[The significance of educational biography for the professional self-image of GDR psychotherapists].

Objective: Since the reunification of Germany, a debate on the professional activities of GDR psychotherapists has rised up. This debate is partly conducted by the spirit of coming to terms with the past and partly by legitimizing therapeutic activities in the GDR. The aim of this work is to show in individual patterns the professional self-image of selected GDR psychotherapists.

[Biographical Interviews with GDR Psychotherapists - First Hypotheses on their Social Positioning and Professional Action].

Objektive: First results of a socio-historical analysis of the life stories of GDR psychotherapists are presented. Interviews, carried out as part of the project , are intended to enable statements about social and family backgrounds, educational paths and social position. An exemplary case is presented in order to develop hypotheses for the design of professional behavior by GDR psychotherapists.

[Relationship Between Social Integration, Global Self-Esteem, and Physical and Mental Health in a Representative German Sample].

Introduction: Beyond participation as a civil right, social participation has already been considered from legal, ethical, socio-psychological and political perspectives as an important component of the self- and external evaluation of a person as a valuable member of a society. Thus, social psychological studies frequently showed the importance of the sense of belonging as a central psychological component of social participation for both personal and social self-esteem. From a medical-psychological perspective, the association of global self-esteem and self-efficacy with health is well established.

[Psychotherapeutic Literature of the GDR and FRG: A Comparative Citation Analysis].

Unlabelled: ZIEL: Erste Hypothesen zur wissenschaftlichen Rezeption von psychotherapeutischer Literatur aus der DDR und der Sowjetunion in einem Psychotherapieliteratur-Korpus der BRD (Praxis der Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik 1979-1990) sollten geprüft werden. Außerdem sollten inhaltliche Schwerpunkte der identifizierten wissenschaftlichen Communities verglichen werden.

Methodik: Es wurde eine bibliometrische und netzwerkanalytische Untersuchung von Zitationsbeziehungen sowie eine qualitative Inhaltsanalyse der Rezeption von DDR-Literatur und der thematischen Schwerpunkte der identifizierten wissenschaftlichen Communities in Literaturkorpora aus Ost und West durchgeführt.

[Short Scale Measuring Perceived Social Participation: Factorial Structure, Internal Consistency, Content Validity, Convergent Validity and Standard Values in a Representative German Sample].

Social participation is politically as well as socially and psychologically relevant for the coexistence of people in our society and the well-being of the individual. In light of the German Federal Participation Act and the partial equalization of the terms "(Social) Participation" and "Inclusion", social participation in recent years has frequently been restricted to people with disabilities with regard to the "International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)" of the World Health Organization and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The question of participation, however, affects all people and is not only dependent on the degree of functional capacity or disability, but also on social inclusion, financial possibilities, regional affiliation, education, self-esteem and is correlated with health.