TY - JOUR A1 - Krahé, Barbara T1 - Predicting aggressive driving behavior : the role of macho personality, age and power of car Y1 - 2002 SN - 0096-140x ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schneider, A. A1 - Esser, Günter A1 - Sommerfeld, E. T1 - EEG coherence analysis for examining an automatizational deficit in dyslexia : a pilot study N2 - EEG coherence analysis for examining an automatizational deficit in dyslexia - a pilot study Objectives: Do dyslexic children exhibit a general automatizational deficit as well as a phonological deficit? Methods: In 1,6 children aged 9-11 years the reaction time, the number of mistakes and EEG (19 scalp electrodes) were measured in three experiments (verbal and nonverbal). The EEG data was baseline-corrected and after a fast fourier transformation, analyzed with the coherence tool of the Brainvision(C) Software. Results: The dyslexic group made more mistakes than the control group on all tasks but their reaction times were significantly longer only on the verbal tasks. There were no coherence differences on the nonverbal task. On the language-dependent tasks the dyslexics showed higher total-frontal and lower left-frontal coherences only in the theta-frequency range, while in the alpha and beta frequency ranges coherences did not differ. Conclusions: A language-dependent cognitive automatizational deficit in the dyslexic group is assumed that is depicted by the higher synchronization of total-frontal coherences (involvement of the central executive) and is based on the less established functional coupling of cortical subsystems for language processing Y1 - 2003 SN - 1422-4917 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold A1 - Engbert, Ralf T1 - How tight is the link between lexical processing and saccade programs? N2 - We question the assumption of serial attention shifts and the assumption that saccade programs are initiated or canceled only after stage one of word identification. Evidence: (1) Fixation durations prior to skipped words are not consistently higher compared to those prior to non-skipped words. (2) Attentional modulation of microsaccade rate might occur after early visual processing. Saccades are probably triggered by attentional selection Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Engbert, Ralf A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold T1 - The game of word skipping : who are the competitors? N2 - Computational models such as E-Z Reader and SWIFT are ideal theoretical tools to test quantitatively our current understanding of eye-movement control in reading. Here we present a mathematical analysis of word skipping in the E-Z Reader model by semianalytic methods, to highlight the differences in current modeling approaches. In E-Z Reader, the word identification system must outperform the oculomotor system to induce word skipping. In SWIFT, there is competition among words to be selected as a saccade target. We conclude that it is the question of competitors in the "game" of word skipping that must be solved in eye movement research Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schwarz, Wolfgang T1 - Stovhastic cascade processes as a model of multi-stage concurrent information procesing Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schwarz, Wolfgang A1 - Ischebeck, A. T1 - On the relative speed account of number-size interference effects in comparative judgments of numerals Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold A1 - Engbert, Ralf T1 - SWIFT explorations Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold A1 - Krampe, Ralf-Thomas A1 - Mayr, Ulrich T1 - Formal models of age differences in task complexity effects Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Engbert, Ralf A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold T1 - Binocular coordination in microsaccades Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Engbert, Ralf A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold T1 - Noise-enhanced performance in reading Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Engbert, Ralf A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold T1 - Microsaccades uncover the orientation of covert attention Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mayr, Ulrich A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold T1 - Differential effects of cue changes and task changes on task-set selection costs Y1 - 2003 SN - 0278-7393 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oberauer, Klaus A1 - Wendland, Mirko A1 - Kliegl, Reinhold T1 - Age differences in working memory : the roles of storage and selective access Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - Landgraf, Jeanne M. A1 - Petermann, Franz A1 - Freidel, Klaus T1 - Health-related quality of life in children assessed by their parents : evaluation of the psychometric properties of the CHQ-PF50 in two German clinical samples Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - von Schwerin, A.-D. A1 - Buchholz, H. T. A1 - Petermann, Franz T1 - An educational program for parents of asthmatic preschool children: Short and medium-Term Effects. Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krahé, Barbara A1 - Waizenhöfer, Eva A1 - Möller, Ingrid T1 - Women's sexual aggression against men : prevalence and predictors Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krahé, Barbara A1 - Scheinberger-Olwig, Renate A1 - Bieneck, Steffen T1 - Men's reports of nonconsensual sexual interactions with women Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Eike M. A1 - Engbert, Ralf T1 - Parafoveal processing during reading Y1 - 2004 SN - 0301-0066 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - Busch, S. A1 - Bauer, C. P. A1 - Kiosz, D. A1 - Stachow, R. A1 - Petermann, Franz T1 - Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with asthma : results from the ESTAR study N2 - Our aim was to assess the psychosocial well-being of asthmatic children and adolescents, the influencing factors, and to determine the effect of inpatient rehabilitation on their quality of life; 226 asthmatic children and adolescents participated in the inpatient rehabilitation (IG). The comparison group (CG) included 92 asthmatic children and adolescents receiving standard medical treatments. Patients were aged between 8 and 16 years and were predominantly male. The health-related quality of life was measured with the German version of the "Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire." Interviews were carried out for IG 2 weeks before the commencement of their inpatient stay and 1 year after their stay ended. The same time schedule was carried out for CG. All patients reported a mild to moderate impairment of their quality of life. Girls described a slightly lower quality of life than boys. With increasing asthma severity, quality of life decreased. Inpatients described a lower quality of life than CG at enrollment. Inpatient rehabilitation resulted in a greater improvement of quality of life over time for IG than for CG. Gender and severity status had no effect on this time course. The only modestly affected quality of life may reflect the good adaptation to the disease and medical treatment. Children and adolescents in the IG recorded improvements in their quality of life. Differences in quality of life based on gender and disease severity were not shown to influence the improvements. In summary, inpatient rehabilitation results in an improvement of health-related quality of life. Further research concerning the psychosocial situation of children and adolescents in this setting is needed Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Warschburger, Petra A1 - Buchholz, H. T. A1 - von Schwerin, A.-D. A1 - Petermann, Franz T1 - Psychological adjustment in parents of young children with atopic dermatitis : which factors predict parental quality of life? N2 - Background Bringing up children with atopic dermatitis (AD) is widely perceived as being stressful because parenting demands considerable time and energy. There have been only a few studies to assess the extent of problems experienced by the parents. Objective To assess the psychosocial well-being of parents caring for a young child with AD and to examine the relationship between parental quality of life and disease-related and sociodemographic variables. Methods One hundred and eighty-seven parents of young children with AD attending an inpatient rehabilitation clinic participated in the study. At admission, parents completed a set of questionnaires (assessing health-related quality of life, coping with the disease, family functioning). Dermatologists assessed disease severity using the severity scoring of AD index (SCORAD). Results In general, parents cope well with their situation. Compared with normal values, high rates of psychological distress were observed in a subsample of parents of children with AD. Parents of children with a higher severity of disease reported a significantly higher impact on family functioning, a greater financial burden and a higher level of disease management. Parental disease management could be predicted by the familial situation, their personal well-being and the severity of disease of their child. Differences attributed to their child's gender or age were not observed. Conclusions Childhood AD has a profound impact on the emotional and social well-being of many of the parents. The results underline the importance of psychological treatment approaches designed to increase parental well-being and ability to cope with stress and social strain Y1 - 2004 ER -