, series = {The quarterly journal of experimental psychology}, volume = {64}, journal = {The quarterly journal of experimental psychology}, number = {8}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hove}, issn = {1747-0218}, doi = {10.1080/17470218.2011.594895}, pages = {1463 -- 1472}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Using a novel paradigm, we demonstrate that action simulation can directly facilitate ongoing perception of people's movements. Point-light actors (PLAs) representing common human motions were shown embedded in a visual noise reminiscent of "TV snow". At first, the PLAs were perceived clearly, then occluded from view for a short duration, during which it was hypothesized that a real-time action simulation was generated tracking the motion's course. The PLA then reappeared in motion at variable visibility against the noise, whilst detection thresholds for the reappearance were measured. In the crucial manipulation, the test motion was either temporally congruent with the motion as it would have continued during occlusion, and thus temporally matching the simulation, or temporally incongruent. Detection thresholds were lower for congruent than for incongruent reappearing motions, suggesting that reappearing motion that temporally matched the internal action simulation was more likely to be detected.}, language = {en} } @article{OhlBrandtKliegl2011, author = {Ohl, Sven and Brandt, Stephan A. and Kliegl, Reinhold}, title = {Secondary (micro-)saccades the influence of primary saccade end point and target eccentricity on the process of postsaccadic fixation}, series = {Vision research : an international journal for functional aspects of vision.}, volume = {51}, journal = {Vision research : an international journal for functional aspects of vision.}, number = {23-24}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0042-6989}, doi = {10.1016/j.visres.2011.09.005}, pages = {2340 -- 2347}, year = {2011}, abstract = {We examine how the size of saccadic under-/overshoot and target eccentricity influence the latency, amplitude and orientation of secondary (micro-)saccades. In our experiment, a target appeared at an eccentricity of either 6 degrees or 14 degrees of visual angle. Subjects were instructed to direct their gaze as quickly as possible to the target and hold fixation at the new location until the end of the trial. Typically, increasing saccadic error is associated with faster and larger secondary saccades. We show that secondary saccades at distant in contrast to close targets have in a specific error range a shorter latency, larger amplitude, and follow more often the direction of the primary saccade. Finally, we demonstrate that an undershooting primary saccade is followed almost exclusively by secondary saccades into the same direction while overshooting primary saccades are followed by secondary saccades into both directions. This supports the notion that under- and overshooting imply different consequences for postsaccadic oculomotor processing. Results are discussed using a model, introduced by Rolfs, Kliegl, and Engbert (2008), to account for the generation of microsaccades. We argue that the dynamic interplay of target eccentricity and the magnitude of the saccadic under-/overshoot can be explained by a different strength of activation in the two hemispheres of the saccadic motor map in this model.}, language = {en} } @article{MohnkeWarschburger2011, author = {Mohnke, Sebastian and Warschburger, Petra}, title = {Body dissatisfaction among female and male adolescents comparing prevalence, predictors, and consequences between the sexes}, series = {Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie : Ergebnisse aus Psychotherapie, Beratung und Psychiatrie}, volume = {60}, journal = {Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie : Ergebnisse aus Psychotherapie, Beratung und Psychiatrie}, number = {4}, publisher = {Vandenhoeck \& Ruprecht}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, issn = {0032-7034}, pages = {285 -- 303}, year = {2011}, abstract = {As part of the POPS study (Potsdam prevention of eating disorders) 300 adolescents aged between 10 and 13 years completed questionnaires measuring satisfaction with weight and muscles, body change strategies and disturbed eating behavior. More than half of the girls and a third of the boys are dissatisfied with their weight. Nearly 70\% of the male participants were unhappy with their muscles. Both forms of body dissatisfaction are influenced by similar sociocultural and psychological factors. While weight dissatisfaction leads to weight reduction strategies and disturbed eating, muscle dissatisfaction results in muscle enhancement methods. Potential harmful consequences of excessive muscle building techniques are discussed. The data emphasize the need for a sex-specific investigation of body dissatisfaction and its consequences. Body image aspects relevant to boys should be added to intervention and prevention approaches.}, language = {de} } @article{MillerSchwarz2011, author = {Miller, Jeff and Schwarz, Wolfgang}, title = {Aggregate and individual replication probability within an explicit model of the research process}, series = {Psychological methods}, volume = {16}, journal = {Psychological methods}, number = {3}, publisher = {American Psychological Association}, address = {Washington}, issn = {1082-989X}, doi = {10.1037/a0023347}, pages = {337 -- 360}, year = {2011}, abstract = {We study a model of the research process in which the true effect size, the replication jitter due to changes in experimental procedure, and the statistical error of effect size measurement are all normally distributed random variables. Within this model, we analyze the probability of successfully replicating an initial experimental result by obtaining either a statistically significant result in the same direction or any effect in that direction. We analyze both the probability of successfully replicating a particular experimental effect (i.e., the individual replication probability) and the average probability of successful replication across different studies within some research context (i.e., the aggregate replication probability), and we identify the conditions under which the latter can be approximated using the formulas of Killeen (2005a, 2007). We show how both of these probabilities depend on parameters of the research context that would rarely be known in practice. In addition, we show that the statistical uncertainty associated with the size of an initial observed effect would often prevent accurate estimation of the desired individual replication probability even if these research context parameters were known exactly. We conclude that accurate estimates of replication probability are generally unattainable.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Laux2011, author = {Laux, Anna}, title = {Schulleitung im Mittelpunkt schulischer Gesundheit : eine Studie zu der Gesundheit schulischer F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte und ihrer Rolle f{\"u}r die Lehrergesundheit}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-59771}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Die neuen Anforderungen an Schulleitungen im Zuge gesellschaftlicher, schulpolitischer und schulinterner Entwicklungen sind erheblich (Huber, 2008). Diese in der Literatur breit geteilte Einsch{\"a}tzung schl{\"a}gt sich bislang nicht ausreichend in Forschungsaktivit{\"a}ten zur Gesundheit schulischer F{\"u}hrungskr{\"a}fte nieder - im Unterschied zu der ausgiebigen Forschung zur Lehrergesundheit, die f{\"u}r die Lehrer durchg{\"a}ngig eine kritische Gesundheitslage feststellt. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit erzielte dabei die Potsdamer Lehrerstudie (Schaarschmidt, 2004). Sie belegte unter anderem auch die Einflussm{\"o}glichkeiten der Schulleitung auf die Lehrergesundheit. Die vorliegende Arbeit verfolgt zwei Ziele: Erstens wird die aktuelle Schulleitungsforschung um empirische Daten zur gesundheitlichen Situation von n = 484 Schulleitungen aus Brandenburg und Baden-W{\"u}rttemberg erg{\"a}nzt. Zweitens wird die Bedeutung der Schulleitung f{\"u}r die Lehrergesundheit n{\"a}her untersucht, indem empirische Daten aus F{\"u}hrungsfeedbackverfahren mit n = 12 Schulleitungen und n = 332 Lehrern in Baden-W{\"u}rttemberg und Hessen herangezogen werden. Das diagnostische Verfahren AVEM ("Arbeitsbezogenes Verhaltens- und Erlebensmuster", Schaarschmidt \& Fischer, 1996/2003) dient als methodische Grundlage. Es erhebt Selbsteinsch{\"a}tzungen zum arbeitsbezogenen Verhalten und Erleben und weist auf m{\"o}gliche Risiken im Sinne psychischer oder psychosomatischer Gef{\"a}hrdung hin. Das Instrument erfasst mit 66 Items 11 Dimensionen (z.B. Distanzierungsf{\"a}higkeit). Auf diese Weise ist es m{\"o}glich, die befragte Person einem von vier arbeitsbezogenen Verhaltens- und Erlebensmustern zuzuordnen: Muster G (Gesundheitsideal), Muster S (Schonungstendenz gegen{\"u}ber beruflichen Anforderungen), Risikomuster A ({\"u}berh{\"o}htes Engagement), Risikomuster B (Resignation). Zudem werden Fragen zu schulischer F{\"u}hrung eingesetzt, die sich aus vorhandenen Frageb{\"o}gen speisen. Mit Hilfe einer exploratorischen Faktorenanalyse k{\"o}nnen sechs Faktoren identifiziert werden: Pers{\"o}nliche emotionale Wertsch{\"a}tzung und F{\"u}rsorge, optimistische Zukunftsorientierung, konstruktives Management des Schulbetriebs, F{\"o}rderung von Weiterbildung und p{\"a}dagogischem Diskurs, Pr{\"a}senz/Ansprechbarkeit und Partizipationsorientierung. Zu der ersten Fragestellung zeigt sich f{\"u}r die befragten Schulleitungen im Mittel ein gesundheitlich recht positives Bild - gerade im Kontrast zu den befragten Lehrern. F{\"u}r die befragten Schulleitungen wird eine signifikant g{\"u}nstigere AVEM-Musterkonstellation festgestellt: Der Anteil des Musters G ist bei den Schulleitungen deutlich h{\"o}her, der Anteil des Musters B deutlich niedriger und der Anteil des Musters A in etwa gleich groß. Die AVEM-Ergebnisse schlagen sich bei den befragten Schulleitungen in unmittelbaren Gesundheitsindikatoren nieder. F{\"u}r bestimmte Untergruppen herrscht allerdings ein gesundheitlich vergleichsweise kritisches Bild vor, n{\"a}mlich tendenziell f{\"u}r Schulleitungen in Brandenburg, f{\"u}r weibliche Schulleitungen und Schulleitungen an Grund- und F{\"o}rderschulen. Eine hohe Unterrichtsverpflichtung ist mit einem gr{\"o}ßeren Anteil an Risikomustern verbunden. Ein hohes Maß an erlebter Autonomie - insbesondere im sozial-interaktiven Bereich mit den Lehrern (d.h. bei Auswahl, Einstellung und Beurteilung von Lehrern sowie bei der innerschulischen Arbeitsorganisation und kollegialen Zusammenarbeit) - geht dagegen mit jeweils g{\"u}nstigeren AVEM-Musterkonstellationen einher. Zur Beantwortung der zweiten Fragestellung wird eine methodisch anspruchsvolle Mehrebenenanalyse durchgef{\"u}hrt, die die hierarchische Anordnung der Daten angemessen behandelt. F{\"u}r die wahrgenommene soziale Unterst{\"u}tzung durch die Schulleitung wird dabei eine negative Beziehung zur subjektiven Bedeutsamkeit der Arbeit und der Verausgabungsbereitschaft der befragten Lehrer gefunden. Hingegen ergibt sich ein positiver Zusammenhang zwischen der erlebten F{\"o}rderung von Weiterbildung und p{\"a}dagogischem Diskurs und dem Erfolgserleben der befragten Lehrer. Ebenso h{\"a}ngt die wahrgenommene F{\"u}hrung durch die Schulleitung in ihrer Gesamtheit in positiver Weise mit der Lebenszufriedenheit der befragten Lehrer zusammen. Es sei betont, dass ausschließlich Effekte nachgewiesen werden, die auf die individuelle Ebene der Lehrer zur{\"u}ckgehen, d.h. es scheint - was den Zusammenhang zwischen erlebter F{\"u}hrung und Lehrergesundheit angeht - auf die subjektive Wahrnehmung des F{\"u}hrungsverhaltens der Schulleitung durch den/die jeweilige(n) Lehrer/in anzukommen. Eine erste theoretische Skizze zu wesentlichen Determinanten von Schulleitungsgesundheit wird vorgeschlagen. Empfehlungen f{\"u}r die Schulleitungspraxis umfassen die Reduzierung der Unterrichtsverpflichtung, die Erweiterung von Autonomie im sozial-interaktiven Bereich mit den Lehrern und die systematische Etablierung von Mitarbeitergespr{\"a}chen zur Ausgestaltung individueller F{\"u}hrungsbeziehungen zwischen Schulleitungen und Lehrern.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{LauchtBlomeyerElFaddaghetal.2011, author = {Laucht, Manfred and Blomeyer, Dorothea and El-Faddagh, Mahha and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Schmidt, Martin and Banaschewski, Tobias and Becker, Katja}, title = {Are regulatory problems in infancy precursors of ADHD in childhood? a moderating role for the dopamine D4 receptor gene}, series = {Infant mental health journal}, volume = {32}, booktitle = {Infant mental health journal}, number = {3}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {0163-9641}, pages = {212 -- 212}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @article{LangeCerellaVerhaeghen2011, author = {Lange, Elke B. and Cerella, John and Verhaeghen, Paul}, title = {Ease of access to list items in short-term memory depends on the order of the recognition probes}, series = {Journal of experimental psychology : Learning, memory, and cognition}, volume = {37}, journal = {Journal of experimental psychology : Learning, memory, and cognition}, number = {3}, publisher = {American Psychological Association}, address = {Washington}, issn = {0278-7393}, doi = {10.1037/a0022220}, pages = {608 -- 620}, year = {2011}, abstract = {We report data from 4 experiments using a recognition design with multiple probes to be matched to specific study positions. Items could be accessed rapidly, independent of set size, when the test order matched the study order (forward condition). When the order of testing was random, backward, or in a prelearned irregular sequence (reordered conditions), the classic Sternberg result was obtained: Response times were slow and increased linearly with set size. A number of explanations for forward-condition facilitation were ruled out, such as the predictability of the study order (Experiment 2), the predictability of the probe order (Experiment 1), the covariation of study and test orders (Experiments 1, 2, and 4), processes of probe encoding and perception that did not rely on STM access (Experiments I, 2, and 4), specific support of the forward condition by articulatory processes (Experiment 3), or condition-dependent strategic differences (Experiment 4). More detailed analyses demonstrated that fast forward responses could not be accounted for by the effects of input position and output position that modulated random responses, effects that did account for the slower responses of the reordered conditions (Experiments 1, 3, and 4). A final analysis of probe-to-probe transitions as a function of encoding distance revealed a sizeable single-step benefit in the random condition. We concluded that STM representations were serial rather than spatial and that forward probes benefited from their serial adjacency.}, language = {en} } @article{KroellerWarschburger2011, author = {Kroeller, Katja and Warschburger, Petra}, title = {Problematic eating behavior in childhood do maternal feeding patterns play a role?}, series = {Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie : Ergebnisse aus Psychotherapie, Beratung und Psychiatrie}, volume = {60}, journal = {Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie : Ergebnisse aus Psychotherapie, Beratung und Psychiatrie}, number = {4}, publisher = {Vandenhoeck \& Ruprecht}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, issn = {0032-7034}, pages = {253 -- 269}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Past research indicates an association in adults and young people of emotional and contextual factors with a higher risk for the development of eating disorders or obesity. Few studies focus on problematic eating patterns in childhood, especially in association with parental feeding strategies. 482 mothers completed a questionnaire about eating behaviors and the weight status of their 1- to 10-year-old child as well as their own feeding strategies. A classification of the child's eating behavior (food responsiveness, emotional eating, external eating, eating time and meal structure) using hierarchical cluster analysis revealed a conspicuous eating pattern (10 \%) showing above-average values in all eating behaviors. Controlling for weight and demographic variables mothers of children with conspicuous eating patterns were characterized by restrictive strategies and were less likely to encourage or facilitate their child to control his or her eating. Similar problematic eating patterns were also identified in early childhood. The association of maternal feeding strategies - beyond weight control issues - with conspicuous eating patterns in children might indicate a possibility of early prevention through parent training.}, language = {de} } @article{KrentzWarschburger2011, author = {Krentz, Eva M. and Warschburger, Petra}, title = {Sports-related correlates of disordered eating in aesthetic sports}, series = {Psychology of sport and exercise : PSE ; an official journal of the European Federation of Sport Psychology}, volume = {12}, journal = {Psychology of sport and exercise : PSE ; an official journal of the European Federation of Sport Psychology}, number = {4}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1469-0292}, doi = {10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.03.004}, pages = {375 -- 382}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Objectives: Eating disorders are more prevalent in aesthetic sports such as figure skating or gymnastics. While many descriptive studies on their prevalence already exist, more and more studies are now examining the reasons for the specific risk of these athletes. The purpose of this study was to focus on sport-specific variables in aesthetic sports and to examine their relation to disordered eating. Design: Cross-sectional. Method: 96 Elite athletes from aesthetic sports (61 girls, 35 boys) were compared to a control group of 96 sex-matched non-athletes. The mean age of participants was M = 14.0 years (SD = 2.2). The questionnaire package included disordered eating, general body dissatisfaction, sports-related body dissatisfaction, desire to be leaner to improve sports performance and social pressure to be lean from sports environment. Results: Athletes from aesthetic sports displayed more eating disorder symptoms but did not differ from the control group with respect to general body dissatisfaction. For athletes in aesthetic sports, the desire to be leaner to improve sports performance was a significant predictor for disordered eating, and mediated the relationship between social pressure from the sports environment and disordered eating. Conclusions: The results suggest that sports-related parameters are relevant for understanding eating disorder symptomatology in aesthetic sports. Athletes from aesthetic sports seem to be more at risk if they perceive the possibility to enhance sports performance through weight-regulation, which appears to be triggered by social pressure to be lean from sports environment.}, language = {en} } @article{KrentzWarschburger2011, author = {Krentz, Eva M. and Warschburger, Petra}, title = {Sports-related correlates of disordered eating a comparison between aesthetic and ballgame sports}, series = {International journal of sport and exercise psychology}, volume = {42}, journal = {International journal of sport and exercise psychology}, number = {6}, publisher = {Pozzi}, address = {Roma}, issn = {0047-0767}, pages = {548 -- 564}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Prevalence rates for disordered eating vary between different types of sports (Sundgot-Borgen \& Torstveit, 2004). In this study, athletes of sports with a high risk and low risk for disordered eating were compared regarding potential sports-related risk factors for disordered eating. One hundred and seventy-one aesthetic and ballgame sports athletes participated in this study (mean age 14.1 +/- 1.8 years). Aesthetic sports athletes reported more disordered eating behaviors, sports-related body dissatisfaction, a greater desire to be leaner to improve sports performance and greater social pressure from the sports environment than did ballgame sports athletes. Emotional distress resulting from missed exercise sessions and the desire to be leaner to improve sports performance predicted disordered eating in both sport types. The results suggest that the kinds of risk factors for disordered eating are equal among sport types, but some potential risk factors are more prevalent in aesthetic sports.}, language = {en} } @article{KraheTomaszewska2011, author = {Krah{\´e}, Barbara and Tomaszewska, Paulina}, title = {Sexual scripts and the acceptance of sexual aggression in Polish adolescents}, series = {European journal of developmental psychology}, volume = {8}, journal = {European journal of developmental psychology}, number = {6}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hove}, issn = {1740-5629}, doi = {10.1080/17405629.2011.611034}, pages = {697 -- 712}, year = {2011}, abstract = {A study with 199 Polish adolescents explored the prominence of risk factors of sexual aggression as part of the sexual scripts for consensual sexual encounters and as predictors of the acceptance of sexual aggression. Distinguishing between general scripts, attributed to the age group as a whole, and individual scripts, reflecting personal standards, sexual scripts were linked to the normative endorsement of the risk factors and to the acceptance of sexual aggression. Individual scripts contained fewer risk factors of sexual aggression than general scripts. The more prominently the risk elements featured in the individual (but not in the general) scripts, the more they were seen as acceptable. For boys, risk scores in individual scripts were correlated with sexual behaviour and linked to the acceptance of sexual aggression via their normative endorsement. The distinction between individual and general scripts as guidelines for behaviour is discussed in terms of its significance for the understanding of sexual aggression.}, language = {en} } @article{KraheMoellerBergeretal.2011, author = {Krah{\´e}, Barbara and M{\"o}ller, Ingrid and Berger, Anja and Felber, Juliane}, title = {Repression versus sensitization in response to media violence as predictors of cognitive avoidance and vigilance}, series = {Journal of personality}, volume = {79}, journal = {Journal of personality}, number = {1}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell}, address = {Malden}, issn = {0022-3506}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00674.x}, pages = {165 -- 190}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Repression and sensitization as situational modes of coping with anxiety were examined as predictors of trait measures of cognitive avoidance and vigilance. In this study, 303 undergraduates saw a violent film clip to elicit anxiety. Increases in skin conductance level (SCL) and state anxiety (STA) from baseline were measured to identify repressors (high SCL, low STA) and contrast them with sensitizers (low SCL, high STA) and genuinely low anxious individuals (low SCL, low STA). State anger was also recorded. Trait measures of vigilance and cognitive avoidance were collected 2 weeks earlier. Significant SCL x STA interactions indicated that repressors scored higher on cognitive avoidance and lower on vigilance compared to sensitizers and low anxious participants. Repressors were less likely than sensitizers to report gaze avoidance during the clip. The anger by SCL interaction was nonsignificant, suggesting that repressors and sensitizers differ specifically in the processing of anxiety rather than negative affect in general.}, language = {en} } @article{KraheMoellerKirwiletal.2011, author = {Krah{\´e}, Barbara and Moeller, Ingrid and Kirwil, Lucyna and Huesmann, L. Rowell and Felber, Juliane and Berger, Anja}, title = {Desensitization to media violence links with habitual media violence exposure, aggressive cognitions, and aggressive behavior}, series = {Journal of personality and social psychology}, volume = {100}, journal = {Journal of personality and social psychology}, number = {4}, publisher = {American Psychological Association}, address = {Washington}, issn = {0022-3514}, doi = {10.1037/a0021711}, pages = {630 -- 646}, year = {2011}, abstract = {This study examined the links between desensitization to violent media stimuli and habitual media violence exposure as a predictor and aggressive cognitions and behavior as outcome variables. Two weeks after completing measures of habitual media violence exposure, trait aggression, trait arousability, and normative beliefs about aggression, undergraduates (N = 303) saw a violent film clip and a sad or a funny comparison clip. Skin conductance level (SCL) was measured continuously, and ratings of anxious and pleasant arousal were obtained after each clip. Following the clips, participants completed a lexical decision task to measure accessibility of aggressive cognitions and a competitive reaction time task to measure aggressive behavior. Habitual media violence exposure correlated negatively with SCL during violent clips and positively with pleasant arousal, response times for aggressive words, and trait aggression, but it was unrelated to anxious arousal and aggressive responding during the reaction time task. In path analyses controlling for trait aggression, normative beliefs, and trait arousability, habitual media violence exposure predicted faster accessibility of aggressive cognitions, partly mediated by higher pleasant arousal. Unprovoked aggression during the reaction time task was predicted by lower anxious arousal. Neither habitual media violence usage nor anxious or pleasant arousal predicted provoked aggression during the laboratory task, and SCL was unrelated to aggressive cognitions and behavior. No relations were found between habitual media violence viewing and arousal in response to the sad and funny film clips, and arousal in response to the sad and funny clips did not predict aggressive cognitions or aggressive behavior on the laboratory task. This suggests that the observed desensitization effects are specific to violent content.}, language = {en} } @article{Krahe2011, author = {Krah{\´e}, Barbara}, title = {Pornography use, sexual scripts, and sexual aggression in adolescence}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Entwicklungspsychologie und p{\"a}dagogische Psychologie}, volume = {43}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Entwicklungspsychologie und p{\"a}dagogische Psychologie}, number = {3}, publisher = {Hogrefe}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, issn = {0049-8637}, doi = {10.1026/0049-8637/a000044}, pages = {133 -- 141}, year = {2011}, abstract = {The link between pornography use, normative acceptance of sexual aggression, and the presence of risk factors of sexual aggression in sexual scripts for consensual sexual interactions was studied in a sample of 197 adolescents in Germany. Risk factors included sex after only a short acquaintanceship, alcohol and drug use in sexual interactions, and ambiguous communication of sexual intentions. In addition to a measure of overall pornography use, exposure to portrayals of consensual sex, coerced sex and degrading sex was measured. Almost all participants had seen pornografic material at least once, just under half had seen depictions of coerced sex. Significant correlations were found between all measures of pornography use and the presence of risk factors of sexual aggression in consensual sexual scripts. Violent pornography usage showed a positive correlation with the normative acceptance of sexual aggression that was partly accounted for by sexual scripts. The findings are discussed with regard to the significance of pornografic media contents in the process of adolescents' sexual socialization.}, language = {de} } @article{KlieglWeiDambacheretal.2011, author = {Kliegl, Reinhold and Wei, Ping and Dambacher, Michael and Yan, Ming and Zhou, Xiaolin}, title = {Experimental effects and individual differences in linear mixed models estimating the relationship between spatial, object, and attraction effects in visual attention}, series = {Frontiers in psychology}, volume = {2}, journal = {Frontiers in psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers Research Foundation}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {1664-1078}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00238}, pages = {12}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Linear mixed models (LMMs) provide a still underused methodological perspective on combining experimental and individual-differences research. Here we illustrate this approach with two-rectangle cueing in visual attention (Egly et al., 1994). We replicated previous experimental cue-validity effects relating to a spatial shift of attention within an object (spatial effect), to attention switch between objects (object effect), and to the attraction of attention toward the display centroid (attraction effect), also taking into account the design-inherent imbalance of valid and other trials. We simultaneously estimated variance/covariance components of subject-related random effects for these spatial, object, and attraction effects in addition to their mean reaction times (RTs). The spatial effect showed a strong positive correlation with mean RT and a strong negative correlation with the attraction effect. The analysis of individual differences suggests that slow subjects engage attention more strongly at the cued location than fast subjects. We compare this joint LMM analysis of experimental effects and associated subject-related variances and correlations with two frequently used alternative statistical procedures.}, language = {en} } @misc{KlieglWeiDambacheretal.2011, author = {Kliegl, Reinhold and Wei, Ping and Dambacher, Michael and Yan, Ming and Zhou, Xiaolin}, title = {Experimental effects and individual differences in linear mixed models: Estimating the relationship between spatial, object, and attraction effects in visual attention}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-56859}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Linear mixed models (LMMs) provide a still underused methodological perspective on combining experimental and individual-differences research. Here we illustrate this approach with two-rectangle cueing in visual attention (Egly et al., 1994). We replicated previous experimental cue-validity effects relating to a spatial shift of attention within an object (spatial effect), to attention switch between objects (object effect), and to the attraction of attention toward the display centroid (attraction effect), also taking into account the design-inherent imbalance of valid and other trials. We simultaneously estimated variance/covariance components of subject-related random effects for these spatial, object, and attraction effects in addition to their mean reaction times (RTs). The spatial effect showed a strong positive correlation with mean RT and a strong negative correlation with the attraction effect. The analysis of individual differences suggests that slow subjects engage attention more strongly at the cued location than fast subjects. We compare this joint LMM analysis of experimental effects and associated subject-related variances and correlations with two frequently used alternative statistical procedures}, language = {en} } @article{KlieglBates2011, author = {Kliegl, Reinhold and Bates, Douglas}, title = {International collaboration in psychology is on the rise}, doi = {10.1007/s11192-010-0299-0}, year = {2011}, abstract = {There has been a substantial increase in the percentage for publications with co-authors located in departments from different countries in 12 major journals of psychology. The results are evidence for a remarkable internationalization of psychological research, starting in the mid 1970s and increasing in rate at the beginning of the 1990s. This growth occurs against a constant number of articles with authors from the same country; it is not due to a concomitant increase in the number of co-authors per article. Thus, international collaboration in psychology is obviously on the rise.}, language = {en} } @article{KlieglBates2011, author = {Kliegl, Reinhold and Bates, Douglas}, title = {International collaboration in psychology is on the rise}, series = {Scientometrics : an international journal for all quantitative aspects of the science of science, communication in science and science policy}, volume = {87}, journal = {Scientometrics : an international journal for all quantitative aspects of the science of science, communication in science and science policy}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Dordrecht}, issn = {0138-9130}, doi = {10.1007/s11192-010-0299-0}, pages = {149 -- 158}, year = {2011}, abstract = {There has been a substantial increase in the percentage for publications with co-authors located in departments from different countries in 12 major journals of psychology. The results are evidence for a remarkable internationalization of psychological research, starting in the mid 1970s and increasing in rate at the beginning of the 1990s. This growth occurs against a constant number of articles with authors from the same country; it is not due to a concomitant increase in the number of co-authors per article. Thus, international collaboration in psychology is obviously on the rise.}, language = {en} } @misc{KlieglBates2011, author = {Kliegl, Reinhold and Bates, Douglas}, title = {International Collaboration in Psychology is on the Rise}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-57045}, year = {2011}, abstract = {There has been a substantial increase in the percentage for publications with co-authors located in departments from different countries in 12 major journals of psychology. The results are evidence for a remarkable internationalization of psychological research, starting in the mid 1970s and increasing in rate at the beginning of the 1990s. This growth occurs against a constant number of articles with authors from the same country; it is not due to a concomitant increase in the number of co-authors per article. Thus, international collaboration in psychology is obviously on the rise.}, language = {en} } @article{KanitzPretzerReifetal.2011, author = {Kanitz, Jenny Lena and Pretzer, Kim and Reif, Marcus and Voss, Andreas and Brand, Ralf and Warschburger, Petra and Laengler, Alfred and Henze, Guenter and Seifert, Georg}, title = {The impact of eurythmy therapy on stress coping strategies and health-related quality of life in healthy, moderately stressed adults}, series = {Complementary therapies in medicine : the journal for all health care professionals.}, volume = {19}, journal = {Complementary therapies in medicine : the journal for all health care professionals.}, number = {5}, publisher = {Churchill Livingstone}, address = {Edinburgh}, issn = {0965-2299}, doi = {10.1016/j.ctim.2011.06.008}, pages = {247 -- 255}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Background: 'Stress' and 'health-related quality of life' (HRQoL) are two important theoretical constructs for modern therapy evaluation with clinical relevance. Eurythmy therapy (EYT) is a mind-body-therapy derived from anthroposophic medicine with promising effects on heart rate variability (HRV), HRQoL and disease scores. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of EYT on stress coping strategies (SCS) and HRQoL in a controlled study with moderately stressed participants. Methods: 68 healthy, moderately stressed adults (mean age: 42.2; SD: 8.2) performed 10 h of EYT in a group setting over a period of six weeks. A non-randomised control group of 22 healthy adults (mean age: 43.6; SD: 13.7) received no intervention and did only complete the questionnaires at the same data points. Outcomes were measured before and after the intervention (AVEM \& SF-36). Results: A significant impact on SCS was found in seven AVEM scales (MANOVA, F (1/74) = 4.59; p = .04). With regard to changes in risk pattern affiliation (AVEM), 24\% of the participants receiving EYT (n = 55) changed over time from a risky stress coping pattern to a healthier pattern. Concerning the HRQoL four normally distributed scales of the SF-36 ('vitality', 'social functioning', 'mental health' and 'physical functioning') showed a significant group x time interaction favouring the EYT group (MANOVA, F (1/74) = 17.26; p < .001). Statistically and clinically relevant mean differences over time of at least eight scale points were found for 'role physical', 'bodily pain', 'vitality' and 'mental health', and of at least 15 scale points for 'role emotional' and 'social functioning'. Conclusions: A six-week period of EYT training can result in a significant reduction of stress and consequently improve QoL. Because a significant proportion of participants had high levels of stress at baseline the results suggest a health-enhancing benefit of EYT that may have clinical potential for prevention of stress and associated disorders in healthy individuals and possibly in patients with chronic diseases, for example.}, language = {en} } @article{KahlertBrand2011, author = {Kahlert, Daniela and Brand, Ralf}, title = {Questionnaires for assessing physical activity different response scale categories influence responses concerning health- and sport-related cognitions}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Gesundheitspsychologie}, volume = {19}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Gesundheitspsychologie}, number = {2}, publisher = {Hogrefe}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, issn = {0943-8149}, doi = {10.1026/0943-8149/a000044}, pages = {96 -- 100}, year = {2011}, abstract = {The present study examines whether the use of different frequency scales in questionnaires about physical activity influences respondents' own estimation of their activity, as well as subsequent measurements of health- und sport-related cognitions and evaluations. Using a randomized research design we recruited a sample of 118 participants. One group received a high frequency scale for assessing their exercise frequency with the response categories "never", "less often", "once a month", "once a week", or "most days." The other group answered with a medium frequency scale with the alternatives "never", "less often", " once every few months", "once a month", and " once a week or more often." As dependent variables all participants judged the subjective importance of physical activity and their health-related quality of life (WHO-QOL-bref). Results indicate the expected response errors, owing to the fact that using a high-frequency scale produces higher levels of self-reported physical activity (Cramer's V = .30). Corresponding to this the subjective importance of physical activity increased (d = .37) and the health-related quality of life was judged to be better (d = .36). Such artefacts might be eliminated by using standardized formulations such as "I exercise... times per week/month for... minutes."}, language = {de} } @article{HoltmannBuchmannEsseretal.2011, author = {Holtmann, Martin and Buchmann, Arlette F. and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Schmidt, Martin H. and Banaschewski, Tobias and Laucht, Manfred}, title = {The child behavior checklist-dysregulation profile predicts substance use, suicidality, and functional impairment : a longitudinal analysis}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Recent studies have identified a Child Behavior Checklist profile that characterizes children with severe affective and behavioral dysregulation (CBCL-dysregulation profile, CBCL-DP). In two recent longitudinal studies the CBCL-DP in childhood was associated with heightened rates of comorbid psychiatric disorders, among them bipolar disorder, an increased risk for suicidality, and marked psychosocial impairment at young-adult follow-up. This is the first study outside the US that examines the longitudinal course of the CBCL-DP. Methods: We studied the diagnostic and functional trajectories and the predictive utility of the CBCL-DP in the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, an epidemiological cohort study on the outcome of early risk factors from birth into adulthood. A total of 325 young adults (151 males, 174 females) participated in the 19-year assessment. Results: Young adults with a higher CBCL-DP score in childhood were at increased risk for substance use disorders, suicidality and poorer overall functioning at age 19, even after adjustment for parental education, family income, impairment and psychiatric disorders at baseline. Childhood dysregulation was not related to bipolar disorder in young adulthood. The CBCL-DP was neither a precursor of a specific pattern of comorbidity nor of comorbidity in general. Conclusions: Children with high CBCL-DP values are at risk for later severe, psychiatric symptomatology. The different developmental trajectories suggest that the CBCL-DP is not simply an early manifestation of a single disease process but might rather be an early developmental risk marker of a persisting deficit of self-regulation of affect and behavior.}, language = {en} } @article{HoltmannBuchmannEsseretal.2011, author = {Holtmann, Martin and Buchmann, Arlette F. and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Schmidt, Martin H. and Banaschewski, Tobias and Laucht, Manfred}, title = {The child behavior checklist-dysregulation profile predicts substance use, suicidality, and functional impairment a longitudinal analysis}, series = {The journal of child psychology and psychiatry}, volume = {52}, journal = {The journal of child psychology and psychiatry}, number = {2}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell}, address = {Malden}, issn = {0021-9630}, doi = {10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02309.x}, pages = {139 -- 147}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Background: Recent studies have identified a Child Behavior Checklist profile that characterizes children with severe affective and behavioral dysregulation (CBCL-dysregulation profile, CBCL-DP). In two recent longitudinal studies the CBCL-DP in childhood was associated with heightened rates of comorbid psychiatric disorders, among them bipolar disorder, an increased risk for suicidality, and marked psychosocial impairment at young-adult follow-up. This is the first study outside the US that examines the longitudinal course of the CBCL-DP. Methods: We studied the diagnostic and functional trajectories and the predictive utility of the CBCL-DP in the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, an epidemiological cohort study on the outcome of early risk factors from birth into adulthood. A total of 325 young adults (151 males, 174 females) participated in the 19-year assessment. Results: Young adults with a higher CBCL-DP score in childhood were at increased risk for substance use disorders, suicidality and poorer overall functioning at age 19, even after adjustment for parental education, family income, impairment and psychiatric disorders at baseline. Childhood dysregulation was not related to bipolar disorder in young adulthood. The CBCL-DP was neither a precursor of a specific pattern of comorbidity nor of comorbidity in general. Conclusions: Children with high CBCL-DP values are at risk for later severe, psychiatric symptomatology. The different developmental trajectories suggest that the CBCL-DP is not simply an early manifestation of a single disease process but might rather be an early developmental risk marker of a persisting deficit of self-regulation of affect and behavior.}, language = {en} } @article{HerbertHerbertPollatos2011, author = {Herbert, Beate M. and Herbert, Cornelia and Pollatos, Olga}, title = {On the relationship between interoceptive awareness and alexithymia - is interoceptive awareness related to emotional awareness?}, series = {Journal of personality}, volume = {79}, journal = {Journal of personality}, number = {5}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell}, address = {Malden}, issn = {0022-3506}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00717.x}, pages = {1149 -- 1175}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Interoceptive awareness (IA) is associated with emotional experience, the processing of emotional stimuli, and activation of brain structures that monitor the internal visceral and emotional state of the organism. Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties in identifying and describing one's emotions and externally oriented thinking (EOT) and reflects impairments in emotional awareness and the regulation of emotions. This study examined the relationship between alexithymia and IA in a healthy population of N = 155 persons. A well-validated heartbeat perception task to measure interoceptive awareness, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and a depression questionnaire (BDI-2) were administered to 88 women and 67 men. IA was inversely associated with all features of alexithymia in the whole sample. When considering sex differences, IA turned out to be a relevant negative predictor for the EOT subscale only in men. This large sample investigation in a nonclinical population indicates that IA represents a relevant negative predictor for alexithymia.}, language = {en} } @article{HelfertWarschburger2011, author = {Helfert, Susanne and Warschburger, Petra}, title = {A prospective study on the impact of peer and parental pressure on body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls and boys}, series = {Body image : an international journal of research}, volume = {8}, journal = {Body image : an international journal of research}, number = {2}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1740-1445}, doi = {10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.01.004}, pages = {101 -- 109}, year = {2011}, abstract = {The current study explores the role of appearance-related social pressure regarding changes in body image in adolescent girls (n = 236) and boys (n = 193) over a 1-year-period. High school students aged 11-16 completed measures of body dissatisfaction (i.e., weight and muscle concerns) and appearance-related social pressure from peers and parents. Three aspects proved to be particularly crucial: Parental encouragement to control weight and shape was a strong predictor of weight concerns in boys and girls alike; influences of friends affected gender-specific body image concerns by leading to weight concerns in girls and muscle concerns in boys; finally appearance-based exclusion was a predictor of weight concerns in boys. The findings provide longitudinal evidence for the crucial impact of appearance-related social pressure and suggest that a detailed assessment of different types of social impacts can identify concrete targets for effective prevention and therapy for weight-related problems among adolescents.}, language = {en} } @article{HeisterWuerznerBubenzeretal.2011, author = {Heister, Julian and W{\"u}rzner, Kay-Michael and Bubenzer, Johannes and Pohl, Edmund and Hanneforth, Thomas and Geyken, Alexander and Kliegl, Reinhold}, title = {dlexDB : eine lexikalische Datenbank f{\"u}r die psychologische und linguistische Forschung}, doi = {10.1026/0033-3042/a000029}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Mit der lexikalischen Datenbank dlexDB stellen wir der psychologischen und linguistischen Forschung im World Wide Web online statistische Kennwerte f{\"u}r eine Vielzahl von verarbeitungsrelevanten Merkmalen von W{\"o}rtern zur Verf{\"u}gung. Diese Kennwerte umfassen die durch CELEX (Baayen, Piepenbrock und Gulikers, 1995) bekannten Variablen der H{\"a}ufigkeiten von Wortformen und Lemmata in Texten geschriebener Sprache. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus berechnen wir eine Reihe neuer Kennwerte wie die H{\"a}ufigkeiten von Silben, Morphemen, Zeichenfolgen und Mehrwortverbindungen sowie Wort{\"a}hnlichkeitsmaße. Die Datengrundlage bildet das Kernkorpus des Digitalen W{\"o}rterbuchs der deutschen Sprache (DWDS) mit {\"u}ber 100 Millionen laufenden W{\"o}rtern. Wir illustrieren die Validit{\"a}t dieser Kennwerte mit neuen Ergebnissen zu ihrem Einfluss auf Fixationsdauern beim Lesen von S{\"a}tzen.}, language = {de} } @article{HeisterWuerznerBubenzeretal.2011, author = {Heister, Julian and W{\"u}rzner, Kay-Michael and Bubenzer, Johannes and Pohl, Edmund and Hanneforth, Thomas and Geyken, Alexander and Kliegl, Reinhold}, title = {dlexDB - A lexical database for the psychological and linguistic research}, series = {Psychologische Rundschau : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Psychologie}, volume = {62}, journal = {Psychologische Rundschau : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Psychologie}, number = {1}, publisher = {Hogrefe}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, issn = {0033-3042}, doi = {10.1026/0033-3042/a000029}, pages = {10 -- 20}, year = {2011}, abstract = {The lexical database dlexDB supplies in form of an online database frequency-based norms of numerous process-related word properties for psychological and linguistic research. These values include well known variables such as printed frequency of word form and lemma as documented also in CELEX (Baayen, Piepenbrock und Gulikers, 1995). In addition, we compute new values like frequencies based on syllables, and morphemes as well as frequencies of character chains, and multiple word combinations. The statistics are based on the Kernkorpus des Digitalen Wrterbuchs der deutschen Sprache (DWDS) with over 100 million running words. We illustrate the validity of these norms with new results about fixation durations in sentence reading.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{GruberBraumannKahlertetal.2011, author = {Gruber, W. and Braumann, K. M. and Kahlert, Daniela and Brand, Ralf and Schwarz, C. and Staab, D.}, title = {Do interavenous antibiotic therapies increase level of physical activity in CF?}, series = {Pediatric pulmonology}, booktitle = {Pediatric pulmonology}, number = {3}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell}, address = {Malden}, issn = {8755-6863}, pages = {355 -- 355}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @misc{FischerBrugger2011, author = {Fischer, Martin H. and Brugger, Peter}, title = {When digits help digits spatial-numerical associations point to finger counting as prime example of embodied cognition}, series = {Frontiers in psychology}, volume = {2}, journal = {Frontiers in psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers Research Foundation}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {1664-1078}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00260}, pages = {7}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Spatial numerical associations (SNAs) are prevalent yet their origin is poorly understood. We first consider the possible prime role of reading habits in shaping SNAs and list three observations that argue against a prominent influence of this role: (1) directional reading habits for numbers may conflict with those for non-numerical symbols, (2) short-term experimental manipulations can overrule the impact of decades of reading experience, (3) SNAs predate the acquisition of reading. As a promising alternative, we discuss behavioral, neuroscientific, and neuropsychological evidence in support of finger counting as the most likely initial determinant of SNAs. Implications of this "manumerical cognition" stance for the distinction between grounded, embodied, and situated cognition are discussed.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Felber2011, author = {Felber, Juliane}, title = {Der Berufseinstieg von {\"A}rztInnen als normatives kritisches Lebensereignis : eine L{\"a}ngsschnittuntersuchung}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-58028}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Im Rahmen einer prospektiven L{\"a}ngsschnittuntersuchung wurde der Berufseinstieg von {\"A}rztInnen (N = 185) als normatives kritisches Lebensereignis untersucht. Dazu wurden sie insgesamt drei Mal im Abstand von jeweils sechs Monaten im ersten Jahr nach ihrem Studiumsabschluss befragt (T1: in den ersten zwei Wochen nach dem Staatsexamen, T2: kurzzeitig nach dem Berufseinstieg, T3: im Schnitt 9.5 Monate nach dem Berufseinstieg). Die Ergebnisse zeigten zun{\"a}chst, dass unl{\"a}ngst examinierte Jung-{\"A}rztInnen, die sich vergleichsweise schlechter auf den Beruf durch das Studium vorbereitet f{\"u}hlten, ihren bevorstehenden Berufseinstieg negativer bewerteten und schon vor diesem beanspruchter waren. Die Bewertung des Berufseinstiegs vermittelte dabei den Zusammenhang zwischen einer schlechten Vorbereitung und der Beanspruchung. Arbeitsspezifische Copingfunktionalit{\"a}t wiederum pufferte den Zusammenhang zwischen einer schlechten Vorbereitung und der Bewertung des Berufseinstiegs. Das Problem einer als schlecht empfundenen Vorbereitung verdeutlichte sich in der L{\"a}ngsschnittanalyse - sie sagte eine h{\"o}here Beanspruchung zum zweiten Messzeitpunkt, d.h. nach dem Berufseinstieg, vorher. In der Untersuchung der Beanspruchungsentwicklung {\"u}ber die drei Messzeitpunkte hinweg fanden sich nur wenige Ver{\"a}nderungen. Es ließ sich zwar eine deutliche Zunahme der mittleren Depressivit{\"a}ts-Auspr{\"a}gungen {\"u}ber den Berufseinstieg hinweg herausstellen (T1-T2); auf anderen Beanspruchungsindikatoren zeigte sich jedoch kein direkter Effekt des Arbeitsbeginns bzw. fand sich auch keine Adaptation der Jung-{\"A}rztInnen an ihre neue Situation im Sinne einer sich verringernden Beanspruchung im weiteren Verlauf (T2-T3). In der Erkl{\"a}rung interindividueller Unterschiede in der Beanspruchung im Untersuchungszeitraum zeigte sich, dass die sich mit dem Berufseinstieg einstellende Arbeitsbelastung zum zweiten und dritten Messzeitpunkt erwartungsgem{\"a}ß positiv mit Beanspruchung assoziiert war. Die Arbeitsbelastungs-Beanspruchungs-Beziehung bestand jedoch nur im Querschnitt; in der L{\"a}ngsschnittanalyse fand sich kein Effekt der T2-Arbeitsbelastung auf die T3-Beanspruchung. Ausgangsunterschiede in psychischen Ressourcen wirkten einerseits direkt auf die Beanspruchung zu T2, zum Teil moderierten sie aber auch den Zusammenhang zwischen der Arbeitsbelastung und Beanspruchung: Eine h{\"o}here Resilienz und die Wahrnehmung sozialer Unterst{\"u}tzung sagten eine geringere Beanspruchung nach dem Berufseinstieg vorher. Jung-{\"A}rztInnen, die sich durch eine st{\"a}rkere Arbeitsbelastung auszeichneten, aber {\"u}ber ein funktionaleres Bew{\"a}ltigungsverhalten im Arbeitskontext verf{\"u}gten, waren kurzzeitig nach dem Berufseinstieg weniger beansprucht als stark arbeitsbelastete Jung-{\"A}rztInnen mit weniger funktionalem Coping. Verringerungen in den psychischen Ressourcen {\"u}ber den Berufseinstieg hinweg wirkten sich direkt, d.h. per se ung{\"u}nstig auf die Beanspruchung zum dritten Messzeitpunkt aus. Zudem interagierten sie mit der zu diesem Zeitpunkt bestehenden Arbeitsbelastung in Vorhersage der Beanspruchung. St{\"a}rker arbeitsbelastete Jung-{\"A}rztInnen, deren Copingfunktionalit{\"a}t und Wahrnehmung sozialer Unterst{\"u}tzung vom ersten zum dritten Messzeitpunkt abgenommen hatte, waren am Ende des Untersuchungszeitraums am st{\"a}rksten beansprucht. Hinsichtlich der Auswirkungen des Berufseinstiegs auf die Pers{\"o}nlichkeit der Jung-{\"A}rztInnen fanden sich ung{\"u}nstige Ver{\"a}nderungen: Sowohl die Auspr{\"a}gungen psychischer Ressourcen (Widerstandsf{\"a}higkeit, Wahrnehmung sozialer Unterst{\"u}tzung hinsichtlich der Arbeitst{\"a}tigkeit) als auch die der Big Five-Faktoren nahmen im Mittel ab. Interindividuelle Unterschiede in den Ver{\"a}nderungen ließen sich auf die Beanspruchung kurzzeitig nach dem Berufseinstieg (T2) bzw. auf deren Entwicklung in den Folgemonaten (T2-T3) zur{\"u}ckf{\"u}hren: Jene Jung-{\"A}rztInnen, die vergleichsweise stark beansprucht auf den Berufseinstieg reagiert hatten bzw. deren Beanspruchung im weiteren Verlauf zunahm, zeigten entsprechend ung{\"u}nstige Ver{\"a}nderungen. Die Ergebnisse zusammengefasst verdeutlicht sich folgende Problematik: Jung-{\"A}rztInnen, die weniger gut, d.h. pers{\"o}nlichkeitsbasiert gesch{\"u}tzt den Berufseinstieg absolvieren, reagieren st{\"a}rker beansprucht und sind dann auch diejenigen, deren Pers{\"o}nlichkeit sich in den ersten Arbeitsmonaten ung{\"u}nstig ver{\"a}ndert. Jung-{\"A}rztInnen mit geringen psychischen Ressourcen sind folglich nicht nur besonders vulnerabel f{\"u}r die Entwicklung von Beanspruchung angesichts belastender Arbeitsbedingungen, sondern ihre vergleichsweise hohe Beanspruchung bedingt eine weitere Verringerung des Schutz- und Pufferpotenzials ihrer Pers{\"o}nlichkeit. Es kommt zu einer ung{\"u}nstigen Akzentuierung der ohnehin schon vergleichsweise ressourcenschwachen Pers{\"o}nlichkeit, welche die Vulnerabilit{\"a}t f{\"u}r zuk{\"u}nftige Beanspruchung erh{\"o}ht. Aus den Ergebnissen l{\"a}sst sich ein Unterst{\"u}tzungsbedarf junger {\"A}rztInnen in der sensiblen und wegweisenden Berufseinstiegsphase ableiten. Neben einer Verbesserung ihrer Arbeitsbedingungen stellen eine rechtzeitige Sensibilisierung junger {\"A}rztInnen f{\"u}r den Arbeitsbelastungs-Beanspruchungs-Zusammenhang, ihre regelm{\"a}ßige Supervision sowie vor allem aber auch kompetenzorientiertes und ressourcenst{\"a}rkendes Feedback von den Mentoren und Vorgesetzten die Grundlage daf{\"u}r dar, dass die Jung-MedizinerInnen selbst gesund bleiben und sie die {\"a}rztliche T{\"a}tigkeit trotz ihres wohl stets hohen Belastungspotenzials als erf{\"u}llend und zufriedenstellend erleben.}, language = {de} } @article{EsserWyschkon2011, author = {Esser, G{\"u}nter and Wyschkon, Anne}, title = {Diagnostik bei Kindern und Jugendlichen}, isbn = {978-3-932096-97-6}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{EsserBlank2011, author = {Esser, G{\"u}nter and Blank, Sarah}, title = {Wirksamkeit von Psychotherapie im Kindes- und Jugendalter}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Psychotherapeutic interventions require empirical as well as scientific assessment. Specifically, the proven efficacy of psychotherapy for children and adolescents is essential. Thus, studies examining treatment efficacy and meta- analyses are necessary to compare effect sizes of individual therapeutic interventions between treatment groups and waiting control groups. Assessment of 138 primary studies from 1993-2009 documented the efficacy of psychotherapy for children and adolescents. Furthermore, behavioural therapy outperformed non-behavioural interventions, as 90 \% of behavioural interventions showed larger effect sizes compared to non-behavioural psychotherapy. Analysis of moderator variables demonstrated an improved treatment efficacy for individual therapy, inclusion of the family, treatment of internalised disorders, and in clinical samples. Stability of psychotherapeutic treatment effects over time was demonstrated.}, language = {de} } @misc{EsserBlank2011, author = {Esser, G{\"u}nter and Blank, Sarah}, title = {Efficacy of psychotherapy with children and adolescents}, series = {Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie : Ergebnisse aus Psychotherapie, Beratung und Psychiatrie}, volume = {60}, journal = {Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie : Ergebnisse aus Psychotherapie, Beratung und Psychiatrie}, number = {8}, publisher = {Vandenhoeck \& Ruprecht}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, issn = {0032-7034}, pages = {626 -- 638}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Efficacy of Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents Psychotherapeutic interventions require empirical as well as scientific assessment. Specifically, the proven efficacy of psychotherapy for children and adolescents is essential. Thus, studies examining treatment efficacy and meta-analyses are necessary to compare effect sizes of individual therapeutic interventions between treatment groups and waiting control groups. Assessment of 138 primary studies from 1993-2009 documented the efficacy of psychotherapy for children and adolescents. Furthermore, behavioural therapy outperformed non-behavioural interventions, as 90 \% of behavioural interventions showed larger effect sizes compared to non-behavioural psychotherapy. Analysis of moderator variables demonstrated an improved treatment efficacy for individual therapy, inclusion of the family, treatment of internalised disorders, and in clinical samples. Stability of psychotherapeutic treatment effects over time was demonstrated.}, language = {de} } @article{Esser2011, author = {Esser, G{\"u}nter}, title = {Verhaltenstherapie bei Kindern und Jugendlichen}, isbn = {978-3-932096-97-6}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{EngbertMergenthalerSinnetal.2011, author = {Engbert, Ralf and Mergenthaler, Konstantin and Sinn, Petra and Pikovskij, Arkadij}, title = {An integrated model of fixational eye movements and microsaccades}, series = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, volume = {108}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, number = {39}, publisher = {National Acad. of Sciences}, address = {Washington}, issn = {0027-8424}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1102730108}, pages = {E765 -- E770}, year = {2011}, abstract = {When we fixate a stationary target, our eyes generate miniature (or fixational) eye movements involuntarily. These fixational eye movements are classified as slow components (physiological drift, tremor) and microsaccades, which represent rapid, small-amplitude movements. Here we propose an integrated mathematical model for the generation of slow fixational eye movements and microsaccades. The model is based on the concept of self-avoiding random walks in a potential, a process driven by a self-generated activation field. The self-avoiding walk generates persistent movements on a short timescale, whereas, on a longer timescale, the potential produces antipersistent motions that keep the eye close to an intended fixation position. We introduce microsaccades as fast movements triggered by critical activation values. As a consequence, both slow movements and microsaccades follow the same law of motion; i.e., movements are driven by the self-generated activation field. Thus, the model contributes a unified explanation of why it has been a long-standing problem to separate slow movements and microsaccades with respect to their motion-generating principles. We conclude that the concept of a self-avoiding random walk captures fundamental properties of fixational eye movements and provides a coherent theoretical framework for two physiologically distinct movement types.}, language = {en} } @misc{DimigenSommerHohlfeldetal.2011, author = {Dimigen, Olaf and Sommer, Werner and Hohlfeld, Annette and Jacobs, Arthur M. and Kliegl, Reinhold}, title = {Coregistration of eye movements and EEG in natural reading analyses and review}, series = {Journal of experimental psychology : General}, volume = {140}, journal = {Journal of experimental psychology : General}, number = {4}, publisher = {American Psychological Association}, address = {Washington}, issn = {0096-3445}, doi = {10.1037/a0023885}, pages = {552 -- 572}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Brain-electric correlates of reading have traditionally been studied with word-by-word presentation, a condition that eliminates important aspects of the normal reading process and precludes direct comparisons between neural activity and oculomotor behavior. In the present study, we investigated effects of word predictability on eye movements (EM) and fixation-related brain potentials (FRPs) during natural sentence reading. Electroencephalogram (EEG) and EM (via video-based eye tracking) were recorded simultaneously while subjects read heterogeneous German sentences, moving their eyes freely over the text. FRPs were time-locked to first-pass reading fixations and analyzed according to the cloze probability of the currently fixated word. We replicated robust effects of word predictability on EMs and the N400 component in FRPs. The data were then used to model the relation among fixation duration, gaze duration, and N400 amplitude, and to trace the time course of EEG effects relative to effects in EM behavior. In an extended Methodological Discussion section, we review 4 technical and data-analytical problems that need to be addressed when FRPs are recorded in free-viewing situations (such as reading, visual search, or scene perception) and propose solutions. Results suggest that EEG recordings during normal vision are feasible and useful to consolidate findings from EEG and eye-tracking studies.}, language = {en} } @article{ClarkeLauchtRidingeretal.2011, author = {Clarke, Toni-Kim and Laucht, Manfred and Ridinger, Monika and Wodarz, Norbert and Rietschel, Marcella and Maier, Wolfgang and Lathrop, Mark and Lourdusamy, Anbarasu and Zimmermann, Ulrich S. and Desrivieres, Sylvane and Schumann, Gunter}, title = {KCNJ6 is associated with adult alcohol dependence and involved in gene x early life stress interactions in adolescent alcohol drinking}, series = {Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology}, volume = {36}, journal = {Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology}, number = {6}, publisher = {Nature Publ. Group}, address = {London}, issn = {0893-133X}, doi = {10.1038/npp.2010.247}, pages = {1142 -- 1148}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Alcohol abuse and dependence have proven to be complex genetic traits that are influenced by environmental factors. Primate and human studies have shown that early life stress increases the propensity for alcohol abuse in later life. The reinforcing properties of alcohol are mediated by dopaminergic signaling; however, there is little evidence to indicate how stress alters alcohol reinforcement. KCNJ6 (the gene encoding G-protein-coupled inwardly rectifying potassium channel 2 (GIRK2)) is a brain expressed potassium channel with inhibitory effects on dopaminergic tone. The properties of GIRK2 have been shown to be enhanced by the stress peptide corticotrophin-releasing hormone. Therefore, we sought to examine the role of KCNJ6 polymorphisms in adult alcohol dependence and stress-related alcohol abuse in adolescents. We selected 11 SNPs in the promoter region of KCNJ6, which were genotyped in 1152 adult alcohol dependents and 1203 controls. One SNP, rs2836016, was found to be associated with alcohol dependence (p = 0.01, false discovery rate). We then assessed rs2836016 in an adolescent sample of 261 subjects, which were characterized for early life stress and adolescent hazardous drinking, defined using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), to examine gene-environment interactions. In the adolescent sample, the risk genotype of rs2836016 was significantly associated with increased AUDIT scores, but only in those individuals exposed to high levels of psychosocial stress in early life (p = 0.01). Our findings show that KCNJ6 is associated with alcohol dependence and may moderate the effect of early psychosocial stress on risky alcohol drinking in adolescents. We have identified a candidate gene for future studies investigating a possible functional link between the response to stress and alcohol reinforcement.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BrauhardtBuergerWarschburgeretal.2011, author = {Brauhardt, A. and Buerger, Arne and Warschburger, Petra and Spenner, K. and Czaja, J. and Hilbert, A.}, title = {Psychopathological Assessment of eating and weight disorders in children and adolescents the eating disorder examination for children - eating disorder pathology and obesity}, series = {Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie}, volume = {61}, booktitle = {Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie}, number = {2}, publisher = {Thieme}, address = {Stuttgart}, issn = {0937-2032}, pages = {94 -- 94}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{BrandMelzerHagemann2011, author = {Brand, Ralf and Melzer, Marcus and Hagemann, Norbert}, title = {Towards an implicit association test (IAT) for measuring doping attitudes in sports. Data-based recommendations developed from two recently published tests}, series = {Psychology of sport and exercise : PSE ; an official journal of the European Federation of Sport Psychology}, volume = {12}, journal = {Psychology of sport and exercise : PSE ; an official journal of the European Federation of Sport Psychology}, number = {3}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1469-0292}, doi = {10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.01.002}, pages = {250 -- 256}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Objectives: Today, the doping attitudes of athletes can either be measured by asking athletes directly or with the help of indirect attitude measurement procedures as for example the implicit association test (IAT). Using indirect measures may be helpful for example when psychological effects of doping prevention programs shall be evaluated. In the present study we have analyzed and compared measurement properties of two recently published IATs. Design: The IATs "doping substance vs. tea blend" and "doping substance vs. legal nutritional supplement" were presented to two randomly assigned independent samples of 102 athletes (44 male, 58 female; mean age 23.6 years) from different sports. Both IATs were complemented by a control IAT "word vs. non-word". Methods: In order to test central measurement properties of both IATs, distributions of measured values, correlations with the control IAT, reliability analyses, and analyses of error rates were performed. Results: Results pointed to a rather negative doping attitude in most athletes. Especially the fact that in the "doping vs. supplement" IAT error rates (12\%) and adaptational learning effects across test blocks were substantial (eta(2) = .22), indicating that participants had difficulties correctly assigning the word stimuli to the respective category, we see slight advantages for the "doping vs. tea" IAT (e.g. satisfactory internal scale consistency Cronbach's-alpha = .78 among athletes reporting to be regularly involved in competitions). Conclusion: The less satisfactory measurement properties of the "doping vs. supplement" IAT can possibly be explained by the fact that the boundaries between (legal) supplements and (illegal) doping substances have been shifted from time to time so that athletes were not sure whether substances were legal or not.}, language = {en} } @misc{BostonHaleVasishthetal.2011, author = {Boston, Marisa Ferrara and Hale, John T. and Vasishth, Shravan and Kliegl, Reinhold}, title = {Parallel processing and sentence comprehension difficulty}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-57159}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Eye fixation durations during normal reading correlate with processing difficulty but the specific cognitive mechanisms reflected in these measures are not well understood. This study finds support in German readers' eyefixations for two distinct difficulty metrics: surprisal, which reflects the change in probabilities across syntactic analyses as new words are integrated, and retrieval, which quantifies comprehension difficulty in terms of working memory constraints. We examine the predictions of both metrics using a family of dependency parsers indexed by an upper limit on the number of candidate syntactic analyses they retain at successive words. Surprisal models all fixation measures and regression probability. By contrast, retrieval does not model any measure in serial processing. As more candidate analyses are considered in parallel at each word, retrieval can account for the same measures as surprisal. This pattern suggests an important role for ranked parallelism in theories of sentence comprehension.}, language = {en} } @article{BostonHalbeVasishthetal.2011, author = {Boston, Marisa Ferrara and Halbe, John T. and Vasishth, Shravan and Kliegl, Reinhold}, title = {Parallel processing and entence comprehension difficulty}, doi = {10.1080/01690965.2010.492228}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Eye fixation durations during normal reading correlate with processing difficulty, but the specific cognitive mechanisms reflected in these measures are not well understood. This study finds support in German readers' eye fixations for two distinct difficulty metrics: surprisal, which reflects the change in probabilities across syntactic analyses as new words are integrated; and retrieval, which quantifies comprehension difficulty in terms of working memory constraints. We examine the predictions of both metrics using a family of dependency parsers indexed by an upper limit on the number of candidate syntactic analyses they retain at successive words. Surprisal models all fixation measures and regression probability. By contrast, retrieval does not model any measure in serial processing. As more candidate analyses are considered in parallel at each word, retrieval can account for the same measures as surprisal. This pattern suggests an important role for ranked parallelism in theories of sentence comprehension.}, language = {en} } @article{BlomeyerBuchmannSchmidetal.2011, author = {Blomeyer, Dorothea and Buchmann, Arlette F. and Schmid, Brigitte and Jennen-Steinmetz, Christine and Schmidt, Martin H. and Banaschewski, Tobias and Laucht, Manfred}, title = {Age at first drink moderates the impact of current stressful life events on drinking behavior in young adults}, series = {Alcoholism : clinical and experimental research ; the official journal of the American Medical Society on Alcoholism and the Research Society on Alcoholism}, volume = {35}, journal = {Alcoholism : clinical and experimental research ; the official journal of the American Medical Society on Alcoholism and the Research Society on Alcoholism}, number = {6}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell}, address = {Malden}, issn = {0145-6008}, doi = {10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01447.x}, pages = {1142 -- 1148}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Background: Recent evidence from animal experiments and studies in humans suggests that early age at first drink (AFD) may lead to higher stress-induced drinking. The present study aimed to extend these findings by examining whether AFD interacted with stressful life events (SLE) and/or with daily hassles regarding the impact on drinking patterns among young adults. Method: In 306 participants of an epidemiological cohort study, AFD was assessed together with SLE during the past 3 years, daily hassles in the last month, and drinking behavior at age 22. As outcome variables, 2 variables were derived, reflecting different aspects of alcohol use: the amount of alcohol consumed in the last month and the drinking frequency, indicated by the number of drinking days in the last month. Results: Linear regression models revealed an interaction effect between the continuous measures of AFD and SLE on the amount of alcohol consumed. The earlier young adults had their first alcoholic drink and the higher the levels of SLE they were exposed to, the disproportionately more alcohol they consumed. Drinking frequency was not affected by an interaction of these variables, while daily hassles and their interaction with AFD were unrelated to drinking behavior. Conclusions: These findings highlight the importance of early age at drinking onset as a risk factor for later heavy drinking under high load of SLE. Prevention programs should aim to raise age at first contact with alcohol. Additionally, support in stressful life situations and the acquisition of effective coping strategies might prevent heavy drinking in those with earlier drinking onset.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BigluBigluFalk2011, author = {Biglu, S. and Biglu, M. H. and Falk, C.}, title = {Scientometric study of scientific production n psyciatry}, series = {European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists}, volume = {26}, booktitle = {European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists}, number = {1}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Paris}, issn = {0924-9338}, pages = {1}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @article{BieneckKrahe2011, author = {Bieneck, Steffen and Krah{\´e}, Barbara}, title = {Blaming the victim and exonerating the perpetrator in cases of rape and robbery is there a double standard?}, series = {Journal of interpersonal violence : concerned with the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence}, volume = {26}, journal = {Journal of interpersonal violence : concerned with the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence}, number = {9}, publisher = {Sage Publ.}, address = {Thousand Oaks}, issn = {0886-2605}, doi = {10.1177/0886260510372945}, pages = {1785 -- 1797}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Research in legal decision making has demonstrated the tendency to blame the victim and exonerate the perpetrator of sexual assault. This study examined the hypothesis of a special leniency bias in rape cases by comparing them to cases of robbery. N = 288 participants received descriptions of rape and robbery of a female victim by a male perpetrator and made ratings of victim and perpetrator blame. Case scenarios varied with respect to the prior relationship (strangers, acquaintances, ex-partners) and coercive strategy (force vs. exploiting victim intoxication). More blame was attributed to the victim and less blame was attributed to the perpetrator for rape than for robbery. Information about a prior relationship between victim and perpetrator increased ratings of victim blame and decreased perceptions of perpetrator blame in the rape cases, but not in the robbery cases. The findings support the notion of a special leniency bias in sexual assault cases.}, language = {en} } @article{Berzewski2011, author = {Berzewski, Horst}, title = {Anxiety and panic in case of emergency correct diagnostics and treatment}, series = {Der Notarzt : notfallmedizinische Informationen}, volume = {27}, journal = {Der Notarzt : notfallmedizinische Informationen}, number = {4}, publisher = {Thieme}, address = {Stuttgart}, issn = {0177-2309}, doi = {10.1055/s-0031-1276848}, pages = {148 -- 153}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Fearful patients are in emergency situation often inattentive, unable to concentrate, agitated or even aroused. They show reduced perception and restricted willingness to cooperate. In severe conditions these patients are strongly tending towards more hazardous behavior: refusal of necessary therapy, break out or even high suicidal risk. Within disaster situations (mass accidents, fires) fearful patients with their agitated and persuasive behavior can influence other victims and with that trigger a situation of mass panic that has to be avoided at any cost. Therefore these patients must be swiftly identified and separated from the event. A diligent diagnosis process including physical-neurological examination is necessary. The recommended treatment within the emergency situation consists of a close continuous personal contact through assuring and encouraging conversations. A sense of security should be created by explaining the planned therapeutic interventions in simple, easy-to-follow and understandable words. If this necessary psycho-therapeutic intervention can not be applied a short-term psychopharmacological treatment is required preferably with Benzodiazepines. Still a long-term specific therapy is highly advised, since these disturbances, if left untreated, will lead to a chronic manifestation and with that to considerable psychosocial impairments.}, language = {de} } @article{Berzewski2011, author = {Berzewski, Horst}, title = {Anxiety and panic in case of emergency}, series = {An{\"a}sthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : ains ; Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r An{\"a}sthesiologie und Intensivmedizin}, volume = {46}, journal = {An{\"a}sthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : ains ; Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r An{\"a}sthesiologie und Intensivmedizin}, number = {4}, publisher = {Thieme}, address = {Stuttgart}, issn = {0939-2661}, doi = {10.1055/s-0031-1275780}, pages = {240 -- 245}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{BakhshayeshHaenschWyschkonetal.2011, author = {Bakhshayesh, Ali Reza and H{\"a}nsch, Sylvana and Wyschkon, Anne and Rezai, Mohammad Javad and Esser, G{\"u}nter}, title = {Neurofeedback in ADHD : a single-blind randomized controlled trial}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Neurofeedback treatment has been demonstrated to reduce inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, previous studies did not adequately control confounding variables or did not employ a randomized reinforcer-controlled design. This study addresses those methodological shortcomings by comparing the effects of the following two matched biofeedback training variants on the primary symptoms of ADHD: EEG neurofeedback (NF) aiming at theta/beta ratio reduction and EMG biofeedback (BF) aiming at forehead muscle relaxation. Thirty-five children with ADHD (26 boys, 9 girls; 6-14 years old) were randomly assigned to either the therapy group (NF; n = 18) or the control group (BF; n = 17). Treatment for both groups consisted of 30 sessions. Pre- and post-treatment assessment consisted of psychophysiological measures, behavioural rating scales completed by parents and teachers, as well as psychometric measures. Training effectively reduced theta/beta ratios and EMG levels in the NF and BF groups, respectively. Parents reported significant reductions in primary ADHD symptoms, and inattention improvements in the NF group were higher compared to the control intervention (BF, dcorr = -.94). NF training also improved attention and reaction times on the psychometric measures. The results indicate that NF effectively reduced inattention symptoms on parent rating scales and reaction time in neuropsychological tests. However, regarding hyperactivity and impulsivity symptoms, the results imply that non-specific factors, such as behavioural contingencies, self-efficacy, structured learning environment and feed-forward processes, may also contribute to the positive behavioural effects induced by neurofeedback training.}, language = {en} } @article{BakhshayeshHaenschWyschkonetal.2011, author = {Bakhshayesh, Ali Reza and H{\"a}nsch, Sylvana and Wyschkon, Anne and Rezai, Mohammad Javad and Esser, G{\"u}nter}, title = {Neurofeedback in ADHD a single-blind randomized controlled trial}, series = {European child and adolescent psychiatry : offical journal of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry}, volume = {20}, journal = {European child and adolescent psychiatry : offical journal of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry}, number = {9}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {New York}, issn = {1018-8827}, doi = {10.1007/s00787-011-0208-y}, pages = {481 -- 491}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Neurofeedback treatment has been demonstrated to reduce inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, previous studies did not adequately control confounding variables or did not employ a randomized reinforcer-controlled design. This study addresses those methodological shortcomings by comparing the effects of the following two matched biofeedback training variants on the primary symptoms of ADHD: EEG neurofeedback (NF) aiming at theta/beta ratio reduction and EMG biofeedback (BF) aiming at forehead muscle relaxation. Thirty-five children with ADHD (26 boys, 9 girls; 6-14 years old) were randomly assigned to either the therapy group (NF; n = 18) or the control group (BF; n = 17). Treatment for both groups consisted of 30 sessions. Pre- and post-treatment assessment consisted of psychophysiological measures, behavioural rating scales completed by parents and teachers, as well as psychometric measures. Training effectively reduced theta/beta ratios and EMG levels in the NF and BF groups, respectively. Parents reported significant reductions in primary ADHD symptoms, and inattention improvements in the NF group were higher compared to the control intervention (BF, d(corr) = -.94). NF training also improved attention and reaction times on the psychometric measures. The results indicate that NF effectively reduced inattention symptoms on parent rating scales and reaction time in neuropsychological tests. However, regarding hyperactivity and impulsivity symptoms, the results imply that non-specific factors, such as behavioural contingencies, self-efficacy, structured learning environment and feed-forward processes, may also contribute to the positive behavioural effects induced by neurofeedback training.}, language = {en} } @book{OPUS4-34460, title = {Lehrbuch der Klinischen Psychologie und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters}, editor = {Esser, G{\"u}nter}, publisher = {THIEME}, address = {Stuttgart}, isbn = {978-3-13-126084-0}, pages = {672 S.}, year = {2011}, language = {de} }