Ulrich Wiesmann

• Universität Greifswald

Background: After experiencing trauma, people often report both negative and positive changes, which can be operationally defined as posttraumatic growth (PTG) and posttraumatic depreciation (PTD). However, there is no brief measure for assessing both posttraumatic changes simultaneously. Objective: This study describes the short form of the exp...

Background: Childhood maltreatment (CM) is related to poor physical and mental health outcomes in adults. Knowledge on the impact of CM on skin diseases is limited, and no study has previously addressed the association of CM with atopic dermatitis (AD) in adult age. Objectives: To analyze the prevalence of CM in individuals with physician-diagno...

Purpose The present study examined the joint impact of coping and rumination after trauma on posttraumatic growth (PTG) and posttraumatic depreciation (PTD) based on the PTG model. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2017 and May 2018. A sample of 253 individuals, who had experienced a traumatic event in the last two year...

Background Population-based data regarding the relationship between childhood maltreatment (CM), somatization and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults are limited. Objective To investigate the association of CM history (emotional and physical abuse and neglect, sexual abuse) with somatization and with physical and mental HRQoL in adult...

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund In den klinischen Behandlungspfaden zertifizierter onkologischer Zentren sind psychotherapeutische Angebote obligatorisch. Obwohl Patienten mit somatischen, nichtonkologischen Erkrankungen ebenso hohe Prävalenzen psychosozialer Belastungen aufweisen, gibt es diese Vorgaben für den allgemeinen Krankenhausbereich nicht. S...

Background: In the clinical treatment pathways of certified oncological centers, psychotherapeutic services are mandatory. Although patients with somatic, non-oncological illnesses show an equally high prevalence of psychosocial stress, these guidelines do not exist for the general hospital sector. Are these patients really less burdened and is ps...

Objectives: Based on a gero-salutogenic approach, we investigated the stability of the sense of coherence over a time span of four years in active older individuals and long-term effects of this life orientation on three different indicators of positive aging-subjective well-being, psychological health and physical health. This is the first study...

Recent gerontological research has identified the sense of coherence as a crucial resilience factor which develops over time and evolves from experiences across the life-span. Time perspective is the process by which life experiences are assigned to temporal categories which give coherence to these experiences. In the present study, we tested the s...

The main objective of nursing homes is to enable their residents a good life despite their existing physical, mental, and social health problems. In this cross-sectional study, we explored the mechanisms of positive aging in nursing-home residents from a salutogenic perspective. We interviewed 190 individuals (155 women) with a mean age of M = 84.3...

Hintergrund: Eine wichtige Basis für eine adäquate psychoonkologische und soziale Betreuung von Tumorpatienten bildet die regelmäßige Evaluation der psychosozialen Belastungen und somit der Betreuungsbedürftigkeit. Hierfür stehen zahlreiche Fragebögen zur Verfügung. Ziel der Untersuchung war es, zu ermitteln, ob belastete Patienten Unterstützung w...

Background: An important basis for adequate psycho-oncological and psychosocial care of cancer patients is the regular assessment of their psychosocial distress and thus their need for care. For this purpose, there are numerous questionnaires available. The objective of the present study was to assess whether distressed patients require profession...

Following Antonovsky’s salutogenic perspective, we investigate to what extent the sense of coherence and psychological resources mediate the physical health-mental health relationship, assuming that these resilience factors mutually influence each other. In our questionnaire study, 387 older persons at the mean age of 73.8 years volunteered. We ass...

Background: We investigate to what extent pain in older individuals is predicted by on the one hand chronic morbidity as a resistance deficit, and on the other hand psychological resistance resources and the sense of coherence. For the first time, we tested the salutogenic hypothesis that the sense of coherence mediates the relationship between re...

Zusammenfassung. Mit dem neu entwickelten Fragebogen zum Multiplen Gesundheitsverhalten (MGV-39) wurde das Spektrum habituellen gesundheitsbezogenen Verhaltens einer studentischen Stichprobe erfasst. Die erhobenen 39 Verhaltensbereiche wiesen eine gute interne Konsistenz auf, was die Bildung eines Summenscores (MGV) erlaubte. In einer Hauptkomponen...

Objective: The present questionnaire survey investigated student reception of problem-based learning (PBL) in the orthodontic curriculum with regard to acceptance, sense of purpose and motivation, knowledge and understanding, as well as tutorial support. Methods: Over a period of two terms, we compared two different didactic methods (PBL and short...

We investigate how the sense of coherence and resistance resources explain two aspects of life satisfaction, general life satisfaction and satisfaction with health in older age. For the first time, we tested the mediating role of the sense of coherence. In our questionnaire study, 387 older persons at the mean age of 73.8 years volunteered. In addi...

Objectives: The present study investigated the relationship between Antonovsky's sense of coherence (SOC) and well-being in a sample of Flemish elderly. In addition, the mediating role of Erikson's developmental task of integrity versus despair was examined in the relationship between SOC, depression, and life satisfaction. Method: Data on socio...

In the pre-clinical phase of the study of dentistry at the University of Greifswald, the course "Early Patient Contact (EPC)" is conducted within the framework of Community Medicine/Dentistry. The course is based on three pillars: the patient visiting program, special problem-oriented seminars, and communication training for doctors. The essential...

We explore health as a potentially relevant category of self-definition. Instead of studying particular areas (e.g. dieting, exercising, vulnerability, etc.), we focus global-stable aspects, that is, health-related knowledge structures about the self that are generalized over different health-related areas and over experiences at different points o...

Objectives: Starting point of our medical psychology education concept were reflections about which professional skills medical students should acquire. As medicine is a practical discipline striving for good clinical practice, power of judgement and research competence are key contents of medical education. In this study, we examined the student r...

During the last two decades, the number of international migrants worldwide has constantly risen. In this context, cross-cultural dimensions of psychological disorders receive increased attention, especially depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders among the migrant population. In this paper we propose a theoretical framework for the...

This study examines the hypothesis that the outcome of the Eriksonian crisis of integrity vs. despair is dependent on successful coping with four developmental tasks: maintenance of active involvement, reevaluation of life satisfaction, developing a sense of health maintenance, and reevaluation of the sense of coherence (SOC). A selective sample of...

In this article we explore the impact of resistance resources and the sense of meaningfulness—the central component of the sense of coherence (SOC)—on retaining a health maintenance orientation. In this cross-sectional study, 170 rather healthy individuals of a mean age of 67 years filled out a questionnaire assessing resources (self-esteem, self-e...

Zusammenfassung. Ziel dieser Online-Studie war die Einschätzung der wahrgenommenen Förderlichkeit multipler Gesundheitsverhaltensweisen für die Gesundheitserhaltung in einer heterogenen Stichprobe von Gesundheitsexperten (Mediziner, Psychologen und andere Gesundheitsberufe) und Laien (Schüler/Studierende und gesundheitsferne Berufe). Fünfhundertund...

Medical students face a number of different stressors. These stressors manifest in psychological as well as in physical complaints. Using the Giessen Subjective Complaints List (GBB-24) and a specially developed survey, physical complaints were assessed in 293 first- and second-year students (185 women, 108 men). Women consistently report higher sc...

This study examines the hypothesis that the outcome of the Eriksonian crisis of integrity vs. despair is dependent on successful coping with four developmental tasks: maintenance of active involvement, reevaluation of life satisfaction, developing a sense of health maintenance, and reevaluation of the sense of coherence (SOC). A selective sample of...

The authors systematically explore relationships between generalized resistance resources (GRRs), the sense of coherence (SOC), and the health-ease/dis-ease (HE-DE) continuum. A sample of 170 active older adults at the mean age of 67 years filled out a comprehensive questionnaire. The results indicate that 11 GRRs significantly predicted SOC (56% o...

Einleitung In den aktuellen gesundheitspsychologischen Lehrbüchern (Faltermaier, 2005; Knoll et al., 2005; Renneberg und Hammelstein, 2006; Schwarzer, 2004) kommt das Thema Natur nicht vor. Dabei ist die Exposition mit Natur eine nachgewiesen wirksame Intervention zur Förderung von Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden auf individueller und populationsbezoge...

We applied Antonovsky's salutogenic model to healthy ageing. Basically, salutogenic theory states that generalized resistance resources build-up the sense of coherence which in turn determines an individual's health level. Specifically, we explored the status of the sense of coherence as a mediator variable. We conducted a cross-sectional questionn...

We are presenting our pre-clinical tutorial "Practice-oriented Applications" as part of the Medical Psychology Seminar at Greifswald University. Our innovations include "real life" training in the psychological problem areas of medical practice through realistic student-led examinations of simulation patients and presentations of scientific project...

According to Antonovsky's (1987) salutogenic theory, generalized resistance resources build up the sense of coherence which determines an individual's health level. The general aim of this study was to apply the salutogenic model to women's healthy aging. Specifically, we examine the status of the sense of coherence as a mediator of the relationshi...

In this paper, subjective well-being as an indicator for successful aging is investigated from a salutogenic perspective that states that the sense of coherence plays a key role for psychological adaptation. It should be demonstrated that the sense of coherence mediates the relationship between generalized resistance resources and subjective well-b...

Objectives: Aim of this study is the validation of the I AM I, a pictorial questionnaire for the assessment of subjective well-being in elementary school children. Aspects of content validity and construct validity are examined. Method: The analyses are based on interviews (oral or in writing) of 495 children and their parents. The validation instr...

We explore the significance of health as a potentially self-relevant category from the perspective of dynamic self-concept theory. Our intention was to describe the dimensional structure of the generalized health-related self-concept, to identify particular prototypes of health-related self-definition, and to see if these prototypes would differ wi...

Revised regulations in Germany have allowed new curricular concepts to be introduced into the undergraduate dental curriculum. In the first 2 years of the dental curriculum at the University of Greifswald, a new teaching concept which is based on the interactions between Community Medicine and Dentistry has been introduced. It emphasises the import...

According to Antonovsky, the sense of coherence (SOC) determines health and wellbeing. This life orientation is shaped up to the age of 30 and is supposed to remain constant up to senior age. In a field study, in which the SOC, psycho-social resources and subjective health were assessed at three points in time, it could be shown for the first time...

According to Antonovsky, the sense of coherence (SOC) determines health and wellbeing. This life orientation is shaped up to the age of 30 and is supposed to remain constant up to senior age. In a field study, in which the SOC, psycho-social resources and subjective health were assessed at three points in time, it could be shown for the first time...

In the EU, Germany is one of the countries showing the lowest birth rate and the highest childlessness rate. The desire for a child competes with a variety of life goals that are propagated as valuable in an achievement-centered society. Psychologically speaking, it can be conceived of as a complex and highly ambivalent conflict between options. In...

Innerhalb der EU gehrt Deutschland zu den Lndern mit der niedrigsten Geburtenziffer und der hchsten Quote Kinderloser. Der Kinderwunsch konkurriert mit einer Vielzahl von Lebenszielen, die in einer leistungszentrierten Gesellschaft als erstrebenswert propagiert werden. Aus psychologischer Sicht ist er somit als ein in hohem Ma ambivalenter und komp...

Eighty-one female students at a German university were asked to indicate in writing (a) how they would come to like, love, and be in love with someone, and (b) how in their case liking, loving, and being in love with someone would come to an end. The responses were analyzed using a comprehensive list of 117 determinants developed for this study, wh...

In this contribution, the significance of the salutogenic model (Antonovsky) and its core concept-the sense of coherence-for research into "successful aging" is explicated on the background of a gerodynamic perspective (Schroots). Common to both approaches is the idea that the basic principle of life is based on imbalance, disease, and suffering (h...

Physical activity is a vital pre-condition for healthy aging and well-being. While the association between objective and subjective health in old age has extensively been investigated, the relationship between objective motor competence-the capability of mastering motor demands in everyday life adequately by using motor resources optimally-and subj...

Physical activity is a vital pre-condition for healthy aging and well-being. While the association between objective and subjective health in old age has extensively been investigated, the relationship between objective motor competence—the capability of mastering motor demands in everyday life adequately by using motor resources optimally—and subj...

In this contribution, the significance of the salutogenic model (Antonovsky) and its core concept—the sense of coherence—for research into “successful aging” is explicated on the background of a gerodynamic perspective (Schroots). Common to both approaches is the idea that the basic principle of life is based on imbalance, disease, and suffering (h...

The sense of coherence (SOC) is a central concept in Antonovsky's salutogenesis model. This global orientation determines how effectively an elderly person is able to activate proper generalized resistance resources (GRRs) for his or her health maintenance. 170 active elderly persons (37 men) at the mean age of 67 (range: 59-89) volunteered for an...

The voice handicap index (VHI) was developed in the United States for subjective evaluation of a voice disturbance by the patient. The translation into German has been applied for a German population of patients. It was validated by the examination of 316 adult patients, 221 female and 95 male. The reliability of the VHI rests on a high Cronbach's...

In einer explorativen Feldstudie wurden 200 Personen mit Multipler Sklerose (115 Frauen) in Westdeutschland über ihre Arbeitsmotivation schriftlich befragt. Die Hälfte bezeichnete sich als erwerbsfähig (in Voli- oder Teilzeit); ein Drittel war tatsachlich erwerbstatig. 52,5% waren seit durchschnittlich neun Jahren berentet. 13,5% hatten jemals an e...

In an exploratory field study 200 persons with multiple sclerosis (115 women) were asked by questionnaire about their work motivation. Half of the respondents felt capable of gainful employment (full or part time); a third was actually employed. 13.5% took part (at least once) in a rehabilitation program. A high work satisfaction could be shown tha...

Ninety-nine students (mostly women) at a German university were asked to write down how they could tell that they like someone, love someone, and arc in love with someone (or, in other words, what characterized each sentiment if experienced by them). A taxonomy of 47 characteristics (or indicators) was developed to code the responses for each of th...

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