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Results The main results of the first cross-sectional phase of the study were published in a German-language monograph in 1996: K. U. Mayer & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), Die Berliner Altersstudie, 1st edition 1996, 2nd edition 1999, Akademie Verlag, Berlin (out of print). A modified version of this book was published in English in 1999 (paperback edition: 2001) P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The
Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100, 1999, Cambridge
University Press The longitudinal extension of BASE is presented in: U. Lindenberger, J. Smith, K. U. Mayer & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), Die Berliner Altersstudie, 3rd extended edition 2010, Akademie Verlag These books are available through bookshops. Note that external scientists can apply for use of BASE data.
A large number of articles on findings from the Berlin Aging Study have appeared in scientific journals and as chapters in books (see Publications). In the following, a selection of central BASE publications are presented with their abstracts in order to provide an overview of the range of topics examined in BASE. Central BASE publications A [B] C D E [F] [G] [H] I J [K] [L] [M] [N] O P Q [R] [S] T U V [W] X Y Z Baltes, M. M. (1998). The psychology of the oldest old: The fourth age. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 11, 411-415. Abstract Baltes, M. M., & Lang, F. R. (1997). Everyday functioning and successful aging: The impact of resources. Psychology and Aging, 12, 433-443. Abstract Baltes, P. B. (1997). On the incomplete architecture of human ontogeny: Selection, optimization, and compensation as foundation of developmental theory. American Psychologist, 52, 366-380. Full text Baltes, P. B., Mayer, K. U., Helmchen, H., & Steinhagen-Thiessen, E. (1999). The Berlin Aging Study (BASE): Sample, design, and overview of measures. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 (pp. 15-55). New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract Baltes, P. B., & Smith, J. (1997). A systemic-wholistic view of psychological functioning in very old age: Introduction to a collection of articles from the Berlin Aging Study. Psychology and Aging, 12, 395-409. Abstract Borchelt, M., Gilberg, R., Horgas, A. L., & Geiselmann, B. (1999). On the significance of morbidity and disability in old age. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 (pp. 403-429). New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract Bukov, A., Maas, I., & Lampert, T. (2002). Social participation in very old age: Cross-sectional and longitudinal findings from BASE. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57B, P510-P517. Abstract
Freund, A. M., & Baltes, P. B. (1998). Selection, optimization, and compensation as strategies of life management: Correlations with subjective indicators of successful aging. Psychology and Aging, 13, 531-543. Abstract
Geiselmann, B., Linden, M., & Helmchen, H. (2001). Psychiatrists' diagnoses of subthreshold depression in old age: Frequency and correlates. Psychological Medicine, 31, 51-63. Abstract 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, 645-663. 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, 154–168. Geßner, R., Reischies, F. M., Kage, A., Geiselmann, B., Borchelt, M., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., & Köttgen, E. (1997). In an epidemiological sample the apolipoprotein E4 allele is associated to dementia and loss of memory function only in the very old. Neuroscience Letters, 222, 29-32. Abstract
Helmchen, H., Baltes, M. M., Geiselmann, B., Kanowski, S., Linden, M., Reischies, F. M., Wagner, M., Wernicke, T., & Wilms, H.-U. (1999). Psychiatric illnesses in old age. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 (pp. 167-196). New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract Hillen, T., Nieczaj, R., Münzberg, H., Schaub, R. T., & Steinhagen-Thiessen, E. (2000). Carotid atherosclerosis, vascular risk profile and mortality in a population-based sample of functionally healthy elderly subjects: The Berlin Aging Study. Journal of Internal Medicine, 247, 679-688. Abstract
Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, A., Kotter-Grühn, D., & Smith, J. (2008). Self-perceptions of aging: Do subjective age and satisfaction with aging change during old age? Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 63B, P377–P385. Abstract 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, 654–667. Kunzmann, U. (2008). Differential age trajectories of positive and negative affect: Further evidence from the Berlin Aging Study. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 63B, P261–P270 Kunzmann, U., Little, T. D., & Smith, J. (2002). Perceiving control:
A double-edged sword in old age. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological
Sciences, 57B, P484-P491. Abstract
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, 155-182. Abstract 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, P501-P509. Abstract Linden, M., & Barnow, S. (1997). The wish to die in very old persons near the end of life: A psychiatric problem? Results from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). International Psychogeriatrics, 9, 291-307. (See also Barnow & Linden, 1997: Abstract) Linden, M., Horgas, A. L., Gilberg, R., & Steinhagen-Thiessen, E. (1999). The utilization of medical and nursing care in old age. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 (pp. 430-449). New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract Lindenberger, U., & Baltes, P. B. (1997). Intellectual functioning in old and very old age: Cross-sectional results from the Berlin Aging Study. Psychology and Aging, 12, 410-432. Abstract Lindenberger, U., & Ghisletta, P. (2009). Cognitive and sensory declines in old age: Gauging the evidence for a common cause. Psychology and Aging, 24, 1-16. Lindenberger, U., Singer, T., & Baltes, P. B. (2002). Longitudinal selectivity in aging populations: Separating mortality-associated versus experimental components in the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57B, P474-P482. Abstract Lövdén, M., Ghisletta, P., & Lindenberger, U. (2005). Social participation attenuates decline in perceptual speed in old and very old age. Psychology and Aging, 20, 423-434.
Maas, I., Borchelt, M., & Mayer, K. U. (1999). Generational experiences of old people in Berlin. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to100 (pp. 83-110). New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract Maas, I., & Settersten, R. A., Jr. (1999). Military service during wartime: Its effects on men's occupational trajectories and later economic well-being. European Sociological Review, 15, 213-232. Abstract Maier, H., & Klumb, P. L. (2005). Social participation and survival at older ages: Is the effect driven by activity content or context? European Journal of Ageing, 2, 31-39. Abstract Maier, H., & Smith, J. (1999). Psychological predictors of mortality in old age. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 54, P44-P54. Abstract Mayer, K. U., Baltes, P. B., Baltes, M. M., Borchelt, M., Delius, J., Helmchen, H., Linden, M., Smith, J., Staudinger, U. M., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., & Wagner, M. (1999). What do we know about old age and aging? Conclusions from the Berlin Aging Study. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 (pp. 475-519). New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract Mayer, K. U., Maas, I., & Wagner, M. (1999). Socioeconomic conditions and social inequalites in old age. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 (pp. 227-255). New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract
Nitschke, I., Müller, F., Smith, J., & Hopfenmüller,
W. (2000). Amalgam fillings and cognitive abilities in a representative
sample of the elderly population. Gerodontology, 17, 39-44. Abstract 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 (BASE). American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, 844–852.
Schaub, R. T., & Linden, M. (2000). Anxiety and anxiety disorders in the old and very old: Results from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Comprehensive Psychiatry, 41, 48-54. Abstract Schaub, R. T., Münzberg, H., Borchelt, M., Nieczaj, R., Hillen, T., Reischies, F. M., Schlattmann, P., Geiselmann, B., & Steinhagen-Thiessen, E. (2000). Ventilatory capacity and risk for dementia. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, 55, M677-M683. Abstract Schindler, I., & Staudinger, U. M. (2008). Obligatory and optional personal life investments in old and very old age: Validation and functional relations. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 23–36. Smith, J., & Baltes, M. M. (1998). The role of gender in very old age: Profiles of functioning and everyday life patterns. Psychology and Aging, 13, 676-695. Abstract Smith, J., & Baltes, P. B. (1999). Trends and profiles of psychological functioning in very old age. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 (pp. 197-226). New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract Smith, J., & Freund, A. M. (2002). The dynamics of possibles selves in old age. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57B, P492-P500. Abstract Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., & Borchelt, M. (1999). Morbidity, medication, and functional limitations in very old age. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 (pp. 131-166). New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract
Wagner, M., Schütze, Y., & Lang, F. R. (1999). Social relationships in old age. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 (pp. 282-301). New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract
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