Monographs

2010

Jain, E., & Labouvie-Vief, G. (2010). Compensatory Effects of Emotion Avoidance in Adult Development. Biological Psychology, 84, 497-513.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Grühn, D., & Studer, J. (2010). Dynamic integration of emotion and cognition: Equilibrium regulation in development and aging. In R. M. Lerner, M. E. Lamb & A. M. Freund (Eds.), The handbook of life-span development: Vol. 2. Social and emotional development (pp. 79-115). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

 

2009

Labouvie-Vief, G. (2009). Cognition and Equilibrium Regulation in Development and Aging. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 7, 551-565.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Grühn, D., & Gilet, A.-L. (2009). Les émotions à l'âge avancé: entre opportunité et contrainte. In M. Oris, E. Widmer, A. de Ribaupierre, D. Joye, D. Spini, G. Labouvie-Vief, et al. (Eds.), Transitions dans les parcours de vie et construction des inégalités (pp. 377-388). Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Grühn, D., & Mouras, H. (2009). Dynamic emotion-cognition interactions in adult development: Arousal, stress, and the processing of affect. In H.B. Bosworth, C. Hertzog (Eds.), Cognition in aging: Methodologies and applications. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

 

2008

Grühn, D., Rebucal, K., Diehl, M., Lumley, M. & Labouvie-Vief, G. (2008) Self-reported empathy across the adult lifespan: Evidence from a 12-year longitudinal study. Emotion, 8, 753-765.

Labouvie-Vief, G.  (2008) When differentiation and negative affect lead to integration and growth. American Psychologist, 63, 564-565.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (2008). Dynamic Integration Theory: Emotion, cognition, and equilibrium in later life. In V. Bengtson, M. Silverstein, N. Putney, & D. Gans, (Eds.), Handbook of theories of aging (pp.277-293). New York: Springer.

 

2007

Grühn, D., Scheibe, S., & Baltes, P. B. (2007). Reduced negativity effect in older adults‘ memory for emotional pictures: The heterogeneity-homogeneity list paradigm. Psychology and Aging.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Diehl, M., Jain, E., & Zhang, F.  (2007). Changes in affect optimization and affect complexity in adulthood: A further examination. Psychology and Aging.22, 738-751.

 

2006

Labouvie-Vief, G. (2006).  Emerging structures of adult thought. In J. Arnett (Ed.), Psychological Development during Emerging Adulthood (pp. 60-84). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

 

2005

Grühn, D., Smith, J., & Baltes, P. B. (2005). No aging bias favoring memory for positive material: Evidence from a heterogeneity-homogeneity list paradigm using emotionally toned words. Psychology and Aging, 20, 579-588.

Kunzmann, U., & Grühn, D. (2005). Age differences in emotional reactivity: The sample case of sadness. Psychology and Aging, 20, 47-59.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (2005). Emerging structures of adult thought. In J. J. Arnett & J. L. Tanner (Eds.), Emerging adults in America: Coming of age in the 21st century (pp. 59-84). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (2005). Self-with-other representations and the organization of the self. Journal of Research in Personality, 39, 185-205.

Lumley, M. A., Gustavson, B. J., Partridge, R., & Labouvie-Vief, G. (2005). Assessing alexithymia and related emotional ability constructs using multiple methods: Interrelationships among measures. Emotion, 5, 329-342.

 

2004

Labouvie-Vief, G., & Marquez, M. G. (2004). Dynamic integration: Affect optimization and differentiation in development. In D. Y. Dai & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), Motivation, emotion, and cognition: Integrative perspectives on intellectual functioning and development (pp. 237-272). Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Wurm, L. H., Labouvie-Vief, G., Aycock, J., Rebucal, K. A., & Koch, H. E. (2004). Performance in auditory and visual emotional stroop tasks: A comparison of older and younger adults. Psychology and Aging, 19, 523-535.

Zhang, F., & Labouvie-Vief, G. (2004). Stability and fluctuation in adult attachment style over a 6-year period. Attachment and Human Development, 6, 419-437.

 

2003

Labouvie-Vief, G. (2003). Dynamic integration: Affect, cognition, and the self in adulthood. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 201-206.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (2003). Without gender, without self. In U. M. Staudinger & U. Lindenberger (Eds.), Understanding human development: Dialogues with lifespan psychology (pp. 401-412). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Lumley, M. A., Jain, E., & Heinze, H. (2003). Age and gender differences in cardiac reactivity and subjective emotion responses to emotional autobiographical memories. Emotion, 3, 115-126.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Zhang, F., & Jain, E. (2003). Affect complexity and affect optimization: Cross-sectional validation and longitudinal examination. Manuscript submitted for publication.

 

2002

Labouvie-Vief, G., & Medler, M. (2002). Affect optimization and affect complexity: Modes and styles of regulation in adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 17, 571-587.

 

1991— 2000

Labouvie-Vief, G. (2000). Affect complexity and views of the transcendent. In P. Young-Eisendrath & M. E. Miller (Eds.), The psychology of mature spirituality: Integrity, wisdom, transcendence. New York, US: Brunner-Routledge.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (2000). Reason and emotion across the life span: A personal view. In J. E. Birren & J. J. F. Schroots (Eds.), A history of geropsychology in autobiography (pp. 173-184). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association.

Labouvie-Vief, G., & Diehl, M. (2000). Cognitive complexity and cognitive-affective integration: Related or separate domains of adult development? Psychology and Aging, 15, 490-504.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Diehl, M., Tarnowski, A., & Shen, J. (2000). Age differences in adult personality: Findings from the United States and China. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 55B, P4-P17.

Elnick, A. B., Margrett, J. A., Fitzgerald, J. M., & Labouvie-Vief, G. (1999). Benchmark memories in adulthood: Central domains and predictors of their frequency. Journal of Adult Development, 6, 45-59.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1999). Emotions in adulthood. In V. L. Bengtson & K. W. Schaie (Eds.), Handbook of theories of aging (pp. 253-267). New York, US: Springer.

Labouvie-Vief, G., & Diehl, M. (1999). Self and personality development: An interdisciplinary perspective. In J. C. Cavanaugh & S. K. Whitbourne (Eds.), Gerontology (pp. x, 467). New York, US: Oxford University Press.

Shen, J., Chen, B., Wang, D., Labouvie-Vief, G., & Diehl, M. (1999). Age differences in adult personality: Findings from the U.S. and China. Psychological Science (China), 22, 202-204.

Diehl, M., Elnick, A. B., Bourbeau, L. S., & Labouvie-Vief, G. (1998). Adult attachment styles: Their relations to family context and personality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1656-1669.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1998). Cognitive-emotional integration in adulthood. In K. W. Schaie & M. P. Lawton (Eds.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics. Vol. 17: Focus on emotion and adult development (pp. 206-237). New York, US: Springer.

Labouvie-Vief, G., & Diehl, M. (1998). The role of ego development in the adult self. Westenberg, P. Michiel (Ed); Blasi, Augusto (Ed); Cohn, Lawrence D (Ed). (1998). Personality development: Theoretical, empirical, and clinical investigations of Loevinger's conception of ego development.

Wang, D., Shen, J., Brady, A., & Labouvie-Vief, G. (1998). Age, sex, and culture differences of defense mechanisms. Psychological Science (China), 21, 131-135.

Diehl, M., Coyle, N., & Labouvie-Vief, G. (1996). Age and sex differences in strategies of coping and defense across the life span. Psychology and Aging, 11, 127-139.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1996). Emotion, thought, and gender. In C. Magai & S. H. McFadden (Eds.), Handbook of emotion, adult development, and aging (pp. 101-117). San Diego, CA, US: Academic Press.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1996). Emotion, thought, and gender: Magai, Carol (Ed); McFadden, Susan H (Ed).

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1996). Knowledge and the construction of women's development. In P. B. Baltes & U. M. Staudinger (Eds.), Interactive minds: Life-span perspectives on the social foundation of cognition. New York, US: Cambridge University Press.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1996). Trapped in the mirror: Psychosocial reflections on mid-life and the queen in Snow White: Comment. Human Development, 39, 173-180.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Chiodo, L. M., Goguen, L. A., Diehl, M., & Orwoll, L. (1995). Representations of self across the life span. Psychology and Aging, 10, 404-415.

Labouvie-Vief, G., DeVoe, M., Chiodo, L. M., & Coyle, N. (1995). Representations of self and parents across the life span. Journal of Adult Development, 2, 207-222.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Orwoll, L., & Manion, M. (1995). Narratives of mind, gender, and the life course. Human Development, 38, 239-257.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1994). Women's creativity and images of gender. In B. F. Turner & L. E. Troll (Eds.), Women growing older: Psychological perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA, US: Sage.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1993). Ego processes in adulthood: A comment on Jane Loevinger. Psychological Inquiry, 4, 34-37.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1992). A neo-Piagetian perspective on adult cognitive development. In R. J. Sternberg & C. A. Berg (Eds.), Intellectual development (pp. 197-228). New York, US: Cambridge University Press.

Labouvie-Vief, G., & DeVoe, M. (1991). Emotional regulation in adulthood and later life: A developmental view. In K. W. Schaie & M. P. Lawton (Eds.), Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics: Behavioral Science and Aging (Vol. 11, pp. 172-194). New York, US: Springer.

 

1981—1990

Adams, C., Labouvie-Vief, G., Hobart, C. J., & Dorosz, M. (1990). Adult age group differences in story recall style. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 45, P17-P27.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1990). Modes of knowledge and the organization of development. In M. L. Commons, C. Armon, L. Kohlberg, F. A. Richards & T. A. Grotzer (Eds.), Adult development. Vol. 2: Models and methods in the study of adolescent and adult thought. New York, England: Praeger.

Labouvie-Vief, G., DeVoe, M., & Bulka, D. (1989). Speaking about feelings: Conceptions of emotion across the life span. Psychology and Aging, 4, 425-437.

Labouvie-Vief, G., & Hakim-Larson, J. (1989). Developmental shifts in adult thought. In S. Hunter & M. Sundel (Eds.), Midlife myths: Issues, findings, and practice implications. Thousand Oaks, CA, US: Sage.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Hakim-Larson, J., DeVoe, M., & Schoeberlein, S. (1989). Emotions and self-regulation: A life span view. Human Development, 32, 279-299.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Hakim-Larson, J., & Hobart, C. J. (1987). Age, ego level, and the life-span development of coping and defense processes. Psychology and Aging, 2, 286-293.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1985). Intelligence and cognition. In J. E. Birren & K. W. Schaie (Eds.), Handbook of the psychology of aging (2nd ed., pp. 500-530). New York, US: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1985). Models of cognitive functioning in the older adult: Research needs in educational gerontology. In R. H. Sherron & D. B. Lumsden (Eds.), Introduction to educational gerontology (2nd ed., pp. 249-274). Washington, DC, US: Hemisphere Publishing.

Labouvie-Vief, G., & Lawrence, R. (1985). Object knowledge, personal knowledge, and processes of equilibration in adult cognition. Human Development, 28, 25-39.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1982). Dynamic development and mature autonomy: A theoretical prologue. Human Development, 25, 161-191.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1982). Growth and aging in life span perspective. Human Development, 25, 65-79.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1981). Re-active and pro-active aspects of constructivism: Growth and aging in life-span perspective. In R. M. Lerner & N. A. Bush-Rossnagel (Eds.), Individuals as products of their development: A Life-span perspective (pp. 197-320). New York, US: Academic Press.

 

1974—1980

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1980). Beyond formal operations: Uses and limits of pure logic in life-span development. Human Development, 23, 141-161.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1977). Adult cognitive development: In search of alternative interpretations. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 23, 227-263.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Levin, J. R., Hurlbut, N. L., & Urberg, K. A. (1977). In pursuit of the elusive relationship between selected cognitive abilities and learning. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2, 239-250.

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1976). Toward optimizing cognitive competence in later life. Educational Gerontology, 1, 75-92.

Labouvie-Vief, G., & Baltes, P. B. (1976). Reduction of adolescent misperceptions of the aged. Journal of Gerontology, 31, 68-71.

Labouvie-Vief, G., & Gonda, J. N. (1976). Cognitive strategy training and intellectual performance in the elderly. Journal of Gerontology, 31, 327-332.

Urberg, K. A., & Labouvie-Vief, G. (1976). Conceptualizations of sex roles: A life span developmental study. Developmental Psychology, 12, 15-23.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Levin, J. R., & Urberg, K. A. (1975). The relationship between selected cognitive abilities and learning: A second look. Journal of Educational Psychology, 67, 558-569.

Labouvie-Vief, G., Hoyer, W. J., Baltes, M. M., & Baltes, P. B. (1974). Operant analysis of intellectual behavior in old age. Human Development, 17, 259-272.

Schaie, K., & Labouvie-Vief, G. (1974). Generational versus ontogenetic components of change in adult cognitive behavior: A fourteen-year cross-sequential study. Developmental Psychology, 10, 305-320.

 

 

 

 

Labouvie-Vief, G. (1994). Psyche and Eros: Mind and gender in the life course. New York, US: Cambridge University Press.

 

 

 

Research Articles/Chapters

Papers in press

Grühn, D., Gilet, A-L, Studer, J., & Labouvie-Vief, G. (in press) Age-Relevance of Person Characteristics: People’s Beliefs about Developmental Change across the Lifespan. Developmental Psychology.