Publications of Denis Gerstorf

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

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

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

Becker, K., Delius, J., Düzel, S., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Remembering the last participant in the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). LIFE Newsletter, 14(1), 2–7.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hilbrand, S., Coall, D. A., Gerstorf, D., & Hertwig, R. (2017). Caregiving within and beyond the family is associated with lower mortality for the caregiver: A prospective study. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38(3), 397–403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.11.010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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