Warum wird ein Achtjähriger zum Serieneinbrecher? Warum haut eine Neunjährige von zu Haus ab? Warum geben Kinder auf, bevor ihr Leben richtig begonnen hat? Huberta von Voss hat viele Familien in ganz Deutschland aufgesucht, um zu erfahren, was in Kindern vorgeht, die inmitten von Wohlstand in...

While under communism, identity-providing religion was suppressed, religiosity is strong today even among the youth in post-communist countries. This provides an appropriate background to investigate how external and internal religiosity relates to addictive behaviors like smoking, drinking and...

To identify the patterns of smartphone use in relation to addiction, this study classifies survey respondents into non-addicts, potential addicts, and addicts groups, and analyzes differences in the use of smartphones by the three groups. Adolescents are found to spend more time using...

This paper tests whether young and adult smokers have different time preferences, in particular with respect to time consistency. The recent introduction of Tobacco 21 law in the US were in part motivated by allegedly inconsistent time preferences of the young consumers. This research...

While under communism the identity-providing religion was suppressed, religiosity is strong today even among the youth in post-communist countries. This provides an appropriate background to investigate how external and internal religiosity relates to risky behaviors like smoking, drinking, and...