@article{IhleEsserSchmidtetal.2002,
  author    = {Ihle, Wolfgang and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Schmidt, Martin H. and Blanz, Bernhard},
  title     = {Die Bedeutung von Risikofaktoren des Kindes- und Jugendalters f{\"u}r psychsiche St{\"o}rungen von der Kindheit bis ins fr{\"u}he Erwachsenenalter},
  year      = {2002},
  abstract  = {Fragestellung: Prospektive Bedeutung von Risikofaktoren des Kindes- und Jugendalters f{\"u}r externalisierende und internalisierende St{\"o}rungen. Methode: Prospektive L{\"a}ngsschnittstudie vom Grundschul- zum fr{\"u}hen Erwachsenenalter. 321 Personen nahmen an allen Untersuchungen im Alter von 8, 13, 18 und 25 Jahren teil. Ergebnisse: Es zeigte sich, daß psychische St{\"o}rungen in hohem Maße geschlechtsabh{\"a}ngig sind. Besonders groß waren die Unterschiede im fr{\"u}hen Erwachsenenalter, wobei internalisierende St{\"o}rungen bei Frauen und externalisierende St{\"o}rungen bei M{\"a}nnern deutlich {\"u}berwogen. Externalisierende St{\"o}rungen des Erwachsenenalters ließen sich besser vorhersagen als internalisierende St{\"o}rungen. Dies ließ sich vor allem durch die gr{\"o}ßere pr{\"a}diktive Bedeutung fr{\"u}her Risikofaktoren bis zum Alter von 8 Jahren erkl{\"a}ren. F{\"u}r die Vorhersage internalisierender St{\"o}rungen war hingegen der Einfluß der Risikofaktoren des sp{\"a}ten Jugendalters und des {\"U}bergangs zum Erwachsenenalter gr{\"o}ßer. 10\% der untersuchten Stichprobe wies persistente St{\"o}rungen auf und stellt damit eine Hochrisikogruppe dar. Dieser Verlaufstyp zeichnet sich durch stabil hohe Risikokonstellationen zu allen Untersuchungszeitpunkten aus. Schl{\"u}sselw{\"o}rter: Risikofaktoren, Pr{\"a}valenz, Geschlechtsunterschiede, Verlaufstypen, externalisierende St{\"o}rungen, internalisierende St{\"o}rungen, psychische St{\"o}rungen, Kindes- und Jugendalter, Erwachsenenalter Childhood and adolescent predictors of mental disorders from childhood to early adulthood. Abstract. Objectives: Prospective impact of child and adolescent risk factors on externalizing and internalizing disorders. Methods: Prospective longitudinal study from childhood to early adulthood. 321 persons participated at age 8, 13, 18 and 25 years. Results: Sex differences in the prevalence rates of mental disorders were found. The highest differences were found in early adulthood. Females showed higher rates of internalizing disorders, whereas males showed higher rates of externalizing disorders. Externalizing disorders in adulthood could be predicted better than internalizing disorders. This result could be explained by the greater predictive power of childhood risk factors for externalizing disorders. Risk factors of adolescence and the transmission period to adulthood played a more prominent role in the prediction of internalizing disorders. 10\% of the studied sample showed persistent disorders and was identified as a high-risk sample. This developmental pattern of mental disorders shows stable risk constellations from childhood to adulthood. Key words: risk factors, prevalence, sex differences, developmental patterns, externalizing disorders, internalizing disorders, mental disorders, childhood and adolescence, adulthood},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{SteigleiderLauchtEsseretal.2002,
  author    = {Steigleider, Petra and Laucht, Manfred and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Schmidt, Martin H.},
  title     = {Beeintr{\"a}chtigte kognitive und motorische Leistungen bei 8-j{\"a}hrigen Kindern mit sehr niedrigem Geburtsgewicht},
  issn      = {0084-5345},
  year      = {2002},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{ZohselHolzHohmetal.2017,
  author    = {Zohsel, Katrin and Holz, Nathalie E. and Hohm, Erika and Schmidt, Martin H. and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Brandeis, Daniel and Banaschewski, Tobias and Laucht, Manfred},
  title     = {Fewer self-reported depressive symptoms in young adults exposed to maternal depressed mood during pregnancy},
  series = {Journal of Affective Disorders},
  volume    = {209},
  journal   = {Journal of Affective Disorders},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0165-0327},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jad.2016.08.059},
  pages     = {155 -- 162},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Background: Depressed mood is prevalent during pregnancy, with accumulating evidence suggesting an impact on developmental outcome in the offspring. However, the long-term effects of prenatal maternal depression regarding internalizing psychopathology in the offspring are as yet unclear. Results: In n=85 young adults exposed to prenatal maternal depressed mood, no significantly higher risk for a diagnosis of depressive disorder was observed. However, they reported significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms. This association was especially pronounced when prenatal maternal depressed mood was present during the first trimester of pregnancy and when maternal mood was depressed pre- as well as postnatally. At an uncorrected level only, prenatal maternal depressed mood was associated with decreased amygdala volume. Limitations: Prenatal maternal depressed mood was not assessed during pregnancy, but shortly after childbirth. No diagnoses of maternal clinical depression during pregnancy were available. Conclusions: Self-reported depressive symptoms do not imply increased, but rather decreased symptom levels in young adults who were exposed to prenatal maternal depressed mood. A long-term perspective may be important when considering consequences of prenatal risk factors.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MeiserEsser2017,
  author    = {Meiser, Susanne and Esser, G{\"u}nter},
  title     = {How dysfunctional are dysfunctional attitudes?},
  series = {Cognitive Therapy and Research},
  volume    = {41},
  journal   = {Cognitive Therapy and Research},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {0147-5916},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10608-017-9842-0},
  pages     = {730 -- 744},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {In order to clarify further the role of Beck's vulnerability-stress model in the early development of depression, this longitudinal study tested a threshold model of dysfunctional attitudes in children and adolescents. An initially asymptomatic sample of 889 youths aged 9-18 years completed measures of dysfunctional attitudes and depressive symptoms. Twenty months later, participants reported stressful life events and current depressive symptoms. Results support a threshold view of cognitive vulnerability as only dysfunctional attitudes above a certain threshold significantly interacted with life events to predict depressive symptoms. Thus, findings suggest that dysfunctional attitudes must exceed a certain threshold to confer vulnerability to depressive symptomatology in youth. The term "dysfunctional" might therefore only apply to higher levels of the "dysfunctional attitudes" proposed by A. T. Beck. Results also indicate that studies using non-clinical samples may systematically underestimate the effect of dysfunctional attitudes when relying on conventional linear methods.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EsserSchmidt2017,
  author    = {Esser, G{\"u}nter and Schmidt, Martin H.},
  title     = {Die Mannheimer Risikokinderstudie},
  series = {Kindheit und Entwicklung},
  volume    = {26},
  journal   = {Kindheit und Entwicklung},
  publisher = {Hogrefe},
  address   = {G{\"o}ttingen},
  issn      = {0942-5403},
  doi       = {10.1026/0942-5403/a000232},
  pages     = {198 -- 202},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Die Mannheimer Risikokinderstudie untersucht die psychische Entwicklung und ihre St{\"o}rungen bei Kindern mit unterschiedlich ausgepr{\"a}gten Risiken mit dem Ziel, Empfehlungen f{\"u}r die Verbesserung der Pr{\"a}vention, Fr{\"u}herkennung und Fr{\"u}hbehandlung von psychischen St{\"o}rungen bei Kindern abzuleiten. Dazu begleitet sie eine Kohorte von anfangs 384 Kindern in ihrer Entwicklung von der Geburt bis zum Erwachsenenalter. Die Erhebungen fanden in regelm{\"a}ßigen Abst{\"a}nden statt, beginnend im Alter von 3 Monaten, mit 2 Jahren, 4;6, 8, 11, 15, 19, 22, 23 und 25 Jahren. Geplant ist eine weitere Erhebung mit ca. 30 Jahren.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MillenetLauchtHohmetal.2018,
  author    = {Millenet, Sabina and Laucht, Manfred and Hohm, Erika and Jennen-Steinmetz, Christine and Hohmann, Sarah and Schmidt, Martin H. and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Banaschewski, Tobias and Brandeis, Daniel and Zohsel, Katrin},
  title     = {Sex-specific trajectories of ADHD symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood},
  series = {European child and adolescent psychiatry : offical journal of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry},
  volume    = {27},
  journal   = {European child and adolescent psychiatry : offical journal of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {1018-8827},
  doi       = {10.1007/s00787-018-1129-9},
  pages     = {1067 -- 1075},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Reports of current ADHD symptoms in adults with a childhood diagnosis of ADHD are often discrepant: While one subgroup reports a particularly high level of current ADHD symptoms, another reports—in contrast—a very low level. The reasons for this difference remain unclear. Although sex might play a moderating role, it has not yet been examined in this regard. In an epidemiological cohort study from birth to young adulthood, childhood ADHD diagnoses were assessed at the ages of 4.5, 8, and 11 years based on parent ratings. Sex-specific development of ADHD symptoms was analyzed from the age of 15 to 25 years via self-reported ADHD symptoms in participants with (n = 47) and without childhood ADHD (n = 289) using a random coefficient regression model. The congruence between parent reports and adolescents' self-ratings was examined, and the role of childhood ADHD diagnosis, childhood OCC/CD, and childhood internalizing disorder as possible sex-specific predictors of self-reported ADHD symptoms at age 25 years was investigated. With regard to self-reported ADHD symptoms, females with a childhood ADHD diagnosis reported significantly more ADHD symptoms compared to females without childhood ADHD and males with and without ADHD throughout adolescence and young adulthood. In contrast, males with childhood ADHD did not differ from control males either at age 15 or at age 25 years. Only in females did a childhood diagnosis of an externalizing disorder (ADHD and CD/ODD) predict self-reported ADHD symptoms by age 25 years. Our findings suggest that self-reports of young adults with a childhood diagnosis of ADHD are influenced by sex. Specifically, females with childhood ADHD report increased levels of ADHD symptoms upon reaching adulthood. To correctly evaluate symptoms and impairment in this subgroup, other, more objective, sources of information may be advisable, such as neurophysiological measures.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MoraskePenroseWyschkonetal.2018,
  author    = {Moraske, Svenja and Penrose, Anna and Wyschkon, Anne and Kohn, Juliane and Rauscher, Larissa and von Aster, Michael G. and Esser, G{\"u}nter},
  title     = {Pr{\"a}vention von Rechenst{\"o}rungen},
  series = {Kindheit und Entwicklung},
  volume    = {27},
  journal   = {Kindheit und Entwicklung},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Hogrefe},
  address   = {G{\"o}ttingen},
  issn      = {0942-5403},
  doi       = {10.1026/0942-5403/a000242},
  pages     = {31 -- 42},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Ziel ist die {\"U}berpr{\"u}fung der kurz- und mittelfristigen Wirksamkeit einer vorschulischen F{\"o}rderung des Mengen- und Zahlenverst{\"a}ndnisses bei Kindern mit einem Risiko f{\"u}r die Entwicklung einer Rechenst{\"o}rung. Es wurden 32 Risikokinder mit einer Kombination aus den F{\"o}rderprogrammen Mathematik im Vorschulalter und Mengen, z{\"a}hlen, Zahlen im letzten Kindergartenjahr von den Erzieherinnen trainiert und mit 38 untrainierten Risikokindern verglichen. Hinsichtlich der kurzfristigen Wirksamkeit zeigten sich positive Trainingseffekte auf die numerischen Leistungen im letzten Kindergartenjahr. Es ließen sich keine signifikanten mittelfristigen Trainingseffekte auf die Rechenleistungen im zweiten Halbjahr der 1. Klasse finden. Das eingesetzte vorschulische Pr{\"a}ventionsprogramm leistete danach einen wichtigen Beitrag zur kurzfristigen Verbesserung der mathematischen Basiskompetenzen.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{PitzerEsserSchmidtetal.2017,
  author    = {Pitzer, Martina and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Schmidt, Martin H. and Hohm, Erika and Banaschewski, Tobias and Laucht, Manfred},
  title     = {Child regulative temperament as a mediator of parenting in the development of depressive symptoms},
  series = {Journal of neural transmission},
  volume    = {124},
  journal   = {Journal of neural transmission},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Wien},
  issn      = {0300-9564},
  doi       = {10.1007/s00702-017-1682-2},
  pages     = {631 -- 641},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Child temperament as well as parenting behaviors have been linked to adolescent depression. Beyond their main effects, the interplay between these factors is of interest. For example, in an interactive model, a differential susceptibility of temperamental variants to parenting has been suggested. However, so far, the differential susceptibility hypothesis has mostly been studied with a focus on externalizing disorders. On the other hand, parenting may shape the child's temperament and vice versa in a transactional process. In a prospective, longitudinal at-risk sample (163 boys, 176 girls), we assessed emotional (easy-difficult) and regulative (self-control) temperament at ages 4.5, and 8 years, respectively, as well as parenting quality at age 4.5 years using the HOME inventory. Hierarchical linear regression analysis was used to investigate the prediction of depressive symptoms at age 11, measured by the Child Depression Inventory, including interaction terms between the temperament variable and parenting. We additionally tested whether parenting was mediated by child temperament. As previously reported, both self-control and parenting were longitudinally associated with preadolescent depressive symptoms. There were no interactive effects between temperament and parenting. However, the effects of parenting were partly mediated by self-control. Our data do not support a differential susceptibility of temperamental variants in the development of preadolescent depression. However, our results are in line with the assumption that parenting may shape young children's temperament, with positive parenting in the early childhood fostering the development of regulative temperament.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{EhlertPoltzQuandteetal.2022,
  author    = {Ehlert, Antje and Poltz, Nadine and Quandte, Sabine and Kohn-Henkel, Juliane and Kucian, Karin and Aster, Michael von and Esser, G{\"u}nter},
  title     = {Taking a closer look: The relationship between pre-school domain general cognition and school mathematics achievement when controlling for intelligence},
  series = {Journal of Intelligence},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {Journal of Intelligence},
  edition   = {3},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel, Schweiz},
  issn      = {2079-3200},
  doi       = {10.3390/jintelligence10030070},
  pages     = {1 -- 23},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Intelligence, as well as working memory and attention, affect the acquisition of mathematical competencies. This paper aimed to examine the influence of working memory and attention when taking different mathematical skills into account as a function of children's intellectual ability. Overall, intelligence, working memory, attention and numerical skills were assessed twice in 1868 German pre-school children (t1, t2) and again at 2nd grade (t3). We defined three intellectual ability groups based on the results of intellectual assessment at t1 and t2. Group comparisons revealed significant differences between the three intellectual ability groups. Over time, children with low intellectual ability showed the lowest achievement in domain-general and numerical and mathematical skills compared to children of average intellectual ability. The highest achievement on the aforementioned variables was found for children of high intellectual ability. Additionally, path modelling revealed that, depending on the intellectual ability, different models of varying complexity could be generated. These models differed with regard to the relevance of the predictors (t2) and the future mathematical skills (t3). Causes and conclusions of these findings are discussed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KleinKruegelRisseetal.2015,
  author    = {Klein, Angela Ines and Kruegel, Andre and Risse, Sarah and Esser, G{\"u}nter and Engbert, Ralf and Pereira, Vera Wannmacher},
  title     = {The processing of pronominal anaphora by children that have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or dyslexia: a study through the analysis of eye movements},
  series = {Letras de hoje},
  volume    = {50},
  journal   = {Letras de hoje},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {PUCRS},
  address   = {Porto Alegre},
  issn      = {0101-3335},
  pages     = {40 -- 48},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {The aim of this work was to verify the processing of pronominal anaphora by children that have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or dyslexia. The sample studied consisted of 75 children that speak German, which read two texts of 80 words containing pronominal anaphora. The eye movements of all participants were recorded and, to make sure they were reading with attention, two activities that tested reading comprehension were proposed. Through the analysis of eye movements, specifically the fixations, the data indicate that children with disorders have difficulty to process the pronominal anaphora, especially dyslexic children.},
  language  = {it}
}