Works (23)

Updated: April 15th, 2024 05:54

2024 article

Availability and Perceived Importance of High-Impact Practices for Psychology Graduate Program Admission

Kotter-Gruhn, D., & Gruhn, D. (2024, March 1). TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 3.

author keywords: graduate admission; graduate program application; high-impact practices
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: March 1, 2024

2021 journal article

The role of university students' wellness in links between homelessness, food insecurity, and academic success

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DISTRESS AND THE HOMELESS, 30(1), 59–65.

By: M. Haskett n, S. Majumder n, D. Kotter-Gruhn n & I. Gutierrez n

author keywords: Student homelessness; food insecurity; well-being; sleep; GPA
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
1. No Poverty (Web of Science)
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 23, 2020

2020 chapter

Dialogue on subjective aging

In M. Diehl & H. W. Wahl (Eds.), The psychology of later life: A contextual perspective. APA.

By: D. Kotter-Grühn

Contributors: D. Kotter-Gruehn

Ed(s): M. Diehl & H. Wahl

Source: ORCID
Added: September 24, 2023

2020 journal article

Prevalence and Correlates of Food Insecurity and Homelessness Among University Students

JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT, 61(1), 109–114.

By: M. Haskett*, D. Kotter-Gruhn & S. Majumder*

Contributors: M. Haskett*, D. Kotter-Grühn & S. Majumder*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
1. No Poverty (Web of Science)
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: February 17, 2020

2017 journal article

The Combined Effects of Daily Stressors and Major Life Events on Daily Subjective Ages

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 72(4), 613–621.

author keywords: Affect; Control; Daily stressors; Stressful life events; Subjective age
MeSH headings : Affect; Aged; Aging / psychology; Behavioral Research; Female; Humans; Life Change Events; Male; Middle Aged; Self Concept; Self-Assessment; Self-Control / psychology; Stress, Psychological / psychology
TL;DR: On the daily level, the relationship between stressors and felt age is mediated by negative affect but not by control and positive affect, suggesting the need to consider the broader contextual picture of stressors, as well as their differential impact on multiple indicators of subjective age. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Looking Beyond Chronological Age: Current Knowledge and Future Directions in the Study of Subjective Age

Gerontology, 62(1), 86–93.

TL;DR: This article briefly summarizes and critically evaluates the empirical evidence on subjective age and makes suggestions on how to address and potentially overcome currently existing theoretical, methodological, and psychometric challenges. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: September 24, 2023

2015 chapter

Changing negative views of aging: Implications for intervention and translational research

In Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Vol. 35, pp. 167–186).

Contributors: D. Kotter-Grühn*

TL;DR: This chapter discusses potential routes for changing negative (self-)views of aging and the challenges that are inherent to such efforts, such as determining and reaching the target groups for intervention programs. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: September 24, 2023

2015 journal article

Feeling old today? Daily health, stressors, and affect explain day-to-day variability in subjective age

Psychology & Health, 30(12), 1470–1485.

author keywords: subjective age; intra-individual variability; health; affect; stressors
MeSH headings : Affect; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging / psychology; Emotions; Female; Health Status; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Stress, Psychological; Surveys and Questionnaires
TL;DR: Bad health, many stressors, and negative affective experiences constitute circumstances under which older adults feel older than they typically do, and daily measures of subjective age could be markers of health and well-being. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 encyclopedia entry

The aging self

In S. K. Whitbourne (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging.

By: D. Kotter-Grühn

Contributors: D. Kotter-Gruehn

Ed(s): S. Whitbourne

Source: ORCID
Added: September 24, 2023

2014 encyclopedia entry

Objective and subjective nearness to death

In A. C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (pp. 4420–4424). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

By: D. Kotter-Grühn

Contributors: D. Kotter-Gruehn

Ed(s): A. Michalos

Source: ORCID
Added: September 24, 2023

2013 journal article

"Feeling Younger, Being Stronger": An Experimental Study of Subjective Age and Physical Functioning Among Older Adults

JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, 68(1), 1–7.

By: Y. Stephan*, A. Chalabaev*, D. Kotter-Gruehn & A. Jaconelli*

Contributors: Y. Stephan*, A. Chalabaev*, D. Kotter-Grühn n & A. Jaconelli*

author keywords: Physical function; Social comparison; Subjective age
MeSH headings : Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging / physiology; Aging / psychology; Exercise Test / methods; Exercise Test / psychology; Female; Hand Strength / physiology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests; Social Perception; Surveys and Questionnaires
TL;DR: It is shown that redirecting older adults' attention to downward social comparison with same-aged peers is a promising strategy to maintain a sense of feeling younger, and provides an initial positive answer to the question of whether feeling younger translates into better physical functioning. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Die Berliner Altersstudie (BASE): Kognitive Entwicklung im Alter [The Berlin Aging Study: Cognitive development in old age]

News & Science: Begabtenförderung Und Begabtenforschung, 31, 4–9.

By: J. Delius

Contributors: D. Kotter-Gruehn

Source: ORCID
Added: September 24, 2023

2012 journal article

So you think you look young? Matching older adults' subjective ages with age estimations provided by younger, middle-aged, and older adults

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT, 36(6), 468–475.

By: D. Kotter-Gruehn & T. Hess n

author keywords: age estimation accuracy; age stereotypes; attractiveness stereotype; subjective age
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

The Impact of Age Stereotypes on Self-perceptions of Aging Across the Adult Lifespan

JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, 67(5), 563–571.

By: D. Koher-Gruehn & T. Hess n

Contributors: D. Kotter-Grühn n & T. Hess n

author keywords: Age stereotypes; Aging satisfaction; Labeling theory; Resilience theory; Self-perceptions of aging; Social comparison; Subjective age
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging / psychology; Attitude to Health; Cues; Female; Humans; Individuality; Male; Middle Aged; Prejudice; Quality of Life / psychology; Self Concept; Stereotyping; Young Adult
TL;DR: Most of the results can be interpreted in terms of assimilation effects, suggesting that individuals integrate stereotypical information into their self-evaluations of age(ing) when confronted with stereotypes. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Social Knowledge and Goal-Based Influences on Social Information Processing in Adulthood

PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING, 26(4), 792–802.

By: T. Hess n & D. Kotter-Gruehn

Contributors: T. Hess n & D. Kotter-Grühn n

author keywords: aging; social cognition; goals; socioemotional selectivity; social judgments
MeSH headings : Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aging / psychology; Analysis of Variance; Choice Behavior; Emotional Intelligence; Female; Goals; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Judgment; Male; Memory; Middle Aged; Morals; Social Desirability; Social Perception; Young Adult
TL;DR: Older adults' judgments were more consistently influenced by their attributions of traits that would likely impact the affective outcomes associated with interpersonal interactions, demonstrating the interaction between social knowledge, situational social goals, and chronic socioemotional goals in determining age differences in social information processing. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

When Time Is Running Out: Changes in Positive Future Perception and Their Relationships to Changes in Well-Being in Old Age

PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING, 26(2), 381–387.

By: D. Kotter-Gruehn & J. Smith*

Contributors: D. Kotter-Grühn n & J. Smith*

author keywords: future perception; future orientation; optimism; Berlin Aging Study; well-being paradox
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Psychological; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging / psychology; Berlin; Humans; Interview, Psychological; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Perception; Personality; Time Factors
TL;DR: Using longitudinal data from the Berlin Aging Study, the authors examined whether future orientation and optimism change in older adults (70-104 years) and whether changes in future perception precede changes in well-being. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Discrete affects across the adult lifespan: Evidence for multidimensionality and multidirectionality of affective experiences in young, middle-aged and older adults

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY, 44(4), 492–500.

By: D. Gruehn, D. Kotter-Gruehn & C. Roecke

author keywords: Positive affect; Negative affect; Discrete affect; Age differences; PANAS-X
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Predicting one's own death: the relationship between subjective and objective nearness to death in very old age

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING, 7(4), 293–300.

By: D. Kotter-Gruehn, D. Gruehn & J. Smith*

Contributors: D. Kotter-Grühn n, D. Grühn n & J. Smith*

author keywords: Subjective nearness to death; Future time perspective; Berlin aging study; Mortality
TL;DR: Examination of the predictive and time–dynamic relationship between subjective and objective nearness to death using 16-year longitudinal data from the Berlin Aging Study indicated that very old adults seem to have quite accurate perceptions of their nears to death. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 chapter

Veränderungen im hohen Alter: Zusammenfassung längsschnittlicher Befunde der Berliner Altersstudie [Changes in old age: Summary of longitudinal results from the Berlin Aging Study]

In U. Lindenberger, J. Smith, K. U. Mayer, & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), Die Berliner Altersstudie (3rd edition) (3rd ed., pp. 659–689). Berlin: Akademie Verlag.

By: D. Kotter-Grühn

Contributors: D. Kotter-Gruehn

Ed(s): U. Lindenberger, J. Smith, K. Mayer & P. Baltes

Source: ORCID
Added: September 24, 2023

2009 journal article

Developmental Emergence and Functionality of Sehnsucht (Life Longings): The Sample Case of Involuntary Childlessness in Middle-Aged Women

PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING, 24(3), 634–644.

By: D. Kotter-Gruehn, S. Scheibe, F. Blanchard-Fields & P. Baltes

Contributors: D. Kotter-Grühn, S. Scheibe, F. Blanchard-Fields & P. Baltes

author keywords: Sehnsucht; life longings; goals; life-span psychology; self-regulation
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Affect; Age Factors; Defense Mechanisms; Emotions; Female; Goals; Humans; Imagination; Infertility, Female / psychology; Menopause / psychology; Middle Aged; Models, Psychological; Motivation; Surveys and Questionnaires
TL;DR: The pursuit of the wish for children as a life longing was positively related to well-being only when participants had high control over the experience of this life longing and when other self-regulation strategies (goal adjustment) failed. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
5. Gender Equality (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

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.

By: D. Kotter-Gruehn, A. Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, D. Gerstorf & J. Smith

Contributors: D. Kotter-Grühn, A. Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, D. Gerstorf & J. Smith

author keywords: self-perceptions of aging; aging satisfaction; subjective age; well-being; mortality
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Psychological; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging / psychology; Attitude to Death; Female; Humans; Individuality; Longevity; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Personal Satisfaction; Self Concept; Statistics as Topic; Survival Analysis
TL;DR: It is found that it is not only higher aging satisfaction and younger subjective age but also more favorable change patterns (e.g., less decline in aging satisfaction) that are uniquely associated with lower mortality hazards. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

What is it we are longing for? Psychological and demographic factors influencing the contents of Sehnsucht (life longings)

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY, 43(3), 428–437.

By: D. Kotter-Gruehn, M. Wiest*, P. Zurek* & S. Scheibe*

Contributors: D. Kotter-Grühn*, M. Wiest*, P. Zurek* & S. Scheibe*

author keywords: Sehnsucht; Life longings; Self-regulation; Lifespan psychology
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Self-perceptions of aging: Do subjective age and satisfaction with aging change during old age?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 63(6).

By: A. Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, D. Kotter-Grühn & J. Smith

Contributors: A. Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, D. Kotter-Grühn & J. Smith

TL;DR: A differential pattern of individual differences in change appeared for the three dimensions: Age contributed to a greater decline in aging satisfaction but an increase in the discrepancy of felt age, and a higher number of illnesses at baseline attenuated change in felt age discrepancy. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: September 24, 2023

Employment

Updated: May 30th, 2023 13:49

North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Associate Teaching Professor & Director of Advising Psychology

Education

Updated: April 17th, 2015 08:59

Technische Universitat Dresden Dresden, Sachsen, DE
Diplom (B.S., M.S.) Psychology

Freie Universitat Berlin Berlin, Berlin, DE
Dr. phil. (Ph.D.) Psychology

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