Publications by members of our research unit
Accepted & in press
Brokjøb, L. G., Froehlich, L., Nikitin, J., & Martiny, S. E. (accepted). Integration or isolation: Social identity threat relates to immigrant students’ sense of belonging and social approach motivation in the academic context. Journal of Social Issues.
Luchetti, M., Ledermann, T., Aschwanden, D., Nikitin, J., O’Súilleabháin, P.S., Stephan, Y., Terracciano, A., & Sutin, A. R. (in press). Actor and partner effect of loneliness on episodic memory and verbal fluency: A dyadic multilevel analysis of romantic couples across 28 countries. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbac086
2022
Hoppler, S. S., Segerer, R., & Nikitin, J. (2022). The six components of social interactions: Actor, partner, relation, activities, context, and evaluation. Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology, 12:6528. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.743074
de Paula Couto, C. P., Fung, H. H., Graf, S., Hess, T., Liou, S., Nikitin, J., & Rothermund, K. (2022). Predictors and consequences of endorsing prescriptive views of active aging and disengagement. Frontiers in Psychology: Psychology of Aging. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.807726
Karahasanović, N., Gruber, T., Dörl, G., Radjenovic, S., Kolarova, T., Matt, E., & Beisteiner, R. (2022). Brain Plasticity in fMRI and DTI. In C. Stippich (Ed.), Clinical Functional MRI (pp. 387-406). Springer, Cham.
Kim-Knauss, Y., Lang, F. R., Rupprecht, F. S., Martin, K., & Fung, H. H. (2022). COVID-19 worries predict aging preparation: Culture- and domain-specific perspectives. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Science, 37(2), 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000661
Korlat, S., Holzer, J., Reiter, J., Pelikan, E. R., Schober, B., Spiel, C., & Lüftenegger, M. (2022). The role of the Big Two in socially responsible behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: Agency and communion in adolescents' personal norm and behavioral adherence to instituted measures. PloS one, 17(6), e0269018. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269018
Korlat, S., Holzer, J., Schultes, M.-T., Bürger, S., Schober, B., Spiel, C., & Kollmayer, M. (2022). Benefits of psychological androgyny in adolescence: The role of gender role self-concept in school-related well-being. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:856758. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.856758
Korlat, S., Schultes M-T., Schober, B., Spiel, C., & Kollmayer, M. (2022). Adolescents’ gender role identity and occupational aspirations: Gender typicality, prestige and leadership desire. Journal of Career Development. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08948453221100744
Nikitin, J., Rupprecht, F. S., & Ristl, C. (2022). Experiences of solitude in adulthood and old age. The role of autonomy. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1-10. doi.org/10.1177/01650254221117498
Rupprecht, F. S., Martin, K., Kamin, S. T., & Lang, F. R. (2022). COVID-19 and perceiving finitude: Associations with future time perspective, death anxiety, and ideal life expectancy. Psychology and Aging, 37(2), 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000661
2021
Bellingtier, J. A., Rupprecht, F. S., Neupert, S. D., & Lang, F. R. (2021). Daily experiences of subjective age discordance and well-being. Psychology and Aging, 36(6), 744-751. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000621
Gong, X., & Nikitin, J. (2021). “When I feel lonely, I’m not nice (and neither are you)”: The short- and long-term relation between loneliness and reports of social behaviour. Cognition and Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2021.1905612
Holzer, J., Korlat, S., Mayerhofer, M., Pelikan, E.R., Schober, B., Spiel, C., Toumazi, T., Salmela-Aro, K., Käser, U., Schultze-Krumbholz, A., Wachs, S., Dabas, M., Verma, S., Iliev, D., Andonovska-Trajkovska, D., Plichta, P., Pyżalski, J., Walter, N., Michałek-Kwiecień, J., Lewandowska-Walter, A., Wright, M.F., & Lüftenegger, M. (2021). Adolescent Well-Being and Learning in Times of COVID-19 – A Multi-Country Study of Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction, Learning Behavior, and the Mediating Role of Well-being. PLoS ONE 16(5): e0251352. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251352
Lang, F. R., & Rupprecht, F. S. (2021). Perceived personal deadlines for late-life preparation across adulthood. European Journal of Ageing, 18(2), 227-238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-020-00581-8https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-020-00581-8
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2021). Does focusing on others enhance subjective well-being? The role of age, motivation, and relationship closeness. Psychology and Aging, 36(1), 69-82. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000489
Nikitin, J., & Schoch, S. (2021). Social approach and avoidance motivations. In R. J. Coplan & J. C. Bowker (Eds.), Handbook of solitude: Psychological perspectives on social isolation, social withdrawal, and being alone (2nd edition) (pp. 191-208). New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119576457
Nikitin, J., Wünsche, J., Bühler, J. L., Weidmann, R., Burriss, R. P., & Grob, A. (2021). Interdependence of approach and avoidance goals in romantic couples over days and months. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 76(7), 1251-1263. https://doi.org/10.093/geronb/gbaa149
Korlat, S., Foerst, N., Schultes, M.-T., Schober, B., Spiel, C., & Kollmayer, M. (2021). Gender role identity and gender intensification: Agency and communion in adolescents’ spontaneous selfdescriptions. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 19(1), 64-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2020.1865143
Radjenovic, S., Voracek, M., & Adler, G. (2021). Validierungsstudie zum Cookie Theft Picture Test. Psychiatrische Praxis, 48(03), 149-155. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1207-1255
Rahn, G., Martiny, S. E., & Nikitin, J. (2021). Feeling out of place: Internalized age stereotypes are associated with older employees’ sense of belonging and social motivation. Work, Aging and Retirement, 7(1), 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waaa005
Rupprecht, F. S., Martin, K., Kamin, S. T., & Lang, F. R. (2021). COVID-19 and perceiving finitude: Associations with future time perspective, death anxiety, and ideal life expectancy. Psychology and Aging, 37(2), 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000661
Rupprecht, F. S., Martin, K., & Lang, F. R. (2021). Aging-related fears and their associations with ideal life expectancy. European Journal of Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-021-00661-3
Ungar, N., Rupprecht, F. S., Steindorf, K., Wiskemann, J., & Sieverding, M. (2021). Worse or even better than expected? Outcome expectancies and behavioral experiences in the context of physical activity among cancer patients. Journal of Health Psychology, 26(5), 659-671. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105319832345
2020
Bühler, J. L., & Nikitin, J. (2020). Sociohistorical context and adult social development: New directions for 21st century research. American Psychologist, 75(4), 457–469. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000611
de Bruin, S. R., Billings, J., Stoop, A., Lette, M., Ambugo, E. A., Gadsby, E., Häusler, C., Obermann, K., Ahi, G.-P., Reynolds, J., Ruppe, G., Tram, N., Wistow, G., Zonneveld, N., Nijpels, G., Baan, C. (2020). Different contexts, similar challenges: SUSTAIN’s experiences with improving integrated care in Europe. International Journal of Integrated Care, 20(2), 1–5. http://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5492
Drace, S., Korlat, S., Dokic, R. (2020). When stereotype threat makes me more intelligent: The informative role of threat related emotions in effort mobilization and task performance. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(1), 137-156. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12327
MacInnes, J., Gadsby, E., Reynolds, J., Mateu, N. C., Lette, M., Ristl, C., Billings, J. (2020). Exploring the team climate of health and social care professionals implementing integrated care for older people in Europe. International Journal of Integrated Care, 20(4), 1-13. http://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5467
Rothermund, K., de Paula Couto, C. P., Fung, H., Graf, S., Hess, T. M., Liou, S., & Nikitin, J. (2020). Age-related attributions of experienced changes in life: Origins and Implications. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 76(5), 881-893. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa160
Rupprecht, F. S., & Lang, F. R. (2020). Personal ideals of aging and longevity: The role of subjective discordances. Psychology and Aging, 35(3), 385-396. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000455
2019
Bühler, J. L., Weidmann, R., Nikitin, J., Grob, A. (2019). A closer look at life goals across adulthood: Applying a developmental perspective to content, dynamics, and outcomes of goal importance and goal attainability. European Journal of Personality, 33(2), 359-384. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2194
Martiny, S. E., & Nikitin, J. (2019). Social identity threat in interpersonal relationships: Activating negative stereotypes decreases social approach motivation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 25(1), 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000198
Nikitin, J., Gong, X., Schoch, S., & Freund, A. M. (2019). Social motives, attributions and expectations as predictors of the decision to participate in a speed-dating event. Motivation and Emotion, 43(2), 610-624. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-019-09762-0
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2019). Adaptation process of aging. In R. Fernandez-Ballesteros, J. M. Robine, & A. Benetos (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of successful aging (pp. 281-298). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2019). Individual differences in habitual social goals and daily well‐being: The role of age and relationship closeness. European Journal of Personality, 33(3), 337-358. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2190
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2019). The motivational power of the happy face. Brain Sciences, 9(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9010006
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2019). Who cares? Effects of social approach and avoidance motivation on responsiveness to others. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(2), 182-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218781335
Lang, F. R., & Rupprecht, F. S. (2019). Motivation for longevity across the life span: An emerging issue. Innovation in Aging, 3(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz014
Lang, F. R., & Rupprecht, F. S. (2019). Time perspective across adulthood. In: D. Gu & M. E. Dupre (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_116-1
Ruppe, G., Häusler, C., Kon, D., Psihoda, S., Stückler, A., Tauber, M., & Zgud, J. (2019). Forschung zu Altern und demografischem Wandel in Österreich - Situation und Perspektive 2018/2019. http://www.netzwerk-altern.at/forschungsstandbericht
Rupprecht, F. S., Dutt, A. J., Wahl, H.-W., & Diehl, M. K. (2019). The role of personality in becoming aware of age-related changes. GeroPsych, 32(2), 57-67. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000204
2018
Doh, M., Jokisch, M. R., Rupprecht, F. S., Schmidt, L. I., & Wahl, H.-W. (2018). Förderliche und hinderliche Faktoren im Umgang mit neuen Informations- und Kommunikations-Technologien im Alter – Befunde aus der Initiative der „Senioren-Technik-Botschafter“. In C. Kuttner & C. Schwender (Eds.), Mediale Lehr-Lern-Kulturen im höheren Erwachsenenalter (pp. 223-242). Kopaed.
Dutt, A. J., Wahl, H.-W., & Rupprecht, F. S. (2018). Mindful vs. mind full: Processing strategies moderate the association between subjective aging experiences and depressive symptoms. Psychology and Aging, 33(4), 630-642. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000245
Freund, A. M., & Nikitin, J. (2018). Entwicklung im jungen und mittleren Erwachsenenalter [Development in young and middle adulthood]. In W. Schneider, & U. Lindenberger (Eds.), Entwicklungspsychologie (8. Auflage) (pp. 265-290). Weinheim, Basel: Beltz.
Häusler, C., & Ruppe, G. (2018). SUSTAIN Country Reports. Country Report Austria. https://www.sustain-eu.org/products/sustain-country-reports/
Job, V., Sieber, V., Rothermund, K., & Nikitin, J. (2018). Age differences in implicit theories about willpower: Why older people endorse a nonlimited theory. Psychology and Aging, 33(6), 940-952. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000285
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2018). Feeling loved and integrated or lonely and rejected in everyday life: The role of age and social motivation. Developmental Psychology, 54(6), 1186-1198. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000502
2017
Job, V., Nikitin, J., Zhang, S. X., Carr, P. B., & Walton, G. M. (2017). Social traces of generic humans increase the value of everyday objects. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(6), 785-792. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217697694
Nikitin, J., & Hennecke, M. (Eds.) (2017). Nevěřte tvořivým a dalších 99 psychologických výzkumů. [Don’t trust the creative and other 99 psychological studies]. Praha, Czech Republic: Portál
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2017). Social motives predict loneliness in a developmental transition. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 76(4), 145-153. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000201
2016
Kapella, O., Häusler, C., & Rille-Pfeiffer, C. (2016). Ein Gesprächsleitfaden für Kindergartenfachkräfte für das Elternberatungsgespräch im Rahmen der Bund-Länder-Vereinbarung (15aVereinbarung). https://www.oif.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_oif/andere_Publikationen/leitfaden_eltern_v4_FINAL.pdf
2015
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2015). Adult age differences in frequency estimations of happy and angry faces. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 39, 266-274. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025414542838
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2015). The indirect nature of social motives: The relation of social approach and avoidance motives with likeability via extraversion and agreeableness. Journal of Personality, 83, 97-105. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12086
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2015). What you want to avoid is what you see: Social avoidance motivation affects the interpretation of emotional faces. Motivation and Emotion, 39, 384-391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-014-9459-5
Nikitin, J., & Hennecke, M. (Eds.) (2015). 100 psychologische Denkfallen: Warum wir hinterher glauben, es vorher besser gewusst zu haben. [100 psychological thinking traps: Why later we believe that we knew it all along]. Weinheim, Germany: Beltz.
Schoch, S., Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2015). Why do(n’t) you like me? The role of social approach and avoidance motives in attributions following social acceptance and rejection. Motivation and Emotion, 39, 680-692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-015-9482-1
Valero, D., Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2015). The effect of age and time perspective on implicit motives. Motivation and Emotion, 39, 175-181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-014-9453-y
2014
Nikitin, J., & Schoch, S. (2014). Social approach and avoidance motivations. In R. J. Coplan & J. C. Bowker (Eds.), Handbook of solitude: Psychological perspectives on social isolation, social withdrawal, and being alone (pp. 202-223). New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell.
Nikitin, J., Schoch, S., & Freund, A. M. (2014). The role of age and motivation for the experience of social acceptance and rejection. Developmental Psychology, 50, 1943- 1950. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036979
2013
Freund, A. M., Weiss. D., & Nikitin, J. (2013). Modelle der Handlungsmotivation zur erfolgreichen Entwicklung [Action-motivation models of successful development]. In L. Ahnert (Ed.), Theorien in der Entwicklungspsychologie (pp. 282-306). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
2012
Freund, A. M., & Nikitin, J. (2012). Entwicklung im jungen und mittleren Erwachsenenalter [Development in young and middle adulthood]. In W. Schneider, & U. Lindenberger (Eds.), Entwicklungspsychologie (7. Auflage) (pp. 259-282). Weinheim, Basel: Beltz.
Freund, A. M., Riediger, M., & Nikitin, J. (2012). Successful aging. In R. M. Lerner, A. Easterbrooks, & J. Mistry (Eds.), Comprehensive handbook of psychology: Volume 6: Developmental psychology (pp. 615-638). New York, NY: Wiley.
Nikitin, J., Burgermeister, L. C., & Freund, A. M. (2012). The role of age and social motivation in developmental transitions in young and old adulthood. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 3:366. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00366
2011
Bowers, E. P., Gestsdottir, S., Geldhof, G. J., Nikitin, J., von Eye, A., & Lerner, R. M. (2011). Developmental trajectories of intentional self regulation in adolescence: The role of parenting and implications for positive and problematic outcomes among diverse youth. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 1193-1206. doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.07.006
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2011). Age and motivation predict gaze behavior for facial expressions. Psychology and Aging, 26, 695-700. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023281
2010
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2010). A motivational perspective on reactions to emotional faces. In A. Freitas-Magalhães (Ed.), Emotional expression: The brain and the face (Vol. 2, pp. 85-108). Oporto, Portugal: University Fernando Pessoa Press.
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2010). When wanting and fearing go together: The effect of co-occurring social approach and avoidance motivation on behavior, affect, and cognition. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 783-804. doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.650
2009
Freund, A. M., Nikitin, J., & Ritter, J. O. (2009). Psychological consequences of longevity: The increasing importance of self-regulation in old age. Human Development, 52, 1-37. https://doi.org/10.1159/000189213
2008
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2008). The role of social approach and avoidance motives for subjective well-being and the successful transition to adulthood. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 57, 90-111. doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2008.00356.x