Objectives Life-span perspectives have long acknowledged that individual functioning is
shaped by historical and sociocultural contexts. Secular increases favoring recent cohorts …

Aims We aimed to explore the role of personality traits between fall and loneliness. Methods
A questionnaire survey was used to investigate falls, the big five personality traits, and …

The Berlin Aging Studies (BASE and BASE-II) are two consecutive studies of old age and
aging with an interdisciplinary focus. The disciplines involved include psychology …

This article examines changes in the social lives of older people by examining everyday
togetherness in terms of the shared use of time and space. Two overarching lines of …

Objectives Recent trends, such as changes in pension systems or cohort differences in
individual resources, have altered the face of retirement transitions. Little is known about …

Subjective views of aging often change in a myriad of different ways across life, yet we are
only beginning to understand pivotal questions around the how, when, and why of such …

Background: While time trends in personality traits have been suggested in younger cohorts,
little is known regarding this issue in older adults. Objective: To test for birth cohort changes …

The terms pampering and spoiling have roots within early psychoanalytic literature, and over
time they have become a part of the vernacular. This entry will focus on pampering/spoiling …

Dieser Beitrag nimmt die längst etablierte Sichtweise auf, dass enge Verknüpfungen
zwischen der Psychologie des Alterns bzw. der Lebensspannenpsychologie und …

Baby boom: The term “baby boom” generally pertains to a period of exceptional increase in
fertility rates. It most commonly refers to the massive number of births in many developed …