[Hyperkinetic syndrome. Approaches to an integrated theory and research program I].
The present state of empirical psychological research in many areas can be characterized by disintegration, partialisation and theoretical emptiness accompanied by continually rising research expenditures. It will be argued here that the Hyperkinesis-Syndrome ( HKS ) provides a typical example of this unhappy state of psychological research, but on the other hand seems to be amenable to the conception of the strategies of systematic development of theories discussed elsewhere from a philosophy of science's view. In accordance with this conception, after a preliminary characterization and some fundamental reflexions an analysis of the findings of the most important HKS -conceptions will be carried out (Part I). For the results of this analysis rudiments of theoretical explanations (in the sense of the model of explaining laws) and suppositional explanations will be developed and--as a base for a general HKS -theory--presented for discussion (Part II). At the same time considerations for the creation of a corresponding HKS -research program will be submitted.
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Das Hyperkinese-Syndrom. Ansätze einer integrierenden Theorie und Forschungsprogrammatik I.