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Follow-up study on the long-term effectiveness of the home-visiting program “ProKind”: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Open
Background The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is an evidence-based home visiting program shown to improve maternal and child outcomes. Pro Kind is the first German adaptation of NFP, implemented between 2006 and 2012. While earlier evaluat…
Dimensional latent structure of internet gaming disorder symptoms in four representative surveys of German adolescents: results from taxometric analyses Open
Background A very large amount of research has addressed the issue of the latent status of psychiatric disorders. To our knowledge, no study has analyzed the latent structure of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) symptoms. Method We used a new…
Psychometric evaluation and updated community norms of the WHO-5 well-being index, based on a representative German sample Open
Introduction The World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5) is a widely used self-report measure for evaluating mental well-being in both general and clinical populations. This study examines the psychometric properties of the…
Psychometric evaluation and community norms of the GAD-7, based on a representative German sample Open
Introduction The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scale is widely used to assess generalized anxiety symptoms in both clinical and general populations. However, updated psychometric evaluations and population norms for the German adu…
Psychometric evaluation and community norms of the PHQ-9, based on a representative German sample Open
Background The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a popular tool for assessing depressive symptoms in both general and clinical populations. The present study used a large representative sample of the German adult population to confir…
Cultural Frames of Deviance. Muslim Religiousness and Adolescents’ Attitudes Toward Violent Control of Female Behavior Open
Using a survey of a culturally and religiously diverse students in Germany, we investigate the influence of Muslim religiousness on violence-accepting gender role orientations. We argue that the religious frame of “fornication” (zinā) defi…
Paraphilic Interests in the Swiss Population: Results of a Representative Survey in the Canton of Zurich Open
This article presents results of the prevalence and correlates of paraphilic interests. A representative survey conducted in the largest canton of Switzerland among 18- to 50-year-olds ( n = 1,236) shows that masochism and sexual sadism ar…
Digital Hate Speech Experiences Across Age Groups and Their Impact on Well-Being: A Nationally Representative Survey in Switzerland Open
The growing challenge of digital hate speech requires an understanding of its complexity, scale, and impact. Research on experiencing digital hate speech has so far been limited to the roles of personal victim, observer, and perpetrator, w…
The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Domestic Violence in Germany: A Comparison of Three Representative Population Surveys Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound societal and economic effects. Concerns were raised that domestic violence might increase because of the enacted infection control measures. Previous findings on this issue have been contradictory. Si…
Dimensional Latent Structure of Callous-Unemotional Traits in German Adolescents: Results from Taxometric Analyses Open
A large amount of research has addressed the issue of the latent status of psychiatric disorders and related phenomena. We used a new taxometric approach developed by Ruscio to examine the latent status of callous-unemotional (CU) traits i…
Identity Diffusion and Extremist Attitudes in Adolescence Open
Various theoretical approaches assume that identity diffusion is an influencing factor of extremism. However, there are hardly any empirical tests on this relationship. Based on a nationwide survey of 8,317 young people in Switzerland, the…
Does Empathy Attenuate the Criminogenic Effect of Low Self-Control in Late Life? Open
The present study investigates whether empathy shapes the criminogenic effect of low self-control in late adulthood. Based on the assumption that the capacity to understand and share the thoughts and emotions of other people moderates the …
Who beats their partner, and who beats their schoolmates? A comparison of teen dating and school physical violence perpetration in Lower Saxony, Germany Open
Teen dating violence (TDV) and school violence (SV) are two major social problems in adolescence. Until recently, the antecedents of both TDV and SV have been analyzed largely independently of each other. This study analyses and compares t…
Authoritarianism Beyond Disposition: A Literature Review of Research on Contextual Antecedents Open
A core debate in authoritarianism research relates to the stability of authoritarianism, i.e., whether it is a dispositional phenomenon socialized in early childhood or even genetically predisposed, or whether it is impacted by time-sensit…
Religion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism. Findings of a Swiss youth study Open
In criminological research the relationship between religion and delinquency has received great attention. Religiosity has been shown to be a protective factor for violent behaviour, drug use and other types of crime. In contrast, the rela…
Religion as an influencing factor of right-wing, left-wing and Islamist extremism Open
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Support for Radical Left Ideologies Among Youth in Switzerland Open
This article aims to better understand the determinants which support the ideologies of the Radical Left among young people in Switzerland. The analyses presented in the article are based on a survey on the theme of political radicalism wh…
Prevalence and Correlates of Cyberbullying Perpetration. Findings from a German Representative Student Survey Open
Based on a survey of 9512 ninth-grade students conducted in Lower Saxony in 2013, this paper examines the prevalence of cyberbullying perpetration and the correlates of this behavior. Binary logistic multilevel regression was used in order…
Differential Influences of Parenting Dimensions and Parental Physical Abuse during Childhood on Overweight and Obesity in Adolescents Open
Besides other explanatory variables, parenting styles and parental violence might also be responsible for setting a path towards overweight/obesity in childhood. While this association has consistently been observed for adults, findings fo…
The School as an Influencing Factor of Truancy Open
As previous research has shown, truants have a higher risk of becoming delinquent. However, the causes of truancy are only seldom analyzed in criminological research. Since truancy is a school related behavior, it can be assumed that schoo…