Contact information
- Prof. Dr. Frieder R. Lang
room 3.112, office hours:
students of Psychology: Tue, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
students of Gerontology: Wed, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
secretary's office: Mrs. C. Bauer & Mrs. G. Bittner
phone: +49 (0)9131 / 85-26526
fax: +49 (0)9131 / 85-26554
email: psycho@geronto.uni-erlangen.de
Address
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Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Institute of Psychogerontology
Naegelsbachstraße 25
D-91052 Erlangen
Germany
PsychAuthors - Publication list of Prof. Dr. Frieder R. Lang, provided by the Leibniz-Institute (ZPID)
Research
Research Interests
- Health and Ageing
- Lifespan Psychology
- Motivation and social development across the life span
- Personality processes and subjective well-being
- Family, kinship, and intergenerational relationships
Research Projects and Cooperations
- Successful Aging and Life Experience (ALLEE) - Project Director
- Berlin Aging Study (BASE)
: Psychology Unit : Associated Member - Psychology of Kinship (with Franz Neyer)
- Goal regulation across the lifespan: Cross-cultural comparison of future time perspectives
(with Helene Fung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Curriculum Vitae
Academic degrees
| 2001 | Habilitation (2nd Ph.D.) in Psychology | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 1993 | Ph.D. (Psychology) | Free University of Berlin |
| 1990 | Diploma in Psychology | Technical University Berlin |
Career history
| 2008 | Offered Chair in Applied Developmental Psychology (rejected) | University of Trier |
| since 2006 | Chair in Psychogerontology and Head of Institute of Psychogerontology | Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| 2002 - 2006 | Professor of Developmental Psychology | Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Psychology |
| 1999 - 2002 | Assistant Professor | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Education |
| 1994 - 1999 | Research Scientist | Free University Berlin, Department of Gerontopsychiatry (Director: Prof. Dr. Margret M. Baltes) |
| 1996 | Visiting Scholar | Stanford University, Department of Psychology (Sponsor: Prof. Dr. Laura L. Carstensen) |
| 1994 | Post-doctoral fellow | Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin (Director: Prof. Dr. Paul B. Baltes) |
| 1990 - 1993 | Pre-doctoral fellow | Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin |
| 1986 - 1990 | Research and Teaching Assistant | Technical University Berlin, Department of Psychology |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2010-2015 | GeroPsych | The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry |
Recent Publications (Selection)
List of publications in english
(last update: February 2012)
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Lang, F. R., & Fingerman, K. L. (Eds.) (2004). Growing together: Personal relationships across the lifespan. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
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, 501-509.
Lang, F. R. (2001). Regulation of social relationships in later adulthood. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 56B, 321-326.
Lang, F. R., & Heckhausen, J. (2001). Perceived control over development and subjective well-being: Differential benefits across adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 509-523.
Lang, F. R., & Baltes, M. M. (1997). Being with people and being alone in late life: Costs and benefits for everyday functioning. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 21, 729-746.
Lang, F. R., Featherman, D. L., & Nesselroade, J. R. (1997). Social self efficacy and short-term variability in social relationships: The MacArthur successful aging studies. Psychology and Aging, 12, 657-666.
Lang, F. R., & Carstensen, L. L. (1994). Close emotional relationships in late life: Further support for proactive aging in the social domain. Psychology and Aging, 9, 315-324.
Neyer, F. J., & Lang, F. R. (2003). Blood is thicker than water: Kinship orientation across adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 310-321.
Rohr, M. K., & Lang, F. R. (2009). Aging well together–A mini-review. Gerontology, 55, 333-343.
Weiss, D., & Lang, F. R. (2009). Thinking about my generation: Adaptive effects of a dual age identity in later adulthood. Psychlogy and Aging, 24, 729-734.
Wahl, H.-W., & Lang, F. R. (2004). Aging in contexts across the adult life span: Integrating physical and social research perspectives. In H.-W. Wahl, R. Scheidt, & P. Windley (Eds.), Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Vol. 23: Environments, Gerontology, and Old Age). (pp. 1-33). New York: Springer.
Wahl, H. W., Diehl, M., Kruse, A., Lang, F. R., & Martin, M. (2008). Psychologische Alternsforschung: Beiträge und Perspektiven. Psychologische Rundschau, 59, 2-23.
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