@phdthesis{Schaefer2012, author = {Schaefer, Christin}, title = {„Gest{\"a}rkt f{\"u}r den Lehrerberuf"}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-63487}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2012}, abstract = {In einer quasiexperimentellen L{\"a}ngsschnittstudie mit 380 Lehramtsstudierenden wurde das Interventionsprogramm „Gest{\"a}rkt f{\"u}r den Lehrerberuf", welches Elemente eines Self-Assessments der berufsrelevanten Kompetenzen mit konkreten Beratungsm{\"o}glichkeiten und einem Zieleffektivit{\"a}tstraining (Dargel, 2006) zur Entwicklung individueller berufsbezogener Kompetenzen verbindet, auf seine Wirksamkeit (Reflexionskompetenz, Lehrerselbstwirksamkeit, berufsbezogene Kompetenzen, Beanspruchungserleben, Widerstandsf{\"a}higkeit) und den Wirkungsprozess (Zielbindung, Zielrealisierbarkeit, Zieleffektivit{\"a}t) hin {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft. In dem Pr{\"a}-Post-Follow-up-Test-Vergleichsgruppen-Design wurden eine Interventionsgruppe, deren Treatment auf dem St{\"a}rkenansatz basiert (1), eine defizitorientierte Interventionsgruppe (2), sowie eine kombinierte Interventionsgruppe, bei der der St{\"a}rkenansatz durch den Defizitansatz erg{\"a}nzt wird (3), einer unbehandelten Kontrollgruppe sowie einer alternativ behandelten Kontrollgruppe, die ausschließlich in ihren sozial-kommunikativer Kompetenzen geschult wurde, gegen{\"u}bergestellt. Es gelang zum Post- und Follow-up-Test, sowohl die individuellen beruflichen Kompetenzen als auch die Reflexionskompetenz von Teilnehmern der Interventionsgruppen im Vergleich zur unbehandelten Kontrollgruppe zu f{\"o}rdern. Die Teilnehmer der kombinierten Intervention profitierten im Vergleich zu den Teilnehmern der anderen beiden Interventionsgruppen st{\"a}rker im Bereich Lehrerselbstwirksamkeit, Widerstandsf{\"a}higkeit und Zieleffektivit{\"a}t. Gegen{\"u}ber der alternativen Kontrollgruppe zeigten sie ebenfalls einen st{\"a}rkeren Zuwachs in der Entwicklung ihrer berufsrelevanten Kompetenzen und in ihrer Widerstandsf{\"a}higkeit. Die Studie liefert erste Hinweise darauf, dass ein Ansatz, welcher St{\"a}rkenfokussierung und Defizitorientierung integriert, besonders effektiv wirkt.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Oehme2013, author = {Oehme, Astrid}, title = {{\"A}sthetisches Verst{\"a}ndnis und {\"a}sthetische Wertsch{\"a}tzung von Automobildesign : eine Frage der Expertise}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-210-0}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-62013}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {xxx, 357}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Automobildesigner haben als Gestaltungsexperten die Aufgabe, die Identit{\"a}t und damit die Werte einer Marke in Formen zu {\"u}bersetzen, welche eine Vielzahl von Kunden ansprechen (Giannini \& Monti, 2003; Karjalainen, 2002). F{\"u}r diesen {\"U}bersetzungsprozess ist es zielf{\"u}hrend, {\"a}sthetische Kundenbed{\"u}rfnisse zu kennen, denn die Qualit{\"a}t einer Designl{\"o}sung h{\"a}ngt auch davon ab, inwieweit der Designer Kundenbe-d{\"u}rfnisse und damit das Designproblem richtig erfasst hat (Ulrich, 2006). Eine Grundlage hierf{\"u}r entsteht durch eine erfolgreiche Designer-Nutzer-Interaktion und den Aufbau eines gemeinsamen Kontextwissens (Lee, Popovich, Blackler \& Lee, 2009). Zwischen Designern und Kunden findet jedoch h{\"a}ufig kein direkter Austausch statt (Zeisel, 2006). Zudem belegen Befunde der Kunst- und Produkt{\"a}sthetikforschung, dass der Erwerb von gestalterischem Wissen und damit die Entwicklung {\"a}sthetischer Expertise mit Ver{\"a}nderungen der kognitiven Verarbeitung {\"a}sthetischer Objekte einhergeht, die sich in Wahrnehmung, Bewertung und Verhalten manifestieren. Damit ist auch zu erwarten, dass die Pr{\"a}ferenzurteile von Designern und Kunden bei der {\"a}sthetischen Bewertung von Design nicht immer konvergieren. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war daher die systematische Untersuchung dieser expertisebedingten Wahrnehmungs- und Bewertungsunterschiede zwischen designge-schulten und ungeschulten Personen bei der Betrachtung von Automobildesign. Damit sollten Perzeption, Verarbeitung und Bewertung von Automobildesign durch design-ungeschulte Personen transparenter gemacht und mit der Verarbeitung designgeschul-ter Personen verglichen werden, um einen Beitrag zur gemeinsamen Wissensbasis und damit einer erfolgreichen Designer-Nutzer-Interaktion zu leisten. Die theoretische Einbettung der Arbeit basierte auf dem Modell {\"a}sthetischer Erfahrung und {\"a}stheti-schen Urteilens von Leder, Belke, Oeberst und Augustin (2004), welches konkrete Annahmen zu Verarbeitungsunterschieden von {\"a}sthetischen Objekten zwischen Experten und Laien bietet, die bisher allerdings noch nicht umfassend gepr{\"u}ft wurden. Den ersten Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit bildete die Untersuchung von Unter-schieden zwischen Designern und designungeschulten Rezipienten bei der Beschrei-bung und Bewertung auf dem Markt vorhandenen Fahrzeugdesigns. Dabei sollte auch gepr{\"u}ft werden, ob eine lexikalische Verbindung zwischen Beschreibungsattributen von Fahrzeugrezipienten und den postulierten Markenwerten von Automobilmarken hergestellt werden kann. Diesem ersten Untersuchungsanliegen wurde in zwei Studien nachgegangen: Studie I diente der Erhebung von Beschreibungsattributen mittels Triadenvergleich in Anlehnung an Kelly (1955). Es wurde gepr{\"u}ft, ob designgeschulte Teilnehmer produkti-ver verbalisieren, dabei anteilig mehr symbolbezogene als formbezogene Attribute generieren und innerhalb ihrer Gruppe h{\"a}ufiger gleiche Attribute nutzen als designun-geschulte Teilnehmer. Hierf{\"u}r beschrieben 20 designgeschulte Probanden und 20 designungeschulte Probanden mit selbst gew{\"a}hlten Adjektiven die Unterschiede zwischen vier pr{\"a}sentierten Fahrzeugen. Die Gruppen nutzten dabei entgegen der Annahmen sehr {\"a}hnliche Attribute und unterschieden sich somit auch nicht in ihrer Verwendung symbolbezogener und formbezogener Attribute. Die generierten Attribute wurden mittels Prototypenansatz (Amelang \& Zielinski, 2002) den ermittelten und nachfolgend kategorisierten Markenwerten von 10 Automobilherstellern zugeordnet, so dass sechs Skalen zur Erfassung der {\"a}sthetischen Wirkung von Fahrzeugen entstanden. In Studie II wurde ein diese sechs Skalen umfassender Fragebogen an einer Stichprobe von 83 Designern und Designstudierenden sowie 98 Probanden ohne Designausbildung in einer Onlinebefragung hinsichtlich Skalenkonsistenz gepr{\"u}ft. Außerdem wurden erste Annahmen aus dem Modell von Leder et al. (2004) abgeleitet und durch einen Vergleich der beiden Teilnehmergruppen hinsichtlich der Bewertung der vier pr{\"a}sentierten Fahrzeugmodelle f{\"u}r die Skalen mit guter interner Konsistenz (Attraktivit{\"a}t, Dynamik, Fortschritt, Qualit{\"a}t), sowie eines {\"a}sthetischen Gesamturteils, der ben{\"o}tigten Bewertungszeit und der Automobilaffinit{\"a}t {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft. Hierbei vergaben Designstudierende und insbesondere ausgebildete Designer radikalere Bewertungen als Designlaien, ben{\"o}tigten mehr Zeit bei der Bewertung und waren automobilaffiner als die ungeschulten Befragungsteilnehmer. Den zweiten Schwerpunkt der Arbeit bildete eine konzeptionelle Zusammen-f{\"u}hrung der Annahmen des Modells von Leder et al. (2004) und der Postulate zur Wirkung von Objekteigenschaften auf {\"a}sthetische Urteile (Berlyne, 1971; Martindale, 1988; Silvia, 2005b). Konkret sollte gepr{\"u}ft werden, welchen Einfluss marktrelevante Objekteigenschaften, wie z.B. das Ausmaß an Innovativit{\"a}t, auf die durch Expertise moderierte Bewertung von Design haben. In den Studien III und IV wurden hierf{\"u}r systematisch bez{\"u}glich Innovativit{\"a}t und Balance gestufte Linienmodelle von Fahrzeu-gen pr{\"a}sentiert. In Studie III wurden die Modelle in einer Onlinebefragung durch 18 Designstudierende und 20 Studenten der Fahrzeugtechnik hinsichtlich Attraktivit{\"a}t, Innovativit{\"a}t und Balance bewertet. Im Einklang mit den Annahmen konnte gezeigt werden, dass sehr neuartiges Design von den designungeschulten Probanden als weniger attraktiv bewertet wird als von Betrachtern eines Designstudienganges. In Studie IV wurden neben den {\"A}sthetikbewertungen zus{\"a}tzlich das Blickverhal-ten und der affektiver Zustand der Versuchsteilnehmer in einem Messwiederholungs-design mit einer zwischengelagerten Phase elaborierter Designbewertung, in welcher der in Studie II gepr{\"u}fte Fragebogen eingesetzt wurde, erhoben. An der Laborstudie nahmen je 11 Designer, Ingenieure, und Geisteswissenschaftler teil. Wiederum wurde innovatives Design von den designungeschulten Gruppen als weniger attraktiv bewertet. Dieser Unterschied reduzierte sich jedoch nach wiederholter Bewertung der Modelle. Die Manifestation expertisebedingten Blickverhaltens konnte nicht beobach-tet werden, wie auch die durch eine angenommene bessere Bew{\"a}ltigung einherge-hende positivere Stimmung oder h{\"o}here Zufriedenheit in der Expertengruppe. Gemeinsam mit den Befunden aus den Studien II und III wurde deutlich, dass Designausbildung und, noch ausgepr{\"a}gter, Designexpertise neben einer h{\"o}heren Attraktivit{\"a}tsbewertung innovativen Designs auch zu einer differenzierteren Beurtei-lung von Innovativit{\"a}t f{\"u}hrt. Dies wurde mit der Erweiterung des mentalen Schemas f{\"u}r Fahrzeuge durch die Besch{\"a}ftigung mit vielf{\"a}ltigen Modellvarianten bereits w{\"a}hrend des Studiums interpretiert. Es wurden Hinweise auf eine stilbezogene, elaboriertere Verarbeitung von Fahrzeugdesign durch designgeschulte Betrachter beobachtet sowie eine mit Expertise einhergehende Autonomit{\"a}t {\"a}sthetischer Urteile als Ausdruck einer hohen {\"a}sthetischen Entwicklungsstufe (Parsons, 1987). Mit diesen bei unterschiedlichen Stichproben beobachteten, stabilen expertisebedingten Bewer-tungsunterschieden wurde eine begr{\"u}ndete Basis f{\"u}r die geforderte Sensibilisierung f{\"u}r {\"a}sthetische Kundenbed{\"u}rfnisse im Gestaltungsprozess geschaffen. Der in dieser Arbeit entwickelte Fragebogen kann hierbei f{\"u}r eine elaborierte Messung von Fahrzeugdesignpr{\"a}ferenzen, zum Vergleich der {\"a}sthetischen Wirkung mit den intendierten Markenwerten sowie f{\"u}r die Diskussion von Nutzereindr{\"u}cken eingesetzt werden. Die Ergebnisse der vorliegenden Arbeiten tragen somit zur Erweiterung und Pr{\"a}zisierung des theoretischen Verst{\"a}ndnisses von {\"A}sthetikbewertungen bei und lassen sich gleichzeitig in die Praxis der Designausbildung und des Designprozesses {\"u}bertragen.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Brademann1992, author = {Brademann, Thomas}, title = {Zur Entwicklung geistiger F{\"a}higkeiten in der gymnasialen Oberstufe : Potsdamer L{\"a}ngsschnittstudie}, pages = {2 Bde.}, year = {1992}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Muschalla2008, author = {Muschalla, Beate}, title = {Workplace-related anxieties and workplace phobia : a concept of domain-specific mental disorders}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-20048}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2008}, abstract = {Background: Anxiety in the workplace is a special problem as workplaces are especially prone to provoke anxiety: There are social hierarchies, rivalries between colleagues, sanctioning through superiors, danger of accidents, failure, and worries of job security. Workplace phobia is a phobic anxiety reaction with symptoms of panic occurring when thinking of or approaching the workplace, and with clear tendency of avoidance. Objectives: What characterizes workplace-related anxieties and workplace phobia as domain-specific mental disorders in contrast to conventional anxiety disorders? Method: 230 patients from an inpatient psychosomatic rehabilitation center were interviewed with the (semi-)structured Mini-Work-Anxiety-Interview and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, concerning workplace-related anxieties and conventional mental disorders. Additionally, the patients filled in the self-rating questionnaires Job-Anxiety-Scale (JAS) and the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R)measuring job-related and general psychosomatic symptom load. Results: Workplace-related anxieties occurred together with conventional anxiety disorders in 35\% of the patients, but also alone in others (23\%). Workplace phobia could be found in 17\% of the interviewed, any diagnosis of workplace-related anxiety was stated in 58\%. Workplace phobic patients had significantly higher scores in job-anxiety than patients without workplace phobia. Patients with workplace phobia were significantly longer on sick leave in the past 12 months (23,5 weeks) than patients without workplace phobia (13,4 weeks). Different qualities of workplace-related anxieties lead with different frequencies to work participation disorders. Conclusion: Workplace phobia cannot be described by only assessing the general level of psychosomatic symptom load and conventional mental disorders. Workplace-related anxieties and workplace phobia have an own clinical value which is mainly defined by specific workplace-related symptom load and work-participation disorders. They require special therapeutic attention and treatment instead of a "sick leave" certification by the general health physician. Workplace phobia should be named with a proper diagnosis according to ICD-10 chapter V, F 40.8: "workplace phobia".}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Fries2002, author = {Fries, Stefan}, title = {Wollen und K{\"o}nnen : ein Training zur gleichzeitigen F{\"o}rderung des Leistungsmotivs und des induktiven Denkens}, series = {P{\"a}dagogische Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologie}, volume = {31}, journal = {P{\"a}dagogische Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologie}, publisher = {Waxmann}, address = {M{\"u}nster}, isbn = {3-8309-1031-2}, pages = {289 S.}, year = {2002}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Inversini2005, author = {Inversini, Simone}, title = {Wirkungsvolles Change Management in Abh{\"a}ngigkeit von situativen Anforderungen : organisationale Ver{\"a}nderungsprozesse im Spannungsfeld von betrieblichen Voraussetzungen und Umweltanforderungen ...}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-5496}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Die Besch{\"a}ftigung mit dem Thema Change Management erfordert die Auseinandersetzung mit einem heterogenen Feld von Ans{\"a}tzen und fachlichen Perspektiven. Es besteht ein Mangel an systematischen empirischen Untersuchungen zu diesem Thema. Insbesondere fehlen Arbeiten, die mehr als eine "Schule" des Change Managements ber{\"u}cksichtigen. Unterschiede in den situativen Anforderungen werden zudem theoretisch und empirisch oft unzureichend ber{\"u}cksichtigt. Die Vermutung liegt nahe, dass das Scheitern von Ver{\"a}nderungsprozessen h{\"a}ufig durch die stereotype Anwendung generalisierender Empfehlungen g{\"a}ngiger Ans{\"a}tze verursacht wird. Um diesen Defiziten zu begegnen, sollten in dieser Arbeit Kontingenzen von situativen Anforderungen und Change Management empirisch {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft werden. Der Untersuchung liegt eine Konzeption zugrunde, die hinsichtlich des Projekterfolgs von der idealen Passung (Kontingenz) zwischen situativer Anforderung und Change Management ausgeht und damit einhergehende prozessbezogene Einflussfaktoren ber{\"u}cksichtigt. Erfolg wird im Sinne der Nachhaltigkeit als Wirkungen wirtschaftlicher, organisationsbezogener und qualifikatorischer Art definiert. In drei Teilstudien wurden Beratende und betriebliche Beteiligte jeweils projektbezogen schriftlich und m{\"u}ndlich zu betrieblicher Ausgangslage, Ver{\"a}nderungsprinzipien, Wirkungen und prozessbezogenen Einflussfaktoren befragt. Die erste Teilstudie umfasst vier Fallstudien. Hier wurden insgesamt 18 Projektbeteiligte, jeweils Beratende, betriebliche Projektleitende und \–mitarbeitende, befragt. Die zweite Teilstudie umfasst die schriftliche und m{\"u}ndliche Befragung von 31 Beratenden verschiedener Schulen des Change Managements. In der dritten Teilstudie wurden 47 betriebliche Ver{\"a}nderungsverantwortliche schriftlich befragt. Die Projekte der zweiten und dritten Teilstudie liessen sich in jeweils zwei statistisch abgesicherte Erfolgsgruppen einteilen, wobei sich die Erfolgsgruppen nicht systematisch auf Merkmalen der betrieblichen Ausgangslage unterscheiden. Folgendes sind die wichtigsten Ergebnisse: Bei traditionell-b{\"u}rokratischen Organisationsstrukturen geht ein langfristig-kontinuierliches, graduell-anpassendes, pragmatisch-l{\"o}sungsorientiertes Vorgehen, in flexiblen Strukturen dagegen ein kurzfristiges, tiefgreifendes und integrativ-konzeptuelles Vorgehen mit Projekterfolg einher.In traditionell-hierarchischen F{\"u}hrungsstrukturen erweist sich ein wenig humanzentriertes und wenig selbstbeurteilendes Vorgehen mit standardisierter Vorgehensmethode, in flexiblen F{\"u}hrungsstrukturen ein stark humanzentriertes und ausgepr{\"a}gt selbstbeurteilendes Vorgehen mit angepasster Vorgehensmethode als erfolgsversprechend.Bei grossem betrieblichem Ver{\"a}nderungswissen erweist sich ein selbstbeurteilendes Vorgehen, bei geringem Ver{\"a}nderungswissen ein wenig selbstbeurteilendes Vorgehen als erfolgsversprechend.Angesichts {\"o}konomischer Anforderungen geht ein langfristig-kontinuierliches, schnelles und rollend geplantes Vorgehen mit einem tiefgreifenden und integrativ-konzeptuellen Ansatz, unter wenig Einbezug von Fremdbeurteilungen mit positiven Wirkungen einher.Bei technologischen Anforderungen ist ein langfristig-kontinuierliches, langsames und tiefgreifendes Vorgehen mit wenig Fremdbeurteilung erfolgsversprechend.F{\"u}r soziokulturelle Anforderungen erweist sich ein langsames, selbstbeurteilendes, graduell anpassendes und pragmatisch-fokussiertes Vorgehen als erfolgreich. Angesichts politisch-rechtlicher Anforderungen geht ein linear geplantes, zielfokussiertes, fachberaterisches und wenig prozessorientiertes Vorgehen mit Erfolg einher.Bei Gesamtreorganisationen als innerorganisationale Anforderungen erweist sich ein linear geplantes, fach- und prozessberaterisches sowie tiefgreifendes Vorgehen als erfolgsversprechend.Bei innerorganisationalen Anforderungen durch F{\"u}hrungswechsel geht ein kurzfristig-tempor{\"a}res, integrativ-konzeptuelles Vorgehen mit angepasster Vorgehensmethode mit Erfolg einher. Hinsichtlich prozessbezogener Einflussfaktoren erweisen sich situationsspezifisches Beratendenhandeln, unterst{\"u}tzendes F{\"u}hrungsverhalten, grosse Akzeptanz der/des Beratenden, umfassender Einbezug der Mitarbeitenden, aktive Beteiligung und Engagement der Mitarbeitenden, Verankerung des Projekts in der Organisation und hoher wahrgenommener Nutzen der Ver{\"a}nderung als wichtigste unterst{\"u}tzende Faktoren. Widerst{\"a}nde aus der Belegschaft, problematisches F{\"u}hrungsverhalten im Ver{\"a}nderungsprozess, fehlende/mangelhafte neben Tagesgesch{\"a}ft bereitgestellte Ressourcen, behindernde organisationale (nicht projektbezogene) Entwicklungen, Angst/Verunsicherung der Belegschaft sind die wichtigsten hemmenden Faktoren.}, subject = {Unternehmensentwicklung / Management}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Meiser2017, author = {Meiser, Susanne}, title = {Wie dysfunktional sind Dysfunktionale Einstellungen?}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-412483}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {186}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Im kognitiven Vulnerabilit{\"a}ts-Stress-Modell der Depression von A.T. Beck (1967, 1976) spielen dysfunktionale Einstellungen bei der Entstehung von Depression in Folge von erlebtem Stress eine zentrale Rolle. Diese Theorie pr{\"a}gt seit Jahrzehnten die {\"a}tiologische Erforschung der Depression, jedoch ist die Bedeutung dysfunktionaler Einstellungen im Prozess der Entstehung einer Depression insbesondere im Kindes- und Jugendalter nach wie vor unklar. Die vorliegende Arbeit widmet sich einigen in der bisherigen Forschung wenig behandelten Fragen. Diese betreffen u. a. die M{\"o}glichkeit nichtlinearer Effekte dysfunktionaler Einstellungen, Auswirkungen einer Stichprobenselektion, Entwicklungseffekte sowie die Spezifit{\"a}t etwaiger Zusammenh{\"a}nge f{\"u}r eine depressive Symptomatik. Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen wurden Daten von zwei Messzeitpunkten der PIER-Studie, eines großangelegten L{\"a}ngsschnittprojekts {\"u}ber Entwicklungsrisiken im Kindes- und Jugendalter, genutzt. Kinder und Jugendliche im Alter von 9 bis 18 Jahren berichteten zweimal im Abstand von ca. 20 Monaten im Selbstberichtsverfahren {\"u}ber ihre dysfunktionalen Einstellungen, Symptome aus verschiedenen St{\"o}rungsbereichen sowie {\"u}ber eingetretene Lebensereignisse. Die Ergebnisse liefern Evidenz f{\"u}r ein Schwellenmodell, in dem dysfunktionale Einstellungen unabh{\"a}ngig von Alter und Geschlecht nur im h{\"o}heren Auspr{\"a}gungsbereich eine Wirkung als Vulnerabilit{\"a}tsfaktor zeigen, w{\"a}hrend im niedrigen Auspr{\"a}gungsbereich keine Zusammenh{\"a}nge zur sp{\"a}teren Depressivit{\"a}t bestehen. Eine Wirkung als Vulnerabilit{\"a}tsfaktor war zudem nur in der Subgruppe der anf{\"a}nglich weitgehend symptomfreien Kinder und Jugendlichen zu beobachten. Das Schwellenmodell erwies sich als spezifisch f{\"u}r eine depressive Symptomatik, es zeigten sich jedoch auch (teilweise ebenfalls nichtlineare) Effekte dysfunktionaler Einstellungen auf die Entwicklung von Essst{\"o}rungssymptomen und aggressivem Verhalten. Bei 9- bis 13-j{\"a}hrigen Jungen standen dysfunktionale Einstellungen zudem in Zusammenhang mit einer Tendenz, Stress in Leistungskontexten herbeizuf{\"u}hren. Zusammen mit den von Sahyazici-Knaak (2015) berichteten Ergebnissen aus der PIER-Studie weisen die Befunde darauf hin, dass dysfunktionale Einstellungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter - je nach betrachteter Subgruppe - Ursache, Symptom und Konsequenz der Depression darstellen k{\"o}nnen. Die in der vorliegenden Arbeit gezeigten nichtlinearen Effekte dysfunktionaler Einstellungen und die Effekte der Stichprobenselektion bieten eine zumindest teilweise Erkl{\"a}rung f{\"u}r die Heterogenit{\"a}t fr{\"u}herer Forschungsergebnisse. Insgesamt lassen sie auf komplexe - und nicht ausschließlich negative - Auswirkungen dysfunktionaler Einstellungen schließen. F{\"u}r eine ad{\"a}quate Beurteilung der „Dysfunktionalit{\"a}t" der von A.T. Beck so betitelten Einstellungen erscheint daher eine Ber{\"u}cksichtigung der betrachteten Personengruppe, der absoluten Auspr{\"a}gungen und der fraglichen Symptomgruppen geboten.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Urbach2012, author = {Urbach, Tina}, title = {What makes or breaks proactivity at work : how personal motives affect the evaluation of improvement suggestions}, address = {Potsdam}, pages = {226 S.}, year = {2012}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Peter2003, author = {Peter, Sandra}, title = {Wertorientierte Arbeitsgestaltung am Beispiel von Arbeitszeiten : Struktur von arbeits- und lebensbezogenen Werten im Kontext unterschiedlicher Arbeitszeitmodelle und Konsequenzen nicht erf{\"u}llter arbeitsbezogener Wertvorstellungen}, pages = {210 S.}, year = {2003}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{ZerleElsaesser2014, author = {Zerle-Els{\"a}ßer, Claudia}, title = {Wer wird Vater und wann?}, publisher = {Wiss. Verl.}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-86573-844-8}, pages = {299}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Pingel2021, author = {Pingel, Ruta}, title = {Well-being effects of proactivity through the lens of self-determination theory}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {106}, year = {2021}, abstract = {In modern times of evolving globalization and continuous technological developments, organizations are required to respond to ever-changing demands. Therefore, to be successful in today's highly uncertain environments, organizations need employees to actively search for opportunities, anticipate challenges, and act ahead. In other words, employee proactivity in the workplace represents a highly valuable resource in nowadays organizations. Empirical studies conducted as part of this thesis advance the research on the outcomes of proactivity from the individual perspective. The main contribution of this thesis pertains to revealing several important individual and contextual conditions under which engaging in proactivity will have negative and positive effects on employees' well-being and their consequent behaviours, as well as shedding light on the unique psychological mechanisms through which these effects unfold. From a practical standpoint, this research underscores the importance of creating work environments that support employees' autonomous motivation for proactivity and urge organizations and managers to be mindful about the pressures they place on employees to be proactive at work. Besides, this thesis stimulates research efforts aimed at further extending our knowledge of when and how individual proactive behaviours at work will do more good than harm for those who enact them.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{DoerfelBaasen2007, author = {Doerfel-Baasen, Dorothee}, title = {Was ist richtig f{\"u}r mein Kind : unterschiedliche Vorstellungen von Eltern in Ost und West}, series = {Studien zur Familienforschung}, volume = {19}, journal = {Studien zur Familienforschung}, publisher = {Kova?}, address = {Hamburg}, isbn = {978-3-8300-2909-0}, pages = {XXII, 334 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.}, year = {2007}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Hofmann2002, author = {Hofmann, Nadi}, title = {Value education of youth}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-0000926}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2002}, abstract = {Am Anfang und am Ende des Schuljahres 2000/2001 wurden die Wertepriorit{\"a}ten der Sch{\"u}ler/innen und Lehrer/innen an acht verschiedenen Schulen gemessen. Mit dieser Studie wurde das theoretische Modell einer universellen Struktur menschlicher Wertepriorit{\"a}ten (Schwartz, 1992) erneut best{\"a}tigt. Zu beiden Messzeitpunkten ergaben sich gleiche Geschlechtseffekte wie auch {\"a}hnlich hohe positive Zusammenh{\"a}nge zwischen Religiosit{\"a}t und Schulbindung. Die Sch{\"u}ler/innen der nicht-religi{\"o}sen Schulen gaben Hedonism als h{\"o}chsten, und Tradition als niedrigsten Wert an. In den religi{\"o}sen Schulen waren Benevolence und Self-Direction die meist gesch{\"a}tzten Werte, w{\"a}hrend Power die niedrigste Priorit{\"a}t besaß. Die Ver{\"a}nderung der Werte Conformity, Hedonism und Universalism ließ sich sowohl durch die Religiosit{\"a}t der Sch{\"u}ler/innen wie auch durch deren Schulzugeh{\"o}rigkeit vorhersagen. Die Ver{\"a}nderung von Power, Tradition, Benevolence und Achievement hingegen wurde prim{\"a}r durch Religiosit{\"a}t vorhergesagt. In drei der vier Schulen korrelierte die {\"A}hnlichkeit der Sch{\"u}ler und Lehrer positiv mit der Schulbindung der Sch{\"u}ler/innen. Die Sch{\"u}ler-Lehrer {\"A}hnlichkeit korrelierte {\"u}ber alle Schulen positiv mit Schulleistung.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Vockenberg2006, author = {Vockenberg, Kerstin}, title = {Updating of representations in working memory}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-11767}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2006}, abstract = {The limited capacity of working memory forces people to update its contents continuously. Two aspects of the updating process were investigated in the present experimental series. The first series concerned the question if it is possible to update several representations in parallel. Similar results were obtained for the updating of object features as well as for the updating of whole objects, participants were able to update representations in parallel. The second experimental series addressed the question if working memory representations which were replaced in an updating disappear directly or interfere with the new representations. Evidence for the existence of old representations was found under working memory conditions and under conditions exceeding working memory capacity. These results contradict the hypothesis that working memory contents are protected from proactive interference of long-term memory contents.}, subject = {Aktualisierung}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Foerstner2023, author = {F{\"o}rstner, Bernd Rainer}, title = {Transdiagnostic assessment of mental disorders using the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) approach: relationship to disease severity}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-61115}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-611150}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Traditionally, mental disorders have been identified based on specific symptoms and standardized diagnostic systems such as the DSM-5 and ICD-10. However, these symptom-based definitions may only partially represent neurobiological and behavioral research findings, which could impede the development of targeted treatments. A transdiagnostic approach to mental health research, such as the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) approach, maps resilience and broader aspects of mental health to associated components. By investigating mental disorders in a transnosological way, we can better understand disease patterns and their distinguishing and common factors, leading to more precise prevention and treatment options. Therefore, this dissertation focuses on (1) the latent domain structure of the RDoC approach in a transnosological sample including healthy controls, (2) its domain associations to disease severity in patients with anxiety and depressive disorders, and (3) an overview of the scientific results found regarding Positive (PVS) and Negative Valence Systems (NVS) associated with mood and anxiety disorders. The following main results were found: First, the latent RDoC domain structure for PVS and NVS, Cognitive Systems (CS), and Social Processes (SP) could be validated using self-report and behavioral measures in a transnosological sample. Second, we found transdiagnostic and disease-specific associations between those four domains and disease severity in patients with depressive and anxiety disorders. Third, the scoping review showed a sizable amount of RDoC research conducted on PVS and NVS in mood and anxiety disorders, with research gaps for both domains and specific conditions. In conclusion, the research presented in this dissertation highlights the potential of the transnosological RDoC framework approach in improving our understanding of mental disorders. By exploring the latent RDoC structure and associations with disease severity and disease-specific and transnosological associations for anxiety and depressive disorders, this research provides valuable insights into the full spectrum of psychological functioning. Additionally, this dissertation highlights the need for further research in this area, identifying both RDoC indicators and research gaps. Overall, this dissertation represents an important contribution to the ongoing efforts to improve our understanding and the treatment of mental disorders, particularly within the commonly comorbid disease spectrum of mood and anxiety disorders.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Zuba2018, author = {Zuba, Anna}, title = {The role of weight stigma and weight bias internalization in psychological functioning among school-aged children}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {146}, year = {2018}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Chandra2020, author = {Chandra, Johan}, title = {The role of the oculomotor control in eye movements during reading}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-47593}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-475930}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {xiii, 115}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Most reading theories assume that readers aim at word centers for optimal information processing. During reading, saccade targeting turns out to be imprecise: Saccades' initial landing positions often miss the word centers and have high variance, with an additional systematic error that is modulated by the distance from the launch site to the center of the target word. The performance of the oculomotor system, as reflected in the statistics of within-word landing positions, turns out to be very robust and mostly affected by the spatial information during reading. Hence, it is assumed that the saccade generation is highly automated. The main goal of this thesis is to explore the performance of the oculomotor system under various reading conditions where orthographic information and the reading direction were manipulated. Additionally, the challenges in understanding the eye movement data to represent the oculomotor process during reading are addressed. Two experimental studies and one simulation study were conducted for this thesis, which resulted in the following main findings: (i) Reading texts with orthographic manipulations leads to specific changes in the eye movement patterns, both in temporal and spatial measures. The findings indicate that the oculomotor control of eye movements during reading is dependent on reading conditions (Chapter 2 \& 3). (ii) Saccades' accuracy and precision can be simultaneously modulated under reversed reading condition, supporting the assumption that the random and systematic oculomotor errors are not independent. By assuming that readers increase the precision of sensory observation while maintaining the learned prior knowledge when reading direction was reversed, a process-oriented Bayesian model for saccade targeting can account for the simultaneous reduction of oculomotor errors (Chapter 2). (iii) Plausible parameter values serving as proxies for the intended within-word landing positions can be estimated by using the maximum a posteriori estimator from Bayesian inference. Using the mean value of all observations as proxies is insufficient for studies focusing on the launch-site effect because the method exhibits the strongest bias when estimating the size of the effect. Mislocated fixations remain a challenge for the currently known estimation methods, especially when the systematic oculomotor error is large (Chapter 4). The results reported in this thesis highlight the role of the oculomotor system, together with underlying cognitive processes, in eye movements during reading. The modulation of oculomotor control can be captured through a precise analysis of landing positions.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Ewert2023, author = {Ewert, Christina}, title = {The role of self-compassion in effective stress processing}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-60748}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-607486}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {193}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Background: The concept self-compassion (SC), a special way of being compassionate with oneself while dealing with stressful life circumstances, has attracted increasing attention in research over the past two decades. Research has already shown that SC has beneficial effects on affective well-being and other mental health outcomes. However, little is known in which ways SC might facilitate our affective well-being in stressful situations. Hence, a central concern of this dissertation was to focus on the question which underlying processes might influence the link between SC and affective well-being. Two established components in stress processing, which might also play an important role in this context, could be the amount of experienced stress and the way of coping with a stressor. Thus, using a multi-method approach, this dissertation aimed at finding to which extent SC might help to alleviate the experienced stress and promotes the use of more salutary coping, while dealing with stressful circumstances. These processes might ultimately help improve one's affective well-being. Derived from that, it was hypothesized that more SC is linked to less perceived stress and intensified use of salutary coping responses. Additionally, it was suggested that perceived stress and coping mediate the relation between SC and affective well-being. Method: The research questions were targeted in three single studies and one meta-study. To test my assumptions about the relations of SC and coping in particular, a systematic literature search was conducted resulting in k = 136 samples with an overall sample size of N = 38,913. To integrate the z-transformed Pearson correlation coefficients, random-effects models were calculated. All hypotheses were tested with a three-wave cross-lagged design in two short-term longitudinal online studies assessing SC, perceived stress and coping responses in all waves. The first study explored the assumptions in a student sample (N = 684) with a mean age of 27.91 years over a six-week period, whereas the measurements were implemented in the GESIS Panel (N = 2934) with a mean age of 52.76 years analyzing the hypotheses in a populationbased sample across eight weeks. Finally, an ambulatory assessment study was designed to expand the findings of the longitudinal studies to the intraindividual level. Thus, a sample of 213 participants completed questionnaires of momentary SC, perceived stress, engagement and disengagement coping, and affective well-being on their smartphones three times per day over seven consecutive days. The data was processed using 1-1-1 multilevel mediation analyses. Results: Results of the meta-analysis indicated that higher SC is significantly associated with more use of engagement coping and less use of disengagement coping. Considering the relations between SC and stress processing variables in all three single studies, cross-lagged paths from the longitudinal data, as well as multilevel modeling paths from the ambulatory assessment data indicated a notable relation between all relevant stress variables. As expected, results showed a significant negative relation between SC and perceived stress and disengagement coping, as well as a positive connection with engagement coping responses at the dispositional and intra-individual level. However, considering the mediational hypothesis, the most promising pathway in the link between SC and affective well-being turned out to be perceived stress in all three studies, while effects of the mediational pathways through coping responses were less robust. Conclusion: Thus, a more self-compassionate attitude and higher momentary SC, when needed in specific situations, can help to engage in effective stress processing. Considering the underlying mechanisms in the link between SC and affective well-being, stress perception in particular seemed to be the most promising candidate for enhancing affective well-being at the dispositional and at the intraindividual level. Future research should explore the pathways between SC and affective well-being in specific contexts and samples, and also take into account additional influential factors.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{RoncagliaDenissen2013, author = {Roncaglia-Denissen, Maria Paula}, title = {The role of first and second language speech rhythm in syntactic ambiguity processing and musical rhythmic aptitude}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-78256}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {vi, 157}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Rhythm is a temporal and systematic organization of acoustic events in terms of prominence, timing and grouping, helping to structure our most basic experiences, such as body movement, music and speech. In speech, rhythm groups auditory events, e.g., sounds and pauses, together into words, making their boundaries acoustically prominent and aiding word segmentation and recognition by the hearer. After word recognition, the hearer is able to retrieve word meaning form his mental lexicon, integrating it with information from other linguistic domains, such as semantics, syntax and pragmatics, until comprehension is achieved. The importance of speech rhythm, however, is not restricted to word segmentation and recognition only. Beyond the word level rhythm continues to operate as an organization device, interacting with different linguistic domains, such as syntax and semantics, and grouping words into larger prosodic constituents, organized in a prosodic hierarchy. This dissertation investigates the function of speech rhythm as a sentence segmentation device during syntactic ambiguity processing, possible limitations on its use, i.e., in the context of second language processing, and its transferability as cognitive skill to the music domain.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Jung2016, author = {Jung, Janis Moritz}, title = {The role of dysfunctional peer relationships and academic failure in the development and progression of aggression}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-394477}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {163}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Background: Aggression is a severe behavioral problem that interferes with many developmental challenges individuals face in middle childhood and adolescence. Particularly in the peer and in the academic domain, aggression inhibits the individual from making important learning experiences that are predictive for a healthy transition into adulthood. Furthermore, the resulting developmental deficits have the propensity to feedback and to promote aggression at later developmental stages. The aim of the present PhD thesis was to investigate pathways and processes involved in the etiology of aggression by examining the interrelation between multiple developmental problems in the peer and in the academic domain. More specifically, the relevance of affiliation with deviant peers as a driving mechanism for the development of aggression, factors promoting the affiliation with deviant peers (social rejection; academic failure), and mechanisms by which affiliation with deviant peers leads to aggression (external locus of control) were investigated. Method: The research questions were addressed by three studies. Three data waves were available for the first study, the second and third study were based on two data waves. The first study specified pathways to antisocial behavior by investigating the temporal interrelation between social rejection, academic failure, and affiliation with deviant peers in a sample of 1,657 male and female children and adolescents aged between 6 and 15 years. The second study examined the role of external control beliefs as a potential mediator in the link between affiliation with deviant peers and aggression in a sample of 1,466 children and adolescents in the age of 9 to 19 years, employing a half-longitudinal design. The third study aimed to expand the findings of Study 1 and Study 2 by examining the differential predictivity of combinations of developmental risks for different functions of aggression, using a sample of 1,479 participants in the age between 9 and 19 years. First, profiles of social rejection, academic failure, and affiliation with deviant peers were identified, using latent profile analysis. Second, prospective pathways between risk-profiles and reactive and proactive aggression were investigated, using latent path analysis. Results: The first study revealed that antisocial behavior at T1 was associated with social rejection and academic failure at T2. Both mechanisms promoted affiliation with deviant peers at the same data wave, which predicted deviancy at T3. Furthermore, both an indirect pathway via social rejection and affiliation with deviant peers and an indirect pathway via academic failure and affiliation with deviant peers significantly mediated the link between antisocial behavior at the first and the third data wave. Additionally, the proposed pathways generalized across genders and different age groups. The second study yielded that external control beliefs significantly mediated the link between affiliation with deviant peers and aggression, with affiliation with deviant peers at T1 predicting external control beliefs at T2 and external control beliefs at T1 predicting aggressive behavior at T2. Again, the analyses provided no evidence for gender and age specific variations in the proposed pathways. In the third study, three distinct risk groups were identified, made up of a large non-risk group, with low scores on all risk measures, a group characterized by high scores on social rejection (SR group), and a group with the highest scores on measures of affiliation with deviant peers and academic failure (APAF group). Importantly, risk group membership was differentially associated with reactive and proactive aggression. Only membership in the SR group at T1 was associated with the development of reactive aggression at T2 and only membership in the APAF group at T1 predicted proactive aggression at T2. Additionally, proactive aggression at T1 predicted membership in the APAF group at T2, indicating a reciprocal relationship between both constructs. Conclusion: The results demonstrated that aggression causes severe behavioral deficits in social and academic domains which promote future aggression by increasing individuals' tendency to affiliate with deviant peers. The stimulation of external control beliefs provides an explanation for deviant peers' effect on the progression and intensification of aggression. Finally, multiple developmental risks were shown to co-occur within individuals and to be differentially predictive of reactive and proactive aggression. The findings of this doctoral dissertation have possible implications for the conceptualization of prevention and intervention programs aimed to reduce aggression in middle childhood and adolescence.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Mueller2006, author = {M{\"u}ller, Dana}, title = {The representation of numbers in space : a journey along the mental number line}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-12949}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2006}, abstract = {The present thesis deals with the mental representation of numbers in space. Generally it is assumed that numbers are mentally represented on a mental number line along which they ordered in a continuous and analogical manner. Dehaene, Bossini and Giraux (1993) found that the mental number line is spatially oriented from left­-to­-right. Using a parity­-judgment task they observed faster left-hand responses for smaller numbers and faster right-hand responses for larger numbers. This effect has been labelled as Spatial Numerical Association of Response Codes (SNARC) effect. The first study of the present thesis deals with the question whether the spatial orientation of the mental number line derives from the writing system participants are adapted to. According to a strong ontogenetic interpretation the SNARC effect should only obtain for effectors closely related to the comprehension and production of written language (hands and eyes). We asked participants to indicate the parity status of digits by pressing a pedal with their left or right foot. In contrast to the strong ontogenetic view we observed a pedal SNARC effect which did not differ from the manual SNARC effect. In the second study we evaluated whether the SNARC effect reflects an association of numbers and extracorporal space or an association of numbers and hands. To do so we varied the spatial arrangement of the response buttons (vertical vs. horizontal) and the instruction (hand­related vs. button­-related). For vertically arranged buttons and a button­related instruction we found a button-­related SNARC effect. In contrast, for a hand-­related instruction we obtained a hand­-related SNARC effect. For horizontally arranged buttons and a hand­related instruction, however, we found a button­related SNARC effect. The results of the first to studies were interpreted in terms of weak ontogenetic view. In the third study we aimed to examine the functional locus of the SNARC effect. We used the psychological refractory period paradigm. In the first experiment participants first indicated the pitch of a tone and then the parity status of a digit (locus­-of-­slack paradigma). In a second experiment the order of stimulus presentation and thus tasks changed (effect­-propagation paradigm). The results led us conclude that the SNARC effect arises while the response is centrally selected. In our fourth study we test for an association of numbers and time. We asked participants to compare two serially presented digits. Participants were faster to compare ascending digit pairs (e.g., 2-­3) than descending pairs (e.g., 3-­2). The pattern of our results was interpreted in terms of forward­associations ("1­-2-­3") as formed by our ubiquitous cognitive routines to count of objects or events.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Goethe2009, author = {G{\"o}the, Katrin}, title = {The limits of parallel processing}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-46063}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2009}, abstract = {Trying to do two things at once decreases performance of one or both tasks in many cases compared to the situation when one performs each task by itself. The present thesis deals with the question why and in which cases these dual-task costs emerge and moreover, whether there are cases in which people are able to process two cognitive tasks at the same time without costs. In four experiments the influence of stimulus-response (S-R) compatibility, S-R modality pairings, interindividual differences, and practice on parallel processing ability of two tasks are examined. Results show that parallel processing is possible. Nevertheless, dual-task costs emerge when: the personal processing strategy is serial, the two tasks have not been practiced together, S-R compatibility of both tasks is low (e.g. when a left target has to be responded with a right key press and in the other task an auditorily presented "A" has to be responded by saying "B"), and modality pairings of both tasks are Non Standard (i.e., visual-spatial stimuli are responded vocally whereas auditory-verbal stimuli are responded manually). Results are explained with respect to executive-based (S-R compatibility) and content-based crosstalk (S-R modality pairings) between tasks. Finally, an alternative information processing account with respect to the central stage of response selection (i.e., the translation of the stimulus to the response) is presented.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Rohlf2016, author = {Rohlf, Helena L.}, title = {The development of aggression in middle childhood}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-95457}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {242}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Background: The engagement in aggressive behavior in middle childhood is linked to the development of severe problems in later life. Thus, identifying factors and processes that con-tribute to the continuity and increase of aggression in middle childhood is essential in order to facilitate the development of intervention programs. The present PhD thesis aimed at expand-ing the understanding of the development of aggression in middle childhood by examining risk factors in the intrapersonal and interpersonal domains as well as the interplay between these factors: Maladaptive anger regulation was examined as an intrapersonal risk factor; processes that occur in the peer context (social rejection and peer socialization) were included as interpersonal risk factors. In addition, in order to facilitate the in situ assessment of anger regulation strategies, an observational measure of anger regulation was developed and validated. Method: The research aims were addressed within the scope of four articles. Data from two measurement time points about ten months apart were available for the analyses. Participants were elementary school children aged from 6 to 10 years at T1 and 7 to 11 years at T2. The first article was based on cross-sectional analyses including only the first time point; in the remaining three articles longitudinal associations across the two time points were analyzed. The first two articles were concerned with the development and cross-sectional as well as longitudinal validation of observational measure of anger regulation in middle childhood in a sample of 599 children. Using the same sample, the third article investigated the longitudinal link between maladaptive anger regulation and aggression considering social rejection as a mediating variable. The frequency as well as different functions of aggression (reactive and proactive) were included as outcomes measures. The fourth article examined the influence of class-level aggression on the development of different forms of aggression (relational and physical) over time under consideration of differences in initial individual aggression in a sample of 1,284 children. In addition, it was analyzed if the path from aggression to social rejection varies as a function of class-level aggression. Results: The first two articles revealed that the observational measure of anger regulation developed for the purpose of this research was cross-sectionally related to anger reactivity, aggression and social rejection as well as longitudinally related to self-reported anger regula-tion. In the third article it was found that T1 maladaptive anger regulation showed no direct link to T2 aggression, but an indirect link through T1 social rejection. This indirect link was found for the frequency of aggression as well as for reactive and proactive aggression. The fourth article revealed that with regard to relational aggression, a high level of classroom ag-gression predicted an increase of individual aggression only among children with initially low levels of aggression. For physical aggression, it was found that the overall level of aggression in the class affected all children equally. In addition, physical aggression increased the likelihood of social rejection irrespective of the class-level of aggression whereas relational aggression caused social rejection only in classes with a generally low level of relational aggression. The analyses of gender-specific effects showed that children were mainly influenced by their same-gender peers and that the effect on the opposite gender was higher if children engaged in gender-atypical forms of aggressive behavior. Conclusion: The results provided evidence for the construct and criterion validity of the observational measure of maladaptive anger regulation that was developed within the scope of this research. Furthermore, the findings indicated that maladaptive anger regulation constitutes an important risk factor of aggression through the influence of social rejection. Finally, the results demonstrated that the level of aggression among classmates is relevant for the development of individual aggression over time and that the children´s evaluation of relationally aggressive behavior varies as a function of the normativity of relational aggression in the class. The study findings have implications for the measurement of anger regulation in middle childhood as well as for the prevention of aggression and social rejection.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{AyBryson2021, author = {Ay-Bryson, Destina Sevde}, title = {The authenticity of simulated patients in psychotherapy training and research}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-53373}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-533735}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Mental health problems are highly prevalent worldwide. Fortunately, psychotherapy has proven highly effective in the treatment of a number of mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety disorders. In contrast, psychotherapy training as is practised currently cannot be considered evidence-based. Thus, there is much room for improvement. The integration of simulated patients (SPs) into psychotherapy training and research is on the rise. SPs originate from the medical education and have, in a number of studies, been demonstrated to contribute to effective learning environments. Nevertheless, there has been voiced criticism regarding the authenticity of SP portrayals, but few studies have examined this to date. Based on these considerations, this dissertation explores SPs' authenticity while portraying a mental disorder, depression. Altogether, the present cumulative dissertation consists of three empirical papers. At the time of printing, Paper I and Paper III have been accepted for publication, and Paper II is under review after a minor revision. First, Paper I develops and validates an observer-based rating-scale to assess SP authenticity in psychotherapeutic contexts. Based on the preliminary findings, it can be concluded that the Authenticity of Patient Demonstrations scale is a reliable and valid tool that can be used for recruiting, training, and evaluating the authenticity of SPs. Second, Paper II tests whether student SPs are perceived as more authentic after they receive an in-depth role-script compared to those SPs who only receive basic information on the patient case. To test this assumption, a randomised controlled study design was implemented and the hypothesis could be confirmed. As a consequence, when engaging SPs, an in-depth role-script with details, e.g. on nonverbal behaviour and feelings of the patient, should be provided. Third, Paper III demonstrates that psychotherapy trainees cannot distinguish between trained SPs and real patients and therefore suggests that, with proper training, SPs are a promising training method for psychotherapy. Altogether, the dissertation shows that SPs can be trained to portray a depressive patient authentically and thus delivers promising evidence for the further dissemination of SPs.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Mahlstedt2008, author = {Mahlstedt, Amelie}, title = {The acquisition of case marking information as a cue to argument interpretation in German : an electrophysiological investigation with pre-school children}, series = {MPI series in human cognitive and brain sciences}, volume = {99}, journal = {MPI series in human cognitive and brain sciences}, publisher = {MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences}, address = {Leipzig}, isbn = {978-3-936816-73-0}, pages = {i, 176 S. : graph. Darst.}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Nuthmann2005, author = {Nuthmann, Antje}, title = {The "where" and "when" of eye fixations in reading}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-7931}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2005}, abstract = {To investigate eye-movement control in reading, the present thesis examined three phenomena related to the eyes' landing position within words, (1) the optimal viewing position (OVP), (2) the preferred viewing location (PVL), and (3) the Fixation-Duration Inverted-Optimal Viewing Position (IOVP) Effect. Based on a corpus-analytical approach (Exp. 1), the influence of variables word length, launch site distance, and word frequency was systematically explored. In addition, five experimental manipulations were conducted. First, word center was identified as the OVP, that is the position within a word where refixation probability is minimal. With increasing launch site distance, however, the OVP was found to move towards the word beginning. Several possible causes of refixations were discussed. The issue of refixation saccade programming was extensively investigated, suggesting that pre-planned and directly controlled refixation saccades coexist. Second, PVL curves, that is landing position distributions, show that the eyes are systematically deviated from the OVP, due to visuomotor constraints. By far the largest influence on mean and standard deviation of the Gaussian PVL curve was exhibited by launch site distance. Third, it was investigated how fixation durations vary as a function of landing position. The IOVP effect was replicated: Fixations located at word center are longer than those falling near the edges of a word. The effect of word frequency and/or launch site distance on the IOVP function mainly consisted in a vertical displacement of the curve. The Fixation-Duration IOVP effect is intriguing because word center (the OVP) would appear to be the best place to fixate and process a word. A critical part of the current work was devoted to investigate the origin of the effect. It was suggested that the IOVP effect arises as a consequence of mislocated fixations, i.e. fixations on unintended words, which are caused by saccadic errors. An algorithm for estimating the proportion of mislocated fixations from empirical data was developed, based on extrapolations of landing position distributions beyond word boundaries. As a new central theoretical claim it was suggested that a new saccade program is started immediately if the intended target word is missed. On average, this will lead to decreased durations for mislocated fixations. Because mislocated fixations were shown to be most prevalent at the beginning and end of words, the proposed mechanism generated the inverted U-shape for fixation durations when computed as a function of landing position. The proposed mechanism for generating the effect is generally compatible with both oculomotor and cognitive models of eye-movement control in reading.}, subject = {Allgemeine Psychologie}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{VenturaBort2020, author = {Ventura-Bort, Carlos}, title = {Temporo-spatial dynamics of the impact of emotional contexts on visual processing and memory}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-55023}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-550236}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {208}, year = {2020}, abstract = {It has frequently been observed that single emotional events are not only more efficiently processed, but also better remembered, and form longer-lasting memory traces than neutral material. However, when emotional information is perceived as a part of a complex event, such as in the context of or in relation to other events and/or source details, the modulatory effects of emotion are less clear. The present work aims to investigate how emotional, contextual source information modulates the initial encoding and subsequent long-term retrieval of associated neutral material (item memory) and contextual source details (contextual source memory). To do so, a two-task experiment was used, consisting of an incidental encoding task in which neutral objects were displayed over different contextual background scenes which varied in emotional content (unpleasant, pleasant, and neutral), and a delayed retrieval task (1 week), in which previously-encoded objects and new ones were presented. In a series of studies, behavioral indices (Studies 2, 3, and 5), event-related potentials (ERPs; Studies 1-4), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (Study 5) were used to investigate whether emotional contexts can rapidly tune the visual processing of associated neutral information (Study 1) and modulate long-term item memory (Study 2), how different recognition memory processes (familiarity vs. recollection) contribute to these emotion effects on item and contextual source memory (Study 3), whether the emotional effects of item memory can also be observed during spontaneous retrieval (Sstudy 4), and which brain regions underpin the modulatory effects of emotional contexts on item and contextual source memory (Study 5). In Study 1, it was observed that emotional contexts by means of emotional associative learning, can rapidly alter the processing of associated neutral information. Neutral items associated with emotional contexts (i.e. emotional associates) compared to neutral ones, showed enhanced perceptual and more elaborate processing after one single pairing, as indexed by larger amplitudes in the P100 and LPP components, respectively. Study 2 showed that emotional contexts produce longer-lasting memory effects, as evidenced by better item memory performance and larger ERP Old/New differences for emotional associates. In Study 3, a mnemonic differentiation was observed between item and contextual source memory which was modulated by emotion. Item memory was driven by familiarity, independently of emotional contexts during encoding, whereas contextual source memory was driven by recollection, and better for emotional material. As in Study 2, enhancing effects of emotional contexts for item memory were observed in ERPs associated with recollection processes. Likewise, for contextual source memory, a pronounced recollection-related ERP enhancement was observed for exclusively emotional contexts. Study 4 showed that the long-term recollection enhancement of emotional contexts on item memory can be observed even when retrieval is not explicitly attempted, as measured with ERPs, suggesting that the emotion enhancing effects on memory are not related to the task embedded during recognition, but to the motivational relevance of the triggering event. In Study 5, it was observed that enhancing effects of emotional contexts on item and contextual source memory involve stronger engagement of the brain's regions which are associated with memory recollection, including areas of the medial temporal lobe, posterior parietal cortex, and prefrontal cortex. Taken together, these findings suggest that emotional contexts rapidly modulate the initial processing of associated neutral information and the subsequent, long-term item and contextual source memories. The enhanced memory effects of emotional contexts are strongly supported by recollection rather than familiarity processes, and are shown to be triggered when retrieval is both explicitly and spontaneously attempted. These results provide new insights into the modulatory role of emotional information on the visual processing and the long-term recognition memory of complex events. The present findings are integrated into the current theoretical models and future ventures are discussed.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Trukenbrod2012, author = {Trukenbrod, Hans Arne}, title = {Temporal and spatial aspects of eye-movement control : from reading to scanning}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-70206}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Eye movements are a powerful tool to examine cognitive processes. However, in most paradigms little is known about the dynamics present in sequences of saccades and fixations. In particular, the control of fixation durations has been widely neglected in most tasks. As a notable exception, both spatial and temporal aspects of eye-movement control have been thoroughly investigated during reading. There, the scientific discourse was dominated by three controversies, (i), the role of oculomotor vs. cognitive processing on eye-movement control, (ii) the serial vs. parallel processing of words, and, (iii), the control of fixation durations. The main purpose of this thesis was to investigate eye movements in tasks that require sequences of fixations and saccades. While reading phenomena served as a starting point, we examined eye guidance in non-reading tasks with the aim to identify general principles of eye-movement control. In addition, the investigation of eye movements in non-reading tasks helped refine our knowledge about eye-movement control during reading. Our approach included the investigation of eye movements in non-reading experiments as well as the evaluation and development of computational models. I present three main results : First, oculomotor phenomena during reading can also be observed in non-reading tasks (Chapter 2 \& 4). Oculomotor processes determine the fixation position within an object. The fixation position, in turn, modulates both the next saccade target and the current fixation duration. Second, predicitions of eye-movement models based on sequential attention shifts were falsified (Chapter 3). In fact, our results suggest that distributed processing of multiple objects forms the basis of eye-movement control. Third, fixation durations are under asymmetric control (Chapter 4). While increasing processing demands immediately prolong fixation durations, decreasing processing demands reduce fixation durations only with a temporal delay. We propose a computational model ICAT to account for asymmetric control. In this model, an autonomous timer initiates saccades after random time intervals independent of ongoing processing. However, processing demands that are higher than expected inhibit the execution of the next saccade and, thereby, prolong the current fixation. On the other hand, lower processing demands will not affect the duration before the next saccade is executed. Since the autonomous timer adjusts to expected processing demands from fixation to fixation, a decrease in processing demands may lead to a temporally delayed reduction of fixation durations. In an extended version of ICAT, we evaluated its performance while simulating both temporal and spatial aspects of eye-movement control. The eye-movement phenomena investigated in this thesis have now been observed in a number of different tasks, which suggests that they represent general principles of eye guidance. I propose that distributed processing of the visual input forms the basis of eye-movement control, while fixation durations are controlled by the principles outlined in ICAT. In addition, oculomotor control contributes considerably to the variability observed in eye movements. Interpretations for the relation between eye movements and cognition strongly benefit from a precise understanding of this interplay.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Hettinger2023, author = {Hettinger, Katharina}, title = {Teaching-related self-efficacy beliefs of teachers}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Teacher self-efficacy is highly relevant for effective teaching, student academic development, and teachers' wellbeing, as theoretical work (Bandura, 1997; Tschannen-Moran et al., 1998) and empirical studies (i.e., Burić \& Kim, 2020; Klassen \& Chiu, 2010; van Uden et al., 2013) have shown associations with effective classroom management, student support, student motivation, and teachers' job satisfaction. Given the importance of teacher self-efficacy for teaching and learning, it is interesting to note that existing research is limited in several aspects - first, longitudinal studies on the relations between teacher self-efficacy and student academic outcomes are widely missing; second, empirical studies often assess teacher self-efficacy as a one-dimensional construct, neglecting its multidimensional character; third, studies often only focus on either the students' or the teachers' perspective on teaching and thus do not include simultaneously multiple sources of information on teaching practices as a consequence of teacher self-efficacy; fourth, research often does not systematically consider the effects of teacher self-efficacy on students' academic outcomes at both the group and individual level. Against this backdrop, this dissertation presents three longitudinal studies that aim to contribute to a more detailed perspective on teacher self-efficacy by examining systematically and longitudinally the relations between multiple dimensions of teacher self-efficacy and theoretically aligned teaching quality facets as perceived by teachers and students, as well as their relations to students' motivational-affective outcomes - more concretely, their relations to students' interest, enjoyment, and self-efficacy in a multi-level analysis approach. Study 1 examines the longitudinal relations between teacher self-efficacy for classroom management and student-perceived monitoring and social relatedness, and investigates whether the two student-reported teaching dimensions explain the relations between teacher self-efficacy for classroom management and student enjoyment using multi-level analyses. Study 2 examines longitudinally how teacher self-efficacy for student engagement relates to student interest through student- and teacher-perceived emotional support. Also, including student and teacher perspectives on teaching, Study 3 examines the longitudinal relations between specific facets of teacher self-efficacy for classroom management and classroom discipline, teacher self-efficacy for instructional strategies and cognitive activation, teacher self-efficacy for student engagement and competence support, teacher self-efficacy for emotional support and social relatedness, as well as teacher self-efficacy for student-oriented teaching and learning goal-oriented instruction with students' enjoyment and self-efficacy. Furthermore, in Studies 2 and 3 the cross-level mediation effects of longitudinal relations with teacher self-efficacy on student motivational-affective characteristics via teaching practices are examined in order to address the lack of empirical studies disentangling the relations for specifically individual- vs. group-level effects. The limitations and implications are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical relevance for school practice, teacher education, and teacher training.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Sixtus2018, author = {Sixtus, Elena}, title = {Subtle fingers - tangible numbers: The influence of finger counting experience on mental number representations}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-420115}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {vi, 138}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Numbers are omnipresent in daily life. They vary in display format and in their meaning so that it does not seem self-evident that our brains process them more or less easily and flexibly. The present thesis addresses mental number representations in general, and specifically the impact of finger counting on mental number representations. Finger postures that result from finger counting experience are one of many ways to convey numerical information. They are, however, probably the one where the numerical content becomes most tangible. By investigating the role of fingers in adults' mental number representations the four presented studies also tested the Embodied Cognition hypothesis which predicts that bodily experience (e.g., finger counting) during concept acquisition (e.g., number concepts) stays an immanent part of these concepts. The studies focussed on different aspects of finger counting experience. First, consistency and further details of spontaneously used finger configurations were investigated when participants repeatedly produced finger postures according to specific numbers (Study 1). Furthermore, finger counting postures (Study 2), different finger configurations (Study 2 and 4), finger movements (Study 3), and tactile finger perception (Study 4) were investigated regarding their capability to affect number processing. Results indicated that active production of finger counting postures and single finger movements as well as passive perception of tactile stimulation of specific fingers co-activated associated number knowledge and facilitated responses towards corresponding magnitudes and number symbols. Overall, finger counting experience was reflected in specific effects in mental number processing of adult participants. This indicates that finger counting experience is an immanent part of mental number representations. Findings are discussed in the light of a novel model. The MASC (Model of Analogue and Symbolic Codes) combines and extends two established models of number and magnitude processing. Especially a symbolic motor code is introduced as an essential part of the model. It comprises canonical finger postures (i.e., postures that are habitually used to represent numbers) and finger-number associations. The present findings indicate that finger counting functions both as a sensorimotor magnitude and as a symbolic representational format and that it thereby directly mediates between physical and symbolic size. The implications are relevant both for basic research regarding mental number representations and for pedagogic practices regarding the effectiveness of finger counting as a means to acquire a fundamental grasp of numbers.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Doering2013, author = {D{\"o}ring, Ivonne}, title = {Subjektive Krankheitskonzepte adip{\"o}ser Kinder : ihre Erfassung und ihr Einfluss auf den kindlichen Regulationsprozess}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-72322}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Adipositas gilt seit einigen Jahren als eine der h{\"a}ufigsten chronischen Erkrankungen des Kindes- und Jugendalters. Welche Faktoren zu einer erfolgreichen Behandlung der Adipositas im Kindes- und Jugendalter f{\"u}hren, sind jedoch noch immer nicht ausreichend gekl{\"a}rt. Ein wichtiger - bisher jedoch weitgehend unbeachteter - Faktor, welcher m{\"o}glicherweise wegweisend f{\"u}r den Therapieverlauf sein kann, ist das subjektive Krankheitskonzept der betroffenen Kinder. Das bedeutsamste theoretische Modell, welches den Einfluss der individuellen Krankheitsvorstellungen auf den Regulationsprozess eines Menschen im Umgang mit Erkrankungen beschreibt, ist das Common Sense Model of Illness Representation (CSM) von Howard Leventhal. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es die subjektiven Krankheitskonzepte adip{\"o}ser Kinder zu erfassen und ihren Einfluss auf den Regulationsprozess zu analysieren. In einer ersten Untersuchung wurde mittels Daten von 168 adip{\"o}sen Kindern im Alter von 8 bis 12 Jahren zun{\"a}chst ein Fragebogen zur Erfassung der subjektiven Krankheitskonzepte entwickelt. Die Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass der Fragebogen als reliabel und valide eingesch{\"a}tzt werden kann. Mit Hilfe dieses Fragebogens konnte nachgewiesen werden, dass adip{\"o}se Kinder Konstrukte {\"u}ber ihre Erkrankung haben, welche in eigenst{\"a}ndigen Dimensionen gespeichert werden. Die gefundenen initialen Krankheitskonzepte adip{\"o}ser Kinder ergeben ein homogenes erwartungskonformes Bild. In einer zweiten Untersuchung wurden anschließend die subjektiven Krankheitskonzepte adip{\"o}ser Kinder, die Bew{\"a}ltigungsstrategien sowie gesundheits- und krankheitsrelevante Kriteriumsvariablen untersucht. Die Befragungen erfolgten vor Beginn einer station{\"a}ren Reha (T1), am Ende der Reha (T2) sowie sechs Monate nach Reha-Ende (T3). Von 107 Kindern liegen Daten zu allen drei Messzeitpunkten vor. Es konnte ein Zusammenhang zwischen Krankheitskonzepten, Bew{\"a}ltigungsstrategien und spezifischen Kriteriumsvariablen bei adip{\"o}sen Kindern nachgewiesen werden. Die Analyse der Wirkzusammenh{\"a}nge konnte zeigen, dass die kindlichen Krankheitskonzepte - neben den indirekten Einfl{\"u}ssen {\"u}ber die Bew{\"a}ltigungsstrategien - die Kriteriumsvariablen vor allem auch direkt beeinflussen k{\"o}nnen. Der Einfluss der initialen Krankheitskonzepte adip{\"o}ser Kinder konnte hierbei sowohl im querschnittlichen als auch im l{\"a}ngsschnittlichen Design best{\"a}tigt werden. Zudem konnten vielf{\"a}ltige Einfl{\"u}sse der Ver{\"a}nderung der subjektiven Krankheitskonzepte w{\"a}hrend der Therapie gefunden werden. Die Ver{\"a}nderungen der Krankheitskonzepte wirken sowohl mittelfristig auf die individuellen Bew{\"a}ltigungsstrategien am Ende der Reha als auch l{\"a}ngerfristig auf die adipositasspezifischen Kriteriumsvariablen Gewicht, Ern{\"a}hrung, Bewegung und Lebensqualit{\"a}t. Die Befunde st{\"a}rken die Relevanz und das Potential der zielgerichteten Modifikation adaptiver bzw. maladaptiver Krankheitskonzepte innerhalb der station{\"a}ren Therapie der kindlichen Adipositas. Zudem konnte best{\"a}tigt werden, dass subjektive Krankheitskonzepte und ihre Ver{\"a}nderung innerhalb der Therapie einen relevanten Beitrag zur Vorhersage des kindlichen Therapieerfolgs {\"u}ber einen l{\"a}ngerfristigen Zeitraum leisten k{\"o}nnen.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Artelt2000, author = {Artelt, Cordula}, title = {Strategisches Lernen}, series = {P{\"a}dagogische Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologie}, volume = {18}, journal = {P{\"a}dagogische Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologie}, publisher = {Waxmann}, address = {M{\"u}nster}, isbn = {3-89325-793-4}, issn = {1430-2977}, pages = {308 S.}, year = {2000}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Spoerer2003, author = {Sp{\"o}rer, Nadine}, title = {Strategie und Lernerfolg : Validierung eines Interviews zum selbstgesteuerten Lernen}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-0001363}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2003}, abstract = {In einer L{\"a}ngsschnittstudie mit 215 Sch{\"u}lern der achten Klasse wurde der Zusammenhang zwischen selbstgesteuertem Lernen, motivationalen (Zielorientierungen, Selbstwirksamkeit, schulischer Affekt) und kognitiven Variablen (Intelligenz) sowie Leistungsindikatoren (Schulleistung, Noten) erhoben. Selbstgesteuertes Lernen wurde mit Hilfe eines strukturierten Interviews (Zimmerman, 1986) und eines Lernstrategie-Fragebogens erfasst. Zum einen zeigte sich, dass die Lernstrategie-Angaben im Interview und im Fragebogen in keiner bedeutsamen Beziehung zueinander standen. Zum anderen ergaben sich deutliche Unterschiede in der Vorhersage der Leistungsindikatoren. Die per Interview erfassten Lernstrategien besaßen sowohl Vorhersagekraft bez{\"u}glich Schulnoten und Schulleistung und zeigten signifikante Zusammenh{\"a}nge zu den individuellen Zielorientierungen, dem schulischen Affekt und der Selbstwirksamkeit. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus konnten Leistungsver{\"a}nderungen von der achten zur neunten Klasse vorhergesagt werden. Der parallel eingesetzte Lernstrategie-Fragebogen leistete im Vergleich dazu keine Erkl{\"a}rung der Leistungsvarianz. Implikationen f{\"u}r die Diagnostik selbstgesteuerten Lernens werden diskutiert.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Aderhold2004, author = {Aderhold, Detlef E.}, title = {Stabilit{\"a}t und Ver{\"a}nderung von Kindheitserinnerungen / Detlef E. Aderhold}, address = {Potsdam}, pages = {326 S. : graph. Darst.}, year = {2004}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Degener2003, author = {Degener, Mirko}, title = {Soziale Verantwortung und Unternehmenserfolg : die Bedeutung der Unternehmenskultur und des Human Resources Management f{\"u}r den {\"o}konomischen Erfolg}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-0001017}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2003}, abstract = {In der wissenschaftlichen Literatur, in der betrieblichen Praxis und in der gesellschaftlichen Diskussion wird wieder zunehmend mehr die Bedeutung der Besch{\"a}ftigten f{\"u}r den Unternehmenserfolg hervorgehoben und diskutiert. Unternehmen, die zielgerichtet geeignete Managementstrategien mit Blick auf den Umgang mit ihren Besch{\"a}ftigten einsetzen, werden in bezug auf ihre {\"o}konomische Wertsch{\"o}pfung als erfolgreicher charakterisiert. Besonders im Bereich Human Resources Management lassen sich erste Belege finden, die es erm{\"o}glichen, den {\"o}konomischen Erfolg von Unternehmen kausal auf einzelne Personalmanagementstrategien zur{\"u}ckzuf{\"u}hren. Ziel eigener Untersuchungen in der IT- und Softwarebranche war es, Unternehmenserfolg auf der Grundlage {\"o}konomischer Erfolgsmaße und des subjektiven Erlebens der Besch{\"a}ftigten in kleinen und mittleren Softwareunternehmen unter besonderer Fokussierung des Human Resources Management und der Unternehmenskultur zu untersuchen.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Bieneck2006, author = {Bieneck, Steffen}, title = {Soziale Informationsverarbeitung in der juristischen Urteilsfindung : experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Ankerheuristik}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-7843}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2006}, abstract = {Heuristiken der Urteilsbildung umfassen bottom-up bzw. schemagesteuerte Strategien innerhalb der sozialen Informationsverarbeitung, mit deren Hilfe trotz unsicherer Datenlage hinreichend genaue Urteile gef{\"a}llt werden k{\"o}nnen. Die Anker- und Anpassungsheuristik als eine Form solcher Faustregeln beschreibt im Wesentlichen die Wirkung von vorgegebenen Zahlen (den so genannten Ankerwerten) auf numerische Sch{\"a}tzungen. Urteile unter Unsicherheit sind zum Beispiel im Bereich der Rechtsprechung zu beobachten, wobei die Entscheidungsprozesse hier eher normativ auf der Basis der vorliegenden Informationen, d.h. einer datengesteuerten Verarbeitung, erfolgen sollten. In einer Serie von drei Experimenten wurde die Ankerheuristik auf den Bereich der Rechtsprechung {\"u}bertragen. Mit Hilfe der Vignettentechnik wurden N = 229 Rechtsreferendare sowie N = 600 Studierende der Rechtswissenschaften zu ihrem Strafverhalten befragt. Im Mittelpunkt standen drei Zielsetzungen: (1) die Replikation und Erweiterung der Ankereffekts in Bezug auf eine gr{\"o}ßere Gruppe von Deliktarten; (2) die Analyse individueller Unterschiede in der Ankernutzung unter Ber{\"u}cksichtigung verschiedener Pers{\"o}nlichkeitsvariablen (Need for Cognition und Need for Cognitive Closure) sowie (3) die Anregung zu verst{\"a}rkter systematischer Informationsverarbeitung durch die Indizierung einer Genauigkeitsmotivation. Der Ankereffekt in der juristischen Urteilsfindung konnte f{\"u}r die verschiedenen Deliktgruppen repliziert werden. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die wahrgenommene Schwere der geschilderten Taten mit dem Strafmaß korrelierte. Dieser Zusammenhang wurde durch die Einf{\"u}hrung von Ankerwerten deutlich reduziert. Entgegen den bisherigen Untersuchungen war zwar auch bei den Rechtsreferendaren ein Ankereffekt zu beobachten, der jedoch geringer ausfiel als bei den Studierenden der Rechtswissenschaften. Im Hinblick auf die Pers{\"o}nlichkeitsmerkmale konnte die Erwartung best{\"a}tigt werden, dass ein geringes Kognitionsbed{\"u}rfnis sowie ein hohes Geschlossenheitsbed{\"u}rfnis mit h{\"o}herer Anf{\"a}lligkeit f{\"u}r die Ankerheuristik einhergehen. Die Erzeugung eines Rechtfertigungsdrucks dagegen veranlasste die Probanden, sich intensiver mit den Materialien zu besch{\"a}ftigen und eher datengeleitet vorzugehen. Implikationen f{\"u}r die juristische Praxis werden diskutiert.}, subject = {Soziale Wahrnehmung}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Ksienzyk2006, author = {Ksienzyk, Bianca}, title = {Sozial unterst{\"u}tzendes Verhalten im Arbeitskontext}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-7634}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2006}, abstract = {Vor dem Hintergrund steigender psychischer Erkrankungen setzt sich die Arbeit damit auseinander, welche M{\"o}glichkeiten bestehen, um die psychische Gesundheit von Mitarbeitern zu f{\"o}rdern. Die Arbeit konzentriert sich auf das Erleben sozialer Unterst{\"u}tzung im Arbeitskontext. Zun{\"a}chst wurde ein diagnostisches Instrument entwickelt, welches das Erleben sozialer Unterst{\"u}tzung im beruflichen Kontext reliabel und valide abzubilden vermag (N=936). Im Mittelpunkt der empirischen Untersuchung stand die {\"U}berpr{\"u}fung der gesundheitsf{\"o}rderlichen Wirkung sozial unterst{\"u}tzenden Verhaltens bei Lehrern, Feuerwehrbediensteten, Krankenschwestern und Polizisten (N=1.041) unter differentiellem Aspekt. Hauptaugenmerk wurde dabei auf das personenbezogene Merkmal des individuellen Bew{\"a}ltigungsmusters im Beruf gelegt. Auf der Grundlage der gewonnenen Ergebnisse wurde ein Interventionsprogramm f{\"u}r Lehrer zum Zwecke der Gesundheitsf{\"o}rderung abgeleitet (N=207), in dem sowohl personen- als auch bedingungsbezogene Elemente kombiniert wurden und welches das berufliche Unterst{\"u}tzungserleben von Schulleitern und Lehrern fokussierte. Es war Ziel der Intervention, das Unterst{\"u}tzungserleben im beruflichen Kontext zu st{\"a}rken und nachhaltige Ver{\"a}nderungen zu initiieren. Ebenso wie in anderen Untersuchungen konnte best{\"a}tigt werden, dass dem Unterst{\"u}tzungserleben im Arbeitskontext eine wichtige Pufferfunktion zukommt. Personen, die sich insbesondere vom Vorgesetzten unterst{\"u}tzt f{\"u}hlen, weisen in den Gesundheitsindikatoren g{\"u}nstigere Werte auf als jene, die aus ihrem beruflichen Umfeld kaum Unterst{\"u}tzung wahrnehmen. Durch die Ber{\"u}cksichtigung des individuellen Bew{\"a}ltigungsmusters als personales Merkmal kann zus{\"a}tzliche Kriteriumsvarianz aufgekl{\"a}rt werden. Die Intervention belegt, dass die sinnvolle Kombination von verh{\"a}ltnis- und personbezogenen Elementen Schulen dabei hilft, aus eigener Kraft Ressourcen zu st{\"a}rken und Belastungen abzubauen.}, subject = {Soziale Unterst{\"u}tzung}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Vietze2019, author = {Vietze, Jana}, title = {Social context as a resource for cultural belonging and adjustment}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {148}, year = {2019}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Ohl2013, author = {Ohl, Sven}, title = {Small eye movements during fixation : the case of postsaccadic fixation and preparatory influences}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-69862}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Describing human eye movement behavior as an alternating sequence of saccades and fixations turns out to be an oversimplification because the eyes continue to move during fixation. Small-amplitude saccades (e.g., microsaccades) are typically observed 1-2 times per second during fixation. Research on microsaccades came in two waves. Early studies on microsaccades were dominated by the question whether microsaccades affect visual perception, and by studies on the role of microsaccades in the process of fixation control. The lack of evidence for a unique role of microsaccades led to a very critical view on the importance of microsaccades. Over the last years, microsaccades moved into focus again, revealing many interactions with perception, oculomotor control and cognition, as well as intriguing new insights into the neurophysiological implementation of microsaccades. In contrast to early studies on microsaccades, recent findings on microsaccades were accompanied by the development of models of microsaccade generation. While the exact generating mechanisms vary between the models, they still share the assumption that microsaccades are generated in a topographically organized saccade motor map that includes a representation for small-amplitude saccades in the center of the map (with its neurophysiological implementation in the rostral pole of the superior colliculus). In the present thesis I criticize that models of microsaccade generation are exclusively based on results obtained during prolonged presaccadic fixation. I argue that microsaccades should also be studied in a more natural situation, namely the fixation following large saccadic eye movements. Studying postsaccadic fixation offers a new window to falsify models that aim to account for the generation of small eye movements. I demonstrate that error signals (visual and extra-retinal), as well as non-error signals like target eccentricity influence the characteristics of small-amplitude eye movements. These findings require a modification of a model introduced by Rolfs, Kliegl and Engbert (2008) in order to account for the generation of small-amplitude saccades during postsaccadic fixation. Moreover, I present a promising type of survival analysis that allowed me to examine time-dependent influences on postsaccadic eye movements. In addition, I examined the interplay of postsaccadic eye movements and postsaccadic location judgments, highlighting the need to include postsaccadic eye movements as covariate in the analyses of location judgments in the presented paradigm. In a second goal, I tested model predictions concerning preparatory influences on microsaccade generation during presaccadic fixation. The observation, that the preparatory set significantly influenced microsaccade rate, supports the critical model assumption that increased fixation-related activity results in a larger number of microsaccades. In the present thesis I present important influences on the generation of small-amplitude saccades during fixation. These eye movements constitute a rich oculomotor behavior which still poses many research questions. Certainly, small-amplitude saccades represent an interesting source of information and will continue to influence future studies on perception and cognition.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Schinkel2010, author = {Schinkel, Stefan}, title = {Single trial analysis of event-related potentials - a recurrence-based approach}, address = {Potsdam}, pages = {97 S.}, year = {2010}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Wrzus2008, author = {Wrzus, Cornelia}, title = {Similarity in personal relationships : associations with relationship regulation between and within individuals}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-20158}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2008}, abstract = {People engage in a multitude of different relationships. Relatives, spouses, and friends are modestly to moderately similar in various characteristics, e.g., personality characteristics, interests, appearance. The role of psychological (e.g., skills, global appraisal) and social (e.g., gender, familial status) similarities in personal relationships and the association with relationship quality (emotional closeness and reciprocity of support) were examined in four independent studies. Young adults (N = 456; M = 27 years) and middle-aged couples from four different family types (N = 171 couples, M = 38 years) gave answer to a computer-aided questionnaire regarding their ego-centered networks. A subsample of 175 middle-aged adults (77 couples and 21 individuals) participated in a one-year follow-up questioning. Two experimental studies (N = 470; N = 802), both including two assessments with an interval of five weeks, were conducted to examine causal relationships among similarity, closeness, and reciprocity expectations. Results underline the role of psychological and social similarities as covariates of emotional closeness and reciprocity of support on the between-relationship level, but indicate a relatively weak effect within established relationships. In specific relationships, such as parent-child relationships and friendships, psychological similarity partly alleviates the effects of missing genetic relatedness. Individual differences moderate these between-relationship effects. In all, results combine evolutionary and social psychological perspectives on similarity in personal relationships and extend previous findings by means of a network approach and an experimental manipulation of existing relationships. The findings further show that psychological and social similarity have different implications for the study of personal relationships depending on the phase in the developmental process of relationships.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Skowronski2021, author = {Skowronski, Marika}, title = {Sexualized media and self-objectification in women and adolescents}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-50892}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-508926}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {159}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Background: A growing body of research has documented negative effects of sexualization in the media on individuals' self-objectification. This research is predominantly built on studies examining traditional media, such as magazines and television, and young female samples. Furthermore, longitudinal studies are scarce, and research is missing studying mediators of the relationship. The first aim of the present PhD thesis was to investigate the relations between the use of sexualized interactive media and social media and self-objectification. The second aim of this work was to examine the presumed processes within understudied samples, such as males and females beyond college age, thus investigating the moderating roles of age and gender. The third aim was to shed light on possible mediators of the relation between sexualized media and self-objectification. Method: The research aims were addressed within the scope of four studies. In an experiment, women's self-objectification and body satisfaction was measured after playing a video game with a sexualized vs. a nonsexualized character that was either personalized or generic. The second study investigated the cross-sectional link between sexualized television use and self-objectification and consideration of cosmetic surgery in a sample of women across a broad age spectrum, examining the role of age in the relations. The third study looked at the cross-sectional link between male and female sexualized images on Instagram and their associations with self-objectification among a sample of male and female adolescents. Using a two-wave longitudinal design, the fourth study examined sexualized video game and Instagram use as predictors of adolescents' self-objectification. Path models were conceptualized for the second, third and fourth study, in which media use predicted body surveillance via appearance comparisons (Study 4), thin-ideal internalization (Study 2, 3, 4), muscular-ideal internalization (Study 3, 4), and valuing appearance (all studies). Results: The results of the experimental study revealed no effect of sexualized video game characters on women's self-objectification and body satisfaction. No moderating effect of personalization emerged. Sexualized television use was associated to consideration of cosmetic surgery via body surveillance and valuing appearance for women of all ages in Study 2, while no moderating effect of age was found. Study 3 revealed that seeing sexualized male images on Instagram was indirectly associated with higher body surveillance via muscular-ideal internalization for boys and girls. Sexualized female images were indirectly linked to higher body surveillance via thin-ideal internalization and valuing appearance over competence only for girls. The longitudinal analysis of Study 4 showed no moderating effect of gender: For boys and girls, sexualized video game use at T1 predicted body surveillance at T2 via appearance comparisons, thin-ideal internalization and valuing appearance over competence. Furthermore, the use of sexualized Instagram images at T1 predicted body surveillance at T2 via valuing appearance. Conclusion: The findings show that sexualization in the media is linked to self-objectification among a variety of media formats and within diverse groups of people. While the longitudinal study indicates that sexualized media predict self-objectification over time, the experimental null findings warrant caution regarding this temporal order. The results demonstrate that several mediating variables might be involved in this link. Possible implications for research and practice, such as intervention programs and policy-making, are discussed.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Tomaszewska2015, author = {Tomaszewska, Paulina}, title = {Sexual aggression victimization and perpetration among Polish Youth}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {200}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{D'Abreu2013, author = {D'Abreu, Lylla Cysne Frota}, title = {Sexual aggression and victimization among college students in Brazil : prevalence and vulnerability factors}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-69238}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Despite the increased attention devoted to sexual aggression among young people in the international scientific literature, Brazil has little research on the subject exclusively among this group. There is evidence that sexual aggression and victimization may start early. Identifying the magnitude and factors that increase the chance for the onset and persistence of sexual victimization are the first steps for prevention efforts among this group. Using both cross-sectional and prospective analyses, this study examined the prevalence of, and vulnerability factors for sexual aggression and victimization in female and male college students (N = 742; M = 20.1 years) in Brazil, of whom a subgroup (n = 354) took part in two measurements six months apart. At Time 1, a Portuguese version of the Short Form of the Sexual Experiences Survey (Koss et al., 2007) was administered to collect information from men and women as both victims and perpetrators of sexual aggression since the age of 14. The students were also asked to provide information on their cognitive representations (sexual scripts) of a consensual sexual encounter, their actual sexual behavior, use of pornography, and experiences of child abuse. At Time 2, the same items from the SES were presented again to assess the incidence of sexual aggression in the 6-month period since T1. The overall prevalence rate of victimization was 27\% among men and 29\% among women. In contrast, perpetration rates were significantly higher among men (33.7\%) than among women (3\%). Confirming the hypotheses, cognitive (i.e., risky sexual scripts, normative beliefs), behavioral (i.e., pornography use, sexual behavior patterns) and biographical (i.e., childhood abuse) risk factors were linked to male sexual aggression and to male and female victimization both cross-sectionally and longitudinally with the path models analyses demonstrating good fit with the data. The results supported: a) the role of the sexual script for a first consensual sexual encounter as an underlying factor of real sexual behavior and sexual victimization or perpetration; b) the role of pornography as "inputs" for sexual scripts, increasing indirectly the risk for victimization, and directly and indirectly the risk for perpetration; c) the direct and indirect link between childhood experiences of (sexual) abuse and male sexual aggression and victimization mediated by sexual behavior; and d) the direct link between child sexual abuse and sexual victimization among women. Few gender differences were found in the victimization model. The findings challenge societal beliefs that sexual aggression is restricted to groups with low socio-economic status and that men are unlikely to be sexually coerced. The disparity between male victimization and female perpetration rates is discussed based on traditional gender roles in Brazil. This study is also the first prospective investigation of risk factors for sexual aggression and victimization in Brazil, demonstrating the role of behavioral, cognitive and biographical factors that increase the vulnerability among college students.}, 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} } @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} } @phdthesis{Deeken2022, author = {Deeken, Friederike}, title = {Relevance of non-pharmacological interventions that modify environmental factors in order to prevent and treat mental disorders in older patients and their caregivers}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2022}, abstract = {We live in an aging society. The change in demographic structures poses a number of challenges, including an increase in age-associated diseases. Delirium, dementia, and depression are considered to be of particular interest in the field of aging and mental health. A common theory regarding healthy aging and mental health is that the highest satisfaction and best performance is achieved when a person's abilities match the demands of their environment. In this context, the person's environment includes both the physical and the social environment. Based on this assumption, this dissertation focuses on the investigation of non-pharmacological interventions that modify environmental factors in order to facilitate the prevention and treatment of mental disorders in older patients and their caregivers. The first part of this dissertation consists of two publications and deals with the prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients. The PAWEL study investigated the use of a multimodal, non-pharmacological intervention in the routine care of patients aged 70 years or older undergoing elective surgery. The intervention included an interdepartmental delirium prevention team, daily use of seven manualized "best practice" procedures, structured staff training on delirium, and the adaptation of the hospital environment to the patients' needs. The second part of the dissertation used a meta-analysis to investigate whether technology-based interventions are a suitable form of support for informal caregivers of people with dementia. Subgroup analyses were conducted to examine the effect of different types of technology on caregiver burden and depressive symptoms. The following main results were found: The PAWEL study showed that the use of a multimodal, non-pharmacological intervention resulted in a significantly lower incidence rate of postoperative delirium and reduced days with delirium in the intervention group compared to the control group. However, this difference could not be observed in the group of patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. The results of the meta-analysis showed that technology-based interventions offer a promising alternative to traditional "face-to-face" services. Significant effect sizes could be found in relation to both the burden and the depressive symptoms of caregiving relatives. These results provide further important information on the significant impact of non-pharmacological interventions that modify environmental factors on mental health, and support the consideration of such interventions in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders in both older patients and their caregivers.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Lutz2016, author = {Lutz, Johannes}, title = {Reducing anger and aggession through eliciting incompatible emotions}, pages = {299}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Kohn2012, author = {Kohn, Juliane}, title = {Rechenst{\"o}rungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter: psychische Auff{\"a}lligkeiten und kognitive Defizite}, address = {Potsdam}, pages = {418, 48 S.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Stutz2014, author = {Stutz, Franziska}, title = {Reading motivation, reading amount, and reading comprehension in the early elementary years}, pages = {212}, year = {2014}, language = {en} }