Tel-Aviv University, whose support has been admirable over all these years. I
am also grateful to Anne Petersen, who not only pioneered the first U.S. test
of the CASQ, but also encouraged me to write this book and helped me to
establish initial contact with Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Nancy Busch-
Rossnagel and Nancy Galambos, as series editors, have provided substantial
editorial assistance, and through their kind encouragement, made it a pleasure
to work on this book. Special thanks are due to Cornelia Daub-Metz, who
patiently deciphered and typed the various drafts of the manuscript. For her
extraordinarily efficient and conscientious secretarial assistance I am very grate-
ful. Annekatrin Ott and Nicole Aengenheister worked through the final version
and helped in preparing the references; Roland Röhrig prepared the figures. My
thanks also to Christina Hottner and Linda Lewis, who competently assisted me
in preparing the translation of the present work.

Inge Seiffge-Krenke

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