What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Cognition
- Developmental psychology
Frieder R. Lang mainly focuses on Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Social support, Personality and Social network.
As part of his studies on Developmental psychology, he frequently links adjacent subjects like Interpersonal relationship.
When carried out as part of a general Social psychology research project, his work on Social relation is frequently linked to work in Social environment, Social partners, Well-being and Socioeconomic status, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.
His research in Social relation intersects with topics in Social competence, Loneliness and Social organization.
Within one scientific family, Frieder R. Lang focuses on topics pertaining to Gerontology under Personality, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Peer group.
His Socioemotional selectivity theory research incorporates themes from Social preferences, Social perception, Adult development, Generativity and Ethnic group.
His most cited work include:
- Time counts: future time perspective, goals, and social relationships. (755 citations)
- Close emotional relationships in late life: Further support for proactive aging in the social domain. (372 citations)
- Short assessment of the Big Five: robust across survey methods except telephone interviewing (216 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His scientific interests lie mostly in Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Gerontology, Social relation and Social support.
Adult development is closely connected to Interpersonal relationship in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Developmental psychology.
He studies Self-efficacy which is a part of Social psychology.
Frieder R. Lang combines Gerontology and Association in his studies.
His research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Social isolation and Social relation.
His research brings together the fields of Personality and Socioemotional selectivity theory.
He most often published in these fields:
- Developmental psychology (41.13%)
- Social psychology (20.57%)
- Gerontology (11.35%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Developmental psychology (41.13%)
- Association (8.51%)
- Time perspective (3.55%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Frieder R. Lang spends much of his time researching Developmental psychology, Association, Time perspective, German and Gerontology.
His Developmental psychology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Social support, Public health and Healthy aging.
His work deals with themes such as Parental support and Mother-child relationship, which intersect with Social support.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Friendship and Openness to experience in addition to Time perspective.
Social psychology covers he research in Friendship.
The Gerontology study combines topics in areas such as Self perception and Mediation.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Future Time Perspective Scale (36 citations)
- Internet Use and Cognitive Functioning in Late Adulthood: Longitudinal Findings from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). (11 citations)
- Different future time perspectives interplay in predicting life satisfaction. (8 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Cognition
- Developmental psychology
His primary areas of study are Social psychology, Association, Time perspective, Cognitive skill and Longevity.
His work in the fields of Social psychology, such as Friendship, Life satisfaction and Role theory, intersects with other areas such as Constructive and Work.
He integrates many fields in his works, including Association, Proactivity, Self-efficacy, Employee voice, Cognition and Gerontology.
His Time perspective research incorporates elements of Industrial engineering and Openness to experience.
His studies in Cognitive skill integrate themes in fields like Developmental psychology, Borderline intellectual functioning and Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.
His Longevity study combines topics in areas such as Self-rated health and Quality of life.
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