A5018140018- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Family Support in Illness
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Infant Health and Development
- Health and Medical Studies
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
University of Regensburg
2018-2025
University Hospital Heidelberg
2013-2023
Heidelberg University
2014-2023
Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie
2016-2023
University Hospital Regensburg
2019-2023
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2021
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1986-2018
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
2018
SRH Hochschule Heidelberg
2017
German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology
2013
Abstract Aims To investigate the prevalence of pathological internet use ( PIU ) and maladaptive MIU among adolescents in 11 E uropean countries relation to demographic, social factors accessibility. Design Cross‐sectional survey. Setting The 7th Framework European Union EU funded project, Saving Empowering Young Lives urope SEYLE ), is a randomized controlled trial RCT evaluating interventions for risk behaviours A ustria, stonia, F rance, G ermany, H ungary, I reland, srael, taly, R...
Background: Subthreshold‐depression and anxiety have been associated with significant impairments in adults. This study investigates the characteristics of adolescent subthreshold‐depression a focus on suicidality, using both categorical dimensional diagnostic models. Methods: Data were drawn from Saving Empowering Young Lives Europe (SEYLE) study, comprising 12,395 adolescents 11 countries. Based self‐report, including Beck Depression Inventory‐II (BDI‐II), Zung Self‐Rating Anxiety Scale...
To determine the prevalence and associated psychological social factors of occasional repetitive deliberate self-harming behavior in adolescents.Cross-sectional self-report survey.One hundred twenty-one schools Germany.A representative sample 5759 ninth-grade students was studied between 2004 2005.Deliberate self-harm (DSH) suicidal behaviors, emotional behavioral problems (Youth Self-Report), living standard, family composition, parental conflict illness, school type performance,...
Objectives To investigate the prevalence and associated psychosocial factors of occasional repetitive direct self‐injurious behavior (D‐ SIB ), such as self‐cutting, ‐burning, ‐biting, ‐hitting, skin damage by other methods, in representative adolescent samples from 11 European countries. Methods Cross‐sectional assessment adolescents was performed within Union funded project, Saving Empowering Young Lives Europe ( SEYLE which conducted The sample comprised 12,068 (F/M: 6,717/5,351; mean...
Rising global rates of pathological Internet use (PIU) and related psychological impairments have gained considerable attention in recent years. In an effort to acquire evidence-based knowledge this relationship, the main objective study was investigate association between PIU, psychopathology self-destructive behaviours among school-based adolescents eleven European countries. This cross-sectional implemented within framework Union project: Saving Empowering Young Lives Europe. A...
This study explored the prevalence of risk behaviors (excessive alcohol use, illegal drug heavy smoking, reduced sleep, overweight, underweight, sedentary behavior, high use Internet/TV/videogames for reasons not related to school or work, and truancy), their association with psychopathology self-destructive behaviors, in a sample 12,395 adolescents recruited randomly selected schools across 11 European countries. Latent class analysis identified three groups adolescents: low-risk group...
There have been only a few reports illustrating the moderate effectiveness of suicide-preventive interventions in reducing suicidal behavior, and, most those studies, target populations were primarily adults, whereas focused on adolescents. Essentially, there no randomized controlled studies comparing efficacy, cost-effectiveness and cultural adaptability suicide-prevention strategies schools. is also lack information whether can, addition to preventing suicide, reduce risk behaviors promote...
Risk-behaviors are a major contributor to the leading causes of morbidity among adolescents and young people; however, their association with pathological Internet use (PIU) is relatively unexplored, particularly within European context. The main objective this study investigate between risk-behaviors PIU in adolescents. This cross-sectional was conducted framework FP7 Union project: Saving Empowering Young Lives Europe (SEYLE). Data on were collected from randomized schools sites across...
Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) are common in adolescents. While there is no standardized interview German to assess SITBs date, the Self-Injurious Thoughts Behaviors Interview (SITBI) widely used English-speaking countries. However, SITBI has not been validated for assessment of recently issued DSM-5 Section 3 diagnoses nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) suicidal behavior disorder (SBD) yet. In present study psychometric properties version (SITBI-G) were assessed. We also...
Background The association between bullying victimization and depression, suicide ideation attempts has been studied mainly in cross‐sectional studies. This study aims to test the bidirectional effect chronicity versus sporadic of physical, verbal, relational on suicidal ideation/attempts depression. Methods Longitudinal assessments with an interval 3‐ 12‐months were performed within a sample 2,933 adolescents (56.1% females; mean age 14.78, SD = .89) from 10 European countries,...
Objective: In support of a whole-school approach to mental health promotion, this study was conducted find out whether and how significantly teachers’ satisfaction with school their subjective psychological well-being are related the belief that they can help pupils problems. Design: Cross-sectional data were collected as part European Union’s, Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7) Saving Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) study. One elements SEYLE evaluate attitudes knowledge...
While suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people in most industrial countries, non-fatal suicidal behaviour also a very important public health concern adolescents. The aim this study was to investigate gender differences prevalence and emotional behavioural correlates representative school-based sample A cross-sectional design used assess various areas problems by using self-report booklet including Youth Self-Report. One hundred sixteen schools region Southern Germany...