@article{kotter-gruhn_gruhn_2024, title={Availability and Perceived Importance of High-Impact Practices for Psychology Graduate Program Admission}, volume={3}, ISSN={["1532-8023"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283241235667}, DOI={10.1177/00986283241235667}, abstractNote={ Background: Participation in high-impact practices (HIPs) is related to student success and development. Less is known about whether HIPs can increase students’ chances of getting into graduate school in psychology. High-impact practice participation might be one strategy for students to stand out in the competitive graduate school admission process. Objective: We examined (a) the perceived availability of HIPs and (b) the perceived role that HIP participation plays in psychology graduate program admission success. Method: A total of 81 U.S. psychology professors who are involved in graduate program admission decisions rated the availability, importance, and influence of HIPs and non-HIPs (e.g., GPA) on psychology graduate program admission success. Results: Many HIPs are widely available. Of all HIPs, only undergraduate research was rated as very important and strongly increases admission chances. Participation in honors, writing-intensive courses, and applied experiences slightly increased admission chances. Conclusion: Research continues to be the most beneficial HIP when applying to graduate programs in psychology. Non-HIPs (e.g., grades, letters of recommendation) are more important in graduate program admission than most HIPs. Teaching Implications: Students, academic advisors, and faculty mentors can use the results of this study to align students’ HIP participation with postgraduation goals. }, journal={TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY}, author={Kotter-Gruhn, Dana and Gruhn, Daniel}, year={2024}, month={Mar} }
 @article{haskett_majumder_kotter-gruhn_gutierrez_2021, title={The role of university students' wellness in links between homelessness, food insecurity, and academic success}, volume={30}, ISSN={["1573-658X"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2020.1733815}, DOI={10.1080/10530789.2020.1733815}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT In recent years there has been a steep increase in attention among higher education professionals to the prevalence of unmet basic needs among college students. There is also growing acknowledgement that food insecurity and homelessness among students is associated with incredible distress and a host of negative consequences for students’ success. Understanding the mechanisms that link basic needs insecurity to academic success could identify critical points of intervention to ensure educational equity among students. Our aim was to determine whether university students’ wellness mediated the association between unmet basic needs (i.e. homelessness and food insecurity) and academic success. Of the 1,330 students at a large southeastern U.S. university who completed an online survey (28% response rate), 15.49% were food insecure and 9.47% had been homeless in the past 12 months. Results of multinomial logistic regression analyses indicated that psychological well-being and sleep mediated the link between food security and GPA. Homelessness was not associated with GPA, so mediation was not examined. Implications for addressing homelessness and food insecurity among college students are offered.}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DISTRESS AND THE HOMELESS}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Haskett, Mary E. and Majumder, Suman and Kotter-Gruhn, Dana and Gutierrez, Indira}, year={2021}, month={Jan}, pages={59–65} }
 @inbook{kotter-grühn_2020, title={Dialogue on subjective aging}, booktitle={The psychology of later life: A contextual perspective}, publisher={APA}, author={Kotter-Grühn, D.}, editor={Diehl, M. and Wahl, H.W.Editors}, year={2020} }
 @article{haskett_kotter-gruhn_majumder_2020, title={Prevalence and Correlates of Food Insecurity and Homelessness Among University Students}, volume={61}, ISSN={["1543-3382"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079158854&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1353/csd.2020.0007}, abstractNote={Prevalence and Correlates of Food Insecurity and Homelessness Among University Students Mary E. Haskett (bio), Dana Kotter-Grühn (bio), and Suman Majumder (bio) Recently, there has been a steep increase in attention to insecurity among college students for basic needs (e.g., Miles, McBeath, Brockett, & Sorenson, 2017; Morris, Smith, Davis, & Null, 2016); however, published research on student food insecurity and housing insecurity remains sparse. It is critical to understand the prevalence of these challenges because they are associated with mental health functioning, academic success, and graduation rates (see Goldrick-Rab, Richardson, Schneider, Hernandez, & Cady, 2018). Prior studies (Miles et al., 2017; Tsui et al., 2011) point to high co-occurrence of food insecurity and homelessness, so the intersection of these challenges should be explored. To prevent basic needs insecurity and offer appropriate support for those who are affected, we must understand correlates of college food insecurity and student homelessness. Thus, the purpose of this investigation was to answer questions of prevalence, co-occurrence, and correlates of food insecurity and homelessness. A novel feature of this study was our examination of the degree to which cumulative marginalized/ minoritized characteristics predicted food insecurity and homelessness. Cumulative risk models, in which risks that tend to cluster together are equally weighted, are widely used in developmental psychology and have advantages over studies of single predictors of outcomes (Ashworth & Humphrey, 2019; Evans, Li, & Whipple, 2013); to date, such models have not been applied to studies of student food insecurity or student homelessness, even though predictors tend to be correlated (Crutchfield & McGuire, 2019). METHOD The research office at our large public university in the Southeastern US randomly selected 7,000 students; 1,923 completed our online survey (27.5% response, much higher [End Page 109] than most prior studies). They represented the student body in race (4.7% African American; 5.3% biracial or multiracial; 14.9% Asian; 71.3% White; 3.8% other), ethnicity (6.0% Hispanic), and degree sought (71.0% undergraduate, 27.8% graduate, 1.1% associate's). Mean age was 21.74 years (SD = 4.4; 17—61 years). The vast majority, 94.7%, were enrolled full time. The sample slightly overrepresented women, 51.3% compared to the university population with 45.6%; 39.6% were men; and the remainder used a different term when asked about their gender identity (e.g., genderfluid, transMale). Most, 78.8%, considered themselves to be heterosexual, 9.0% did not reply to the item, 5.7% were bisexual, 2.7% were gay/lesbian, and the remainder were asexual, questioning, or used a different term. An e-mail invitation to voluntarily complete the online survey was sent to the 7,000 students in Fall 2017. The survey was a modification of the one developed by the California State University system (Crutchfield & Maguire, 2017) and the Hope Center (Goldrick-Rab, Richardson, & Kinsley, 2017). Our IRB approved the study. To measure food insecurity, the USDA Household/Individual Food Security Survey Module (FSSM) 10-item version was used with a 30-day time frame (Bickel, Nord, Price, Hamilton, & Cook, 2000). Two of the 10 questions asked participants to report the number of days various food situations occurred in the past 30 days. The response format might have been confusing, because almost no participant answered those 2 questions; therefore, we adjusted the coding for the 10-item survey using a conservative approach to defining very low food security. Those who provided affirmative responses to none (0) of the FSSM items were food secure, participants with scores of 1—2 were marginally food secure, those with scores of 3—5 were low food secure, and those with scores of 6—8 were very low food secure. We generated a food insecurity variable by combining students who were low food secure or very low food secure. The U.S. Department of Education (2016) definition of homelessness includes individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. To assess homelessness using this definition, we asked students to indicate all the places they had stayed in the past 12 months, with 9 items indicative of homelessness (e.g., at a shelter, temporarily staying with friends, outdoor location). The items were recommended by Crutchfield...}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT}, author={Haskett, Mary E. and Kotter-Gruhn, Dana and Majumder, Suman}, year={2020}, pages={109–114} }
 @article{bellingtier_neupert_kotter-grühn_2017, title={The Combined Effects of Daily Stressors and Major Life Events on Daily Subjective Ages}, volume={72}, ISSN={1079-5014 1758-5368}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbv101}, DOI={10.1093/geronb/gbv101}, abstractNote={Objectives
Stressors may be a contributing factor in determining how old an individual feels, looks, or would like to be. Currently, little research has been devoted to understanding the relationship between stressors and subjective age in older adults. We focus on the combined impact of major life-event stressors and daily stressors on multiple indicators of subjective age: felt age, ideal age, and look age. Furthermore, we examine the process by which daily stressors relate to subjective ages by testing whether positive affect, control, and negative affect mediate this relationship.


Method
Using a daily-diary design, the current study measured older adults' (60-96 years old) stressors, subjective ages, personal control, and affect.


Results
Felt, ideal, and look ages each demonstrated a unique pattern of interactions between daily stressors and major life-event stressors. Furthermore, our findings suggest that on the daily level, the relationship between stressors and felt age is mediated by negative affect but not by control and positive affect.


Discussion
Findings indicate the need to consider the broader contextual picture of stressors, as well as their differential impact on multiple indicators of subjective age.}, number={4}, journal={The Journals of Gerontology: Series B}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Bellingtier, Jennifer A. and Neupert, Shevaun D. and Kotter-Grühn, Dana}, year={2017}, month={Jul}, pages={613–621} }
 @article{kotter-grühn_kornadt_stephan_2016, title={Looking Beyond Chronological Age: Current Knowledge and Future Directions in the Study of Subjective Age}, volume={62}, url={https://doi.org/10.1159/000438671}, DOI={10.1159/000438671}, abstractNote={The notion of the heterogeneity of aging goes along with the awareness that every person experiences aging differently. Over the past years, scholars have emphasized that the assessment of these subjective experiences of aging contributes to our understanding of a range of psychological and physiological processes and outcomes among older adults. One construct frequently used in this context is subjective age, that is, how old or young a person feels. Subjective age has been shown to be an important correlate as well as a predictor of markers of successful aging such as well-being, health, and longevity. However, less is known about the antecedents of subjective age and the mechanisms underlying the relationship between feeling younger and positive developmental outcomes. This article briefly summarizes and critically evaluates the empirical evidence on this topic and makes suggestions on how to address and potentially overcome currently existing theoretical, methodological, and psychometric challenges. Based on the discussion of these challenges, the paper provides directions for future research by outlining underexplored topics such as intraindividual variability and determinants of subjective age, the match between objective age indicators and subjective age, and how subjective age maps on behavior and functioning.}, number={1}, journal={Gerontology}, publisher={S. Karger AG}, author={Kotter-Grühn, Dana and Kornadt, Anna E. and Stephan, Yannick}, year={2016}, pages={86–93} }
 @inbook{kotter-grühn_2015, title={Changing negative views of aging: Implications for intervention and translational research}, volume={35}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978105266&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1891/0198-8794.35.167}, number={1}, booktitle={Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics}, author={Kotter-Grühn, D.}, year={2015}, pages={167–186} }
 @article{kotter-grühn_neupert_stephan_2015, title={Feeling old today? Daily health, stressors, and affect explain day-to-day variability in subjective age}, volume={30}, ISSN={0887-0446 1476-8321}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2015.1061130}, DOI={10.1080/08870446.2015.1061130}, abstractNote={Objectives: Subjective age is an important correlate of health, well-being, and longevity. So far, little is known about short-term variability in subjective age and the circumstances under which individuals feel younger/older in daily life. This study examined whether (a) older adults’ felt age fluctuates on a day-to-day basis, (b) daily changes in health, stressors, and affect explain fluctuations in felt age, and (c) the daily associations between felt age and health, stressors, or affect are time-ordered. Method: Using an eight-day daily diary approach, N = 43 adults (60–96 years, M = 74.65, SD = 8.19) filled out daily questionnaires assessing subjective age, health, daily stressors, and affect. Data were analysed using multilevel modelling. Main outcome measures: Subjective age, health, daily stressors, affect. Results: Intra-individual variability in felt age was not explained by time but by short-term variability in other variables. Specifically, on days when participants experienced more than average health problems, stress, or negative affect they felt older than on days with average health, stress, or negative affect. No time-ordered effects were found. Conclusion: Bad health, many stressors, and negative affective experiences constitute circumstances under which older adults feel older than they typically do. Thus, daily measures of subjective age could be markers of health and well-being.}, number={12}, journal={Psychology & Health}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Kotter-Grühn, Dana and Neupert, Shevaun D. and Stephan, Yannick}, year={2015}, month={Jul}, pages={1470–1485} }
 @misc{kotter-grühn_2015, title={The aging self}, journal={Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging}, author={Kotter-Grühn, D.}, editor={Whitbourne, S.KrausEditor}, year={2015} }
 @misc{kotter-grühn_2014, place={Dordrecht, Netherlands}, title={Objective and subjective nearness to death}, journal={Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research}, publisher={Springer}, author={Kotter-Grühn, D.}, editor={Michalos, A.C.Editor}, year={2014}, pages={4420–4424} }
 @article{stephan_chalabaev_kotter-gruehn_jaconelli_2013, title={"Feeling Younger, Being Stronger": An Experimental Study of Subjective Age and Physical Functioning Among Older Adults}, volume={68}, ISSN={["1758-5368"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871767936&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1093/geronb/gbs037}, abstractNote={OBJECTIVES
The present study is an attempt to experimentally induce a younger subjective age among older adults and to test whether they show better physical functioning when they are induced to feel younger.


METHOD
Participants were 49 older adults aged between 52 and 91 years. Following an initial measure of handgrip performance as an indicator of physical functioning, participants in the experimental condition received positive feedback regarding their performance compared with their same-aged peers, whereas participants in the control condition did not receive any information. Participants in both groups then completed a second handgrip measure. Subjective age was assessed before the initial handgrip task and after the experimental manipulation.


RESULTS
Participants in the experimental group felt younger than their age and showed a significant increase in grip strength, whereas no changes in subjective age and grip strength were observed in the control condition.


DISCUSSION
This study is among the first to induce a younger subjective age. It supports the notion that redirecting older adults' attention to downward social comparison with same-aged peers is a promising strategy to maintain a sense of feeling younger. In addition, our results provide an initial positive answer to the question of whether feeling younger translates into better physical functioning.}, number={1}, journal={JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES}, author={Stephan, Yannick and Chalabaev, Aina and Kotter-Gruehn, Dana and Jaconelli, Alban}, year={2013}, month={Jan}, pages={1–7} }
 @article{delius_2012, title={Die Berliner Altersstudie (BASE): Kognitive Entwicklung im Alter [The Berlin Aging Study: Cognitive development in old age]}, volume={31}, journal={News & Science: Begabtenförderung und Begabtenforschung}, author={Delius, J. A. M.}, year={2012}, pages={4–9} }
 @article{kotter-gruehn_hess_2012, title={So you think you look young? Matching older adults' subjective ages with age estimations provided by younger, middle-aged, and older adults}, volume={36}, ISSN={["1464-0651"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84868149886&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1177/0165025412454029}, abstractNote={ Perceived age plays an important role in the context of age identity and social interactions. To examine how accurate individuals are in estimating how old they look and how old others are, younger, middle-aged, and older adults rated photographs of older target persons (for whom we had information about objective and subjective age) in terms of age and other characteristics. Whereas the older targets had quite accurate perceptions of how old they look, the raters’ age estimations for those targets were rather inaccurate. Older raters and those with frequent contact with older adults provided the most accurate age estimations. Targets that were rated more favorably with respect to attractiveness or fitness were perceived as younger than those with negative ratings. }, number={6}, journal={INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT}, author={Kotter-Gruehn, Dana and Hess, Thomas M.}, year={2012}, month={Nov}, pages={468–475} }
 @article{koher-gruehn_hess_2012, title={The Impact of Age Stereotypes on Self-perceptions of Aging Across the Adult Lifespan}, volume={67}, ISSN={["1758-5368"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866368572&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1093/geronb/gbr153}, abstractNote={OBJECTIVES
Individuals' perceptions of their own age(ing) are important correlates of well-being and health. The goals of the present study were to (a) examine indicators of self-perceptions of aging across adulthood and (b) experimentally test whether age stereotypes influence self-perceptions of aging.


METHOD
Adults 18-92 years of age were presented with positive, negative, or no age stereotypes. Before and after the stereotype activation, aging satisfaction and subjective age were measured.


RESULTS
The activation of positive age stereotypes did not positively influence self-perceptions of aging. Quite the contrary, priming middle-aged and older adults in good health with positive age stereotypes made them feel older. After the activation of negative age stereotypes, older adults in good health felt older and those in bad health wanted to be younger than before the priming. Even younger and middle-aged adults reported younger desired ages after the negative age stereotype priming. Persons in bad health also thought they looked older after being primed with negative age stereotypes.


DISCUSSION
Taken together, although we find some support for contrast effects, most of our 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.}, number={5}, journal={JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES}, author={Koher-Gruehn, Dana and Hess, Thomas M.}, year={2012}, month={Sep}, pages={563–571} }
 @article{hess_kotter-gruehn_2011, title={Social Knowledge and Goal-Based Influences on Social Information Processing in Adulthood}, volume={26}, ISSN={["0882-7974"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-82955186303&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1037/a0023775}, abstractNote={Effective social functioning is reflected in the ability to accurately characterize other people and then use this information in the service of social goals. To examine this type of social functioning, the authors conducted two studies that investigated potential influences of social experience and chronic socioemotional goals on adults' social judgments in an impression formation task. In line with a social expertise framework, middle-aged and older adults were more sensitive to trait-diagnostic behavioral information than were younger adults. Relative to younger adults, older adults paid more attention to negative than to positive information when it related to morality traits. Increasing the salience of the social context, and presumably activating socioemotional goals, did not alter this pattern of performance. In contrast, when more global social evaluations were examined (e.g., suitability as a social partner), older adults were less likely than younger or middle-aged adults to adjust their evaluations in response to situational goals. Consistent with a heightened focus on socioemotional goals, older adults' judgments were more consistently influenced by their attributions of traits that would likely impact the affective outcomes associated with interpersonal interactions. The results demonstrate the interaction between social knowledge, situational social goals, and chronic socioemotional goals in determining age differences in social information processing.}, number={4}, journal={PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING}, author={Hess, Thomas M. and Kotter-Gruehn, Dana}, year={2011}, month={Dec}, pages={792–802} }
 @article{kotter-gruehn_smith_2011, title={When Time Is Running Out: Changes in Positive Future Perception and Their Relationships to Changes in Well-Being in Old Age}, volume={26}, ISSN={["0882-7974"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959289334&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1037/a0022223}, abstractNote={How optimistically individuals view their future and what they expect from it has often been studied in younger adults. Less attention has been paid to future perceptions in older adults whose future is temporally limited. 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. With advancing age participants reported fewer future plans and less optimism. Those changes were related to changes in well-being with partial support for a lead-lag relationship.}, number={2}, journal={PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING}, author={Kotter-Gruehn, Dana and Smith, Jacqui}, year={2011}, month={Jun}, pages={381–387} }
 @article{gruehn_kotter-gruehn_roecke_2010, title={Discrete affects across the adult lifespan: Evidence for multidimensionality and multidirectionality of affective experiences in young, middle-aged and older adults}, volume={44}, ISSN={["1095-7251"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955171092&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1016/j.jrp.2010.06.003}, abstractNote={Research on emotional functioning in adulthood has focused primarily on positive and negative affect rather than on discrete emotions. To close this gap, 948 adults aged 18–78 years reported their affect on a German version of the Positive Affect Negative Affect Schedule – Extended (PANAS-X). Besides positive and negative affect, the scale assessed discrete negative affects (fear, hostility, guilt, sadness), discrete positive affects (joviality, self-assurance, attentiveness), and other affective states (shyness, fatigue, serenity, surprise). Findings showed divergent shapes across the adult lifespan documenting multidimensionality and multidirectionality. Personality factors explained a large portion of interindividual differences in discrete affects; however, after controlling for sociodemographic and personality factors, age showed still significant associations to some but not all discrete affects.}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY}, author={Gruehn, Daniel and Kotter-Gruehn, Dana and Roecke, Christina}, year={2010}, month={Aug}, pages={492–500} }
 @article{kotter-gruehn_gruehn_smith_2010, title={Predicting one's own death: the relationship between subjective and objective nearness to death in very old age}, volume={7}, ISSN={["1613-9380"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78649919205&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1007/s10433-010-0165-1}, abstractNote={Previous research found that the perception of a limited remaining lifetime is related to goal setting, social network composition, attitudes, and behavior. However, to better understand those findings, it is important to know if this subjective perception of being close to death corresponds with the time a person actually survives. The aim of the present study was to examine the predictive and time-dynamic relationship between subjective and objective nearness to death using 16-year longitudinal data from the Berlin Aging Study (Baltes and Mayer 1999; N = 516 older adults between 70 and 104 years). Older adults who felt close to death at the first measurement occasion were more likely to die over the following 16 years than persons who did not report feeling close to dying. Results of multilevel analyses revealed that there was a time-dynamic relationship such that subjective nearness to death increased as a function of objective nearness to death. Our results indicate that very old adults seem to have quite accurate perceptions of their nearness to death.}, number={4}, journal={EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING}, author={Kotter-Gruehn, Dana and Gruehn, Daniel and Smith, Jacqui}, year={2010}, month={Dec}, pages={293–300} }
 @inbook{kotter-grühn_2010, place={Berlin}, edition={3rd}, title={Veränderungen im hohen Alter: Zusammenfassung längsschnittlicher Befunde der Berliner Altersstudie [Changes in old age: Summary of longitudinal results from the Berlin Aging Study]}, booktitle={Die Berliner Altersstudie (3rd edition)}, publisher={Akademie Verlag}, author={Kotter-Grühn, D.}, editor={Lindenberger, U. and Smith, J. and Mayer, K.U. and Baltes, P.B.Editors}, year={2010}, pages={659–689} }
 @article{kotter-gruehn_scheibe_blanchard-fields_baltes_2009, title={Developmental Emergence and Functionality of Sehnsucht (Life Longings): The Sample Case of Involuntary Childlessness in Middle-Aged Women}, volume={24}, ISSN={["1939-1498"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349281848&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1037/a0016359}, abstractNote={Sehnsucht (life longings), the intense desire for optimal (utopian) states of life that are remote or unattainable, was recently introduced into life-span psychology as a concept of self-regulation (P. B. Baltes, 2008; S. Scheibe, A. M. Freund, & P. B. Baltes, 2007). The authors propose that as a compensatory strategy to deal with nonrealizability and loss, life longings may develop out of blocked goals. Individuals would cease to invest behavioral effort into its attainment and instead maintain the goal target in imagination. In a sample of 168 middle-aged childless women, the present study investigated the circumstances under which the wish for children emerges as a goal or life longing and whether the representation of the wish for children as a life longing is beneficial for well-being. The wish for children was expressed as a goal when participants rated this wish as currently intense and attainable. In contrast, it was expressed as a life longing when participants rated it as highly intense and long-standing. 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.}, number={3}, journal={PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING}, author={Kotter-Gruehn, Dana and Scheibe, Susanne and Blanchard-Fields, Fredda and Baltes, Paul B.}, year={2009}, month={Sep}, pages={634–644} }
 @article{kotter-gruehn_kleinspehn-ammerlahn_gerstorf_smith_2009, title={Self-Perceptions of Aging Predict Mortality and Change With Approaching Death: 16-Year Longitudinal Results From the Berlin Aging Study}, volume={24}, ISSN={["1939-1498"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349294020&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1037/a0016510}, abstractNote={Satisfaction with one's own aging and feeling young are indicators of positive well-being in late life. Using 16-year longitudinal data from participants of the Berlin Aging Study (P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer, 1999; N = 439; 70- to 100-year-olds), the authors examined whether and how these self-perceptions of aging change with age and how such changes relate to distance from death. Extending previous studies, they 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. These effects are robust after controls for objective measures such as age, gender, socioeconomic status, diagnosis of dementia, or number of illnesses. As individuals approach death, they become less satisfied with their aging and report feeling older. For aging satisfaction, mortality-related decline is much steeper than age-related decline, whereas change in subjective age is best characterized as an age-related process. The authors discuss how self-perceptions of aging are embedded in mechanisms underlying pathways of dying late in life.}, number={3}, journal={PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING}, author={Kotter-Gruehn, Dana and Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, Anna and Gerstorf, Denis and Smith, Jacqui}, year={2009}, month={Sep}, pages={654–667} }
 @article{kotter-gruehn_wiest_zurek_scheibe_2009, title={What is it we are longing for? Psychological and demographic factors influencing the contents of Sehnsucht (life longings)}, volume={43}, ISSN={["1095-7251"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-64949086973&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1016/j.jrp.2009.01.012}, abstractNote={Life longings (Sehnsucht) – defined as intense desires for ideal states of life that are remote or unattainable – reflect individuals’ search for happiness and meaning and their struggle to cope with losses and unrealizable wishes. What do people think will make them feel happy? Do the sources of happiness and meaning change across adulthood, or differ by gender and education? In six studies, 1316 participants aged 18–81 years listed their most important life longings. Raters coded these into one of 12 life domains. Most life longings evolved around family, partnership, and personal characteristics. Strong desire for change increased the likelihood of mentioning life longings in some domains. Theory-consistent differences emerged between age groups, men and women, and less and more educated persons.}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY}, author={Kotter-Gruehn, Dana and Wiest, Maja and Zurek, Peter Paul and Scheibe, Susanne}, year={2009}, month={Jun}, pages={428–437} }
 @article{kleinspehn-ammerlahn_kotter-grühn_smith_2008, title={Self-perceptions of aging: Do subjective age and satisfaction with aging change during old age?}, volume={63}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-57749177947&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1093/geronb/63.6.P377}, abstractNote={The present study examined time-related change in felt age, physical age, and satisfaction with aging in old age and covariates of this change. Using 6-year-longitudinal data from the Berlin Aging Study (age range = 70-104 years), we found that individuals' felt age remained on average about 13 years below their actual age over time, whereas they reported a decreasing discrepancy between physical and actual age and a decrease in aging satisfaction over time. After we controlled for level differences, 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. A higher number of illnesses at baseline attenuated change in felt age discrepancy. Future research on change of self-perceptions of aging will provide insight into mechanisms of resilience of the aging self in later life.}, number={6}, journal={Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences}, author={Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, A. and Kotter-Grühn, D. and Smith, J.}, year={2008} }