Freya Dittmann‐kohli
Biographic Data
| ID | 4590563 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Freya Dittmann‐kohli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Freya |
| FAMILY NAME | Dittmann‐kohli |
| SIGNATURE | KOHLI F D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Ageing in Society
The Ageing World - Sheila Peace, Freya Dittmann-Kohli, Gerben J Westerhof and John Bond The Biology of Ageing - Rudi GJ Westendorp and Thomas BL Kirkwood Psychological Ageing - Alfons Marcoen, Peter G Coleman and Ann O'Hanlon Social Theory and Social Ageing - Chris Phillipson and Jan Baars Researching Ageing - Christina Victor, Gerben J. Westerhof and John Bond Health and Dependency in Later Life - John Bond and Gregorio Rodriguez Cabrero Social …
What is the problem? A Taxonomy of Life Problems and their Relation to Subjective Well-Being in Middle and Late Adulthood
“When Looking Back on My Past Life I Regret…”
The study investigated the frequency, themes, and attributions for significant regrets in a random probability sample of 3,917 German and Dutch nationals between the ages of 40 and 85 years. It was found that 14% did not have any regrets in spontaneous memory, and that this increased with the age of the respondents. With respect to mentioned regrets, older people, women, and those living in the former East Germany were more likely to recall exter…
Personal concepts of stability in the second half of life
Expectations of gains in the second half of life
This research focuses on cognitive representations of the personal future during the second half of life. To investigate the developmental perspectives of people growing older, the anticipation of possible gains is studied. The participants of this study took part in the German Aging Survey and the sample comprises 2,934 subjects aged 40–85 years. To assess their anticipated ‘gains’, we selected the future-related items from the SELE-questionnair…
The Personal Experience of Aging, Individual Resources, and Subjective Well-Being
The personal experience of aging, the resources relevant to it, and the consequences for subjective well-being were investigated in a sample of 4034 Germans aged 40 to 85. The data revealed 3 dimensions of aging experiences as particularly relevant: (a) physical decline, (b) continuous growth, and (c) social loss. Not only being younger but also having better subjective health, higher income, less loneliness, higher education, and greater hope we…
Life contexts and health-related selves in old age
Beyond Life Satisfaction
Individualism and Collectivism in the Personal Meaning System of Elderly Adults
Two problems in cross-cultural research are the increasingly complex definitions of individualism and collectivism and the relation between culture and self. A cultural psychological perspective on the construction of meaning can address both problems. In attributing meaning to self and life, people appropriate cultural values so that even the most authentic level of experience, the self, is culturally constituted. People are expected to use diff…
Lebenserfahrung und Lebenssinn
The Construction of Meaning in Old Age
Historically, ageing processes have often been perceived as growing constraints to a good life, but proposals for a reorganization of positive meanings also date back at least to Roman times. In order to study age-related reorganization of meaning, self-descriptive statements of 300 young and 300 elderly adults were collected with a sentence completion test. A coding scheme was used to identify age-specific meaning patterns. In contrast to young …
The Medieval Ages of Man
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The Personal Experience of Aging, Individual Resources, and Subjective Well-Being
The personal experience of aging, the resources relevant to it, and the consequences for subjective well-being were investigated in a sample of 4034 Germans aged 40 to 85. The data revealed 3 dimensions of aging experiences as particularly relevant: (a) physical decline, (b) continuous growth, and (c) social loss. Not only being younger but also having better subjective health, higher income, less loneliness, higher education, and greater hope we…
The Construction of Meaning in Old Age
Historically, ageing processes have often been perceived as growing constraints to a good life, but proposals for a reorganization of positive meanings also date back at least to Roman times. In order to study age-related reorganization of meaning, self-descriptive statements of 300 young and 300 elderly adults were collected with a sentence completion test. A coding scheme was used to identify age-specific meaning patterns. In contrast to young …
Beyond Life Satisfaction
Life contexts and health-related selves in old age
Personal concepts of stability in the second half of life
Individualism and Collectivism in the Personal Meaning System of Elderly Adults
Two problems in cross-cultural research are the increasingly complex definitions of individualism and collectivism and the relation between culture and self. A cultural psychological perspective on the construction of meaning can address both problems. In attributing meaning to self and life, people appropriate cultural values so that even the most authentic level of experience, the self, is culturally constituted. People are expected to use diff…
Expectations of gains in the second half of life
This research focuses on cognitive representations of the personal future during the second half of life. To investigate the developmental perspectives of people growing older, the anticipation of possible gains is studied. The participants of this study took part in the German Aging Survey and the sample comprises 2,934 subjects aged 40–85 years. To assess their anticipated ‘gains’, we selected the future-related items from the SELE-questionnair…
The Medieval Ages of Man
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Construction of Meaning in Old Age
Historically, ageing processes have often been perceived as growing constraints to a good life, but proposals for a reorganization of positive meanings also date back at least to Roman times. In order to study age-related reorganization of meaning, self-descriptive statements of 300 young and 300 elderly adults were collected with a sentence completion test. A coding scheme was used to identify age-specific meaning patterns. In contrast to young …
Lebenserfahrung und Lebenssinn
Individualism and Collectivism in the Personal Meaning System of Elderly Adults
Two problems in cross-cultural research are the increasingly complex definitions of individualism and collectivism and the relation between culture and self. A cultural psychological perspective on the construction of meaning can address both problems. In attributing meaning to self and life, people appropriate cultural values so that even the most authentic level of experience, the self, is culturally constituted. People are expected to use diff…
The Personal Experience of Aging, Individual Resources, and Subjective Well-Being
The personal experience of aging, the resources relevant to it, and the consequences for subjective well-being were investigated in a sample of 4034 Germans aged 40 to 85. The data revealed 3 dimensions of aging experiences as particularly relevant: (a) physical decline, (b) continuous growth, and (c) social loss. Not only being younger but also having better subjective health, higher income, less loneliness, higher education, and greater hope we…
Life contexts and health-related selves in old age
Beyond Life Satisfaction
Personal concepts of stability in the second half of life
Expectations of gains in the second half of life
This research focuses on cognitive representations of the personal future during the second half of life. To investigate the developmental perspectives of people growing older, the anticipation of possible gains is studied. The participants of this study took part in the German Aging Survey and the sample comprises 2,934 subjects aged 40–85 years. To assess their anticipated ‘gains’, we selected the future-related items from the SELE-questionnair…
“When Looking Back on My Past Life I Regret…”
The study investigated the frequency, themes, and attributions for significant regrets in a random probability sample of 3,917 German and Dutch nationals between the ages of 40 and 85 years. It was found that 14% did not have any regrets in spontaneous memory, and that this increased with the age of the respondents. With respect to mentioned regrets, older people, women, and those living in the former East Germany were more likely to recall exter…
What is the problem? A Taxonomy of Life Problems and their Relation to Subjective Well-Being in Middle and Late Adulthood
Ageing in Society
The Ageing World - Sheila Peace, Freya Dittmann-Kohli, Gerben J Westerhof and John Bond The Biology of Ageing - Rudi GJ Westendorp and Thomas BL Kirkwood Psychological Ageing - Alfons Marcoen, Peter G Coleman and Ann O'Hanlon Social Theory and Social Ageing - Chris Phillipson and Jan Baars Researching Ageing - Christina Victor, Gerben J. Westerhof and John Bond Health and Dependency in Later Life - John Bond and Gregorio Rodriguez Cabrero Social …
Psychology (9 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (5 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sentence (4 works)