Academic Staff

Contact information

Prof. Dr. Frieder R. Lang
room 02.022,
office hours: Wed, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

secretary’s office: Mrs. G. Bittner
phone: +49 (0)911 / 5302-96100
fax: +49 (0)911 / 5302-96101
email: ipg-sekretariat@fau.de

Address

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
D-90408 Nuremberg
Germany

PsychAuthors – Publication list of Prof. Dr. Frieder R. Lang, provided by the Leibniz-Institute (ZPID)

Research

Research Interests

• Health and Ageing
• Lifespan Psychology
• Motivation and social development across the life span
• Personality processes and subjective well-being
• Family, kinship, and intergenerational relationships

Research Projects and Cooperations

• Successful Aging and Life Experience (ALLEE) – Project Director
• Berlin Aging Study (BASE): Psychology Unit : Associated Member
• Psychology of Kinship (with Franz Neyer)
• Goal regulation across the lifespan: Cross-cultural comparison of future time perspectives
  (with Helene Fung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong external link)

Curriculum Vitae

Academic Degrees

Career History

Editor-in-Chief

Recent Publications (Selection)

List of publications (last update: May 2016)

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Lang, F. R., Rohr, M., & Williger, B. (in press). Modeling Success in Lifespan Psychology – The Principles of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation. In Karen Fingerman, Cynthia Berg, Toni Antonucci, & Jacqui Smith (Eds.). Handbook of Lifespan Development. New York: Springer Publishing Company.*

Lang, F. R., Wagner, J., & Neyer, F. J. (2009). Interpersonal functioning across the lifespan: Two principles of relationship regulation. Advances in Life Course Research, 14, 40-51.*

Lang, F. R. (2008). Die Vielfalt des Alterns: Balance zwischen Hoffnung und Angst. In H. Neuhaus (Ed.). Angst. Erlangen: Universitätsbund (Erlanger Forschungen, Reihe A, Band 115).*

Lang, F. R., Baltes, P. B., & Wagner, Gert G. (2007). Desired lifetime and end-of-life desires across adulthood from 20 to 90: A dual-source information model. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science, 62B, 268-276.*

Lang, F. R., & Wagner, G. G. (2007). Patientenverfügungen in Deutschland: Bedingungen für Ihre Verbreitung und Gründe der Ablehnung. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 132, 2558-2563.*

Lang, F. R., & Fingerman, K. L. (Eds.) (2004). Growing together: Personal relationships across the lifespan. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Lang, F. R., & Neyer, F. J. (2004). Kooperationsnetzwerke und Karrieren an deutschen Hochschulen – Der Weg zur Professur am Beispiel des Faches Psychologie. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 56, 520-538.*

Lang, F. R., & Carstensen, L. L. (2002). Time counts: Future time perspective, goals, and social relationships. Psychology and Aging, 17, 125-139.*

Lang, F. R., Rieckmann, N., & Baltes, M. M. (2002). Adapting to aging losses: Do resources facilitate strategies of selection, compensation, and optimization in everyday functioning? Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57B, 501-509.

Lang, F. R. (2000). Endings and continuity of social relationships: Maximizing intrinsic benefits within personal networks when feeling near to death? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 17, 157-184.*

Lang, F. R. (2001). Regulation of social relationships in later adulthood. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 56B, 321-326.

Lang, F. R., & Heckhausen, J. (2001). Perceived control over development and subjective well-being: Differential benefits across adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 509-523.

Lang, F. R., & Baltes, M. M. (1997). Being with people and being alone in late life: Costs and benefits for everyday functioning. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 21, 729-746.

Lang, F. R., Featherman, D. L., & Nesselroade, J. R. (1997). Social self efficacy and short-term variability in social relationships: The MacArthur successful aging studies. Psychology and Aging, 12, 657-666.

Lang, F. R., & Carstensen, L. L. (1994). Close emotional relationships in late life: Further support for proactive aging in the social domain. Psychology and Aging, 9, 315-324.

Fung, H. H., Yeung, D. Y., Li, K.-K., & Lang, F. R. (2009). Benefits of negative social exchanges for emotional closeness. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 64B, 612-621.*

Neyer, F. J., & Lang, F. R. (2003). Blood is thicker than water: Kinship orientation across adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 310-321.
Rohr, M. K., & Lang, F. R. (2009). Aging well together–A mini-review. Gerontology, 55, 333-343.

Weiss, D., & Lang, F. R. (2009). Thinking about my generation: Adaptive effects of a dual age identity in later adulthood. Psychlogy and Aging, 24, 729-734.

Wahl, H.-W., & Lang, F. R. (2004). Aging in contexts across the adult life span: Integrating physical and social research perspectives. In H.-W. Wahl, R. Scheidt, & P. Windley (Eds.), Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Vol. 23: Environments, Gerontology, and Old Age). (pp. 1-33). New York: Springer.

Wahl, H. W., Diehl, M., Kruse, A., Lang, F. R., & Martin, M. (2008). Psychologische Alternsforschung: Beiträge und Perspektiven. Psychologische Rundschau, 59, 2-23.

Anja Beyer
phone: +49 (0)911 / 5302-96113
room 02.048
office hours on appointment

Address

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
D-90408 Nuremberg
Germany

Dr. Stefan T. Kamin
phone: +49 (0)911 / 5302-96104
room: 02.021
office hours on appointment

Address

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
D-90408 Nuremberg
Germany

Research

Research interests

• Implications and consequences of technology use in old age
• Mobility and aging
• Adaptive processes across the life span
• Structural equation modeling

Research projects

BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) research project EMN-MOVES – Developing technological and social innovations for improving the mobility of community-dwelling older adults in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region -, Sub-project EMN-ENABLER – Use and acceptance of technical solutions

Teaching

• Gerontechnology
• Eye tracking in research and diagnostics
• Sociology of aging
• Ecology of aging

Curriculum Vitae

Awards

Emerging Talents Initiative (ETI) award to support excellent postdoctoral researchers 

Publications

Kamin, S. T., Beyer, A., & Lang, F. R. (2019). Social support is associated with technology use in old age. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. In Press. doi:10.1007/s00391-019-01529-z

Kamin, S. T., & Lang, F. R. (2018). Internet use and cognitive functioning in late adulthood: Longitudinal findings from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. Advance online publication. doi:10.1093/geronb/gby123

Zhang, X., Kamin, S. T., Liu, S., Fung, H. H., & Lang, F. R. (2018). Negative self-perception of aging and mortality in very old Chinese adults: The mediation role of healthy lifestyle. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. In Press.

Bar-Tur, L., Ifrah, K., Moore, D., Kamin, S. T., & Lang, F. R. (2018). How do emotional closeness and support from parents relate to Israeli and German students’ life satisfaction?. Journal of Family Issues, 39(11), 3096-3123. doi:10.1177/0192513X18770213

Stelzer, E.-M., Lang, F. R., Hörl, M., Kamin, S. T., & Claxton-Oldfield, S. (2018). German version of the Inventory of Motivations for Hospice Palliative Care Volunteerism: Are there gender differences? American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 35(2), 304-315. doi:10.1177/1049909117706958

Kamin, S. T., Lang, F. R., & Beyer, A. (2017). Subjective technology adaptivity predicts technology use in old age. Gerontology, 63(4), 385-392. doi: 10.1159/000471802

Hamm, J. M., Kamin, S. T., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., & Lang, F. R. (2017). The detrimental consequences of overestimating future health in late life. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. Advance online publication. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbx074

Beyer, A., Kamin, S. T., & Lang, F. R. (2017). Housing in old age: Dynamical interactions between neighborhood attachment, neighbor annoyance and residential satisfaction. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 35(4), 382-393. doi:10.1080/02763893.2017.1335671

Kamin, S. T. (2016). Mobilität und Techniknutzung im Kontext des ökologischen Modells des Alterns (Dissertation). Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Nürnberg.

Kamin, S. T., & Lang, F. R. (2016). Cognitive functions buffer age differences in technology ownership. Gerontology, 62(2), 238–246. doi:10.1159/000437322

Kamin, S. T., Lang, F. R., & Kamber, T. (2016). Social contexts of technology use in old age. In S. Kwon (Ed.), Gerontechnology. Research, Practice, and Principles in the Field of Technology and Aging (pp. 35–56). New York: Springer.

Kamin, S. T., Beyer, A., & Lang, F. R. (2016). Outdoor motivation moderates the effects of accessibility on mobility in old age. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 49(5), 372–378. doi:10.1007/s00391-015-0946-4

Kett, S., Ringler, A., Kamin, S. T., Lang, F. R., & Wartzack, S. (2015). Kritische Würdigung eines Werkzeugs zur Messung von Nutzerexklusion im Produktdesign. In D. Krause (Ed.), Design for X. Beiträge zum 26. DfX Symposium, Bd. 26 (pp. 13–25). Hamburg: TuTech Innovation.

Kamin, S. T., Beyer, A., & Lang, F. R. (2015). Forschungsschwerpunkte für MTI-Innovationen im Forschungsfeld Mobilität und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe. IPG research notes 12/2015. Institut für Psychogerontologie, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Kamin, S. T., Luft, T., Miehling, J., Williger, B., Lang, F. R., & Wartzack, S. (2014). Subjektive Adaptionsfähigkeit im Kontext der alterssensiblen Produktentwicklung. In D. Krause, K. Paetzold, & S. Wartzack (Eds.), Design for X. Beiträge zum 25. DfX Symposium 2014 (pp. 99–110). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag.

Lang, F. R., Kamin, S. T., Rohr, M., Stünkel, C., & Williger, B. (2014). Erfassung der fluiden kognitiven Leistungsfähigkeit über die Lebensspanne im Rahmen des Nationalen Bildungspanels: Abschlussbericht zu einer NEPS-Ergänzungsstudie. (NEPS Working Paper No. 43). Bamberg: Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe, Nationales Bildungspanel.

Kamin, S. T., & Lang, F. R. (2013). The subjective technology adaptivity inventory (STAI): A motivational measure of technology usage in old age. Gerontechnology, 12(1), 16–25. doi:10.4017/gt.2013.12.1.008.00

Luft, T., Kamin, S. T., Miehling, J., Lang, F. R., & Wartzack, S. (2013). Die eigenschaftsbasierte Produktentwicklung unter Berücksichtigung der differenziellen Anforderungen älterer Nutzer. In D. Krause, K. Paetzold, & S. Wartzack (Eds.), Design for X. Beiträge zum 24. DfX Symposium 2013 (pp. 197–208). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag.

Conference presentations

Kamin, S. T. (2017). Ökologische Perspektiven der Techniknutzung im Alter: Die Bedeutung motivationaler und sozialer Ressourcen. Eingeladener Vortrag im Rahmen des wissenschaftlichen Transferworkshops des QuartiersNETZ, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, September, 2017.

Kamin, S. T. (2017). Motivationale Bedingungen der Techniknutzung im Alter: Die Bedeutung der subjektiven Adaptionsfähigkeit. Vortrag auf der gemeinsamen Jahrestagung der Sektion III / IV der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, Fulda, September, 2017.

Lang, F. R., Kamin, S. T., Beyer, A., Morrissey, M., Damm, F. (2017). Perceived future time and late-life preparation: The role of personal deadlines and perceived benefits. Vortrag auf der European Conference of Psychology, Amsterdam, Juli, 2017.

Hamm, J. M., Kamin, S. T., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., & Lang, F. R. (2017, January). Inaccurate estimates of future health status erode physical functioning in late life. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Kamin, S. T. (2016). Technology and Aging. Can Foes Become Friends? Eingeladener Vortrag im Rahmen des Workshops “Aging Society: Health and Technology” des “Junior Experts Exchange Program”, Japanese-German Center Berling, Nürnberg, Juni, 2016.

Hamm, J. M., Kamin, S. T., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., & Lang, F. R. (2016, January). Overestimating future health in mid-to-late life: Consequences for 15-Year hospitalization. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, California.

Beyer, A., Kamin, S.T. & Lang, F.R. (2015). Wohnzufriedenheit und soziale Nachbarschaft – Längsschnittliche Betrachtung im urbanen Raum. Vortrag auf Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie (DGGG) Sektionstagung 17. und 18.9.2015 in Mannheim.

Chipperfield, J. G., Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Lang, F. R., Kamin, S. T., & Ruthig, J. C. (2015). Facing declining health in late life: The rewards of realism. Presented at The Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA, February, 2015.

Kamin, S. T., Schindler, M., & Lang, F. R. (2014). Der Einfluss subjektiver Adaptionsfähigkeit auf die Interaktion mit Hörgeräten. Vortrag auf dem 12. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, Halle (Saale), September, 2014.

Kamin, S. T. & Lang, F. R. (2013). The subjective technology adaptivity inventory (STAI). Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung des Instituts für Gerontologie der Universität Vechta – Alter und Technik: Sozialwissenschaftliche Befunde, Vechta, September, 2013.

Kamin, S. T., Beyer, A., & Lang, F. R. (2013). Personale Ressourcen, Wohnumfeld und Aktionsradius. Vortrag auf der gemeinsamen Jahrestagung der Sektionen III „Sozial- und verhaltenswissenschaftliche Gerontologie“ und IV „Soziale Gerontologie und Altenarbeit“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, Ulm, September, 2013.

Kamin, S. T. & Lang, F. R. (2013). Validierung einer Kurzskala zur Erfassung der Adaptionsfähigkeit an technische Umwelten: Subjektives Technik-Adaptionsfähigkeits-Inventar (STAI). Poster auf der gemeinsamen Jahrestagung der Sektionen III „Sozial- und verhaltenswissenschaftliche Gerontologie“ und IV „Soziale Gerontologie und Altenarbeit“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, Ulm, September, 2013.

Beyer, A., Kamin, S. T., & Lang, F. R. (2013). Prädiktoren der Wohnzufriedenheit in urbanen Wohnquartieren. Vortrag auf der gemeinsamen Jahrestagung der Sektionen III „Sozial- und verhaltenswissenschaftliche Gerontologie“ und IV „Soziale Gerontologie und Altenarbeit“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, Ulm, September, 2013.

Beyer, A., Kamin, S. T., & Lang, F. R. (2012). Differenzielle Aspekte der Person-Umwelt-Passung bei über 60-Jährigen am Beispiel dreier urbaner Wohnquartiere. Vortrag auf dem 3. gemeinsamen Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie und der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Gerontologie, Bonn, September, 2012.

Williger, B., Kamin, S. T., & Lang, F. R. (2009). Technische Aufgeschlossenheit und Anpassungskompetenz im Alter. Vortrag auf der 19. Tagung der Fachgruppe Entwicklungspsychologie, Hildesheim, September, 2009.

Williger, B., Kamin, S. T., & Lang, F. R. (2009). Attitudes, adaptivity and adoption: the use of technical innovations in later adulthood. Poster presented at the XIXth IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris, July, 2009.

Contact information

Dr. Roland Rupprecht
phone: +49 (0)911 / 5306-96106
room 02.025
office hours: Wed, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Address

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
D-90408 Nuremberg
Germany

Research

Research Interests

• Life quality, life satisfaction, well-being
• Evaluation of gerontological interventions
• Cognitive abilities in old age
• Falls in older people
• Frailty in old age
• Interdisciplinary gerontological research

Research Projects and Cooperations

• Cost and value of private vs. shared bedrooms in nursing homes
• Falls in older people – prevalence, risk factors and consequences
• Rehabilitative interventions in nursing homes (SimA-P)
• Maintaining and supporting independent living in old age (SimA)
• Health promotion by “health-partners” (GePart)
• Interdisciplinary longitudinal study of adulthood (ILSE)

Teaching Activities

• Gerontological Diagnostics
• Research methods and statistics
• Cognition and memory
• Life quality
• Counselling older people

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications (in chronological order)

(Complete list of publications)

Bauer, C.M., Gröger, I., Rupprecht, R. & Gaßmann, K.-G. (in press). Intrasession reliability of force platform parameters in community dwelling older adults. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Gaßmann, K.G. & Rupprecht, R. (in press). Dizziness in an Older Community Dwelling Population: A Multifactorial Syndrome. The Journal of Nutrition Health and Aging.

Gaßmann, K.G., Rupprecht, R. & Freiberger, E. (2008). Predictors for occasional and recurrent falls in community-dwelling older people. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. DOI 10.1007/s00391-008-0506-2.

Rupprecht, R. (2008). Psychologische Theorien zum Alternsprozess. in W.D. Oswald, G. Gatterer & U.M. Fleischmann. Gerontopsychologie (2. aktualisierte u. erw. Aufl.) (S. 13-25). Wien/New York: Springer.

Valencia, C., Lopez-Alzate, E., Tirado, V., Zea-Herrera, M.D., Lopera, F., Rupprecht, R. & Oswald, W.D. (2008). Efectos cognitivos de un entrenamiento combinado de memoria y psicomotricidad en adultos mayors. Revista de Nuerologia; 46 (8): 465-471.

Klarner, B., Klünemann, H.H., Lürding, R., Aslanidis, C. & Rupprecht, R. (2007) Neuropsychological profile of adult patients with Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) mutations. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 30, 60-67.

Oswald, W.D., Gunzelmann, Th., Rupprecht, R. & Hagen, B. (2006). Differential effects of single versus combined cognitive and physical training with older adults: The SimA-Study in a five-year perspective. European Journal of Gerontology, 3(4), 179-192.

Rupprecht, R. (2006). Stürze im Alter – Ergebnisse einer Repräsentativerhebung im Großraum Nürnberg-Fürth-Erlangen (Teil I): Prävalenz und Sturzfolgen. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 39 (Suppl. 1), S. I/28.

Rupprecht, R. (2006). Lebensqualität. in W.D. Oswald, U. Lehr, C. Sieber & J. Kornhuber, J. (Hrsg.) Gerontologie – Medizinische, psychologische und sozialwissenschaftliche Grundbegriffe. (3. vollständig überarbeitete Aufl.) (S. 242-247). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.

Siepmann, M., Mück, A., Engel, S., Rupprecht, R. & Mück-Weymann, M. (2006). The Influence of Rivastigmine and Donepezil on Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Alzheimer`s Disease. The German Journal of Psychiatry, 9(4), 133-135.

Steinlein, C. & Rupprecht, R. (2006). Evaluation rehabilitativer Maßnahmen an einer geriatrischen Tagesklinik. European Journal of Geriatrics, 8(4), 202-208.

Rupprecht, R., Oswald, W.D. & Fricke, C. (2004). Bedingungen der Erhaltung und Förderung von Selbstständigkeit im höheren Lebensalter (SIMA) – Teil XXII: Das SimA-Training in der kirchlichen Altenarbeit – Evaluation zweier Feldstudien. Zeitschrift für Gerontopsychologie und -psychiatrie, 17(3), 161-171.

Rupprecht, R. (2000). Kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit im Kohortenvergleich. in: P. Martin, K.U. Ettrich, U. Lehr, D. Roether, M. Martin & A. Fischer-Cyrulies (Hrsg.) Aspekte der Entwicklung im mittleren und höheren Lebensalter: Ergebnisse der Interdisziplinären Längsschnittstudie des Erwachsenenalters (ILSE). Darmstadt: Steinkopff, 68-82.

Rupprecht, R. (1993). Lebensqualität – Theoretische Konzepte und Ansätze zur Operationalisierung. Inaugural-Dissertation: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Dr. Käte Schüssel
phone: +49 (0)911 5302-96111
Student Advisory Service
room 02.046
office hours: Tue/Thu, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., on appointment

Address

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
D-90408 Nuremberg
Germany

Research

Research Interests

Diagnostik und Intervention bei demenziellen Erkrankungen
Interventionsforschung
Biographieforschung

Research Projects

ANSPRACHE
InDDEx
UCB-MCI
Gal-Int

Teachings

Lehrveranstaltungen u.a. zu folgenden Themenbereichen

• Rund um den Ruhestand
• Biographische Forschung und Intervention in der Gerontologie
• Gesprächsführung mit älteren Menschen
• aktuell: siehe Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Curriculum Vitae

Franziska Damm
phone: +49 (0)911 / 5302-96109
room 02.047
office hours on appointment

Address

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
D-90408 Nuremberg

Research

Research Interests

• Perceiving future time
• Housing and self-determinance in old age
• External assessment of well-being in old age

Research Projects

• Age(ing) as Future – Future-related activities regarding age and aging in cross-cultural perspective (funded by the Volkswagen-Stiftung, Partner cooperations with Germany, USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Czech Republic)
• 9x selbstbestimmt Wohnen in Oberfranken (9x self-determined living in Upper Franconia) (Cooperation with Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Joseph-Stiftung und Handwerkskammer Oberfranken)

Vita

Publications

Lang, F. R. & Damm, F. (2018). Perceiving future time across adulthood. In G. Oettingen, A. T. Sevincer, & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.). The psychology of thinking about the future (pp. 310-331). New York: Guilford.

Scientific Presentations

Damm, F., Tiedtke, J.M. & Lang, F.R. (2018). Proxy Reports on Well-Being of Nursing Home Residents: Comparison of professional caregivers and relatives. Posterbeitrag auf der U.S. – Hong Kong 2018 Conference: Aging across Time and Contexts vom 19. bis 20. Mai 2018 in Hong Kong.

Contact Information

Yaeji Kim
phone: +49 (0)911 / 5302-96113
room: 02.048
office hours on appointment

Address

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
D-90408 Nuremberg
Germany

Research

Research Interests

• Aging Preparation
• Futre Time Perspective
• Cross-cultural Studies
• End-of-life

Research Projects

• Age(ing) as Future – Future-related activities regarding age and aging in cross-cultural perspective (gefördert durch die Volkswagen-Stiftung, Kooperationspartner in Deutschland, USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan und Tschechische Republik)

Vita

Contact Information

Fiona Rupprecht
phone: +49 (0)911 / 5302-96111
room: 02.043
office hours on appointment

Address

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
D-90408 Nuremberg
Germany

Research

Research Projects

• Age(ing) as Future – Future-related activities regarding age and aging in cross-cultural perspective (gefördert durch die Volkswagen-Stiftung, Kooperationspartner in Deutschland, USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan und Tschechische Republik)

Prof. Dr. Susanne Wurm
room 02.020

Office hours: Tue, 3.00-5.00 p.m. (on appointment only)

secretary´s office: Mrs. G. Bittner
phone: +49 (0)911 / 5302-96100
fax: +49 (0)911 / 5302-96101
email: ipg-sekretariat@fau.de

Address

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
D-90408 Nuremberg
Germany

Vita

Research Interests

• Psychosocial resources and risks in their importance for health and health behavior in later life
• Images of aging (self-perception of aging, societal age stereotypes) in middle-aged and older adults
• Older workers and Bridge Employment
• Psychosocial resources and risks for health and health behavior
• Life-span developmental psychology, age and cohort effects

Honors

Scholarly Activities

Research Projects and Networks

• Trans-sectoral intervention program to improve geriatric care in Regensburg [TIGER]. Projektförderung: Innovationsfonds. Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Cornel Sieber. Further information: https://innovationsfonds.g-ba.de/projekte/neue-versorgungsformen/tiger-transsektionales-interventionsprogramm-zur-verbesserung-der-geriatrischen-versorgung-in-regensburg.107
• Scientific Network of the German Research Foundation “Images of aging: Via a dynamic life-span model to new perspectives for research and practice”. PI: Dr. Verena Klusmann; all participants in alphabetical order: Ann-Kristin Beyer, Anne Blawert, Dr. Catherine Bowen, Dr. Martina Gabrian, Prof. Dr. Eva-Marie Kessler. Dr. Verena Klusmann, Dr. Anna E. Kornadt, Dr. Nanna Notthoff, Dr. Svenja M. Spuling, Dr. Maja Wiest, Dr. Julia K. Wolff, Prof. Dr. Susanne Wurm. Further information: http://www.health.uni-konstanz.de/images-of-aging
• DZHK – cooperation with external partners within the Translational Pipeline. Pilot project: Development of a physical activity program for patients 65 years of age or older after myocardial infarction. Cooperation partner: PD Dr. Sabina Ulbricht, and Prof. Dr. Marcus Dörr, University Medicine Greifswald (UMG), Institute for Social Medicine and Prevention. Funded by the German Center for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK; grant no. 81X2800121). PIs: PD Dr. Sabina Ulbricht (DZHK), Prof. Dr. Susanne Wurm (FAU)
• ENABLE „Healthy Food Choices in All Stages of Life“, Subproject „Support methods towards helping elderly maintain an adequate dietary intake“. (Funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research). Further information: http://www.enable-cluster.de/index.php?id=9&L=1
• COST-Action (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) “Ageism: A Multi-National, Interdisciplinary Perspective” (IS1402). Co-Chair Work Group 5 “Internalized age stereotypes”. Projekt funding: EU. Further information: http://notoageism.com/
• DZHK – cooperation with external partners within the Translational Pipeline. Pilot project: Promotion of positive images of ageing in elderly patients after myocardial infarction. Cooperation partner: Dr. Sabina Ulbricht, and Prof. Dr. Marcus Dörr, University Medicine Greifswald (UMG), Institute for Social Medicine and Prevention. Funded by the German Center for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK). PIs: Prof. Dr. Susanne Wurm (FAU); PD Dr. Sabina Ulbricht (DZHK)
• Promoting positive images of aging in older adults. A pilot intervention study. Funded by Universitätsbund (university confederation) of the University Erlangen-Nuremberg. Applicant (PI): Susanne Wurm (PI)
• German Ageing Survey (DEAS). Cooperating Scientist (Funding: Federal Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth). Further information: www.german-ageing-survey.de
• PREFER I + II: Personal Resources of Elderly People with Multimorbidity: Fortification of Effective Health Behaviour. Project funding: German Ministry for Education and Research (Grant 01ET1001B) within the research consortium “Autonomy Despite Multimorbidity in Old Age (AMA II)”. Applicants: Susanne Wurm (PI), B. Schüz, C. Tesch-Römer, J. P. Ziegelmann, R. Schwarzer, L. M. Warner. Further information: https://www.dza.de/en/research/completed-projects/prefer.html

Scientific Memberships

Gerontological Society of America (GSA, since 2006); German Psychological Society (DGPs: Division Health Psychology, Developmental Psychology, since 2006); German Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (DGGG, since 2013); European Health Psychology Society (EHPS, since 2007)

Ad hoc Reviews

Age & Ageing, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Das Gesundheitswesen, Developmental Psychology, Gerontology, GeroPsych, European Journal of Ageing, Experimental Aging Research, Experimental Gerontology, International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Journal for Labour Market Research, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Geriatrics, Journal of Health Psychology, Journals of Gerontology: Psychological and Social Sciences, Psychology and Health, Psychology and Aging, Research on Aging, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, The Journal of Positive Psychology, PLOS ONE, Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Selected Publications

Complete list of publications (last update: April 2019)

1. Beyer, A.-K., Wiest, M., & Wurm, S. (2019, online first). There is still time to be active: Self-perceptions of aging, physical activity, and the role of perceived residual lifetime among older adults. Journal of Aging & Physical Activity. doi:https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2018-0380
2. Beyer, A.K., Wolff, J. K., Freiberger, E. & Wurm, S. (2019, online first). Are self-perceptions of ageing modifiable? Examination of an exercise programme with vs. without a self-perceptions of ageing-intervention for older adults. Psychology and Health
3. Wolff, J. K., Beyer, A.-K., Wurm, S., Nowossadeck, S., & Wiest, M. (2018). Regional impact of population aging on changes in individual self-perceptions of aging: Findings from the German Ageing Survey. The Gerontologist, 58(1), 47-56. doi:10.1093/geront/gnx127
4. Westerhof, G. J., & Wurm, S. (2018, online first). Subjective aging and health. In B. G. Knight & H.-W. Wahl (Eds.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
5. Lev, S., Wurm, S., & Ayalon, L. (2018). Origins of Ageism at the Individual Level. In L. Ayalon & C. Tesch-Römer (Eds.), Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism. International Perspectives on Aging (Vol. 19, pp. 51-72). Cham: Springer.
6. Wolff, J. K., & Wurm, S. (2018). Multimorbidity/Comorbidity/Multiple Diseases. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development (pp. 1460-1461). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
7. Wurm, S., Diehl, M., Kornadt, A., Westerhof, G., & Wahl, H.-W. (2017, online first). How do views on aging affect health outcomes in adulthood and late life? Explanations for an established connection. Developmental Review. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2017.08.002
8. Spuling, S., Wolff, J. K., & Wurm, S. (2017). Response Shift in Self-Rated Health after Serious Health Events in Old Age. Social Science & Medicine, 192, 85-93.
9. Warner, L. M., Wolff, J. K., Spuling, S. M., & Wurm, S. (2017, online first). Perceived somatic and affective barriers for self-efficacy and physical activity. Journal of Health Psychology, 1-17, doi:10.1177/1359105317705979
10. Spuling, S. M., Huxhold, O., & Wurm, S. (2017). Predictors of Self-Rated Health: Does Education Play a Role Above and Beyond Age? The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72(3), 415-424. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbv057
11. Wolff, J. K., Schüz, B., Ziegelmann, J. P., Warner, L. M., & Wurm, S. (2017). Short-Term Buffers, but Long-Term Suffers? Differential Effects of Negative Self-Perceptions of Aging Following Serious Health Events. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72(3), 408-414. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbv058
12. Klaus, D., Engstler, H., Mahne, K., Wolff, J. K., Simonson, J., Wurm, S., & Tesch-Römer, C. (2017). Cohort Profile: The German Ageing Survey (DEAS). International Journal of Epidemiology, 46(4), 1105-1105g. doi:doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw326
13. Wurm, S., & Benyamini, Y. (2014). Optimism buffers the detrimental effect of negative self-perceptions of ageing on physical and mental health. Psychology & Health, 29(7), 832-848. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2014.891737
14. Wurm, S., Wolff, J. K., & Schüz, B. (2014). Primary care supply moderates the impact of diseases on self-perceptions of aging. Psychology and Aging, 29(2), 351-358. doi: 10.1037/a0036248
15. Wurm, S., Warner, L.M., Ziegelmann, J., Wolff, J.K., Schüz, B. (2013). How do negative self-perceptions of aging become a self-fulfilling prophecy? Psychology and Aging, 28(4), 1088-1097. doi: 10.1037/a0032845.

Contact Information

julia.wolff@fau.de

Address

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
D-90408 Nuremberg

Research

Research Interests

• Health and health promotion in middle and older adulthood
• Images of aging (self-perception of aging, societal age stereotypes)
• Ressources for health and health behavior in old age
• Lifespan development
• Evaluation in the health care system

Research Projects and Networks

• Scientific Network of the German Research Foundation “Images of aging: Via a dynamic life-span model to new perspectives for research and practice” (participants in alphabetical order: Ann-Kristin Beyer, Dr. Catherine Bowen, Dr. Martina Gabrian, Prof. Dr. Eva-Marie Kessler. Dr. Verena Klusmann, Dr. Anna E. Kornadt, Dr. Nanna Notthoff, Svenja M. Spuling, Peggy Voß, Dr. Maja Wiest, Dr. Julia K. Wolff, Prof. Dr. Susanne Wurm)
• DZHK – cooperation with external partners within the Translational Pipeline.
  Pilot project: Development of a physical activity program for patients 65 years of age or older after myocardial infarction. Cooperation partner: Prof. Dr. Susanne Wurm (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), PD Dr. Sabina Ulbricht, and Prof. Dr. Marcus Dörr, University Medicine Greifswald (UMG), Institute for Social Medicine and Prevention. Funded by the German Center for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK). PIs: Sabina Ulbricht (DZHK), Susanne Wurm (FAU)
• PREFER I + II: Personal Resources of Elderly People with Multimorbidity: Fortification of Effective Health Behaviour. Project funding: German Ministry for Education and Research (Grant 01ET1001B) within the research consortium “Autonomy Despite Multimorbidity in Old Age (AMA II)”. PI: Susanne Wurm

Vita

Scientific Memberships

• German Psychological Society (DGPs), Division Health Psychology, Developmental Psychology
• Gerontological Society of America (GSA)

Selected Publications

Seidler, A. L., & Wolff, J. K. (in press). Bidirectional associations between self-perceptions of aging and processing speed across 3 years. Geropsych. doi: 0.1024/1662-9647/a000165

Mahne, K., Wolff, J. K., Simonson, J. & Tesch-Römer, C. (2017). Altern im Wandel: Zwei Jahrzehnte Deutscher Alterssurvey (DEAS). Berlin: Springer VS

Warner, L. M., Wolff, J. K., Ziegelmann, J. P., Schwarzer, R., & Wurm, S. (2016). Revisiting self-regulatory techniques to promote physical activity in older adults: Null-findings from a randomised controlled trial. Psychology & Health, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2016.1185523

Voss, P., Wolff, J. K., & Rothermund, K. (2016). Relations between views on ageing and perceived age discrimination: a domain-specific perspective. European Journal of Ageing, 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10433-016-0381-4

Wolff, J. K., Warner, L. M., Ziegelmann, J. P., Wurm, S. & Kliegel, M. (2016). Translating good intentions into physical activity: older adults with low prospective memory ability profit from planning. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10865-015-9707-5

Wolff, J. K., Schüz, B., Zieglemann, J. P., Warner, L. M., & Wurm, S. (2015). Short-term buffers, but long-term suffers? Differential effects of negative self-perceptions of aging following serious health events. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbv058

Beyer, A.-K., Wolff, J. K., Warner, L. M., Schüz, B., & Wurm, S. (2015). The role of physical activity in the relationship between self-perceptions of ageing and self-rated health in older adults. Psychology & Health, 30(6), 671-685. 10.1080/08870446.2015.1014370

Wurm, S., Wolff, J. K. & Schüz, B. (2014). Primary care supply moderates the impact of diseases on self-perceptions of aging. Psychology and Aging, 29(2), 351-358. doi: 10.1037/a0036248

Wolff, J. K., Warner, L. M., Ziegelmann, J. P. & Wurm, S., (2014). What does targeting positive views on ageing add to a physical activity intervention in older adults? Results from a randomized controlled trial. Psychology and Health, 29(8), 915-932. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2014.896464

Warner, L. M., Wolff, J. K., Ziegelmann, J. P. & Wurm, S. (2014). A randomized controlled trial to promote volunteering in older adults. Psychology and Aging, 29, 757-763. doi: 10.1037/a0036486

Wolff, J. K. (2014). Was Hänschen nicht lernt? Info_Dienst für Gesundheitsförderung, 14 (2), 17.

Wurm, S., Warner, L. M., Ziegelmann, J. P., Wolff, J. K. & Schüz, B. (2013). How do negative self-perceptions of aging become a self-fulfilling prophecy? Psychology and Aging, 28(4), 1088-1097. doi: 10.1037/a0032845

Wolff, J. K., Schmiedek, F., Brose, A. & Lindenberger, U. (2013). Physical and emotional well-being and the balance of needed and received emotional support: Age differences in a daily diary study. Social Science and Medicine, 91, 67-75. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.033

Schüz, B., Wurm, S., Ziegelmann, J. P., Wolff, J. K., Warner, L. M., Schwarzer, R. & Tesch-Römer, C. (2012). Contextual and individual predictors of physical activity: Interactions between environmental factors and health cognitions. Health Psychology, 31, 714-723. doi: 10.1037/a0027596

Schmiedek, F. & Wolff, J. K. (2010). Latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle. In C. Wolf & H. Best (Eds.), Handbuch der sozialwissenschaftlichen Datenanalyse (pp. 1017-1030). Wiesbaden: VSVerlag.

Contact information

Anne Blawert
phone: 0911 / 5302-96130
room: 01.047
office hours on appointment

Address

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
D-90408 Nürnberg
Germany

Research

Research interests

• Age stereotypes and perceptions of age and aging
• Technology usage in old age
• Gender in old age

Curriculum Vitae