Die hier vorliegende Arbeit leistet einen Beitrag zur Erforschung von Lernprozessen in biographischen Zusammenhängen. Im Zentrum der Betrachtung stehen kritische Lebensereignisse als Impulsgeber. Konkret wird die Untersuchung an dem kritischen Lebensereignis ‚Nichtbestehen eines Assessment Centers (ACs) zur Zulassung einer Führungsaufgabe’ durchgeführt. Ziel der Untersuchung ist es, herauszufinden, welche Lernprozesse bei unterschiedlichen Individuen in Folge des Nichtbestehens des ACs zu beobachten sind. Im Rahmen der Untersuchung stehen dabei drei unterschiedliche Analyseebenen im Fokus: die Einzelfallanalyse, die fallübergreifende und die fallvergleichende Analyse. Darüber hinaus ist die Untersuchung in einem Paneldesign angelegt, um zusätzlich einen Beitrag über die Veränderungen jener Lernprozesse im zeitlichen Verlauf leisten zu können. Im Rahmen der Datenerhebung sind dafür zwölf Interviews in der Panelwelle t1 und aufgrund der Panelmortalität elf Interviews in der Panelwelle t2 mit AC-Teilnehmer(inne)n, die das Verfahren nicht bestanden haben, geführt worden. Für alle drei Ebenen gilt, dass Lernprozesse sowohl auf mentaler als auch auf aktionaler Ebene eintreten und zudem im zeitlichen Verlauf und durch weitere (Lebens-) Ereignisse einer Veränderungsdynamik unterliegen. / This article intends to deepen the knowledge of learning processes in a biographic context with special regards to critical life events as a driving force. The study focusses on the specific critical life event of not passing the respective assessment center (ac) when striving for a managerial function. The aim of the study was to show which learning processes surfaced within multiple individuals as a reaction to said critical life event. The study applies three different analytical levels: individual case-, cross individual case- and comparative analysis. In order to evaluate the just described cases, a panel design has been made use of to enable the examination of educational and learning processes along a given time span. The analysis is based on a data collection extended in two waves. Twelve interviews have been conducted at t1, eleven interviews at t2 due to the mortal nature of panels. All of the interviewees have experienced the same critical life event and have not been given the opportunity to succeed in a managerial function. The results of the analysis returned valuable information on all of the analytical levels and gave proof that learning processes were triggered on each of the observed levels. Thereby excluding neither mental nor physical processes adding that all of the observed processes have experienced various changes over time caused by dynamics, such as additional critical life events.

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Aus der Einleitung: "Retrospektive Befragungsmethoden zur Erfassung sozialer Situationen und sozialer Ereignisse spielen in der entwicklungspsychologischen, der klinischpsychologischen und psychiatrischen Verlaufsforschung trotz ihrer immanenten Methodenschwächen eine bedeutende Rolle. Ihre Nachteile liegen bei der Erfassung längerer Zeitabschnitte in konkreten Erinnerungsmängeln, Deutungsversuchen und dem Bemühen vieler Personen, retrospektiv Kausalverbindung herzustellen. Aufgrund forschungspraktischer Probleme und ihrer größeren Ökonomie lassen sich jedoch in vielen, vor allem hypothesengenierenden Studien retrospektive Untersuchungsansätze nicht durch prospektive Verlaufsstudien ersetzen. Dies gilt sowohl für die Erfassung der "natürlichen", nicht systematisch/ experimentell beeinflußten Krankheitsverläufe bestimmter Patientengruppen, als auch für epidemiologisch-orientierte Langzeituntersuchung unbehandelter Fälle und gesunder Kontrollpersonen (Blohmke 1975, v. Cranach und Wittcxhen 1980). [...]"

<p>Between 65 – 91 % of elite soccer players have at least one injury / year (Hägglund, 2007). Several researches have established models that specify psychological factors that could predict sport injuries. Two examples are Rogers and Landers (2005) stress – coping model and Williams and Andersen´s (1998) stress – injury model. The main purpose of the study was to single out significant psychological factors that could lead to an increased injury risk among soccer players. The participants were 152 male and female soccer players (m = 17, 6) studying at soccer high schools in southwest Sweden. Five questionnaires were used STAI, SAS, LESCA, ACSI – 28 and SSP. Continuously injury record was collected by athletic trainers at the school, during a period of six months. The result suggested that there are four significant predictors that in all could explain 23 % of the injuries. The main factors are life event stress, somatic trait anxiety, mistrust and negative coping. These findings are in unison with for example Williams and Andersen´s (1998) stress – injury model and should be considered by coaches when it comes to preventing sport injuries among their athletes.</p>

Between 65 – 91 % of elite soccer players have at least one injury / year (Hägglund, 2007). Several researches have established models that specify psychological factors that could predict sport injuries. Two examples are Rogers and Landers (2005) stress – coping model and Williams and Andersen´s (1998) stress – injury model. The main purpose of the study was to single out significant psychological factors that could lead to an increased injury risk among soccer players. The participants were 152 male and female soccer players (m = 17, 6) studying at soccer high schools in southwest Sweden. Five questionnaires were used STAI, SAS, LESCA, ACSI – 28 and SSP. Continuously injury record was collected by athletic trainers at the school, during a period of six months. The result suggested that there are four significant predictors that in all could explain 23 % of the injuries. The main factors are life event stress, somatic trait anxiety, mistrust and negative coping. These findings are in unison with for example Williams and Andersen´s (1998) stress – injury model and should be considered by coaches when it comes to preventing sport injuries among their athletes.

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Aus der Einleitung: "Retrospektive Befragungsmethoden zur Erfassung sozialer Situationen und sozialer Ereignisse spielen in der entwicklungspsychologischen, der klinischpsychologischen und psychiatrischen Verlaufsforschung trotz ihrer immanenten Methodenschwächen eine bedeutende Rolle. Ihre Nachteile liegen bei der Erfassung längerer Zeitabschnitte in konkreten Erinnerungsmängeln, Deutungsversuchen und dem Bemühen vieler Personen, retrospektiv Kausalverbindung herzustellen. Aufgrund forschungspraktischer Probleme und ihrer größeren Ökonomie lassen sich jedoch in vielen, vor allem hypothesengenierenden Studien retrospektive Untersuchungsansätze nicht durch prospektive Verlaufsstudien ersetzen. Dies gilt sowohl für die Erfassung der "natürlichen", nicht systematisch/ experimentell beeinflußten Krankheitsverläufe bestimmter Patientengruppen, als auch für epidemiologisch-orientierte Langzeituntersuchung unbehandelter Fälle und gesunder Kontrollpersonen (Blohmke 1975, v. Cranach und Wittcxhen 1980). [...]"

The current study sought to prospectively explore the potential main effects and interactive relations among drive for thinness, life event stress, and harm avoidance in the prediction of disordered eating in an ethnically diverse sample of women (N = 58). During the initial and follow-up assessments, standardized questionnaires were utilized to assess drive for thinness, life event stress, and a harm avoidant temperament. Additionally, semi-structured diagnostic interviews were administered to assess disordered eating. Results revealed a significant interaction between drive for thinness and life event stress in the prediction of eating pathology. Neither the two-way life event stress x harm avoidance interaction nor the three-way drive for thinness x life event stress x harm avoidance interaction were significant predictors of eating pathology. These findings suggest that the previously suggested relation between drive for thinness and pathological eating is dependent upon the degree of life event stress experienced.

The current study sought to prospectively explore the potential main effects and interactive relations among drive for thinness, life event stress, and harm avoidance in the prediction of disordered eating in an ethnically diverse sample of women (N = 58). During the initial and follow-up assessments, standardized questionnaires were utilized to assess drive for thinness, life event stress, and a harm avoidant temperament. Additionally, semi-structured diagnostic interviews were administered to assess disordered eating. Results revealed a significant interaction between drive for thinness and life event stress in the prediction of eating pathology. Neither the two-way life event stress x harm avoidance interaction nor the three-way drive for thinness x life event stress x harm avoidance interaction were significant predictors of eating pathology. These findings suggest that the previously suggested relation between drive for thinness and pathological eating is dependent upon the degree of life event stress experienced.

The relationship between personality trait change and major life events is currently undergoing extensive investigations within the field of personality psychology. A debate has risen regarding whether or not major life events can bring about trait change, and how typical trait change patterns over the adult lifespan can be explained. It is valuable to understand how traits change because they predict important future outcomes. The Five-Factor Theory described by McCrae and Costa (2008a) states that traits are purely biological entities, and trait change is explained to result from processes of intrinsic biological maturation, unaffected by life events. This thesis reviewed the literature regarding the relationship of trait change and life events, and the research of potential biological bases of traits in the brain together with a brain developmental perspective of intrinsic maturation. Gaining an insight in the relationship between personality traits and the brain is a goal within a young field of research called personality neuroscience, and an agenda of the Five-Factor Theory. Major life events do cause trait change, but the relationship is complex. A brain developmental perspective of intrinsic maturation did not entirely correspond with patterns of typical trait change in young adulthood. The Five-Factor Theory is challenged and modifications are suggested. Neurobiological correlates of five-factor traits reveal issues and potentials for future research.