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ADAPT Lab Resources Research Tools

Data Sets

Students who want to work in the ADAPT lab and have sufficient data analytical skills can have access to several data sets from past projects. These data sets can be used for thesis projects and are:

  1. Awareness of age-related change and other measures of subjective aging in adulthood (N=586)
  2. Awareness of age-related change and other measures of subjective aging in adulthood (N=396)
  3. Self-concept differentiation across the adult lifespan (N = 158)
  4. Stability of self-representations in adults (N = 189)
  5. Personality and personal goals in adults (N = 330)
  6. Attention control in goal pursuit and self-efficacy beliefs in college students (N = 443)

Awareness of Age-Related Changes Questionnaires & Documentation

AARC 50 Questionnaire

AARC 10 Questionnaire

Research participant on stationary bicycle

ADAPT RESEARCH Completed Research Studies

Awareness of Age-Related Changed

The way in which people become aware of changes due to their own aging, termed Awareness of Age-Related Change, was the focus of a research program in the ADAPT lab. Although people’s subjective experiences of growing older have been the focus of systematic inquiry since the 1950s, very little research has looked at how adults become aware of changes associated with growing older, and how they interpret such changes. We believe that learning more about AARC provides us (a) with a better understanding of the nature of both positive and negative age-related changes; and (b) with valuable insights into the ways in which the aging process can be optimized. This work was done in collaboration with Prof. Hans-Werner Wahl of the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Cognitive-Emotional Integration in Adulthood and Aging

This project used data from a 12-year longitudinal study of adult development and aging (Principal Investigators: Gisela Labouvie-Vief and Mark Lumley) to examine a variety of questions related to cognitive-emotional development across the adult lifespan. Our specific work focused on the longitudinal development of emotion regulation strategies, coping and defense strategies, and aspects of emotional complexity. During the last wave of data collection, this study also collected momentary assessment data on affect and social experiences on a sub-sample of adults over a seven-day period. Funding for this longitudinal study was provided by grant R01 AG09203 from the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health.

The AgingPLUS Study

A large body of research has shown that most middle-aged (i.e., age 40-59) and older adults (i.e., age 60 and older) have room to improve their chances for healthy and successful aging. However, taking advantage of this “room for improvement” requires that a person engages on a regular basis in behaviors that are known, based on research, to improve the chances for healthy and successful aging.

One of these health-promoting behaviors is engagement in physical activity. There is increasing evidence that physical activity is the most promising non-pharmacological, noninvasive, and cost-effective method of health promotion in adults. However, the majority of adults do not engage in regular physical activity and with age people tend to become less physically active. Therefore, the percentage of adults meeting the recommended guidelines for physical activity that promotes healthy aging is quite low.

This raised the following question: How could we motivate middle-aged and older adults to become more physically active and to maintain this behavior over the long run so that they can reap long-term benefits? AgingPLUS was an educational program that was developed to address exactly this question.

What was involved in this study?

  • The study tested how well the AgingPLUS program works.
  • Participation involved a two-month commitment:
    • Month One: Learn! Participants were randomly assigned to one of two educational programs. Each program lasted four weeks, with one meeting per week.
    • Month Two: Practice! Participants worked on their own toward their personal physical activity goal. They also received a weekly phone call from the lab to touch base.

The Daily Stress Interview Study

The Daily Stress Interview Study was a seven-year longitudinal study that investigated how adults cope with the stressors they encounter in daily life. The study started in 2003/2004 and the follow-up assessment was completed in 2010/2011. Participants were 239 adults, ranging in age from 18 to 89 years, who completed daily stress interviews and filled out daily diaries for 30 consecutive days. Data from the first wave of the project have provided information on the role of personal risk and resilience factors in coping with daily stress, as well as the role of age and personality characteristics in responding to daily stressors. Data from the second wave allowed us to address how short-term processes are linked to developmental change over a seven-year period. Analyses addressing questions along these lines are ongoing. Funding for the DAISI study was provided by grant R01 AG21147 from the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health.

Complete List of Publications

Books

Diehl, M., & Wahl, H.-W. (2020). The Psychology of Later Life: A Contextual Perspective. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Diehl, M., Hooker, K., & Sliwinski, M. S. (Eds.). (2015). Handbook of Intraindividual Variability across the Life Span. New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Diehl, M., & Wahl, H.-W. (Eds.). (2015). Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Vol. 35. Subjective Aging: New Developments and Future Directions. New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

Palgi, Y., Shrira, A., & Diehl, M. (Eds.). (2022). Subjective Views of Aging: Theory, Research, and Practice. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Refereed Book Chapters

(*) denotes student collaborator; (**) denotes post-doctoral collaborator; (†) denotes senior author

  1. Budnick, A., Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M. (in press). Interventionen im Kontext von Klimawandel und Alter [Interventions in the context of climate change and aging]. In P. Gellert & H.-W. Wahl (Eds.), Interventionsgerontologie: 100 Schlüsselbegriffe für Forschung, Lehre und Praxis [Intervention Gerontology: 100 Key Terms for Research, Education, and Practice]. Kohlhammer, Germany
  2. Diehl, M. (in press). Subjective views of aging. In M. Lachman & A. Spiro (Eds.), APA Handbook of Adult Development and Aging. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  3. Diehl, M., & Wahl, H.-W. (2024). Self-perceptions of aging: A conceptual and empirical overview. Current Opinion in Psychology, 55, February 2024, 101741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101741
  4. Kaspar, R., Diehl, M., & Wahl, H.-W. (in press). Differential item functioning along the old age continuum: Contrasting chronological age with contextual variables in the assessment of gain and loss across advanced old age. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences.
  5. Sabatini, S., Rupprecht, F., Kaspar, R., Klusmann, V., Kornadt, A., Nikitin, J., Schönstein, A., Stephan, Y., Wettstein, M., Wurm, S., Diehl, M., & Wahl, H.-W. (in press). Successful aging and subjective aging: An obvious but (mostly) neglected connection. The Gerontologist. Accepted for publication, April 8, 2024.
  6. Diehl, M., & Lumley, M. (2023). In Memoriam Gisela Labouvie-Vief (1945-2022). American Psychologist, 78(6), 820 [Obituary]. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001187
  7. Diehl, M., Rebok, G. W., Roth, D. L., Nehrkorn-Bailey, A., Rodriguez, D., Tseng, H.-Y., & Chen, D. (2023). Examining the malleability of negative views of aging, self-efficacy beliefs, and behavioral intentions in middle-aged and older adults. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 78(12), 2009-2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad130
  8. Chasteen, A. L., Pereira, A., Iankilevitch, M., Diehl, M., & Pichora-Fuller, M. K. (2023). Older adults’ perceptions of ageism before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aging & Mental Health, 27(12), 2515-2522. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2023.2196255 [PMCID: PMC1051054]
  9. Kaspar, R., Schilling, O. K., Diehl, M., Gerstorf, D., Rupprecht, F., Sabatini, S., & Wahl, H.-W. (2023). Differences in self-perceptions of aging across the adult lifespan: The sample case of awareness of age-related gains and losses. Psychology and Aging, 38(8), 824-836. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000783
  10. Kaspar, R., Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M. † (2023). Awareness of age-related gains and losses in a national sample of adults aged 80 years and older: Cross-sectional associations with health correlates. Innovation in Aging, 7, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/igad044 [PMCID: PMC10317143]
  11. Luong, G., Miller, J. W., Kirkland, D., Morse, J. L., Wrzus, C., Diehl, M., Chow, S.-M., & Riediger, M. (2023). Valuing negative affect weakens affect-health linkages: Similarities and differences across affect valuation measures. Motivation and Emotion, 47(3), 347-363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-023-10012-7
  12. Nehrkorn-Bayley, A.,** Rodriguez, D.,* Forsyth, G.,* Braun, B., Burke, K., & Diehl, M.† (2023). Change in views of aging, physical activity, and physical health over 8 weeks: Results from a randomized study. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 31(4), 666-678. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2022-0133 [PMCID: PMC10559658]
  13. Sabatini, S., Rupprecht, F. S., Diehl, M., Wahl, H.-W., Kaspar, R., Schilling, O. K., & Gerstorf, D. (2023). Levels of awareness of age-related gains and losses throughout adulthood and their developmental correlates. Psychology and Aging, 38(8), 837-853. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000784
  14. Sabatini, S., Wahl, H.-W., Diehl, M., Clare, L., Ballard, C., Brooker, H., Corbett, A., Hampshire, A., & Stephan, B. C. M. (2023). Testing bidirectional associations between awareness of age-related gains and losses with physical, mental, and cognitive functioning across one year: The role of age. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 78(12), 2026-2036. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad150
  15. Westerhof, G. J., Nehrkorn-Bayley, A.,** Tseng, H.-Y.,* Brothers, A., Siebert, J. S., Wurm, S., Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M.† (2023). Longitudinal effects of subjective aging on health and longevity: An updated meta-analysis. Psychology and Aging, 38(3), 147-166. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000737 [PMCID: PMC10192139]
  16. Diehl, M., (2022). Reframing aging and climate change. Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging. Published online June 22, 2022.
  17. Diehl, M., Nehrkorn-Bailey, A.,** & Tseng, H.-Y.* (2022). Psychological interventions targeting adults’ subjective views of aging. In Y. Palgi, A. Shrira, & M. Diehl (Eds.), Subjective views of aging: Theory, research, and practice (pp. 309-327). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11073-3-17
  18. Diehl, M., Shrira, A., & Palgi, Y. (2022). Subjective views of aging: An orientation to this volume. In Palgi, Y., Shrira, A., & Diehl, M. (Eds.), Subjective views of aging: Theory, research, and practice (pp. 1-10). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11073-3_1
  19. Diehl, M., Shrira, A., & Palgi, Y. (2022). Research on subjective views of aging: How far have we come and what lies ahead? In Palgi, Y., Shrira, A., & Diehl, M. (Eds.), Subjective views of aging: Theory, research, and practice (pp. 381-386). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11073-3-21
  20. Kaspar, R., Wahl, H.-W., Diehl, M., & Zank, S. (2022). Subjective views of aging in very old age: Predictors of 2-year change in gains and losses. Psychology and Aging, 37(4), 503-516. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000684 [PMCID: PMC10026176]
  21. Rupprecht, F. S., Sabatini, S., Diehl, M., Gerstorf, D., Kaspar, R., Schilling, O. K., & Wahl, H.-W. (2022). Awareness of age-related change in the context of major life events. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13:954048. Published online October 28, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.954048 [PMCID: PMC36386972]
  22. Sabatini, S., Siebert, J. S., Diehl, M., Brothers, A., & Wahl, H.-W. (2022). Identifying predictors of self-perceptions of aging based on a range of cognitive, physical, and mental health indicators: Twenty-year longitudinal findings from the ILSE study. Psychology and Aging, 37(4), 486-502. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000668 [PMCID: PMC10413976]
  23. Sabatini, S., Ukoumunne, O. C., Brothers, A., Diehl, M., Wahl, H.-W., Ballard, C., Collins, R., Corbett, A., Brooker, H., & Clare, L. (2022). Differences in awareness of positive and negative age-related changes accounting for variability in health outcomes. European Journal of Ageing, 19(4), 1087-1097. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-021-00673-z
  24. Schilling, O. K., Gerstorf, D., Lücke, A. J., Katzorreck, M., Wahl, H.-W., Diehl, M., & Kunzmann, U. (2022). Emotional reactivity to daily stressors in young-old and very-old adults: Does stressor pile-up within a day matter? Psychology and Aging, 37(2), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1037pag0000667 [PMCID: PMC10074401]
  25. Shrira, A., Palgi, Y., & Diehl, M.† (2022). Advancing the field of subjective views of aging: An overview of recent achievements. In Palgi, Y., Shrira, A., & Diehl, M. (Eds.), Subjective views of aging: Theory, research, and practice (pp. 11-37). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11073-3-2
  26. Wahl, H.-W., Wettstein, M., Tseng, H.-Y.,* Schlomann, A.,** Schmidt, L., & Diehl, M.† (2022). Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected older adults’ personal and general views on aging? Evidence for losses and gains. Developmental Psychology, 58(6), 1188-1205. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001348 [PMCID: PMC9682470]
  27. Ayalon, L., Chasteen, A., Diehl, M., Levy, B., Neupert, S. D., Rothermund, K., Tesch-Römer, C., & Wahl, H.-W. (2021). Aging in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: Avoiding ageism and fostering intergenerational solidarity [Editorial]. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 76(2), e49-e52. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa051 [Authors contributed equally to this editorial and are listed in alphabetical order.] [PMCID: PMC7184502]
  28. Brothers, A., Kornadt, A., Nehrkorn-Bailey, A.,** Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M.† (2021). The effects of age stereotypes on physical and mental health are mediated by self-perceptions of aging. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 76(5), 845-857. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa176 [PMCID: PMC8063677]
  29. Chui, H., & Diehl, M.† (2021). Gratitude and loneliness in daily life across the adult lifespan. Current Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02488-8
  30. Diehl, M., Brothers, A.., & Wahl, H.-W. (2021). Self-perceptions and awareness of aging: Past, present, and future. In K. W. Schaie & S. L. Willis (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (9th ed., pp. 155-179). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816094-7.00001-5
  31. Diehl, M., Nehrkorn-Bailey,** Thompson, K., Rodriguez, D.,* Li, K., Rebok, G. W., Roth, D. L., Chung, S.-E., Bland, C.,* Feltner, S.,* Forsyth, G.,* Hulett, N.,* Klein, B.,* Mars, P.,* Martinez, K.,* Mast, S.,* Monasterio, R.,* Moore, K.,* Schoenberg, H.,* Thomson, E., & Tseng, H.-Y.* (2021). The AgingPLUS trial: Design of a randomized controlled trial to increase physical activity in middle-aged and older adults. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 96, 106105 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2020.106105 [PMCID: PMC7494523]
  32. Diehl, M., Wettstein, M., Spuling. S. M., & Wurm, S. (2021). Age-related change in self-perceptions of aging: Longitudinal trajectories and predictors of change. Psychology and Aging, 36(3), 344-359. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000585 [PMCID: PMC33539148]
  33. Kaspar, R., Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M. (2021). Awareness of age-related change as a behavioral determinant of survival time in very old age. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 727560. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727560 [PMCID: PMC8505719]
  34. Neri, A. L., Wahl, H.-W., Kaspar, R., Diehl, M., Batistoni, S. S. T., Cachioni, M., & Yassuda, M. S. (2021). Psychometric study of the AARC Short Scale in Portuguese among Brazilian older adults. Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 15(2), 230-238. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642021dn15-020011
  35. Sabatini, S., Ukoumunne, O. C., Ballard, C., Collins, R., Anstey, K. J., Diehl, M., Brothers, A., Wahl, H.-W., Corbett, A., Hampshire, A., Brooker, H., & Clare, L. (2021). Cross-sectional association between objective cognitive performance and perceived age-related gains and losses in cognition. International Psychogeriatrics, 33(7), 727-741. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610221000375 [PMCID: PMC33849677]
  36. Weiss, D., & Diehl, M. (2021). Measuring (non)essentialist beliefs about the process of aging. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 76(7), 1340-1348. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa113 [PMCID: PMC8499443]
  37. Diehl, M., Smyer, M. A., & Mehrotra, C. M. (2020). Optimizing aging: A call for a new narrative. American Psychologist, 75(4), 577-589. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000598 [PMCID: PMC7213015]
  38. Brothers, A. F., Gabrian, M., Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M.† (2019). A new multi-dimensional questionnaire to assess Awareness of Age-Related Change (AARC). The Gerontologist, 59(3), e141-e151. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gny006 [PMCID: PMC6524485]
  39. Diehl, M., & Wahl, H.-W. (2019). Awareness of age-related change. In D. Gu & M. E. Dupre (Eds.), Encyclopedia of gerontology and population aging. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_94-1
  40. Dutt, A. J.,* Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M.† (2019). Awareness of aging processes. In B. Knight (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology and Aging (pp. 1053-1072). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.397
  41. Kaspar, R., Gabrian, M., Brothers, A., Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M.† (2019). Measuring awareness of age-related change: Development of a 10-item short form for use in large-scale surveys. The Gerontologist, 59(3), e130-e140. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx213 [PMCID: PMC6524483]
  42. Rupprecht, F. S.,* Dutt, A. J.,* Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M.† (2019). The role of personality in becoming aware of age-related changes. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 32(2), 57-67. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000204 [PMID: 32362819]
  43. Diehl, M., Griffin, E.,** & Brothers, A. F. (2018). Dynamic integration theory. In O. Braddick (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Online publication: Dec. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.340
  44. Bielak, A. A. M., Hatt, C. R.*, & Diehl, M.† (2017). Cognitive performance in adults’ daily lives: Is there a lab-life gap? Research in Human Development, 14, 219-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2017.1340050 [PMCID: PMC10538579]
  45. Brothers, A. F.,* & Diehl, M.† (2017). Feasibility and efficacy of the AgingPLUS program: Changing views on aging to increase engagement in physical activity. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 25, 402-411. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2016-0039 [PMID: 27918687]
  46. Brothers, A. F.,* Miche, M.,** Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M.† (2017). Examination of associations among three distinct subjective aging constructs and their relevance for predicting developmental correlates. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 72, 547-560. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbv085 [PMID: 26430165]
  47. Diehl, M., Wahl, H.-W., & Freund, A. M. (2017). Ecological validity as a key feature of external validity in research on human development. Research in Human Development, 14, 177-181. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2017.1340053
  48. Wurm, S., Diehl, M., Kornadt, A. E., Westerhof, G. J., & Wahl, H.-W. (2017). How do views on aging affect health outcomes in adulthood and late life? Explanations for an established connection. Developmental Review, 46,27-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2017.08.002 [PMID: 33927468]
  49. Brothers, A.,* Gabrian, M.,** Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M.† (2016). Future time perspective and awareness of age-related change: Examining their role in predicting psychological well-being. Psychology and Aging, 31, 605-617. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pag0000101 [PMID: 27243764]
  50. Chui, H., & Diehl, M.† (2016). Age differences in the effect of self-esteem: The link between physical symptoms and daily affect. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 29, 189-200. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000157
  51. Diehl, M., & Brothers, A. F.* (2016). Self-theories of the aging person. In N. A. Pachana (Series Ed.), B. G. Knight, & H.-W. Wahl (Vol. Eds.), Encyclopedia of Geropsychology: Vol. 1. Introduction and Historical Perspectives (pp. 115-123). New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_115-1
  52. Diehl, M. (2015). Contextualizing personality: What’s next? [Commentary] European Journal of Personality, 29, 326-327. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2006
  53. Schilling, O. K., & Diehl, M.† (2015). Psychological vulnerability to daily stressors in old age: Findings from short-term longitudinal studies. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 48, 517-523. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-015-0935-7 [PMID: 26208576]
  54. Diehl, M., Hooker, K., & Sliwinski, M. J. (2015). A brief historical overview on intraindividual variability research across the life span. In M. Diehl, K. Hooker, & M. J. Sliwinski (Eds.), Handbook of intraindividual variability across the life span (pp. 3-15). New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
  55. Diehl, M., Wahl, H.-W., Brothers, A. F.,* & Miche, M.* (2015). Subjective aging and awareness of aging: Toward a new understanding of the aging self. In M. Diehl & H.-W. Wahl (Eds.), Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Vol. 35. Subjective aging: New developments and future directions (pp. 1-28). New York, NY: Springer Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1891/0198-8794.35.1
  56. Miche, M.,* Brothers, A. F.,* Diehl, M., & Wahl, H.-W. (2015). The role of subjective aging within the changing ecologies of aging: Perspectives for research and practice. In M. Diehl & H.-W. Wahl (Eds.), Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Vol. 35. Subjective aging: New developments and future directions (pp. 211-245). New York, NY: Springer Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1891/0198-8794.35.209
  57. Ram, N., & Diehl, M.† (2015). Multiple time-scale design and analysis: Pushing towards real-time modeling of complex developmental processes. In M. Diehl, K. Hooker, & M. J. Sliwinski (Eds.), Handbook of intraindividual variability across the life span (pp. 308-323). New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
  58. Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M. (2015). Implementierung und Implementierungsforschung in der Gerontologie [Implementation and implementation research in gerontology]. In M. Hoben, M. Bär, & H.-W. Wahl (Eds.), Implementierungswissenschaft in Pflege und Gerontologie [Implementation research in health care and gerontology] (pp. 110-123). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
  59. Brothers, A.,* Chui, H., & Diehl, M.† (2014). Measuring future time perspective across adulthood: Development and evaluation of a short multidimensional questionnaire. The Gerontologist, 54, 1075-1088. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnu076 [PMID: 25063938]
  60. Diehl, M., Chui, H.,* Hay, E. L.,** Lumley, M. A., Grühn, D., & Labouvie-Vief, G. (2014). Change in coping and defense mechanisms across adulthood: Longitudinal findings in a European American Sample. Developmental Psychology, 50, 634-648. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033619 [PMID: 23834293]
  61. Diehl, M., Wahl, H.-W., Barrett, A. E., Brothers, A. F.,* Miche, M.,* Montepare, J. M., Westerhof, G. J., & Wurm S. (2014). Awareness of aging: Theoretical considerations on an emerging concept. Developmental Review, 34, 93-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2014.01.001 [PMID: 24958998]
  62. Miche, M.,* Wahl, H.-W., Diehl, M., Oswald, F., Kaspar, R., & Kolb, M.* (2014). Natural occurrence of subjective aging experiences in community-dwelling older adults. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 69, 174-187. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbs164 [PMID: 23325506]
  63. Schilling, O., & Diehl, M.† (2014). Reactivity to stressor pile-up in adulthood: Effects on daily negative and positive affect. Psychology and Aging, 29, 72-83. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035500 [PMID: 24660797]
  64. Westerhof, G. J., Miche, M.,* Brothers, A. F.,* Barrett, A. E., Diehl, M., Montepare, J. M., Wahl, H.-W., & Wurm, S. (2014). The influence of subjective aging on health and longevity: A meta-analysis of longitudinal data. Psychology and Aging, 29 (4), 793-802. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038016 [PMID: 25365689]
  65. Wettstein, M.,* Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M.† (2014). A multidimensional view of out-of-home behavior in cognitively unimpaired older adults: Examining differential effects of sociodemographic, cognitive, and health-related predictors. European Journal of Ageing, 11, 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-013-0292-6
  66. Diehl, M., & Hay, E. L.** (2013). Personality-related risk and resilience factors in coping with daily stress among adult cancer patients. Research in Human Development, 10, 47-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2013.760259 [PMID: 23646033]
  67. Diehl, M., & Hooker, K. (2013). Adult personality development: Dynamics and processes [Introduction to the Special Issue]. Research in Human Development, 10, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2013.760256 [PMID: 24068889]
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