Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Lebenswissen­schaftliche Fakultät - Institut für Psychologie

Denis Gerstorf ist Universitätsprofessor (W3) und Lehrstuhlinhaber für Entwicklungs- und Pädagogische Psychologie an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Er ist zudem Research Fellow am Sozio-Oekonomischen Panel, fungiert als einer der Herausgeber für Gerontology und ist seit mehr als 10 Jahren Jahren Sprecher des interdisziplinären, multi-institutionellen Konsortiums der Berliner Altersstudie-II. In seiner Forschung konzentriert sich Gerstorf auf Fragen zur Individualität des Alter(n)s und wie sich Alter und Altern im Wandel der Zeit geändert haben.

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Bahr, V., Schmid, H., Vetter, V., Spira, D., Drewelies, J., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Gerstorf. D., Düzel, S., Mai, K., & Demuth, I. (in press). Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between testosterone and cognitive performance in older adults: Results from the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II). Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences.

^★Barth, C., Bolster, M., Gerstorf, D., Kohl, R., Haase, D., Visaria, A., Chan, A., Gellert, P., Herrmann, W. J. (in press). How is self-rated health related to the social network in frail/pre-frail older adults: A prospective cross-sectional study assessing healthy ageing in three less privileged urban neighborhoods. Journal of Applied Gerontology.https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251407438

^★Birthelmer, S., Zambrano Garza, E., Pauly, T., Murphy, R. A., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., Linden, W., Gerstorf, D., DeLongis, A., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2025). Daily stress-influence dynamics predict relationship satisfaction in post-stroke couples. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1659945. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1659945

Bolster, M., Visaria, A., Matchar, D., Gerstorf, D., Schmitz, T., Labohm, B., Kohl, R., Haase, D., Gellert, P., Chan, A., & Herrmann, W. (in press). Ageing well in the urban environment: Meeting the health and social needs of older adults - study protocol for a prospective, longitudinal mixed-methods study. BMC Geriatrics.

^★Choi, Y., Zambrano Garza, E., Pauly, T., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2025). Everyday emotion–goal pursuit associations in older adults and the moderation of goal representations. Communications Psychology, 3, 49. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00213-w

Demuth, I., Vetter, V. M., Homann, J., Junge, M. P., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Gerstorf, D., Lill, C., & Bertram, L. (2025). DunedinPACE predicts incident metabolic syndrome: Cross-sectional and longitudinal data from the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II). Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 80(9), glaf157, https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf157

Drewelies, J., Homann, J., Vetter, V. M., Duezel, S., Kuehn, S., Deecke, L., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Jawinski, P., Markett, S., Lindenberger, U., Lill, C., Bertram, L., Demuth, I., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). There are multiple clocks that time us: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations among 14 alternative indicators of age and aging. Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 80(6), glae244, https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glae244

Gerstorf, D., Aichele, S., Lindenberger, U., Rabbitt, P., & Ghisletta, P. (2025). Little to no evidence for historical improvements in verbal learning among older adults. Psychology and Aging, 40(6), 669-684. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000904

Ghisletta, P., Aichele, S., Gerstorf, D., Carollo, A., & Lindenberger, U. (2025). Verbal fluency selectively predicts survival in old and very old age. Psychological Science, 36(2), 87-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976241311923

*Ghose, U., Krämer, M., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Infurna, F., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). How spousal bereavement shapes life satisfaction: Stability and change across historical time. European Journal of Personality.https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251336534

*Gonzalez Avilés, T., Infurna, F. J., ^★Dey, N. E. Y., Grimm, K. J., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). Midlife blues: A life span perspective on midlife depressive symptoms. Psychology and Aging, 40(6), 685-700. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000906

Infurna, F. J., ^★Cruz–Carrillo, Y., ^★Dey, N. E. Y., Wettstein, M., Grimm, K. J., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (in press). Uncovering mechanisms of historical change in midlife loneliness across the United States and Europe: A focus on physical activity, health conditions, and wealth. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, gbaf207, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf207

Infurna, F. J., Cruz-Carrillo, Y. ^★Dey, N. E. Y., Wettstein, M., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (in press). Historical change in midlife development from a cross-national perspective. Current Directions in Psychological Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214251410195

Infurna, F. J., ^★Dey, N. E. Y., Gonzalez Aviles, T., Grimm, K. J., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). Loneliness in midlife: Historical increases and elevated levels in the United States compared with Europe. American Psychologist, 80(5), 744-756. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001322

^★Johnson, N. J., Kil, H., Pauly, T., Gerstorf, D., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., Murphy, R. A., Linden, W., Hoppmann, C. A. (2025). Dynamic associations between daily acting with awareness and emotion regulation in individuals living with the effects of a stroke. Social Science and Medicine, 366, 117635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117635

^★Klinke, D., Jacobsen, J., Dierse, M., Faas, T., Gerstorf, D., Helal, H., Hutter, S., Schieferdecker, D., Schwander, H., von Scheve, C., & Specht, J. (2025). Social media sampling is an effective way to access hard to survey populations and low prevalence groups. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2025.2564866

Kunzmann, U., Nestler, S., Katzorreck-Gierden, M., Gerstorf, D., & Wrosch, C. (in press). Speaking about flexibility: Age differences in the variability and situational sensitivity of emotion regulation strategies. Emotion.https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001617

^★Luo, M., Weber, E., Pauly, T., Kolodziejczak-Krupp, K., Gerstorf, D., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., Hülür, G., & Röcke, C. (2025). Leisure activities and working memory in older age: The mediating roles of affect and cortisol. Psychology and Aging. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000935

^★Reinwarth, A. C., Ernst, M., Gerstorf, D., Brähler, E., Wild, P. S., Münzel, T., König, J., Lackner, K. J., Pfeiffer, N., & Beutel, M. E. (2025). Results of a multi-perspective examination of loneliness trajectories and its determinants in German adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Reports, 15(17889), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-00678-z

Rogina, B., Anderson, R., Lebrasseur, N., Curan, S., Yousefzadeh, M. J., Ghosh, B., Duque, G., Howlett, S., Austad, S., Demuth, I., Gerstorf, D., Korfhage, J., Lombard, D. B., Abadir, P., Christensen, K., Carey, J. R., Alberts, S. C., Campos, F., Palavicini, J. P., . . . Rappaport, N. (2025). Symposia Report of The Annual Biological Sciences Section Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America 2023, Tampa, Florida. Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences,glaf026. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf026

Schumann, A., Gupta, Y., Geisler, M., de la Cruz, F., Gerstorf, D., Demuth, I., Olecka, M., Gaser, C., & Bär, K.-J. (2025). Quantifying cardiovascular autonomic aging with machine learning. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 329(6), H1471-H1479. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00693.2025

^★Syed, O. L., Infurna, F. J., Cruz-Carrillo, Y., ^★Dey, N. E. Y., Wettstein, M., Grimm, K. J., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). Pain during midlife: A cross-national analysis of cohort differences in reports of pain in the United States, Europe, South Korea, and Mexico. American Journal of Epidemiology, kwaf130, https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaf130

^★Vetter, M. V., Drewelies, J., Homann, J., Duezel, S., Deecke, L., Jawinski, P., Kühn, S., Kubala, E., Markett, S., Mülleder, M., Ralser, M., Lindenberger, U., Lill, C. M., Gerstorf, D., Bertram, L., & Demuth, I. (in press). Comprehensive cross-sectional and longitudinal comparison of sixteen markers of biological aging from the Berlin Aging Study II. Communications Medicine.

*Wahring, I. V., Neyer, F. J., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). Men and women transitioning to singlehood in young adulthood and midlife. Psychology and Aging, 40(2), 117-136. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000859

*Wettstein, M., Blotenberg, I., Ghisletta, P., Lindenberger, U., Gerstorf, D., & Wurm, S. (2025). Subjective aging and cognitive aging across 15 years in middle-aged and older adults: Disentangling between-person and within-person associations. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0002084

*Wettstein, M., Drewelies, J., Kornadt, A., Düzel, S., Lindenberger, U., Demuth, I., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). Subjective age in proximal and distal contexts: Both momentary pain and long–term aging trajectories of physical health shape daily dynamics of subjective age. Psychology and Aging. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000944

*Wettstein, M., Ghisletta, P., Demuth, I., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). Subjective age and pulmonary function in midlife and old age: Evidence for between-person associations and within-person co-occurrence. International Journal of Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254251331177

*Wettstein, M., Infurna, F. J., ^★Dey, N. E. Y., Cruz-Carrillo, Y., Grimm, K. J., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). Trajectories of episodic memory in midlife: Historical change from a cross-country perspective. Psychology and Aging, 40(2), 197-217. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000870

*Wettstein, M., Infurna, F. J., ★Dey, N. E. Y., ★Cruz–Carrillo, Y., Grimm, K. J., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). Historical change in midlife trajectories of self-reported sensory functioning across 16 nations. The Gerontologist, gnaf269,https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf269

Willroth, E. C., Beck, E., Yoneda, T. B., Beam, C. R., Deary, I. J., Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Huisman, M., Katz, M. J., Lipton, R. B., Muniz Tererra, G., Pedersen, N. L., Reynolds, C. A., Spiro, A. III, Turiano, N. A., Willis, S., Mroczek, D. K., & Graham, E. K. (2025). Associations of personality trait level and change with mortality risk in 11 longitudinal studies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 128(2), 392–409. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000531

Yoneda, T., ★Lewis, N., Pauly, T., Kolodziejczak-Krupp, K., Drewelies, J., Ram, N., Ashe, M., Madden, K., Gerstorf, D., Haase, C. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (in press). Better together: Co-experienced positive emotions and cortisol secretion in the daily lives of older couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129(6), 1240–1256. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000564

^★Zambrano Garza, E., Broen, T., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (in press). The relationships between individual and relation-inferred self-efficacy and physical activity in older adult couples. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2025-0005

^★Zambrano Garza, E., Choi, Y., Pauly, T., Murphy, R. A., Linden, W., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., Jakobi, J., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2024). Everyday social support for health behaviors in older adults during times of challenge: Evidence from daily life assessments. Canadian Journal on Aging. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980824000412

^★Zambrano Garza, E., Pauly, T., Choi, Y., Murphy, R. A., Linden, W., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., Jakobi, J. M., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2025). Social resources for everyday physical activity during times of chronic stress. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000277

^★Zambrano Garza, E., Pauly, T., Murphy, R. A., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., Gerstorf, D., Linden, W., & Hoppmann, C. A.(2025). Everyday moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in stroke survivors: The role of individual and joint intentions and self-efficacy. Psychology and Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2025.2496226

2024

^★Buchinger, L., Entringer, T. M., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Gerstorf, D., & Bleidorn, W. (2024). Co-development of life goals and the Big Five personality traits across adulthood and old age. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 126(2), 346-368. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000477

*Buchinger, L., Wahring, I., Ram, N., Hoppmann, C. A., Heckhausen, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2024). Kids or no kids? Life goals in one’s 20s predict midlife trajectories of well-being. Psychology and Aging, 39(8), 897-914. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000862

Kunzmann, U., Nestler, S., ^★Lücke, A. J., ^★Katzorreck, M., Hoppmann, C. A., Wahl, H.-W., Schilling, O., & Gerstorf, D. (2024). Three facets of emotion regulation in old and very old age: Strategy use, effectiveness, and variability. Emotion, 24(2), 316-328. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001269

^★Lücke, A. J., Schilling, O. K., Kunzmann, U., Gerstorf, D., Katzorreck, M., Hoppmann, C. A., Luong, G., Wagner, G. G., Riediger, M., & Wrzus, C. (2024). Neuroticism, emotional stress reactivity and recovery in daily life: Examining extraversion and open-mindedness as moderators. Journal of Research in Personality, 109, 104474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104474

^★Ng, M., Gerstorf, D., Conroy, D., Pincus, A., & Ram, N. (2024). Affective sensitivity to air pollution (ASAP): Person-specific associations between daily air pollution and affective states. PLoS ONE, 19(8), e0307430. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307430

Pauly, T., Lüscher, J., Berli, C., Hoppmann, C. A., Murphy, R. A., Ashe, M. C., Linden, W., Madden, K. M., Gerstorf, D., & Scholz, U. (2024). Let’s enjoy an evening on the couch? A daily life investigation of shared problematic behaviors in three couple studies. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50(5), 733-749. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221143783

Pauly, T., Weber, E., Hoppmann, C. A., Gerstorf, D., & Scholz, U. (2024). In it together: Relationship transitions and couple concordance in well-being and health. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51(1), 110-124. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231180450

Schumann, A., Gupta, Y., Gerstorf, D., Demuth, I., & Bär, K.-J. (2024). Sex differences in the age-related decrease of spontaneous baroreflex function in healthy individuals. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 326(1), H158-H165. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00648.2023

Stine-Morrow, E. A. L., West, R., Cheng, S.-T., Abrams, L., Gerstorf, D., Hooker, K., Kunzmann, U., & Lustig, C.(2024). Introduction to the special section on advancing theory-driven research in the psychological science of adult development and aging. Psychology and Aging, 39(8), 829-832. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000865

Suanet, B., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Eibich, P., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., Ram, N., Ghisletta, P., & Gerstorf, D. (2024). Historical change in trajectories of loneliness in old age: Older adults today are less lonely, but do not differ in their age trajectories. Psychology and Aging, 39(4), 350-363. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000803

*Tetzner, J., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Demuth, I., Wagner, G. G., Lachman, M., Lindenberger, U., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2024). Stability and change of optimism and pessimism in late-midlife and old age across three independent studies. Psychology and Aging, 39(1), 14-30. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000789

^★Vetter, V. M., Drewelies, J., Düzel, N., Homann, J., Meyer-Arndt, L., Braun, J., Pohrt., A., Kendel, F., Wagner, G. G., Thiel, A., Bertram, L., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Gerstorf, D., & Demuth, I. (2024). Change in body weight of older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal results from the Berlin Aging Study II. Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Aging, 28(4), 100206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnha.2024.100206

Wahl, H.-W., & Gerstorf, D. (2024). Zur Rolle früher Lebenserfahrungen für Gesundheit und Krankheit im höheren Lebensalter [On the role of early-life experiences for health and disease in old age]. In J. Bauer, M. Denkinger, C. Becker, & R. Wirth (Hrsg.), Handbuch Geriatrie (pp. 869-874). Stuttgart, Deutschland: Kohlhammer.

*Wettstein, M., Ghisletta, P., & Gerstorf, D. (2024). Feeling older, feeling pain? Reciprocal between–person and within–person associations of pain and subjective age in the second half of life. Psychology and Aging, 39(5), 510-525. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000829

*Wettstein, M., Kornadt, A. E., Park, R., Wurm, S., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2024). Postponing old age: Evidence for historical change toward a later perceived onset of old age. Psychology and Aging, 39(5), 526-541. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000812

Yoneda, T., Pauly, T., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K., Drewelies, J., Kolodziejczak, K., Ram, N., Gerstorf, D., Hoppmann, C. A. (2024). “What’s yours is mine”: Partners’ everyday emotional experiences and cortisol in older adult couples. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 167, 107118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107118

^★Zambrano Garza, E., Murphy, R. A., Linden, W., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., Jakobi, J., DeLongis, A., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2024). Daily rumination–affect associations in dyads during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 79(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad187

^★Zambrano Garza, E., Pauly, T., Choi, Y., Murphy, R. A., Linden, W., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., Jakobi, J., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2024). Daily solitude and well-being associations in older dyads: Evidence from daily life assessments. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 16(1), 356-375. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12494

2023

^★Brandt, N. D., Drewelies, J., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., Ram, N., Gerstorf, D., & Wagner, J. (2023). Beyond Big Five trait domains: Stability and change in personality facets across midlife and old age. Journal of Personality, 91(5), 1171–1188. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12791

^★Broen, T., Choi, Y., Zambrano, E., Pauly, T. Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2023). Time-varying associations between loneliness and physical activity: Evidence from repeated daily life assessments in an adult lifespan sample. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1021863. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1021863

Brose, A., Rueschkamp, J. M. G., Kuppens, P., Gerstorf, D., & Schmiedek, F. (2023). The impact of affective information on working memory: A psychometric approach. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 49(7), 1091-1098. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001165

^★Choi, Y., Pauly, T. Zambrano, E., Broen, T., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2023). Having time to oneself in times of extended togetherness: Solitude experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 15(1), 217-237. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12401

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Eibich, P., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Liebig, S., Goebel, J., Demuth, I., Villringer, A., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., & Ghisletta, P. (2023). Today’s older adults are cognitively fitter than older adults were 20 years ago, but when and how they decline is no different than in the past. Psychological Science, 34(1), 22-34. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221118541

Gerstorf, D., Schilling, O. K., Pauly, T., Katzorreck, M., Lucke, A. J., Wahl, H. W., Kunzmann, U., Hoppmann, C. A., & Ram, N. (2023). Long-term aging trajectories of the accumulation of disease burden as predictors of daily affect dynamics and stressor reactivity. Psychology and Aging, 38(8), 763-777. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000779

Kaspar, R., Schilling, O. K., Diehl, M., Gerstorf, D., Rupprecht, F. S., Sabatini, S., & Wahl, H. W. (2023). Differences in self-perceptions of aging across the adult lifespan: The sample case of awareness of age-related gains and losses. Psychology and Aging, 38(8), 824-836. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000783

Koschig, M., Conrad, I., Berger, K., Baune, B. T., Grabe, H. J., Gerstorf, D., Meinke-Franze, C., Völzke, H., Mikolajczyk, R., Leitzmann, M., Fricke, J., Keil, K., Koch-Gallenkamp, L., Perna, L., Obi, N., Pabst, A., & Riedel-Heller, S. G. (2023). The mediating role of personality traits in the association between childhood trauma and depressive symptoms in young adulthood. Journal of Affective Disorders, 338, 373-379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.027

^★Long, R. M., Terraciano, A., Sutin, A. R., Creaven, A.-M., Gerstorf, D., D’Arcy-Bewick, S., & O’Súilleabháin, P. S.  (2023). Loneliness, social isolation, and living alone associations with mortality risk in individuals living with cardiovascular disease: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta regression. Psychosomatic Medicine, 85(1), 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001151

^★Lu, Y., Gerstorf, D., & Löckenhoff, C. E. (2023). Age differences in self-continuity in Germany and the United States: The role of temporal direction, temporal distance, and demographics. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 78(5), 841-846. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad002

^★Luo, M., Pauly, T., Broen, T., Ashe, M. C., Murphy, R., Linden, W., Madden, K. M., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2023). Daily affect and daily prospective memory in people after stroke and their partners: The moderating role of resting heart rate. Gerontology, 69(10), 1255-1268. https://doi.org/10.1159/000533577

^★Lücke, A. J., Wrzus, C., Gerstorf, D., Kunzmann, U., ^★Katzorreck, M., Hoppmann, C., & Schilling, O. K. (2023). Bidirectional links of daily sleep quality and duration with pain and self-rated health in older adults’ daily lives. Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 78(10), 1887-1896. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glac192

Pauly, T., Nicol, A., Lay, J. C., Ashe, M. C., Gerstorf, D., Graf, P., Linden, W., Madden, K. M., Mahmood, A., Murphy, R., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2023). Everyday pain in mid and later life: Associations with daily and momentary present-moment awareness as one key facet of mindfulness. Canadian Journal of Aging, 42(4), 621-630. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980823000326

*Potter, S., Duezel, S., Demuth, I, Gerstorf, D., & Drewelies, J. (2023). Context matters: Health sensitivity in the daily lives of older adults living through the COVID-19 pandemic. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 78(6), 1018-1024. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad006

Rothermund, K., Englert, C., & Gerstorf, D. (2023). Explaining variation in individual aging, its sources, and consequences: A comprehensive conceptual model of human aging. Gerontology, 69(12), 1437-1447. https://doi.org/10.1159/000534324

Sabatini, S., Rupprecht, F. S., Diehl, M., Wahl, H. W., Kaspar, R., Schilling, O. K., & Gerstorf, D. (2023). Levels of awareness of age-related gains and losses throughout adulthood and their developmental correlates. Psychology and Aging,38(8), 837-853. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000784

Stadler, G., Chesaniuk, M., Haering, S., Roseman, J. Straßburger, V. M., Schraudner, M., Aisha-Nusrat, A., …, Gerstorf, D, …, & Wenzel, M. (2023). Diversified innovations in the health sciences: Proposal for a Diversity Minimal Item Set (DiMIS). Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 33, 101072, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2023.101072

Theill, N., Gerstorf, D., Eicher, S., Geschwinder, H., Röcke, C., Martin, M., Wolf, H., & Riese, F. (2023). Similar dynamics of terminal functional decline in nursing home residents with and without dementia. Global Psychiatry Archives, 6(1), 14-27.https://doi.org/10.52095/gpa.2023.6282.1067

von Rennenberg, R., Liman, T., Nolte, C. H., Nave, A. H., Scheitz, J. F., Duezel, S., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Gerstorf, D., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., & Endres, M. (2023). High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and cognitive decline in older adults: results of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE-II). Gerontology, 69(2), 140-148.https://doi.org/10.1159/000523845

*Wettstein, M., Ghisletta, P., & Gerstorf, D. (2023). Between-person and within-person associations among sensory functioning and attitude toward own aging in old age: Evidence for mutual relations. Psychology and Aging, 38(8), 808-823. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000772

*Wettstein, M., Wahl, H.-W., Drewelies, J., Wurm, S., Huxhold, O., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2023). Younger than ever? Subjective age is becoming younger and remains more stable in middle-aged and older adults today. Psychological Science, 34(6), 647-656. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231164553

Willroth, E. C., Luo, J., Atherton, O. E., Weston, S., Drewelies, J., Batterham, P., Condon, D., Schaie, K. W., Willis, S. L., Lindenberger, U., Smith, J., Wagner, G. G., Gerstorf, D., Huisman, M., Spiro III, A., Mroczek, D. K. & Graham, E. K. (2023). Personality trait predictors of healthcare use: A coordinated analysis of 15 samples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(3), 629-648. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000465

^★Zambrano Garza, E. Z., Pauly, T., Choi, Y., Broen, T., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2023). Time-varying daily gratitude–affect links across the adult lifespan. GeroPsych, 36(2), 63-74. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000304

2022

^★Brandt, N. D., Drewelies, J., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., Ram, N., Gerstorf, D., & Wagner, J. (2022). Acting like a baby boomer? Birth cohort differences in adults’ personality trajectories during the last half a century. Psychological Science, 33(3), 382-396. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211037971

^★Brinberg, M., Ram, N., Conroy, D. E., Pincus, A. L., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Dyadic analysis and the reciprocal one-with-many model: Extending the study of interpersonal processes with intensive longitudinal data. Psychological Methods, 27(1), 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000380

Drewelies, J., Eibich, P., Duezel, S., Kühn, S., Krekel, C., Goebel, J., Kolbe, J., Demuth, I., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Location, location, location: The role of objective neighborhood characteristics for perceptions of control. Gerontology, 68(2), 214-223. https://doi.org/10.1159/000515634

Drewelies, J., Hülür, G., Duezel, S., Vetter, V. M._, Pawelec, G., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., Lill, C., Bertram, L., Gerstorf, D., & Demuth, I. (2022). Using blood-test parameters to define biological age among older adults: Association with morbidity and mortality independent of chronological age validated in two separate birth cohorts. GeroScience, 44, 2685-2699. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-022-00662-9

Drewelies, J., Windsor, T. D., Duezel, S., Demuth, I., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., Gerstorf, D., & Ghisletta, P. (2022). Age trajectories of perceptual speed and loneliness: Separating between-person and within-person associations. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(1), 118-129, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab180

^★Jacobsen, J., Schieferdecker, D., Gerstorf, D., Hutter, S., & Specht, J. (2022). Long-term dynamics of voluntary engagement: Differentiating social structural from cohort and period effects. Voluntas. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-022-00518-y

^★Jawinski, P., Markett, S., Drewelies, J., Düzel, S., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Gerstorf, D., Lindenberger, U., Gaser, C, & Kühn, S. (2022) Linking brain age gap to mental and physical health in the Berlin Aging Study II. Frontiers of Aging Neuroscience, 14, 791222. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.791222

*Kolodziejczak, K., *Drewelies, J., Pauly, T., Ram, N., Hoppmann, C. A., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Physical intimacy in older couples’ everyday lives: Its frequency and links with affect and salivary cortisol. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(8), 1416-1430. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac037

Kornadt, A. E., Pauly, T., Schilling, O. K., Kunzmann, U., ^★Katzorreck, M., ^★Lücke, A. J., Hoppmann, C. A., Gerstorf, D., & Wahl, H.-W. (2022). Momentary subjective age is associated with perceived and physiological stress in the daily lives of old and very old adults. Psychology and Aging, 37(8), 863-875. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000711

Kunzmann, U., ^★Katzorreck, M., Wieck, C., Schilling, O., ^★Lücke, A. J., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Emotion regulation in old and very old age. Emotion, 22(7), 1473-1486. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001075

Löckenhoff, C. E., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., Freund, A. M., Staudinger, U. M., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G. G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Sociohistorical change in urban older adults’ perceived speed of time and time pressure. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(3), 457-466. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab094

^★Lücke, A. J., Wrzus, C., Gerstorf, D., Kunzmann, U., ^★Katzorreck, M., Kolodziejczak, K., Ram, N., Hoppmann, C. A., & Schilling, O. K. (2022). Good night – good day? Bidirectional links of daily sleep quality with negative affect and stress reactivity in old age. Psychology and Aging, 37(8), 876-890. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000704

^★Lücke, A., J., Wrzus, C., Gerstorf, D., Kunzmann, U., ^★Katzorreck, M., Schmiedek, F., Hoppmann, C. A., & Schilling, O. K. (2022). Between-person and within-person associations of sleep and working-memory in the everyday lives of old and very old adults: Initial level, learning, and variability. Sleep, 45(1), zsab279, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab279

^★Lüscher, J., Pauly, T., Gerstorf, D., Stadler, G., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2022). Having a good time together: The role of companionship in older couple’s everyday life. Gerontology, 68(12), 1428-1439. https://doi.org/10.1159/000524089

Pauly, T., Chu, L., Zambrano, E., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2022). COVID-19, time to oneself, and loneliness: Creativity as a resource. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(4), e30-e35, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab070

Pohrt, A., Kendel, F., Demuth, I., Drewelies, J., Nauman, T., Behlouli, H., Stadler, G., Pilote, L., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Differentiating sex and gender among older men and women. Psychosomatic Medicine, 84(3), 339-346. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001056

*Potter, S., Gerstorf, D., Schmiedek, F., *Drewelies, J., Wolff, J., & Brose, A. (2022). Health sensitivity in the daily lives of younger and older adults: Correlates and longer-term change in health. Aging and Mental Health, 26(6), 1261-1269. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1913475

*Potter, S., Röcke, C., Gerstorf, D., Brose, A., Kolodziejczak, K., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Drewelies, J. (2022). Partner pain and affect in the daily lives of older couples. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(7), 1197-1209. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab188

^★Rupprecht, F. S., Sabatini, S., Diehl, M., Gerstorf, D., Kaspar, R., Schilling, O., & Wahl, H.W. (2022). Awareness of age-related change in the context of major life events. Frontiers Psychiatry, 13, 954048. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.954048

Schilling, O. K., Gerstorf, D., ^★Lücke, A. J., ^★Katzorreck, M., Wahl, H.-W., Diehl, M. K., & Kunzmann, U. (2022). Emotional reactivity to daily stressors: Does stressor pile-up within a day matter for young-old and very-old adults? Psychology and Aging, 37(2), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000667

^★Staben, O. E., Infurna, F. J., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Examining racial disparities in historical change of mental and physical health across midlife and old age in the US. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(11), 1978-1989. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab232

^★Vetter, V. M., Drewelies, J, Sommerer, Y., Kalies, C. H., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Bertram, L., Gerstorf, D., & Demuth, I.(2022). Epigenetic aging and perceived psychological stress in old age. (preprint available at https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.24.22271447). Translational Psychiatry, 12, 410. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02181-9

^★Vetter, V. M., Kalies, C. H., Sommerer, Y., Spira, D., Drewelies, J., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Bertram, L., Gerstorf, D., & Demuth, I. (2022). Relationship between five epigenetic clocks, telomere length, and functional capacity assessed in older adults: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 77(9), 1724-1733. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab381

Wahl, H.-W., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Lachman, M. E., Smith, J., Eibich, P., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G. G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Subjective age and attitudes toward own aging across two decades of historical time. Psychology and Aging, 37(3), 413-429. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000649

^★Zambrano, E., Pauly, T., Gerstorf, D., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2022). Partner contributions to goal pursuit: Findings from repeated daily life assessments with older couples. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(1), 29-38. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab052

2021

Demuth, I., Banszerus, V. L., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Seeland, U. Spira, D., Tse, E., Braun, J., Bertram, L., Thiel, A., Lindenberger, U., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., & Gerstorf, D. (2021). Cohort profile: Follow-up of a Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) subsample as part of the GendAge study. BMJ Open. 0:e045576. https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045576

Infurna, F. J., ^★Staben, O. E., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (2021). Historical change in midlife health, well-being, and despair: Cross-cultural and socioeconomic comparisons. American Psychologist, 76(6), 870-887. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000817

Kornadt, A. E., Weiss, D., Gerstorf, D., Kunzmann, U., ^★Lücke, A. J., Schilling, O. K., ^★Katzorreck, M., Siebert, J. S., & Wahl, H.-W. (2021). “I felt so old this morning.” Short-term variations in subjective age and the role of trait subjective age: Evidence from the ILSE/EMIL ecological momentary assessment data. Psychology and Aging, 36(3), 373–382. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000604

*Kolodziejczak, K., Drewelies, J., Deeg, D. J. H., Huismann, M., & Gerstorf, D. (2021). Perceived importance and enjoyment of sexuality in late midlife: Cohort differences in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA). Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 18, 621-635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-020-00486-2

^★Michalowski, V. I., Pauly, T., Gerstorf, D., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2021). Time-varying associations between everyday affect and cortisol in older couples. Health Psychology, 40(9), 597-605. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001103

^★Mueller, S., Wagner, J., Hülür, G., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2021). Moody and thin–skinned? The interplay of neuroticism and momentary affect in older romantic couples. British Journal of Psychology, 112(1), 315-341. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12452

^★Nauman, A. T., Behlouli, H., Alexander, N., Kendel, F., Drewelies, J., Mantantzis, K., Berger, N., Wagner, G. G., Gerstorf, D., Demuth, I., Pilote, L., & Regitz-Zagrosek, V. (2021). Gender score development in the Berlin Aging Study II: A retrospective approach. Biology of Sex Differences, 12(15). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-020-00351-2

O'Súilleabháin, P. S., Turiano, N. A., Gerstorf, D., Luchetti, M., Gallagher, S., Sesker, A. A., Terracciano, A., & Sutin, A. R.(2021). Personality pathways to mortality: Interluekin-6 links conscientiousness to mortality risk. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity, 93, 238-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.01.032

^★Pauly, T., Ashe, M. C., Murphy, R., Gerstorf, D., Linden, W., Madden, K. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2021). Active with whom? Examining the social context of physical activity in individuals after stroke and their partners. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 754046. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.754046

^★Pauly, T., Drewelies, J., *Kolodziejczak, K., ^★Katzorreck, M., ^★Lücke, A. J., Schilling, O. K., Kunzmann, U., Wahl, H. W., Ditzen, B., Ram, N., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2021). Positive and negative affect are associated with salivary cortisol in the everyday life of older adults: A quantitative synthesis of four aging studies. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 133, 105403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105403

^★Pauly, T., Gerstorf, D., Wahl, H.-W., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2021). A developmental-contextual model of couple synchrony across adulthood and old age. Psychology and Aging, 36(8), 943-956. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000651

^★Pauly, T., Gerstorf, D., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2021). You’re under my skin: Long-term relationship and health correlates of cortisol synchrony in older couples. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(1), 69–79.https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000809

^★Pauly, T., *Kolodziejczak, K., *Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2021). Political context is associated with everyday physiological synchrony in older couples. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 124, 105082.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.105082

^★Ungar, N., Michalowski, V. I., Baehring, S., Pauly, T., Gerstorf, D., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2021). Joint goals in older couples: Associations with goal progress, allostatic load, and relationship satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(623037). https://doi.org/doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.623037

Wahl, H.-W., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2021). Healthy aging relevant goals: The role of person-context co-construction. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 76(S2), S181-S190. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab089

^★Wieczorek, L. L., Humberg, S., Gerstorf, D., & Wagner, J. (2021). Understanding loneliness in adolescence: A test of competing hypotheses on the interplay of extraversion and neuroticism.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 12412. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312412

Windsor, T. D., Curtis, R. G., Gerstorf, D., Hoppmann, C. A., & Luszcz, M. A. (2021). Conscientiousness, activity engagement, and momentary affect in oldest-old adulthood. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 76(6), 1049-1059, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa136

2020

Almeida, D. M., Charles, S. T., Mogle, J., *Drewelies, J., Aldwin, C. M., Spiro III, A., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Charting adult development through (historically changing) daily stress processes. American Psychologist, 75(4), 511–524.https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000597

Ashe, M. C., Michalowski, V., Chudyk, A. C., Gerstorf, D., Madden, K. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2020). Linked Lives: Exploring gender and sedentary behaviors in older adult couples. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 39(10), 1106-1114, 073346481986806.https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464819868060

Brose, A., Schmiedek, F., Gerstorf, D., & Voelkle, M. C. (2020). The measurement of within–person affect variation. Emotion, 20(4), 677-699. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000583

*Drewelies, J., *Schade, H., Hülür, G., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). The more we are in control, the merrier? Partner perceived control and negative affect in the daily lives of older couples. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 75(2), 338–348. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby009

Gerstorf, D., Hülür, G., *Drewelies, J., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., & Ram, N. (2020). Adult development and aging in historical context. American Psychologist, 75(4), 525–539. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000596

Graham, E. K., Weston, S. J., Gerstorf, D., Yoneda, T. B., Booth, T., Beam, C. R., Petkus, A. J., Drewelies, J., Hall, A. N., Bastarache, E. D., Estabrook, R., Katz, M. J., Turiano, N. A., Lindenberger, U., Smith, J., Wagner, G. G., Pedersen, N. L., Allemand, M., Spiro, A., Deeg, D. J. H., Johansson, B., Piccinin, A. M., Lipton, R. B., Schaie, K. W., Willis, S., Reynolds, C. A., Deary, I. J., Hofer, S. M., & Mroczek, D. K. (2020). Trajectories of big five personality traits: A coordinated analysis of 16 longitudinal samples. European Journal of Personality, 34(3), 301–321. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2259

Graham, E. K., Weston, S. J., Turiano, N. A., Aschwanden, D., Booth, T., Harrison, F., James, B.D., Lewis, N.A., Makkar, S.R., Mueller, S., Wisniewski, K.M., Yoneda, T., Zhaoyang, R., Spiro, A., Willis, S., Schaie, K.W., Sliwinski, M., Lipton, R.A., Katz, M., Deary, D., Zelinski, E.M., Bennett, D.A., Sachdev, P.S., Brodaty, H., Troller, J.N., Ames, D., Wright, M.J., Gerstorf, D., Allemand, M., Drewelies, J., Wagner, G.G., Muniz–Terrera, G., Piccinin, A.M., Hofer, S.M., Mroczek, D. K. (2020). Is healthy neuroticism associated with health behaviors? A coordinated integrative data analysis. Collabra: Psychology, 6(1), 32. http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.266

^★Hittner, E. F., Stephens, J. E., Turiano, N. A., Gerstorf, D., Lachman, M. E., & Haase, C. M.  (2020). Positive affect is associated with less memory decline: Evidence from a 9-year longitudinal study. Psychological Sciences, 31(11), 1386-1395 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620953883

Hommelhoff, S., Richter, D., Niessen, C., Gerstorf, D., & Heckhausen, J. (2020). Being unengaged at work but still dedicating time and energy: A longitudinal study. Motivation Science. 6(4), 368-373. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000155

Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf. D., & Lachman, M. E. (2020). Midlife in the 2020s: Opportunities and challenges. American Psychologist, 75(4), 470–485. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000591

^★Kozik, P., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Demuth, I., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2020). Future time perspective: Dimensions of opportunities, life, and time are differentially associated with physical health, cognitive functioning, and well–being in old age. Aging and Mental Health, 24(9), 1487-–1495. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2019.1594159

*Mantantzis, K., *Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Buchmann, K., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Raz, N., Lindenberger, U., Demuth, I., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Poor glucose regulation is associated with declines in well–being among older men, but not women. Psychology and Aging, 35(2), 204–211. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000404

*Mantantzis, K., *Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Dehydration predicts longitudinal decline in cognitive functioning and well–being among older adults. Psychology and Aging, 35(4), 517–528. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000471

^★Michalowski, V. I., Gerstorf, D., Hülür, G., *Drewelies, J., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2020). Intraindividual variability and empathic accuracy for happiness in older couples. GeroPsych, 33(3), 139–154. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662–9647/a000233

O'Súilleabháin, P. S., Sutin, A., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Body mass index, waist circumference, and mortality risks over 27 years of follow–up in old age. Annals of Epidemiology, 46, 20–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.04.008

^★Pauly, T., Keller, J., Knoll, N., Michalowski, V. I., Hohl, D. H., Ashe, M. C., Gerstorf, D., Madden, K. P., & Hoppmann, C. A.(2020). Moving in sync: Hourly physical activity and sedentary behavior are synchronized in couples. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54(1), 10–21. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaz019

^★Pauly, T., Michalowski, V. I., *Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2020). Cortisol synchrony in older couples: Daily socio–emotional correlates and interpersonal differences. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82(7), 669–677. https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0000000000000838

*Potter, S., *Drewelies, J., Wagner, J., Duezel, S., Brose, A., Demuth, I., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Trajectories of multiple subjective well–being facets across old age: The role of health and personality. Psychology and Aging, 35(6), 894–909. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000459

*Schade, H. M., *Drewelies, J., Hülür, G., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). I feel you, we can do this: Partner similarity in emotional experience and dyadic mastery in older couples. GeroPsych, 33(3), 125–137. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662–9647/a000228

Turiano, N. A., Graham, E. K., Weston, S. J., Booth, T., Harrison, F., James, B. D., Lewis, N. A., Makkar, S. R., Mueller, S., Wisniewski, K. M., Zhaoyang, R., Spiro, A., Willis, S., Schaie, K. W., Lipton, R. B., Katz, M., Sliwinski, M., Deary, I., Zelinski, E. M., Bennett, D.A., Sachdev, P. D., Brodaty, H., Troller, J., Ames, D., Wright, M., Gerstorf, D., Muniz–Terrera, G., Piccinin, A. M., Hofer, S. M., Mroczek, D. K. (2020). Is healthy neuroticism associated with mortality? A coordinated integrative data analysis. Collabra: Psychology, 6(1), 33. http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.268

von Soest, T., Luhmann, M., Hansen, T., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Development of loneliness in midlife and old age: Its nature and correlates. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 118(2), 388–406. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000219

von Soest, T., Luhmann, M., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). The development of loneliness through adolescence and young adulthood: Its nature, correlates and midlife outcomes. Developmental Psychology, 56(10), 1919-1934. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0001102

Wahl, H. W., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Person–environment resources for aging well: Environmental docility and life space as conceptual pillars for future contextual gerontology. The Gerontologist, 60(3), 368–375. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa006

^★Weston, S. J., Graham, E. K., Turiano, N. A., Aschwanden, D., Booth, T., Harrison, F., James, B. D., Lewis, N. A., Makkar, S. R., Mueller, S., Wisnieski, K. M., Yoneda, T., Zhaoyang, R., Spiro, A., Drewelies, J., Wagner, G. G., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., Willis, S., Schaie, K. W., Sliwinski, M., Lipton, R. A., Katz, M., Deary, I., Zelinski, E. M., Bennett, D. A., Sachdev, P., Brodaty, H., Trollor, J. N., Ames, D., Wright, M. J., Gerstorf, D., Allemand, M., Muniz–Terrera, G., Piccinin, A. M., Hofer, S. M., Mroczek, D. K. (2020). Is healthy neuroticism associated with chronic conditions? A coordinated integrative data analysis. Collabra: Psychology, 6(1), 42. http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.267

Windsor, T. D., Ghisletta, P., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Social resources as compensatory cognitive reserve? Interactions of social resources with education in predicting late–life cognition. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 75(7), 1451–1461. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby143

2019

^★Benson, L., English, T., Conroy, D. E., Pincus, A. L., Gerstorf, D., & Ram, N. (2019). Age differences in emotion regulation strategy use, variability, and flexibility: An experience sampling approach. Developmental Psychology, 55(9), 1951–1964.https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000727

*Drewelies, J., Huxhold, O., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). The role of historical change for adult development and aging: Towards a theoretical framework about the how and the why. Psychology and Aging, 34(8), 1021–1039. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000423

*Drewelies, J., Koffer, R., Ram, N., Almeida, D., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). Control diversity: How across–domain control beliefs are associated with daily negative affect and differ with age. Psychology and Aging, 34(5), 625–639. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000366

Duezel, S., *Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Demuth, I., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Lindenberger, U., & Kühn, S. (2019). Structural brain correlates of loneliness among older adults. Scientific Reports, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598–019–49888–2

Gerstorf, D., *Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Smith, J., Wahl, H.–W., Schilling, O., Kunzmann, U., Siebert, J., ^★Katzorreck, M., Eibich, P., Demuth, I., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., Heckhausen, J., & Ram, N.(2019). Cohort differences in adult–life trajectories of internal and external control beliefs: A tale of more and better maintained internal control and fewer external constraints. Psychology and Aging, 34(8), 1090–1108. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000389

Hülür, G., Ram, N., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). Cohort differences in cognitive aging: The role of perceived work environment. Psychology and Aging, 34(8), 1040–1054. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000355

^★Koffer, R., *Drewelies, J., Almeida, D., Conroy, D., Pincus, A., Gerstorf, D., & Ram, N. (2019). The role of general and daily control beliefs for affective stressor–reactivity across adulthood and old age. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 74(2), 242–253. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbx055

*Kolodziejczak, K., Rosada, A. Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Eibich, P., Tegeler, C., Wagner, G. G., Beier, K. M., Ram, N., Demuth, I., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). Sexual activity, sexual thoughts, and intimacy among older adults: Links with physical health and psychosocial resources for successful aging. Psychology and Aging, 34(3), 389–404. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000347

Kunzmann, U., Schilling, O., Wrosch, C., Siebert, J., Katzorreck, M., Wahl, H.–W., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). Negative emotions and physical health: A lifespan developmental perspective. Health Psychology, 38(11), 949–959. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000767

^★Mueller, S., Ram, N., Conroy, D. E., Pincus, A. L., Gerstorf, D., & Wagner, J. (2019). Happy like a fish in water? The role of personality–situation fit for momentary happiness in social interactions across the adult life span. European Journal of Personality, 33(3), 298–316. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2198

*Mueller, S., Wagner, J., Wagner, G. G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). How far reaches the power of personality? Personality predictors of terminal decline in well–being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(4), 634–650. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000184

^★Pauly, T., Michalowski, V. I., Nater, U. M., Gerstorf, D., Ashe, M. C., Madden, K. P., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2019). Everyday associations between older adults’ physical activity, negative affect, and cortisol. Health Psychology, 38(6), 494–501. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000743

2018

Brick, T. R., Koffer, R., Gerstorf, D., & Ram, N. (2018). Feature selection methods for optimal design of studies for developmental inquiry. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73(1), 113–123. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbx008

^★Brinberg, M., Ram, N., Hülür, G., Brick, T. R., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Analyzing dyadic data using Grid–Sequence Analysis: Inter–dyad differences in intra–dyad dynamics. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73(1), 5–18. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbw160

*Drewelies, J., Agrigoroaei, S., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Age variations in cohort differences in the United States: Older adults report fewer constraints nowadays than those 18 years ago, but mastery beliefs are diminished among younger adults. Developmental Psychology, 54(8), 1408–1425. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000527

*Drewelies, J., Chopik, W. J., Hoppmann, C. A., Smith, J. & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Linked lives: Dyadic associations of mastery beliefs with health (behavior) and health (behavior) change among older partners. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73(5), 787–798. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbw058

*Drewelies, J., Deeg, D. J. H., Huisman, M., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Perceived constraints in late midlife: Cohort differences in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA). Psychology and Aging, 33(5), 754–768. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000276

Duezel, S., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). The (domain–differentiated) nature of future time perspective: Its antecedents, correlates, and consequences. Editorial. GeroPsych, 31(3), 101. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662–9647/a000195

Duezel, S., *Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Demuth, I., Kühn, S., & Lindenberger, U. (2018). Facets of subjective health horizons are differentially linked to brain volume. GeroPsych, 31(3), 127–136. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662–9647/a000191

Duezel, S., Buchmann, N., *Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Lindenberger, U., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Norman, K., & Demuth, I. (2018). Validation of a single factor representing the indicators of metabolic syndrome as a continuous measure of metabolic load and its association with health and cognitive function. PLOS ONE, 13(12), e0208231. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208231

Gerstorf, D., Hülür, G., Wagner, G. G., Kunzmann, U., & Ram, N. (2018). Terminal change across facets of affective experience and domain satisfaction: Commonalities, differences, and bittersweet emotions at the end of life. Developmental Psychology, 54(12), 2382–2402. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000599

Gerstorf, S., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Glücklich und zufrieden leben bis ans Ende? Forschungsergebnisse zum terminal decline [Satisfied and content until the end of life? Research findings on the phenomenon of terminal decline]. In M. Erlinghagen, K. Hank, & M. Kreyenfeld (Hrsg.), Innovation und Wissenstransfer in der empirischen Sozial– und Verhaltensforschung: Gert G. Wagner zum 65. Geburtstag [Festschrift for Gert G. Wagner] (pp. 59–84). Frankfurt, Germany: Campus. https://www.campus.de/buecher–campus–verlag/wissenschaft/soziologie/innovation_und_wissenstransfer_in_der_empirischen_sozial_und_verhaltensforschung–14877.html

Hertzog, C., Hülür, G., Gerstorf, D., & Pearman, A. M. (2018). Is subjective memory change in old age based on accurate monitoring of age–related memory change? Evidence from two longitudinal studies. Psychology and Aging, 33(2), 273–287. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000232

Hülür, G., Willis, S. L., Hertzog, C., Schaie, K. W., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Is subjective memory specific for memory performance or general across cognitive domains? Findings from the Seattle Longitudinal Study. Psychology and Aging, 33(3), 448–460. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000243

^★Koenig, M., *Drewelies, J., Norman, K., Spira, D., Buchmann, N., Hülür, G., Eibich, P., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Gerstorf, D., & Demuth, I. (2018). Historical trends in modifiable indicators of cardiovascular health and self–rated health among older adults: Cohort differences over 20 years between the Berlin Aging Study (BASE) and the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE–II). PLOS ONE, 13(1), e0191699.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191699

Kühn, S., Duezel, S., *Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Linden, M., Lindenberger, U., & Gallinat, J. (2018). Psychological and neural correlates of embitterment in old age. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 10(1), 51–57. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000287

*Mueller, S., Wagner, J., Smith, J., Voelkle, M. C., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). The interplay of personality and functional health in old and very old age: Dynamic within–person interrelations across up to 13 years. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(6), 1127–1147. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000173

*Notthoff, N., *Drewelies, J., Kazanecka, P., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Norman, K., Duezel, S., Daumer, M., Lindenberger, U., Demuth, I., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Feeling older, walking slower – but only if someone’s watching. Subjective age is associated with walking speed in the laboratory, but not in real life. European Journal of Ageing, 15(4), 425–433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433–017–0450–3

Vehling, S., Gerstorf, D., Schulz–Kindermann, F., Oechsle, K., Philipp, R., Scheffold, K., Härter, M., Mehnert, A., & Lo, C. (2018). The daily dynamics of loss orientation and life engagement in advanced cancer: A pilot study to characterize patterns of adaptation at the end–of–life. European Journal of Cancer Care, 27(4), e12842. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12842

von Soest, T., Wagner, J., Hansen, T., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Self–esteem across the second half of life: The role of socioeconomic status, physical health, social relationships, and personality factors. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(6), 945–958. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000123

*Vogel, N., Ram, N., Goebel, J., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). How does availability of county–level health care services shape terminal decline in well–being? European Journal of Ageing, 15(2), 111–122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433–017–0425–4

Wagner, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Introduction to the special section on self–esteem and personality across the lifespan: Antecedents of development and change. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025416678094

Wagner, J., Voelkle, M. C., Hoppmann, C. A., Luszcz, M. A., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). We are in this together: Dyadic patterns of self–esteem change in late–life couples. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42(1), 34–42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025416679742

Wahl, H.–W. & Gerstorf, D. (2018). A conceptual framework for studying Context Dynamics in Aging (CODA). Developmental Review, 50(Part B), 155–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2018.09.003

2017

Brandmaier, A. M., Ram, N., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). Terminal decline in well–being: The role of multi–indicator constellations of physical health and psychosocial correlates. Developmental Psychology, 53(5), 996–1012. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000274

*Drewelies, J., Wagner, J., Tesch–Römer, C., Heckhausen, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). Perceived control across the second half of life: The role of physical health and social integration. Psychology and Aging, 32(1), 76–92. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000143

*Gerlach, K., Ram, N., Infurna, F. J., *Vogel, N., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). The role of morbidity for proxy–reported well–being in the last year of life. Developmental Psychology, 53(9), 1795–1809. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000368

Graham, E. K., Rutsohn, J. P., Turiano, N. A., Bendayan, R., Batterham, P. J., Gerstorf, D., Katz, M. J., Reynolds, C. A., Sharp, E. S., Yoneda, T. B., Bastarache, E. D., Elleman, L. G., Zelinski, E. M., Johansson, B., Kuh, D., Barnes, L. L., Bennett, D. A., Deeg, D. J. H., Lipton, R. B., Pedersen, N. L., Piccinin, A. M., Spiro, A., Muniz–Terrera, G., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., Roan, C., Herd, P., Hofer, S. M., & Mroczek, D., K. (2017). Personality predicts mortality risk: An integrative data analysis of 15 international longitudinal studies. Journal of Research in Personality, 70, 174–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2017.07.005

Graham, E. K., Gerstorf, D., Yoneda, T. B., Piccinin, A. M., Booth, T., Beam, C. R., ... Mroczek, D. K. (2017). A coordinated analysis of Big–Five trait change across 16 longitudinal samples. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ryjpc

^★Hilbrand, S., Coall, D. A., Gerstorf, D., & Hertwig, R. (2017). Caregiving within and beyond the family is associated with lower mortality for the caregiver: A prospective study. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38(3), 397–403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.11.010
winner of the Elsevier Atlas Research Award (see https://www.elsevier.com/atlas/story/people/could–caring–for–your–grandchildren–help–you–live–longer)

^★Hilbrand, S., Coall, D. A., Meyer, A. H., Gerstorf, D., & Hertwig, R. (2017). A prospective study of associations among helping, health, and longevity. Social Science and Medicine, 187, 109–117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.06.035

Hoppmann, C. A., Infurna, F. J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). Associations among individuals’ perceptions of future time, individual resources, and subjective well–being in old age. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72(3), 388–399. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbv063

Hülür, G., Heckhausen, J., Hoppmann, C. A., Infurna, F. J., Wagner, G. G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). Levels of and changes in life satisfaction predict mortality hazards: Disentangling the role of physical health, perceived control, and social orientation. Psychology and Aging, 32(6), 507–520. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000187

Infurna, F. J., Wiest, M., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Schupp, J., Wagner, G. G., & Heckhausen, J. (2017). Changes in life satisfaction when losing one’s spouse: Individual differences in anticipation, reaction, adaptation, and longevity in the German Socio–Economic Panel Study (SOEP). Ageing and Society, 37(5), 899-934. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X15001543

^★Lay, J. C., Gerstorf, D., Scott, S. B., Pauly, T., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2017). Neuroticism and extraversion magnify discrepancies between retrospective and concurrent affect reports. Journal of Personality, 85(6), 817–829. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12290

*Notthoff, N., Reisch, P., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). Individual characteristics and physical activity in older adults: A systematic review. Gerontology, 63(5), 443–459. https://doi.org/10.1159/000475558

*Vogel, N., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Goebel, J., & Wagner, G. G. (2017). Terminal decline in well–being differs between residents in East Germany and West Germany. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 41(1), 115–126. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025415602561

*Vogel, N., Ram, N., Conroy, D., Pincus, A., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). How the social ecology and social situation shape individuals’ affect valence and arousal. Emotion, 17(3), 509–527. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000244

2016

Duezel, S., Voelkle, M., Duezel, E., Gerstorf, D., *Drewelies, J., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., & Lindenberger, U. (2016). The Subjective Health Horizon Questionnaire (SHH–Q): Assessing future time perspectives for facets of an active lifestyle. Gerontology, 62(3), 345–353. https://doi.org/10.1159/000441493

Duezel, S., Voelkle, M. C., Duezel, E., Gerstorf, D., Drewelies, J., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., & Lindenberger, U. (2016). Subjective Health Horizon Questionnaire (SHH-Q). APA PsycTests. https://doi.org/10.1037/t64194-000

Gerstorf, D., Bertram, L., Lindenberger, U., Pawelec, G., Demuth, I., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., & Wagner, G. G. (2016). The Berlin Aging Study II – An overview. Gerontology, 62(3), 311–315. https://doi.org/10.1159/000441495

Gerstorf, D., Hoppmann, C. A., Löckenhoff, C. E., Infurna, F. J., Schupp, J., Wagner, G. G., & Ram, N. (2016). Terminal decline in well–being: The role of social orientation. Psychology and Aging, 31(2), 149–165. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000072

*Hülür, G., *Drewelies, J., Eibich, P., Duezel, S., Demuth, I., Ghisletta, P., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Cohort differences in psychosocial function over 20 years: Current older adults feel less lonely and less dependent on external circumstances. Gerontology, 62(3), 354–361. https://doi.org/10.1159/000438991

*Hülür, G., Hoppmann, C. A., Rauers, A., *Schade, H., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Empathic accuracy for happiness in the daily lives of older couples: Fluid cognitive performance predicts pattern accuracy among men. Psychology and Aging, 31(5), 545–552. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000109

*Hülür, G., Ram, N., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Cognitive aging in the Seattle Longitudinal Study: Within–person associations of primary mental abilities with psychomotor speed and cognitive flexibility. Journal of Intelligence, 4(3), 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence4030012

Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Schupp, J., Wagner, G. G., & Heckhausen, J. (2016). Maintaining perceived control with unemployment facilitates future adjustment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 93, 103–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2016.01.006

Lang, F. R., Gerstorf, D., Weiss, D., & Wagner, G. G. (2016). On differentiating adaptation from dispositional concepts: The case of age–associated dynamics of life satisfaction. Journal of Individual Differences. 37(3), 206–210. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614–0001/a000205

^★Michalowski, V. I., Hoppmann, C. A., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Associations between perceived support in older adult marriages and dyadic covariations in momentary affect and aches. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 71(3), 425–430. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbu151

*Mueller, S., Wagner, J., *Drewelies, J., Duezel, S, Eibich, P., Specht, J. Demuth, I., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Personality development in old age relates to physical health and cognitive performance: Evidence from the Berlin Aging Study II. Journal of Research in Personality, 65, 94–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.08.007

*Schade, H. M., *Hülür, G., Infurna, F. J., Hoppmann, C. A. & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Partner dissimilarity in life satisfaction: Stability and change, correlates, and outcomes. Psychology and Aging, 31(4), 327–339. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000096

*Schoellgen, I., *Morack, J., Infurna, F. J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Health sensitivity of older adults: Age differences in the within–person coupling of individuals’ physical health and well–being. Developmental Psychology, 52(11), 1944–1953. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000171

Wagner, J., Ram, N., Smith, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Personality trait development at the end of life: Antecedents and correlates of mean–level trajectories. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111(3), 411–429. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000071

2015

^★Chui, H., Gerstorf, D., Hoppmann, C. A., & Luszcz, M. A. (2015). Trajectories of depressive symptoms in old age: Integrating age–, pathology–, and mortality–related changes. Psychology and Aging, 30(4), 940–951. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000054

Gerstorf, D., *Hülür, G., *Drewelies, J., Eibich, P., Duezel, S., Demuth, I., Ghisletta, P., Steinhagen–Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., & Lindenberger, U. (2015). Secular changes in late–life cognition and well–being: Towards a long bright future with a short brisk ending? Psychology and Aging, 30(2), 301–310. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000016

Gerstorf, D., & Ram, N. (2015). A framework for studying mechanisms underlying terminal decline in well–being. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 39(3), 210–220. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025414565408

*Hülür, G., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2015). Developmental associations between short–term variability and long–term changes: Intraindividual correlation of positive and negative affect in daily life and cognitive aging. Developmental Psychology, 51(7), 987–997. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039341

*Hülür, G., & Gerstorf, D. (2015). Subjective perceptions of memory functioning in old age – Nature, correlates, and developmental trajectories. Gerontology, 61(3), 218–222. https://doi.org/10.1159/000371757

*Hülür, G., Hertzog, C., Pearman, A. M., & Gerstorf, D. (2015). Correlates and moderators of change in subjective memory and memory performance: Findings from the Health and Retirement Study. Gerontology, 61(3), 232–240. https://doi.org/10.1159/000369010

*Hülür, G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2015). Historical improvements in well–being do not hold in late life: Studies of birth–year and death–year cohorts in national samples in the US and Germany. Developmental Psychology, 51(7), 998–1012. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039349

*Hülür, G., Ram, N., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., & Gerstorf, D. (2015). Cognitive dedifferentiation with increasing age and proximity of death: Within–person evidence from the Seattle Longitudinal Study. Psychology and Aging, 30(2), 311–323. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039260

^★Kozik, P., Hoppmann, C. A., & Gerstorf, D. (2015). Future time perspective: Opportunities and limitations are differentially associated with well–being and hair cortisol. Gerontology, 61(2), 166–174. https://doi.org/10.1159/000368716

^★Strobach, T., Gerstorf, D., Maquestiaux, F., & Schubert, T. (2015). Does initial performance variability predict dual–task optimization with practice in younger and older adults? Experimental Aging Research, 41(1), 57–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2015.978210

*Wagner, J., Hoppmann, C. A., & Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2015). Self–esteem is relatively stable late in life: The role of resources in the health, self–regulation, and social domains. Developmental Psychology, 51(1), 136–149.https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038338

Windsor, T. D., Gerstorf, D., & Luszcz, M. A. (2015). Social resource correlates of levels and time–to–death related changes in late–life affect. Psychology and Aging. 30(1), 136–148. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038757

Ziegler, M., Cengia, A., Mussel, P., & Gerstorf, D. (2015). Openness as a buffer against cognitive decline: The Openness–Fluid–Crystallized–Intelligence (OFCI) model applied to late adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 30(3), 573–588. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039493

2014

Bielak, A. A. M., Gerstorf, D., Anstey, K. A., & Luszcz, M. A. (2014). Longitudinal associations between activity and cognition vary by age, activity type, and cognitive domain. Psychology and Aging, 29(4), 863–872. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036960

*Chui, H., Hoppmann, C. A., Gerstorf, D., Walker, R., & Luszcz, M. A. (2014). Social partners and momentary affect in the oldest–old: Whether the presence of others is beneficial depends on who we are and who we are with. Developmental Psychology, 50(3), 728–740. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033896

*Chui, H., Hoppmann, C. A. Gerstorf, D., Walker, R., & Luszcz, M. A. (2014). Cumulative load of depressive symptoms is associated with cortisol awakening response in very old age. Research in Human Development, 11(2), 126–141. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2014.906738

Denissen, J. J. A., Ulferts, H., Lüdtke, O., Muck, P., & Gerstorf, D. (2014). Longitudinal transactions between personality and occupational roles: A large and heterogeneous study of job beginners, stayers, and changers. Developmental Psychology, 50(7), 1931–1942. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036994

Fauth, E. B., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., & Malmberg, B. (2014). Comparing changes in late–life depressive symptoms across aging, disablement, and mortality processes. Developmental Psychology, 50(5), 1584–1593. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035475

Gerstorf, D., Heckhausen, J., Ram, N., *Infurna, F. J., Schupp, J., & Wagner, G. G. (2014). Perceived personal control buffers terminal decline in well–being. Psychology and Aging, 29(3), 612–625. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037227

Gerstorf, D., Hoppmann, C. A., & Ram, N. (2014). The promise and challenges of integrating multiple time–scales in adult developmental inquiry. Research in Human Development, 11(2), 75–90. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2014.906725

Ghisletta, P., Bäckman, L., Bertram, L., Brandmaier, A., Gerstorf, D., Liu, L., & Lindenberger, U. (2014). The Val/Met polymorphism of the Brain–Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) gene predicts decline in perceptual speed in older adults. Psychology and Aging, 29(2), 384–392. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035201

Hoppmann, C. A., & Gerstorf, D. (2014). Bio–behavioral pathways underlying spousal health dynamics: Their nature, correlates, and consequences. Gerontology, 60(5), 458–465. https://doi.org/10.1159/000357671

*Hülür, G., Hertzog, C., Pearman, A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2014). Longitudinal associations of subjective memory with memory performance and depressive affect: Between–person and within–person perspectives. Psychology and Aging, 29(4), 814–827. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037619

*Infurna, F. J. & Gerstorf, D. (2014). Perceived control relates to better functional health and lower cardio–metabolic risk: The mediating role of physical activity. Health Psychology, 33(1), 85–94. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030208

*Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Schupp, J., Sprangers, M. A. G., & Wagner, G. G. (2014). Linking concurrent self–reports and retrospective proxy–reports about the last year of life: A prevailing picture of life satisfaction decline. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 69(5), 695–709. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbt055

Pearman, A., Hertzog, C., & Gerstorf, D. (2014). Little evidence for links between memory complaints and memory performance in very old age: Longitudinal analyses from the Berlin Aging Study. Psychology and Aging, 29(4), 828–842. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037141

Ram, N., Conroy, D. Pincus, A., Lorek, A., Rebar, A., Roche, M., Coccia, M., *Morack, J., Feldman, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2014). Examining the interplay of processes across multiple time–scales: Illustration with the Intraindividual Study of Affect, Health, and Interpersonal Behavior (iSAHIB). Research in Human Development, 11(2), 142–160. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2014.906739

*Schöllgen, I., Gerstorf, D., & Heckhausen, J. (2014). Control strivings in the Socio–Economic Panel (SOEP). SOEPpaper, 727(online available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2554456)

Windsor, T. D., Gerstorf, D., Ryan, L., Pearson, E., & Anstey, K. J. (2014). Positive and negative social exchanges and cognitive aging in young–old adults: Differential associations across family friend and spouse domains. Psychology and Aging, 29(1), 28–43. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035256

2013

Dahl, A., Fauth, E. B., Ernst–Bravell, M., Hassing, L., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2013). Body Mass Index, change in Body Mass Index, and survival among old and very old persons. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 61(4), 512–518. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12158

Gerstorf, D. & Ram, N. (2013). Inquiry into terminal decline: Five objectives for future study. The Gerontologist, 53(5), 727–737. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnt046

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Lindenberger, U., & Smith, J. (2013). Age and time–to–death trajectories of change in indicators of cognitive, sensory, physical, health, social, and self–related functions. Developmental Psychology, 49(10), 1805–1821. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031340

Gerstorf, D., Windsor, T., Hoppmann, C. A., & Butterworth, P. (2013). Longitudinal change in spousal similarities in mental health: Between–couple and within–couple perspectives. Psychology and Aging, 28(2), 540–554. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032902

Hoppmann, C. A. & Gerstorf, D. (2013). Spousal goals, affect quality, and collaborative problem–solving: Evidence from a time–sampling study with older couples. Research in Human Development, 10(1), 70–87. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2013.760260

*Hülür, G., *Infurna, F. J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2013). Cohorts based on decade of death: No evidence for secular trends favoring later cohorts in cognitive aging and terminal decline in the AHEAD study. Psychology and Aging, 28(1), 115–127. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029965

*Infurna, F. J., & Gerstorf, D. (2013). Linking perceived control, physical activity, and biological health to memory change. Psychology and Aging, 28(4), 1147–1163. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033327

*Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf, D., & Ram, N. (2013). The nature and correlates of change in depressive symptoms with cancer diagnosis: Reaction and adaptation among older adults. Psychology and Aging, 28(2), 386–401. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029775

*Infurna, F.J., Gerstorf, D., & Zarit, S.H. (2013). Substantial changes in mastery perceptions of dementia caregivers with the placement of a care recipient. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 68(2), 202–214. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbs063

*Infurna, F. J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2013). Level and change in perceived control predict 19–year mortality: findings from the Americans' Changing Lives Study. Developmental Psychology, 49(10), 1833–1847. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031041

Lang, F. R., Weiss, D., Gerstorf, D., & Wagner, G. G. (2013). Forecasting life satisfaction across adulthood: Benefits of seeing a dark future? Psychology and Aging, 28(1), 249–261. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030797

*Morack, J., *Infurna, F. J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2013). Trajectories and personality correlates of change in perceptions of physical and mental health across adulthood and old age. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37(6), 475–484. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025413492605

*Morack, J., Ram, N., Fauth, E. B., & Gerstorf, D. (2013). Multi–domain trajectories of psychological functioning in old age: A longitudinal perspective on (uneven) successful aging. Developmental Psychology, 49(12), 2309–2324. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032267

Ram, N., Coccia, M., Conroy, D., Dattilo, A. L., Orland, B., Pincus, A., Sliwinski, M., & Gerstorf, D. (2013). Behavioral landscapes and change in behavioral landscapes: A multiple time–scale density distribution approach. Research in Human Development, 10(1), 88–110. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2013.760262

*Wagner, J., Gerstorf, D., Hoppmann, C., & Luszcz, M. A. (2013). The nature and correlates of self–esteem trajectories in late life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105(1), 139–153. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032279

2012

Fauth, E. B., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., & Malmberg, B. (2012). Changes in depressive symptoms in the context of disablement processes: role of demographic characteristics, cognitive function, health, and social support. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 67(2), 167–177. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbr078

Gow, A. J., Bielak, A. A. M., & Gerstorf, D. (2012). Lifestyle factors and cognitive ageing: Variation across ability and lifestyle domains. Journal of Aging Research, 2012, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/143595

2011

^★Bielak, A. A. M., Gerstorf, D., Kiely, K., Anstey, K. J., & Luszcz, M. (2011). Depressive symptoms predict decline in perceptual speed in older adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 26(3), 576–583. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023313

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Hoppmann, C. A., Willis, S. L., & Schaie, K. W. (2011). Cohort differences in cognitive aging and terminal decline in the Seattle Longitudinal Study. Developmental Psychology. 47(4), 1026–1041. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023426

Gerstorf, D., Röcke, C., & Lachman, M. E. (2011). Antecedent–consequent relations of perceived control to health and social support: longitudinal evidence for between–domain associations across adulthood. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 66B(1), 61–71. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbq077

Hoppmann, C. A., Gerstorf, D., & Hibbert, A. (2011). Spousal associations between functional limitation and depressive symptom trajectories: Longitudinal findings from the Study of Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD). Health Psychology, 30(2), 153–162. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022094

Hoppmann, C. A., Gerstorf, D., & Luszcz, M. (2011). Dyadic interrelations in lifespan development and aging: How does 1 + 1 make a couple? Gerontology, 57(2), 144–147. https://doi.org/10.1159/000320324

Hoppmann, C. A., Gerstorf, D., Willis, S. L., & Schaie, K. W. (2011). Spousal interrelations in happiness in the Seattle Longitudinal Study: Considerable similarities in levels and change over time. Developmental Psychology. 47(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020788

*Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf, D., Ryan, L. H., & Smith, J. (2011). Dynamic links between memory and functional limitations in old age: 13–year longitudinal evidence from the AHEAD study. Psychology and Aging, 26(3), 546–558. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023023

*Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf, D., & Zarit, S. H. (2011). Examining dynamic links between mastery and health: Longitudinal evidence for differential effects in midlife and old age. Developmental Psychology. 47(1), 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021022

*Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Schupp, J., & Wagner, G. G. (2011). Long–term antecedents and outcomes of perceived control. Psychology and Aging, 26(3), 559–575. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022890

Ram, N., Gerstorf, D., Lindenberger, U., & Smith, J. (2011). Developmental change and intraindividual variability: Relating cognitive aging to cognitive plasticity, cardiovascular lability, and emotional diversity. Psychology and Aging, 26(2), 363–371. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021500

^★Walker, R., Luszcz, M., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2011). Subjective well–being dynamics in couples from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Gerontology, 57(2), 153–160. https://doi.org/10.1159/000318633

2010

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Goebel, J., Schupp, J., Lindenberger, U., & Wagner, G. G. (2010). Where people live and die makes a difference: Individual and geographic disparities in well–being progression at the end of life. Psychology and Aging, 25(3), 661–676. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019574

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Mayraz, G., *Hidajat, M., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G. G., & Schupp, J. (2010). Late–life decline in well–being across adulthood in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States: Something is seriously wrong at the end of life. Psychology and Aging, 25(2), 477–485. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017543

*Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf, D., Robertson, S., Berg, S., & Zarit, S. H. (2010). The nature and cross–domain correlates of subjective age in the oldest old: Evidence from the OCTO Study. Psychology and Aging, 25(2), 470–476. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017979

Ram, N., Gerstorf, D., Fauth, B., Zarit, S. H., & Malmberg, B. (2010). Aging, disablement, and dying: Using time–as–process and time–as–resources metrics to chart late–life change. Research in Human Development, 7(1), 27–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427600903578151

2009

Gerstorf, D., Hoppmann, C. A., Anstey, K. J., & Luszcz, M. (2009). Dynamic links of cognitive functioning among married couples: Longitudinal evidence from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Psychology and Aging, 24(2), 296–309. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015069

Gerstorf, D., Hoppmann, C. A., Kadlec, K. M., & McArdle, J. J. (2009). Memory and depressive symptoms are dynamically linked among married couples: Longitudinal evidence from the AHEAD Study. Developmental Psychology, 45(6), 1595–1610. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016346

Gerstorf, D., & Ram, N. (2009). Limitations on the importance of self–regulation in old age. Human Development, 52(1), 38–43. https://doi.org/10.1159/000189214

Gerstorf, D., Siedlecki, K. L., Tucker–Drob, E. M., & Salthouse, T. A. (2009). Within–person variability in state anxiety across adulthood: Magnitude and associations with between–person correlates. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 33(1), 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025408098013

Hoppmann, C. A., & Gerstorf, D. (2009). Spousal interrelations in old age. Gerontology, 55(4), 449–459. https://doi.org/10.1159/000211948

^★Kotter–Grühn, D., Kleinspehn–Ammerlahn, A., Gerstorf, D., & Smith, J. (2009). Self–perceptions of aging predict mortality and change with approaching death: 16–year longitudinal results from the Berlin Aging Study. Psychology and Aging, 24(3), 654–667. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016510

Nesselroade, J. R., Ram, N., Gerstorf, D., & Hardy, S. A. (2009). Rejoinder to commentaries on “Idiographic filters for psychological constructs.” Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 7(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/15366360802715361

Ram, N. & Gerstorf, D. (2009a). Methods for the study of development – developing methods. Research in Human Development, 6(2–3), 61–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427600902911114

Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2009b). Time–structured and net intraindividual variability: Tools for examining the development of dynamic characteristics and processes. Psychology and Aging, 24(4), 778–791. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017915

2008

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Estabrook, R., Schupp, J., Wagner, G. G., & Lindenberger, U. (2008). Life satisfaction shows terminal decline in old age: Longitudinal evidence from the German Socio–Economic Panel Study (SOEP). Developmental Psychology, 44(4), 1148–1159. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012–1649.44.4.1148

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Röcke, C., Lindenberger, U., & Smith, J. (2008). Decline in life satisfaction in old age: Longitudinal evidence for links to distance–to–death. Psychology and Aging, 23(1), 154–168. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882–7974.23.1.154

Gerstorf, D., Siedlecki, K. L., Tucker–Drob, E. M., & Salthouse, T. A. (2008). Executive dysfunctions across adulthood: Measurement properties and correlates of the DEX self–report questionnaire. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 15(4), 424–445. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825580701640374

Hoppmann, C. A., Gerstorf, D., & Luszcz, M. (2008). Spousal social activity trajectories in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Aging in the context of cognitive, physical, and affective resources. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 63B(1), P41–P50. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/63.1.P41

Rapp, M. A., Gerstorf, D., Helmchen, H., & Smith, J. (2008). Depression predicts mortality in the young old, but not in the oldest old: Results from the Berlin Aging Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(10), 844–852. https://doi.org/10.1097/JGP.0b013e31818254eb

2007

Gerstorf, D., Lövdén, M., Röcke, C., Smith, J., & Lindenberger, U. (2007). Well–being affects changes in perceptual speed in advanced old age: Longitudinal evidence for a dynamic link. Developmental Psychology, 43(3), 705–718. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012–1649.43.3.705

Hoppmann, C. A., Gerstorf, D., Smith, J., & Klumb, P. L. (2007). Linking possible selves and behavior: Do domain–specific hopes and fears translate into daily activities in very old age? Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 62B(2), P104–P111. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/62.2.P104

Luszczynska, A., Gerstorf, D., Knoll, N., Boehmer, S., & Schwarzer, R. (2007). Patients’ coping profiles and partners’ support provision. Psychology and Health, 22(7), 749–764. https://doi.org/10.1080/14768320600976232

Nesselroade, J. R., Gerstorf, D., Hardy, S. A., & Ram, N. (2007). Idiographic filters for psychological constructs. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 5(4), 217–235. https://doi.org/10.1080/15366360701741807

2006 and earlier

Gerstorf, D., Smith, J., & Baltes, P. B. (2006). A systemic–wholistic approach to differential aging: Longitudinal findings from the Berlin Aging Study. Psychology and Aging, 21(4), 645–663. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882–7974.21.4.645

Gerstorf, D., Herlitz, A., & Smith, J. (2006). Stability of sex differences in cognition in advanced old age: The role of education and attrition. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 61B(4), P245–P249. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/61.4.P245

Raz, N., Lindenberger, U., Rodriguez, K. M., Kennedy, K. M., Head, D., Williamson, A., Dahle, C., Gerstorf, D., & Acker, J. D. (2005). Regional brain changes in aging healthy adults: General trends, individual differences, and modifiers. Cerebral Cortex, 15(11), 1676–1689. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhi044

Further Work

Drewelies, J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (in press). Why historical context matters for adult development and aging. In M. E. Lachman, A. Spiro, S. Charles, & S. D. Neupert (Eds.), APA Handbook of adult development and aging. Washington, DC: APA. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000444-029

Wahl, H.-W., & Gerstorf, D. (in press). Aging in context: A synthesis of accumulated conceptualizations, insights from empirical research, and their implications. In M. E. Lachman, A. Spiro, S. Charles, & S. D. Neupert (Eds.), APA Handbook of adult development and aging. Washington, DC: APA. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000444-040

Gerstorf, D., & Wahl, H.-W. (2025). Rasante Entwicklung: Alter und Altern im Wandel der Zeit. Forschung & Lehre, 25(12), 9–11.

Wahl, H.-W., & Gerstorf, D. (in press). Subjektive Alternsprozesse – Veränderungen über die vergangenen Jahrzehnte (Subjective aging processes – change across recent decades). Public Health Forum.

*Cohn-Schwartz, E., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Subjective views of aging: The utility of studying multiple time metrics. In Y. Palgi, A. Shrira, & M. Diehl (Eds.), Subjective views of aging: Theory, research, and practice (pp. 169–186). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11073-3_10

Specht, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Personality development and coaching. In S. Greif, H. Möller, W. Scholl, Passmore, J., & F. Müller (Eds.), International Handbook of Evidence-Based Coaching: Theory, Research, and Practice (pp. 713–722). Chan, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81938-5_58

Becker, K., Delius, J., Duezel, S., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Remembering the last participant in the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). LIFE Newsletter, 14(1), 3–7.

*Drewelies, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Cognition and well–being across adulthood and old age. In A. H. Gutchess & A. K. Thomas(Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of cognitive aging: A life course perspective (pp. 532–551). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108552684

Demuth, I., Bertram, L., *Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Lill, C. M., Lindenberger, U., Pawelec, P., Spira, D., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). Berlin Aging Study II (BASE–II). In D. Gu & M. E. Dupre (Eds.), Encyclopedia of gerontology and population aging, 1–8. New York, NY: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_27-1

Hülür, G., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Set point. In M. H. Bornstein, M. E. Arterberry, K. L. Fingerman, & J. E. Lansford (Eds.), SAGE Encyclopedia of lifespan human development (pp. 1958–1960). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506307633.n728

Hülür, G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Terminal decline. In M. H. Bornstein, M. E. Arterberry, K. L. Fingerman, & J. E. Lansford (Eds.), SAGE Encyclopedia of lifespan human development  (pp. 2231–2232). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506307633.n826

^★Michalowski, V. I., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2018). Aging couples: Benefits and costs of long intimate relations. In B. Knight (Ed.), Oxford research encyclopedia of psychology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.394

Specht, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Persönlichkeitsentwicklung und Coaching [Personality development and coaching]. In S. Greif, H. Möller, & W. Scholl (Eds.), Handbuch Schlüsselkonzepte im Coaching (pp. 441–448). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978–3–662–49483–7_51

*Mueller, S., Wagner, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). On the role of personality in late life. In J. Specht (Ed.), Personality development across the lifespan (pp. 69–84). San Diego, CA: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978–0–12–804674–6.00006–5

Delius, J. A. M., Duezel, S., Gerstorf, D., & Lindenberger, U. (2016). Berlin Aging Studies (BASE and BASE–II). In N. A. Pachana (Ed.), Encyclopedia of geropsychology. New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978–981–287–080–3_44–1

Hoppmann, C. A., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Social interrelations in aging: The sample case of married couples. In K. W. Schaie & S. L. Willis (Eds.), Handbook of the psychology of aging (8th ed., pp. 263–277). San Diego, CA: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978–0–12–411469–2.00014–5

Hoppmann, C. A., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Adult lifespan development and optimal mental health. In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mental Health (2^nd ed., pp. 20–22). Waltham, MA: Academic Press.

Hoppmann, C. A., Michalowski, V., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Spousal interrelationships in health across adulthood: Health behaviors and everyday stress as potential underlying mechanisms. In J. Bookwala (Ed.), Couple Relationships in Middle and Later Years: Their Nature, Complexity, and Role in Health and Illness (pp. 239–258). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14897–013

*Hülür, G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Terminal decline of function. In V. L. Bengtson & R. A. Settersten, Jr. (Eds.), Handbook of theories of aging (3^rd edition, pp. 277–300). New York, NY: Springer. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gizem_Hülür/publication/307628702_Terminal_decline_of_function/links/5d2df42e299bf1547cbc9390/Terminal–decline–of–function.pdf

Infurna, F. J., Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., & Heckhausen, J. (2016). Analytic strategies for the study of adaptation to major life events: Making the most of large–scale longitudinal surveys. In H.–P. Blossfeld, J. von Maurice, M. Bayer, & J. Skopek (Eds.), Methodological issues of longitudinal surveys: The example of the National Educational Panel Study (pp. 19–38). Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978–3–658–11994–2_2

*Notthoff, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2015). Age and time in Geropsychology. In N. A. Pachana (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978–981–287–080–3_106–1

Ram, N., Gatzke–Kopp. L., Gerstorf, D., Coccia, M., *Morack, J., & Molenaar, P. C. M. (2015). Intraindividual variability across the life span: Moving towards computational developmental science. In M. Diehl, K. Hooker, & M. Sliwinski (Eds.), Handbook of intraindividual variability across the lifespan (16–34). New York, NY: Routledge. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298792849_Intraindividual_variability_across_the_life_span_Moving_towards_a_computational_developmental_science

Gerstorf, D. & Hoppmann, C. A. (2013). Longevity. In M. D. Gellman & J. R. Turner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of behavioral medicine (pp. 1176–1179). New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978–1–4419–1005–9_31

Hoppmann, C. A. & Gerstorf, D. (2013). Vitality. In M. D. Gellman & J. R. Turner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of behavioral medicine(pp. 2033–2036). New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978–1–4419–1005–9_74

Gerstorf, D. & Ram, N. (2012). Late–life: A venue for studying the mechanisms by which contextual factors influence individual development. In S. K. Whitbourne & M. J. Sliwinski (Eds.), The Wiley–Blackwell handbook of adulthood and aging (pp. 49–71). New York, NY: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118392966.ch3

Gerstorf, D. & Wagner, G. G. (2010). Lebenszufriedenheit am Ende des Lebens in Ost– und Westdeutschland: Die DDR wirft noch einen langen Schatten [Life satisfaction at the end of life in East– and West–Germany: East–Germany is casting a long shadow]. In I. Ostner & P. Krause (Eds.), Leben in Ost– und Westdeutschland: Eine sozialwissenschaftliche Bilanz der deutschen Einheit 1990–2010 [Living in East– and West–Germany: A Review of German Reunification 1990–2010 from a Social Science Perspective] (pp. 429–445). Berlin, Germany: Campus. (online available as SOEPpaper 320: https://ideas.repec.org/p/diw/diwsop/diw_sp320.html)

^★Kotter–Grühn, D., Kleinspehn–Ammerlahn, A., Hoppmann, C. A., Röcke, C, Rapp, M. A., Gerstorf, D. & Ghisletta, P. (2010). Veränderungen im hohen Alter: Zusammenfassung längsschnittlicher Befunde der Berliner Altersstudie [Change in old age: Overview of longitudinal results from the Berlin Aging Study]. In U. Lindenberger, J. Smith, K. U. Mayer, & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), Die Berliner Altersstudie [The Berlin Aging Study] (3rd ed., pp. 659–689). Berlin, Germany: Akademie Verlag. https://archive–ouverte.unige.ch/unige:86432

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Fauth, E., Schupp, J., & Wagner, G. G. (2009). Between–person disparities in the progression of late–life well–being. In T. C. Antonucci & J. S. Jackson (Eds.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics (Vol. 29, Life course perspectives on late–life health inequalities, pp. 205–232). New York, NY: Springer. (online available as SOEPpaper 200: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1422526)

Smith, J, Gerstorf, D., & Li, Q. (2008). Psychological resources for well–being among octogenarians, nonagenarians, and centenarians: Differential effects of age and selective mortality. In Z. Yi, D. L. Jr Poston, D. Vlosky, & D. Gu, (Eds.) Healthy longevity in China: Demographic, socioeconomic, and psychological dimensions (pp. 329–346). New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6752-5_20

Gerstorf, D., & Lindenberger, U. (2006). Vergessen [Forgetting]. In J. Funke & P. A. Frensch (Eds.), Handbuch der Psychologie [Handbook of Psychology], Vol. Allgemeine Psychologie: Kognition und Handlung [Vol. General psychology: Cognition and behavior] (pp. 371–378). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.

Smith, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2004). Aging differently: Potentials and limits. In S. O. Daatland & S. Biggs (Eds.), Ageing and diversity: Multiple pathways and cultural migrations (pp. 13–28). Bristol, UK: Policy Press.

Gerstorf, D. (2004). Heterogeneity and differential development in old age. A systemic–wholistic approach. Doctoral dissertation. Free University Berlin. https://refubium.fu–berlin.de/handle/fub188/1038

Manuscripts Under Review

Buchinger, L., Krämer, M. D., van Scheppingen, M., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). How a mismatch between actual and desired fertility relates to well-being across adulthood.

^★Cruz–Carrillo, Y., Infurna, F. J., ^★Dey, N. E. Y., Wettstein, M., Grimm, K. J., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). Birth cohort differences in midlife trajectories of self–rated health, chronic health conditions, and grip strength: A cross-national comparison of China, Europe, Mexico, South Korea, and the United States.

Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Koffer, R. E., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., Lindenberger, U., Gerstorf, D., & Kühn, S. (under review). Tree cover density predicts stressor reactivity in the daily lives of older adults.

Entringer, T. M., Buchinger, L., Heckhausen, J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). Historical changes in control belief trajectories.

Erhardt, J., Gerstorf, D., & Buchinger, L. (under review). Aging wealthy, aging well? How wealth predicts well-being in aging Germany.

Ghose, U., Park, R., Smith, J., Gerstorf, D., & Ram, N. (under review). Well–being trajectories and social resources during late-life transitioning to singlehood: A synthetic control study.

Haering, S., Dehnbostel, J., Laule, J., Schaeuffele, C., Engel, S., Knaevelsrud, C., Gerstorf, D., Stadler, G., & Buspavanich, P. (under review). Perceived discrimination and mental health in Germany: Increasing research attention over the past 20 years, but persistent gaps.

Huxhold, O., Klasen, L. Bünning, M., Gerstorf, D., & Kelle, N. (under review). Psychosocial trajectories in Germany across a decade of societal crises.

Infurna, F. J., ^★Dey, N. E. Y., Cruz-Carrillo, Y., Wettstein, M. Grimm, K. J., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). Associations of family policy and income inequality with loneliness in midlife: Cross-national evidence from the United States and Europe.

Koch, J., Buchinger, L., Brady, B., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Lindenberger, U., Ghisletta, P., Ram, N., Demuth, I., Vetter, V., Anstey, K. J., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). Health and psychosocial trajectories over nearly a decade as distal antecedents of awareness of age-related change in old age.

Kunzmann, U., Nestler, S., Katzorreck-Gierden, M., Gerstorf, D., & Wrosch, C. (under review). Age differences in emotion regulation choice and effectivity.

Kura, M., Müller, S., Drewelies, J., Kolodziejczak, K., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., Gerstorf, D., & Wagner, J. (under review). Interpersonal associations of neuroticism with helpfulness of support in older couples.

Lam, B., Mok, V., Brodaty, H., Cai, Y., Chee, M., Demuth, I., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Ebmeier, K., Gerstorf, D., Griffanti, L., Hui, V., Jiang, J., Kochan, N., Kühn, S., Leong, R., Lindenberger, U., Ng, E., Nichols, T, Nyberg, L., Sachdev, P., Suri, S., Wen, W., Zheng, H., Zhou, J., Ko, H., Johansen-Berg, H., & Salvan, P. (under review). Risk and protective factors of healthy cognitive ageing across diverse global cohorts and causal effect of education.

Levinsky, M., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Lindenberger, U., Demuth, I., Ghisletta, P., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D.(under review). Trajectories of social activity in old age: Separating between-person age and within-person aging effects.

Li, Y., Richter, D., Pasini, G., Gerstorf, D., Gross, A., Lee, J., & Nichols, E. (under review). Harmonization of cognitive performance measures across five European countries: Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5525479

Lu, Y., Ghose, U., Gerstorf, D., & Löckenhoff, C. E. (under review). Preceding health changes and self–continuity: Associations with average levels and temporal patterns.

Lu, Y., Law, K. F., Löckenhoff, C. E., Caruso, E. M., Hershfield, H., Young, L., Gerstorf, D., & Syropoulos, S. (under review). Re-examining the temporal doppler effect: The future appears closer than the past for self-continuity, but not for perceived temporal distance.

O’Súilleabháin, P. A., Butler, M., Alderson, J., Turiano, N., Miller, A., Luchetti, M., Willis, S. L., McGeehan, McMullan, B., Hülür, G.,  Sutin, A. R., Terracciano, A., Stephan, Y., M., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). Personality’s longevity tax: Income moderates the predictive effects of neuroticism facets on mortality risk across 20 years.

Park, R., Gerstorf, D., Drewelies, J., Eibich, P., Smith, J., Lindenberger, U., Hoppmann, C. A., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., & Ram, N. (under review). Tracking divergence of objective and subjective health across age and historical time.

Sanchez, J. F. Q., Düzel, S., Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Demuth, I., Lindenberger, U., & Kühn, S. (under review). Aging in the city: Linking neighborhood features with whole-brain structural and micro-structural changes during aging.

Suanet, B., Aartsen, M., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). An integrated psychosocial theory of loneliness: Bridging sociological and psychological perspectives across micro, meso, and macro levels.

Tetzner, J., Gerstorf, D., & Becker, M. (under review). Optimism and parenthood: Nonlinear effects of optimism on parents’ occupational and psychosocial outcomes.

Tschenett, H., Zambrano Garza, E., Pauly, T., Madden, K. M., Ashe, M. C., Murphy, R., Gerstorf, D., Linden, W., Nater, U. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (under review). Mindful awareness and stress associations among individuals post stroke and their partners: Findings from a daily diary study.

Vetter, V. M., Junge, M., Drevon, C. A., Gundersen, T. E., Homann, J., Lill, C., Lindenberger, U., Pawelec, G., Bertram, L., Gerstorf, D., & Demuth, I. (under review). Comparing fourteen consensus biomarkers of aging: Epigenetic pace of aging as the strongest predictor of mortality in BASE-II.

von Scheve, C., Gerstorf, D., Hutter, S., Koschut, S., Masch, L., Neumann, R.,& Schwander, H., & Specht, J. (under review). The interaction dynamics of social cohesion: A research perspective.

Wahl, H.-W., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). Psychological aging as a contextual process: Potential of cross-discipline collaborations. In D. Gerstorf & C. A. Hoppmann (Eds.), Handbook of the psychology of aging (10^th ed.). San Diego, CA: Elsevier.

Wahring, I. V., Gerstorf, D., & Nikitin, J. (under review). The dynamic interplay of merit and appreciation in love: Variations by gender, age, and relationship duration.

Wahring, I. V., Ghose, U., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). Relationship transitions and well-being in middle-aged and older men and women.

Weickmann, A., von Rössing, D. M. F., Bujard, M., Hülür, G., Hoppmann, C. A., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). Are conflict styles of young adult and middle-aged couples today any different than in the past?

Wettstein, M., Infurna, F. J., Cruz-Carrillo, Y., ^★Dey, N. E. Y., Grimm, K. J., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). Historical change in midlife episodic memory across nations: The mediating role of education, wealth, health conditions, and depressive symptoms.

Wettstein, M., Park, R., Hess, M., Mäcken, J., Wanka, A., Wurm, S., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). Old age is perceived to begin later: Cross-European differences and the role of macro-level factors.

Wettstein, M., Infurna, F. J., Chia, J., Cruz-Carrillo, Y., Dey, N. E. Y., Grimm, K. J., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (under review). Mediators of national differences in historical change of midlife sensory functioning: Education pathways are general, those of health and wealth are nation-specific.

Wieck, C., Lücke, A. J., Katzorreck, M., Gerstorf, D., Schilling, O., Wrzus, C., & Kunzmann, U. (under review). Negative emotions and empathic accuracy: Differential associations of anger, fear, and sadness.

Zambrano Garza, E., Choi, Y., Lee, J., Birthelmer, S., Wrosch, C., Rothermund, K., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (under review). Feeling young and old together: Daily subjective age in a dyadic context.

Books contracted

Hülür, G., Gerstorf, D., Willis, S. L., & Schaie, K. W. (contract signed, material submitted to publisher, publication planned for 2026). Developmental influences on adult intelligence: The Seattle Longitudinal Study (3^rd ed.). Oxford University Press.

Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (Eds.). (contract signed, publication planned for 2026). Handbook of the Psychology of Aging(10^th ed.). Elsevier.

Wahl, H. W., Schäfer, S., Brunner, R., & Gerstorf, D. (Eds.). (contract signed,  material submitted to publisher, publication planned for 2026). Frühe Risiko- und Schutzfaktoren menschlicher Entwicklung und ihre lebenslangen Auswirkungen. Ein Lehrbuch [Early risk and protective factors of human development and their lifelong effects. A textbook]. Kohlhammer.