Prevalence and Time Trends of Self-Reported Mental Health Problems Among Children and Adolescents Between 11 and 17 Years in the KiGGS Study.

Knowledge about the prevalence of mental disorders in childhood and adolescence is important for clinicians and policymakers. This study examines the prevalence and trends in self-reported mental health problems among 11- to 17-year-olds in Germany. We evaluated data from the self-report version of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) of 6,725 children and adolescents from the baseline of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey (KiGGS, 2003-2006) and 6,145 from its second wave (KiGGS wave 2, 2014-2017).

Co-occurrence, stability and manifestation of child and adolescent mental health problems: a latent transition analysis.

Background: Complex constellations of socio-emotional and behavioural problems (i.e., mental health problems) in childhood and adolescence are common and heighten the risk for subsequent personality, anxiety and mood disorders in adulthood.

The relationship of self-reported and device-based measures of physical activity and health-related quality of life in adolescents.

Background: Physical activity (PA) has beneficial effects on health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), which is a protective factor of illness and mortality. The purpose of this examination was to investigate if self-reported and device-based measures of PA were related to HRQoL in adolescents.

Methods: Participants (N = 1565; 54.

[Health-related quality of life and its relation to chronic diseases and mental health problems among children and adolescents : Results from KiGGS Wave 2].

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is increasingly established as an indicator for the subjective health of children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to describe the current HRQoL among children and adolescents in Germany aged between 11 and 17 years taking into account common chronic diseases (bronchial asthma, atopic dermatitis, obesity, ADHD) and mental health problems.

Methods: The analysis is based on information obtained from 6,599 children and adolescents (51.

Health-related quality of life and mental health in children and adolescents with strabismus - results of the representative population-based survey KiGGS.

Background: To estimate the effect of strabismus (squinting) on mental health and health-related quality of life aspects in children and adolescents.

Methods: Data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents KiGGS (2003-2006 baseline survey; N = 14,835, aged 3 to 17 years, 49% girls) were examined. The presence of strabismus was derived by parental questionnaire, and health-related quality of life and mental health were investigated with the KINDL-R and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.

Mental health problems in children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study and trends.

Mental health problems in children and adolescents are associated with individual and family-related constraints as well as social costs. 20.0% of children and adolescents showed mental health problems at the KiGGS baseline study (2003-2006).

ADHD in children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study and trends.

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders in childhood and adolescence and is associated with functional, psychosocial and cognitive impairment. As part of the second wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (2014-2017), parents of children and adolescents aged between 3 and 17 years reported whether their child was diagnosed with ADHD by a physician or psychologist. Overall, 4.

Modeling students' instrumental (mis-) use of substances to enhance cognitive performance: Neuroenhancement in the light of job demands-resources theory.

Background: Healthy university students have been shown to use psychoactive substances, expecting them to be functional means for enhancing their cognitive capacity, sometimes over and above an essentially proficient level. This behavior called Neuroenhancement (NE) has not yet been integrated into a behavioral theory that is able to predict performance. Job Demands Resources (JD-R) Theory for example assumes that strain (e.

Reduced self-control leads to disregard of an unfamiliar behavioral option: an experimental approach to the study of neuroenhancement.

Background: Neuroenhancement (NE), the use of psychoactive substances in order to enhance a healthy individual's cognitive functioning from a proficient to an even higher level, is prevalent in student populations. According to the strength model of self-control, people fail to self-regulate and fall back on their dominant behavioral response when finite self-control resources are depleted. An experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that ego-depletion will prevent students who are unfamiliar with NE from trying it.