TY - GEN A1 - Wright, Michelle F. A1 - Wachs, Sebastian A1 - Harper, Bridgette D. T1 - The moderation of empathy in the longitudinal association between witnessing cyberbullying, depression, and anxiety T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - While the role of and consequences of being a bystander to face-to-face bullying has received some attention in the literature, to date, little is known about the effects of being a bystander to cyberbullying. It is also unknown how empathy might impact the negative consequences associated with being a bystander of cyberbullying. The present study focused on examining the longitudinal association between bystander of cyberbullying depression, and anxiety, and the moderating role of empathy in the relationship between bystander of cyberbullying and subsequent depression and anxiety. There were 1,090 adolescents (M-age = 12.19; 50% female) from the United States included at Time 1, and they completed questionnaires on empathy, cyberbullying roles (bystander, perpetrator, victim), depression, and anxiety. One year later, at Time 2, 1,067 adolescents (M-age = 13.76; 51% female) completed questionnaires on depression and anxiety. Results revealed a positive association between bystander of cyberbullying and depression and anxiety. Further, empathy moderated the positive relationship between bystander of cyberbullying and depression, but not for anxiety. Implications for intervention and prevention programs are discussed. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 689 KW - bystander KW - cyberbullying KW - empathy KW - depression KW - anxiety KW - longitudinal Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-470505 SN - 1866-8364 IS - 689 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Wright, Michelle F. A1 - Wachs, Sebastian T1 - Does Peer Rejection Moderate the Associations among Cyberbullying Victimization, Depression, and Anxiety among Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder? T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - While the consequences of cyberbullying victimization have received some attention in the literature, to date, little is known about the multiple types of strains in adolescents’ lives, such as whether cyberbullying victimization and peer rejection increase their vulnerability to depression and anxiety. Even though some research found that adolescents with disabilities show higher risk for cyberbullying victimization, most research has focused on typically developing adolescents. Thus, the present study focused on examining the moderating effect of peer rejection in the relationships between cyberbullying victimization, depression, and anxiety among adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. There were 128 participants (89% male; ages ranging from 11–16 years old) with autism spectrum disorder in the sixth, seventh, or eighth grade at 16 middle schools in the United States. Participants completed questionnaires on cyberbullying victimization, peer rejection, depression, and anxiety. Results revealed that cyberbullying victimization was associated positively with peer rejection, anxiety, and depression among adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Further, peer rejection was linked positively with depression and anxiety. Peer rejection moderated the positive relationship between cyberbullying victimization and depression, but not anxiety. Implications for prevention programs and future research are discussed. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 544 KW - anxiety KW - depression KW - cyberbullying victimization KW - autism spectrum disorder KW - peer rejection Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-427266 EP - 544 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Wright, Michelle F. A1 - Wachs, Sebastian T1 - Adolescents’ Psychological Consequences and Cyber Victimization BT - The Moderation of School-Belongingness and Ethnicity T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Cyber victimization research reveals various personal and contextual correlations and negative consequences associated with this experience. Despite increasing attention on cyber victimization, few studies have examined such experiences among ethnic minority adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to examine the moderating effect of ethnicity in the longitudinal associations among cyber victimization, school-belongingness, and psychological consequences (i.e., depression, loneliness, anxiety). These associations were investigated among 416 Latinx and white adolescents (46% female; M age = 13.89, SD = 0.41) from one middle school in the United States. They answered questionnaires on cyber victimization, school belongingness, depression, loneliness, and anxiety in the 7th grade (Time 1). One year later, in the 8th grade (Time 2), they completed questionnaires on depression, loneliness, and anxiety. Low levels of school-belongingness strengthened the positive relationships between cyber victimization and Time 2 depression and anxiety, especially among Latinx adolescents. The positive association between cyber victimization and Time 2 loneliness was strengthened for low levels of school-belongingness for all adolescents. These findings may indicate that cyber victimization threatens adolescents’ school-belongingness, which has implications for their emotional adjustment. Such findings underscore the importance of considering diverse populations when examining cyber victimization. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 578 KW - cyberbullying KW - cyber victimization KW - depression KW - anxiety KW - loneliness KW - Latinx KW - Latino KW - adolescents KW - ethnic KW - ethnic differences Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-437868 SN - 1866-8364 IS - 578 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Weber, Stephanie A1 - Puta, Christian A1 - Lesinski, Melanie A1 - Gabriel, Brunhild A1 - Steidten, Thomas A1 - Bär, Karl-Jürgen A1 - Herbsleb, Marco A1 - Granacher, Urs A1 - Gabriel, Holger H. W. T1 - Symptoms of anxiety and depression in young athletes using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Elite young athletes have to cope with multiple psychological demands such as training volume, mental and physical fatigue, spatial separation of family and friends or time management problems may lead to reduced mental and physical recovery. While normative data regarding symptoms of anxiety and depression for the general population is available (Hinz and Brahler, 2011), hardly any information exists for adolescents in general and young athletes in particular. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess overall symptoms of anxiety and depression in young athletes as well as possible sex differences. The survey was carried out within the scope of the study "Resistance Training in Young Athletes" (KINGS-Study). Between August 2015 and September 2016, 326 young athletes aged (mean +/- SD) 14.3 +/- 1.6 years completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD Scale). Regarding the analysis of age on the anxiety and depression subscales, age groups were classified as follows: late childhood (12-14 years) and late adolescence (15-18 years). The participating young athletes were recruited from Olympic weight lifting, handball, judo, track and field athletics, boxing, soccer, gymnastics, ice speed skating, volleyball, and rowing. Anxiety and depression scores were (mean +/- SD) 4.3 +/- 3.0 and 2.8 +/- 2.9, respectively. In the subscale anxiety, 22 cases (6.7%) showed subclinical scores and 11 cases (3.4%) showed clinical relevant score values. When analyzing the depression subscale, 31 cases (9.5%) showed subclinical score values and 12 cases (3.7%) showed clinically important values. No significant differences were found between male and female athletes (p >= 0.05). No statistically significant differences in the HADS scores were found between male athletes of late childhood and late adolescents (p >= 0.05). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing questionnaire based indicators of symptoms of anxiety and depression in young athletes. Our data implies the need for sports medical as well as sports psychiatric support for young athletes. In addition, our results demonstrated that the chronological classification concerning age did not influence HAD Scale outcomes. Future research should focus on sports medical and sports psychiatric interventional approaches with the goal to prevent anxiety and depression as well as teaching coping strategies to young athletes. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 638 KW - youth athletes KW - anxiety KW - depression KW - gender differences KW - late childhood KW - adolescents Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-445602 SN - 1866-8364 IS - 638 ER - TY - THES A1 - Pérez Chaparro, Camilo Germán Alberto T1 - Non-HIV comorbidities and exercise in German people living with HIV T1 - Nicht-HIV-Komorbiditäten und Bewegung bei deutschen Menschen, die mit HIV leben N2 - The post-antiretroviral therapy era has transformed HIV into a chronic disease and non-HIV comorbidities (i.e., cardiovascular and mental diseases) are more prevalent in PLWH. The source of these non-HIV comorbidities aside from traditional risk factor include HIV infection, inflammation, distorted immune activation, burden of chronic diseases, and unhealthy lifestyle like sedentarism. Exercise is known for its beneficial effects in mental and physical health; reasons why exercise is recommended to prevent and treat difference cardiovascular and mental diseases in the general population. This cumulative thesis aimed to comprehend the relation exercise has to non-HIV comorbidities in German PLWH. Four studies were conducted to 1) understand exercise effects in cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength on PLWH through a systematic review and meta-analyses and 2) determine the likelihood of German PLWH developing non-HIV comorbidities, in a cross-sectional study. Meta-analytic examination indicates PLWH cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max SMD = 0.61 ml·kg·min-1, 95% CI: 0.35-0.88, z = 4.47, p < 0.001, I2 = 50%) and strength (of remark lowerbody strength by 16.8 kg, 95% CI: 13–20.6, p< 0.001) improves after an exercise intervention in comparison to a control group. Cross-sectional data suggest exercise has a positive effect on German PLWH mental health (less anxiety and depressive symptoms) and protects against the development of anxiety (PR: 0.57, 95%IC: 0.36 – 0.91, p = 0.01) and depression (PR: 0.62, 95%IC: 0.41 – 0.94, p = 0.01). Likewise, exercise duration is related to a lower likelihood of reporting heart arrhythmias (PR: 0.20, 95%IC: 0.10 – 0.60, p < 0.01) and exercise frequency to a lower likelihood of reporting diabetes mellitus (PR: 0.40, 95%IC: 0.10 – 1, p < 0.01) in German PLWH. A preliminary recommendation for German PLWH who want to engage in exercise can be to exercise ≥ 1 time per week, at an intensity of 5 METs per session or > 103 MET·min·day-1, with a duration ≥ 150 minutes per week. Nevertheless, further research is needed to comprehend exercise dose response and protective effect for cardiovascular diseases, anxiety, and depression in German PLWH. N2 - In der Zeit seit der antiretroviralen Therapie hat sich HIV zu einer chronischen Erkrankung entwickelt und Nicht-HIV-Komorbiditäten, z.B. Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen und psychische Erkrankungen, treten bei Menschen, die mit HIV leben, häufiger auf. Die Herkunft dieser Nicht-HIV-Komorbiditäten, neben den traditionellen Risikofaktoren, sind HIV-Infektion, chronische Entzündung, eine gestörte Immunaktivierung, chronische Erkrankungen und eine ungesunde Lebensweise wie Bewegungsmangel. Bewegung ist bekannt für seine positive Wirkung auf die mentale und körperliche Gesundheit; das ist der Grund, warum Bewegung in der Prävention und der Behandlung verschiedener Herz-Kreislauf- und psychischer Erkrankungen in der Allgemeinbevölkerung empfohlen wird. Ziel dieser kumulativen Arbeit war es, den Zusammenhang zwischen körperlicher Bewegung und nicht-HIV-Komorbiditäten bei deutschen Menschen, die mit HIV leben zu untersuchen. Vier Studien wurden durchgeführt, um 1) die Auswirkungen von Bewegung auf die kardiorespiratorische Fitness und die Muskelkraft von HIV-Infizierten durch eine systematische Übersichtsarbeit und Meta-Analysen zu verstehen und 2) zu bestimmen, ob HIV-positive Menschen, die Bewegung treiben, entwickeln einen Nicht-HIV-Komorbiditäten. Die metaanalytische Untersuchung zeigt, dass sich die kardiorespiratorische Fitness (VO2max SMD = 0.61 mlkgmin-1, 95 % CI: 0.35-0.88, z = 4.47, p < 0.001, I2 = 50 %) und Kraft (Besonders in den unteren Extremitäten 16.8 kg, 95 % CI: 13–20.6, p< 0.001) nach einer Trainingsintervention im Vergleich zu einer Kontrollgruppe verbessert. Querschnittdaten deuten darauf hin, dass Bewegung eine positive Wirkung auf die psychische Gesundheit den deutschen Menschen, die mit HIV leben hat (weniger Angst und depressive Symptome) und vor der Entwicklung von Angst (PR: 0,57, 95 % IC: 0,36 - 0,91, p = 0,01) und Depression (PR: 0,62, 95 % IC: 0,41 - 0,94, p = 0,01) schützt. Ebenso geht die Dauer der Bewegung mit einer geringeren Wahrscheinlichkeit für Herzrhythmusstörungen einher, (PR: 0,20, 95 % IC: 0,10 - 0,60, p < 0,01). Eine vorläufige Empfehlung für deutsche Menschen, die mit HIV leben und die sich sportlich betätigen wollen, kann sein, ³ 1-mal pro Woche mit einer Intensität von 5 METs und einer Dauer von ³ 60 Minuten zu trainieren. Dennoch sind weitere Forschungen erforderlich, um die Dosiswirkung und die schützende Wirkung von Bewegung auf Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen, Angst und Depression bei deutschen Menschen, die mit HIV leben zu verstehen. KW - HIV KW - cardiovascular disease KW - anxiety KW - depression KW - exercise KW - Menschen, die mit HIV leben KW - Angst KW - Depression KW - kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen KW - Bewegung Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-560842 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kucian, Karin A1 - Zuber, Isabelle A1 - Kohn, Juliane A1 - Poltz, Nadine A1 - Wyschkon, Anne A1 - Esser, Günter A1 - von Aster, Michael G. T1 - Relation between mathematical performance, math anxiety, and affective priming in children with and without developmental dyscalculia T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Many children show negative emotions related to mathematics and some even develop mathematics anxiety. The present study focused on the relation between negative emotions and arithmetical performance in children with and without developmental dyscalculia (DD) using an affective priming task. Previous findings suggested that arithmetic performance is influenced if an affective prime precedes the presentation of an arithmetic problem. In children with DD specifically, responses to arithmetic operations are supposed to be facilitated by both negative and mathematics-related primes (= negative math priming effect). We investigated mathematical performance, math anxiety, and the domain-general abilities of 172 primary school children (76 with DD and 96 controls). All participants also underwent an affective priming task which consisted of the decision whether a simple arithmetic operation (addition or subtraction) that was preceded by a prime (positive/negative/neutral or mathematics-related) was true or false. Our findings did not reveal a negative math priming effect in children with DD. Furthermore, when considering accuracy levels, gender, or math anxiety, the negative math priming effect could not be replicated. However, children with DD showed more math anxiety when explicitly assessed by a specific math anxiety interview and showed lower mathematical performance compared to controls. Moreover, math anxiety was equally present in boys and girls, even in the earliest stages of schooling, and interfered negatively with performance. In conclusion, mathematics is often associated with negative emotions that can be manifested in specific math anxiety, particularly in children with DD. Importantly, present findings suggest that in the assessed age group, it is more reliable to judge math anxiety and investigate its effects on mathematical performance explicitly by adequate questionnaires than by an affective math priming task. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 684 KW - developmental dyscalculia KW - mathematics KW - affective priming KW - calculation KW - arithmetic KW - anxiety KW - gender KW - children Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-460671 SN - 1866-8364 IS - 684 ER - TY - THES A1 - Berding, Anja T1 - Kurz-, mittel- und langfristige Effekte einer Schulung für Patienten mit chronisch entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen auf krankheitsbezogene Ängste und Gesundheitskompetenzen T1 - Beneficial short-, medium-, and long-term effects of education on disease-related worries and concerns and health competencies in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases N2 - Menschen mit chronisch entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen (CED) leiden unter vielfältigen körperlichen und psychosozialen Einschränkungen. Wie auch bei anderen chronischen Erkrankungen könnten Patientenschulungen ihr psychisches Befinden verbessern (z.B. De Ridder & Schreurs, 2001; Faller, Reusch & Meng, 2011a; Küver, Becker & Ludt, 2008; Schüssler, 1998; Warsi, Wang, LaValley, Avorn & Solomon, 2004). Für CED liegen jedoch nur wenige Schulungsevaluationen vor (z.B. Bregenzer et al., 2005; Mussell, Böcker, Nagel, Olbrich & Singer, 2003; Oxelmark, Magnusson, Löfberg & Hillerås, 2007), deren Aussagekraft i.d.R. durch methodische Mängel eingeschränkt ist. Daher ist die Bedeutung von Schulungsprogrammen für CED-Betroffene weiterhin offen. Überdies gibt es für den deutschen Sprachraum noch keine Schulung, die zu psychischen Verbesserungen führt. Aus diesem Grunde wurde ein 1,5-tägiges Wochenend-Seminar mit medizinischen und psychologischen Inhalten konzeptionalisiert, manualisiert und in der vorliegenden Studie evaluiert. Zur summativen Evaluation nahmen 181 ambulante CED-Patienten an einer prospektiven, multizentrischen, randomisierten, kontrollierten Studie mit vier Messzeitpunkten teil: vor (T1), zwei Wochen (T2) und drei Monate (T3) nach dem Seminar. Zur 12-Monatskatamnese (T4EG) wurde die Stabilität der Effekte in der Experimentalgruppe (EG; n = 86) überprüft. Die Wartekontrollgruppe (n = 95) erhielt zunächst die Standardbehandlung, also keine Patientenschulung, und konnte an dieser nach der dritten Datenerhebung ebenfalls teilnehmen. Kovarianzanalysen (ANCOVAs) mit Kontrolle für die jeweilige Ausgangslage wurden durchgeführt. Weitere Analysen legten eine Adjustierung für die Krankheitsaktivität zu T1 nahe, weshalb diese als zusätzliche Kovariate in die ANCOVAs aufgenommen wurde. Krankheitsbezogene Ängste und Sorgen (PS-CEDE Gesamtwert zu T3; Krebs, Kachel & Faller, 1998) fungierten als primärer Zielparameter. Zu den sekundären Zielkriterien gehörten Progredienzangst und Angstbewältigung (PA-F-KF und PA-F; Mehnert, Herschbach, Berg, Henrich & Koch, 2006 bzw. Dankert et al., 2003; Herschbach et al., 2005) sowie die Gesundheitskompetenzen Positive Grundhaltung, Aktive Lebensgestaltung und Erwerb von Fertigkeiten und Handlungsstrategien (heiQ; Osborne, Elsworth & Whitfield, 2007; Schuler et al., 2013). Weitere sekundäre Zielparameter waren gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität (SF-12; Bullinger & Kirchberger, 1998), Symptome einer Angststörung oder Depression (PHQ-4; Kroenke, Spitzer, Williams & Löwe, 2009; Löwe et al., 2010), Wissen, der Umgang mit der CED bzw. von ihr ausgelösten negativen Gefühlen sowie die Zufriedenheit der Teilnehmenden mit dem Seminar. Von Interesse war außerdem, ob Geschlecht, Alter, Art, Dauer oder Aktivität der Erkrankung vor der Schulung einen Einfluss auf die genannten Variablen hatten und ob für sie differentielle Wirksamkeitseffekte bestanden. Darüber hinaus wurden krankheitsbezogene Ängste und Sorgen von ungeschulten Studienteilnehmern untersucht. Zwei Wochen und drei Monate nach der Schulung ließen sich im Vergleich von Experimental- und Kontrollgruppe signifikante, mittlere bis große Effekte auf krankheitsbezogene Ängste und Sorgen, Progredienzangst und deren Bewältigung sowie eine Positive Grundhaltung der CED gegenüber erzielen (stets p ≤ .001). Außerdem kam es zu beiden Messzeitpunkten zu signifikanten, großen Interventionseffekten auf den Erwerb von Fertigkeiten und Handlungsstrategien im Umgang mit der Erkrankung, das Wissen um sie und den Umgang mit ihr (stets p < .001) sowie zu moderaten Effekten auf den Umgang mit CED-bedingten negativen Gefühlen (T2: p = .001; T3: p = .008). Alle beschriebenen Effekte waren auch nach zwölf Monaten noch stabil. Für Aktive Lebensgestaltung, gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität sowie Angst- und Depressionssymptomatik konnten keine Schulungseffekte nachgewiesen werden. Die zusätzliche Kontrolle für die Krankheitsaktivität zu T1 führte zu keinen wesentlichen Änderungen in den Ergebnissen. Auch bei den Subgruppenanalysen hatte die Krankheitsaktivität keinen relevanten Einfluss auf die Wirksamkeit der Schulung. Gleiches gilt für Geschlecht, Alter, Art und Dauer der CED. Mit Ausnahme der Krankheitsaktivität deuteten dies bereits die zur Baseline durchgeführten t-Tests an, bei denen insgesamt nur sehr wenige signifikante, höchstens moderate Unterschiede zwischen den einzelnen Subgruppen auftraten. Sowohl bei der formativen als auch der summativen Evaluation zeigte sich überdies die hohe Zufriedenheit der Teilnehmenden mit der Schulung. Neben der Akzeptanz konnte außerdem die Durchführbarkeit bestätigt werden. Die Auswertung der Ängste und Sorgen der Studienteilnehmenden lieferte zudem Hinweise für die Entwicklung und Modifikation von Interventionen für CED-Betroffene. Es lässt sich festhalten, dass für die hier evaluierte Schulung für CED-Patienten ein Wirksamkeitsnachweis erbracht werden konnte und sie sehr positiv von den Teilnehmenden bewertet wurde. Sie führte sowohl kurz-, mittel- als auch langfristig zu substantiellen Verbesserungen in psychischer Belastung, Selbstmanagement-Fähigkeiten, der Bewältigung der Erkrankung sowie im Wissen und war gleichermaßen wirksam bei Betroffenen, die sich in Geschlecht, Alter, Art, Dauer oder Aktivität ihrer CED unterschieden. N2 - People with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are affected by a wide range of somatic and psychosocial impairments. As in other chronic conditions, patient education might improve their well-being (e.g., De Ridder & Schreurs, 2001; Faller et al., 2011a; Küver et al., 2008; Schüssler, 1998; Warsi et al., 2004). In IBD only a few evaluations of education programs are available (e.g., Bregenzer et al., 2005; Mussell et al., 2003; Oxelmark et al., 2007) whose significance is limited due to several methodological flaws. The impact of education in IBD remains therefore unclear. Furthermore, there is no program contributing to psychological improvements for the German-speaking area so far. Thus, a manualized 1.5-day weekend-seminar for IBD patients, addressing medical and psychological issues, was designed. The main aim of this study was to evaluate it in a large controlled trial. For summative evaluation, 181 outpatients participated in a prospective, multicenter, randomized, waitlist-controlled trial with assessments before (t1) as well as two weeks (t2) and three months (t3) after the seminar. Patients serving as waitlist controls (n = 95) received treatment as usual (no patient education) and were also offered to participate in the intervention after the third data collection. The intervention group (IG, n = 86) was reassessed for stability of effects at the 12-months follow-up (t4IG). Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with adjustment for the respective baseline score was used. Due to further analyses, which suggested a control for baseline perceived disease activity, the ANCOVAs were repeated with that additional covariate. Disease-related worries and concerns (IBDPC total score at t3, German validation by Krebs et al., 1998; original: RFIPC by Drossman et al., 1991) were the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes included fear of progression and coping with anxiety (FoP-Q-SF; Mehnert et al., 2006; FoP-Q; Dankert et al., 2003; Herschbach et al., 2005), and the following three health competencies: constructive attitudes and approaches, skill and technique acquisition as well as positive and active engagement in life (heiQ; Osborne et al., 2007; Schuler et al., 2013). Further sec¬ondary outcomes were health-related quality of life (HRQoL; SF-12; Bullinger & Kirchberger, 1998), symptoms of depression and anxiety (PHQ-4; Kroenke et al., 2009; Löwe et al., 2010), disease-related knowledge, coping, and participants’ satisfaction with the seminar. It was also of interest, if patient characteristics like sex, age, type, duration or activity of IBD influenced those variables at baseline and if differential effects of the intervention existed. Moreover, baseline disease-related worries and concerns were analyzed. At two weeks and three months post-intervention, significant medium to large effects on disease-related worries and concerns, fear of progression, and coping with anxiety as well as constructive attitudes and approaches could be achieved (each p ≤ .001). In addition, large significant effects on skill and technique acquisition, knowledge, and coping with IBD (each p < .001) and medium effects on coping with disease-related negative emotions (t2: p = .001; t3: p = .008) were found. All aforementioned effects persisted even after one year. Effects on positive and active engagement in life, HRQoL as well as symptoms of anxiety and depression could not be observed. Additional adjustment for perceived disease activity basically yielded similar results. Moreover, subgroup analyses did not show any relevant influence of disease activity on the effectiveness of the intervention. The same applies to participants’ sex and age as well as their type of IBD and its duration. With the exception of disease activity, this was already suggested by t-tests performed at baseline, which showed only very few significant differences of moderate size between subgroups. Furthermore, for formative and summative evaluation the education program was rated very favorably by the attendees. In addition to its acceptance, its feasibility was confirmed. The results of the analyses of study participants’ disease-related worries and concerns can be used for the develop¬ment and modification of interventions for patients with IBD. In conclusion, the patient education program tested in this study proved to be effective and was appreciated by the attendees. It contributed to substantial short-, medium-, and even long-term improvements in psychological distress, self-management skills, coping with IBD, and knowledge, which were independent of sex, age, type, duration, or activity of IBD. KW - Patientenschulung KW - chronisch entzündliche Darmerkrankungen KW - Krankheitsbewältigung KW - Lebensqualität KW - Selbstmanagement KW - Ängste und Sorgen KW - Progredienzangst KW - Depression KW - Wissen KW - Coping KW - patient education KW - Morbus Crohn KW - Colitis ulcerosa KW - inflammatory bowel disease KW - Crohn's disease KW - ulcerative colitis KW - coping KW - disease management KW - self-management KW - quality of life KW - worries and concerns KW - fear of progression KW - anxiety KW - depression KW - knowledge Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-401063 ER -