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Individual Characteristics and Physical Activity in Older Adults: A Systematic Review by Notthoff, Nanna, Reisch, Peter, Gerstorf, Denis

“…People aged 50 years and older are regularly identified as the most sedentary group in the population. However, even within this group, there are considerable…”
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The Measurement of Within-Person Affect Variation by Brose, Annette, Schmiedek, Florian, Gerstorf, Denis, Voelkle, Manuel C

“…The number of intensive longitudinal studies that investigate affective experiences at the within-person rather than the between-person level is rapidly…”
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Self-Esteem Across the Second Half of Life: The Role of Socioeconomic Status, Physical Health, Social Relationships, and Personality Factors by von Soest, Tilmann, Wagner, Jenny, Hansen, Thomas, Gerstorf, Denis

“…Self-esteem development across adulthood has been in the center of interest for some time now. However, not much is known about factors that shape self-esteem…”
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Structural Brain Correlates of Loneliness among Older Adults by Düzel, Sandra, Drewelies, Johanna, Gerstorf, Denis, Demuth, Ilja, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Lindenberger, Ulman, Kühn, Simone

“…Ample evidence indicates that loneliness in old age is associated with poor bodily and mental health. However, little is known about structural cerebral…”
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Younger Than Ever? Subjective Age Is Becoming Younger and Remains More Stable in Middle-Age and Older Adults Today by Wettstein, Markus, Wahl, Hans-Werner, Drewelies, Johanna, Wurm, Susanne, Huxhold, Oliver, Ram, Nilam, Gerstorf, Denis

“…Little is known about historical shifts in subjective age (i.e., how old individuals feel). Moving beyond the very few time-lagged cross-sectional cohort…”
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Positive Affect Is Associated With Less Memory Decline: Evidence From a 9-Year Longitudinal Study by Hittner, Emily F., Stephens, Jacquelyn E., Turiano, Nicholas A., Gerstorf, Denis, Lachman, Margie E., Haase, Claudia M.

“…Memory decline is a concern for aging populations across the globe. Positive affect plays an important role in healthy aging, but its link with memory decline…”
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Acting Like a Baby Boomer? Birth-Cohort Differences in Adults’ Personality Trajectories During the Last Half a Century by Brandt, Naemi D., Drewelies, Johanna, Willis, Sherry L., Schaie, K. Warner, Ram, Nilam, Gerstorf, Denis, Wagner, Jenny

“…Society and developmental theory generally assume that there are wide generational differences in personality. Yet evidence showing historical change in the…”
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Affective Sensitivity to Air Pollution (ASAP): Person-specific associations between daily air pollution and affective states by Ng, Michelle, Gerstorf, Denis, Conroy, David E, Pincus, Aaron L, Ram, Nilàm

“…Individuals' sensitivity to climate hazards is a central component of their vulnerability to climate change. In this paper, we introduce and outline the…”
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Spousal interrelations in old age--a mini-review by Hoppmann, Christiane, Gerstorf, Denis

“…We review findings on spousal interrelations in old age in such key domains as cognition, well-being, and health. Therein, we demonstrate that spousal…”
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Development of loneliness in midlife and old age: Its nature and correlates by von Soest, Tilmann, Luhmann, Maike, Hansen, Thomas, Gerstorf, Denis

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Associations Among Individuals’ Perceptions of Future Time, Individual Resources, and Subjective Well-Being in Old Age by Hoppmann, Christiane A., Infurna, Frank J., Ram, Nilam, Gerstorf, Denis

“…Abstract Objectives: Perceptions of future time are of key interest to aging research because of their implications for subjective well-being. Interestingly,…”
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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 by Gerstorf, Denis, Ram, Nilam, Drewelies, Johanna, Duezel, Sandra, Eibich, Peter, Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Liebig, Stefan, Goebel, Jan, Demuth, Ilja, Villringer, Arno, Wagner, Gert G., Lindenberger, Ulman, Ghisletta, Paolo

“…History-graded increases in older adults’ levels of cognitive performance are well documented, but little is known about historical shifts in within-person…”
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A framework for studying mechanisms underlying terminal decline in well-being by Gerstorf, Denis, Ram, Nilam

“…Multiple facets of well-being are known to show steep end-of-life deteriorations. However, the underlying mechanisms and pathways are vague. Capitalizing on an…”
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Let’s Enjoy an Evening on the Couch? A Daily Life Investigation of Shared Problematic Behaviors in Three Couple Studies by Pauly, Theresa, Lüscher, Janina, Berli, Corina, Hoppmann, Christiane A., Murphy, Rachel A., Ashe, Maureen C., Linden, Wolfgang, Madden, Kenneth M., Gerstorf, Denis, Scholz, Urte

“…Symptom-system fit theory proposes that problematic behaviors are maintained by the social system (e.g., the couple relationship) in which they occur because…”
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Late-Life Decline in Well-Being Across Adulthood in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States: Something Is Seriously Wrong at the End of Life by Gerstorf, Denis, Ram, Nilam, Mayraz, Guy, Hidajat, Mira, Lindenberger, Ulman, Wagner, Gert G, Schupp, Jürgen

“…Throughout adulthood and old age, levels of well-being appear to remain relatively stable. However, evidence is emerging that late in life well-being declines…”
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A prospective study of associations among helping, health, and longevity by Hilbrand, Sonja, Coall, David A., Meyer, Andrea H., Gerstorf, Denis, Hertwig, Ralph

“…How does helping behavior contribute to the health and the longevity of older helpers? From an evolutionary perspective, the ultimate cause may be rooted in…”
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Regional Brain Changes in Aging Healthy Adults: General Trends, Individual Differences and Modifiers by Raz, Naftali, Lindenberger, Ulman, Rodrigue, Karen M., Kennedy, Kristen M., Head, Denise, Williamson, Adrienne, Dahle, Cheryl, Gerstorf, Denis, Acker, James D.

“…Brain aging research relies mostly on cross-sectional studies, which infer true changes from age differences. We present longitudinal measures of five-year…”
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Terminal Decline in Well-Being: The Role of Multi-Indicator Constellations of Physical Health and Psychosocial Correlates by Brandmaier, Andreas M., Ram, Nilam, Wagner, Gert G., Gerstorf, Denis

“…Well-being is often relatively stable across adulthood and old age, but typically exhibits pronounced deteriorations and vast individual differences in the…”
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Terminal Change Across Facets of Affective Experience and Domain Satisfaction: Commonalities, Differences, and Bittersweet Emotions at the End of Life by Gerstorf, Denis, Hülür, Gizem, Wagner, Gert G., Kunzmann, Ute, Ram, Nilam

“…General well-being is known to deteriorate sharply at the end of life. However, it is an open question how rates of terminal change differ across affective and…”
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Cohort Differences in Cognitive Aging and Terminal Decline in the Seattle Longitudinal Study by Gerstorf, Denis, Ram, Nilam, Hoppmann, Christiane, Willis, Sherry L., Schaie, K. Warner

“…Life span researchers have long been interested in how and why fundamental aspects of human ontogeny differ between cohorts of people who have lived through…”
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