Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Éducation Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Éducation

Applied Cognitive Aging

In this area, we target research topics that are of direct relevance for optimal lifelong development and successful aging across the lifespan. In doing so we built on our expertise in cognitive development and thus aim at applied research questions that are related to the changes in cognitive abilities across the lifespan.

Two main topics are currently investigated:

 

Aging workforce

How do changes in cognitive as well as socio-emotional, personal, and context resources affect the development in health and work ability in middle adulthood and young-old adults approaching retirement? How should continuing education in “silver workers” be done?

Selected publications:

  • Ihle, A., Borella, E., Rahnfeld, M., Müller, S. R., Enge, S., Hacker, W., Wegge, J., Oris, M., & Kliegel, M. (2015). The role of cognitive resources for subjective work ability and health in nursing. European Journal of Ageing, 12(2), 131-140. doi: 10.1007/s10433-014-0331-y
  • Bilinska, P., Wegge, J., & Kliegel, M. (2016). Caring for the Elderly But Not for One's Own Old Employees? Organizational Age Climate, Age Stereotypes, and Turnover Intentions in Young and Old Nurses. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 15(3), 95-105.
    doi: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000144
  • Rahnfeld, M., Wendsche, J., Ihle, A., Müller, S. R., & Kliegel, M. (2016). Uncovering the care setting-turnover intention relationship of geriatric nurses. European Journal of Ageing, 13(2), 159-169. doi : 10.1007/s10433-016-0362-7
  • Wendsche, J., Hacker, W., Wegge, J., Schrod, N., Roitzsch, K., Tomaschek, A., & Kliegel, M. (2014). Rest break organization in geriatric care and turnover: A multimethod cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51(9), 1246-1257.
    doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.01.006

 

Health behavior changes.
Related to our experimental research on the development of intentional behavior we also study the mediators and moderators of health behavior changes. Why are some health-related intentions fulfilled easier than others? Can we improve the implementation of health-related intentions? How can we change long-term habits in older adults?

Selected publications:

  • Ihle, A., Inauen, J., Scholz, U., König, C., Holzer, B., Zimmerli, L., Battegay, E., Tobias, R., & Kliegel, M. (2016). Prospective and retrospective memory are differentially related to self-rated omission and commission errors in medication adherence in multimorbidity. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. doi: 10.1080/23279095.2016.1209675
  • Inauen, J., Bierbauer, W., Lüscher, J., König, C., Tobias, R., Ihle, A., Zimmerli, L., Holzer, B. M., Battegay, E., Siebenhüner, K., Kliegel, M., & Scholz, U. (2017). Assessing adherence to multiple medications and in daily life among patients with multimorbidity. Psychology & Health. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2016.1275632
  • Scholz, U., Nagy, G., Göhner, W., Luszczynska, A., & Kliegel, M. (2009). Changes in self-regulatory cognitions as predictors of changes in smoking and nutrition behaviour. Psychology and Health, 24, 545–561. doi : 10.1080/08870440801902519
  • Aberle, I., Scholz, U., Bach-Kliegel, B., Fischer, C., Gorny, M., Langer, K., & Kliegel, M. (2009). Psychological aspects in continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion: A retrospective study. The Journal of Psychology, 143, 147-160. doi : 10.3200/JRLP.143.2.147-160
  • Schnitzspahn, K. M., & Kliegel, M. (2009). Age effects in prospective memory performance within older adults: The paradoxical impact of implementation intentions. European Journal of Ageing, 6, 147–155. doi : 10.1007/s10433-009-0116-x