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Hans-Werner Wahl

Hans-Werner Wahl

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Psychology

D-Index
67
Citations
16234
World Ranking
2603
National Ranking
107

Overview

Hans-Werner Wahl is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on aging and gerontology. Their academic work encompasses a wide range of topics within psychology and social sciences, particularly in the subfields of neuropsychology and physiological psychology, demography, social psychology, health, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main themes of their research include aging and gerontology, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, health disparities and outcomes, technology use by older adults, retirement, disability, and employment, optimism, hope, and well-being, as well as psychological and temporal perspectives research.

Several recent papers provide insight into the areas of focus in their research:

  • "Six Propositions against Ageism in the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2020, Journal of Aging & Social Policy
  • "The role of internet self-efficacy, innovativeness and technology avoidance in breadth of internet use: Comparing older technology experts and non-experts," 2020, Computers in Human Behavior
  • "Longitudinal effects of subjective aging on health and longevity: An updated meta-analysis," 2023, Psychology and Aging
  • "The Effects of Age Stereotypes on Physical and Mental Health Are Mediated by Self-perceptions of Aging," 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • "Subjective age from childhood to advanced old age: A meta-analysis," 2021, Psychology and Aging

Frequent coauthors in their published works include Manfred Diehl, Denis Gerstorf, Oliver Schilling, Anna Schlomann, and Roman Kaspar.

Hans-Werner Wahl's work has been published extensively in specific scholarly venues. The journals and number of publications include:

  • Innovation in Aging (29 publications)
  • Psychology and Aging (18 publications)
  • Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie (11 publications)
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B (7 publications)
  • European Journal of Ageing (7 publications)

The scientist has contributed to academic books published by major presses, including:

  • The psychology of later life: A contextual perspective, published by American Psychological Association in 2020
  • Successful Aging, published by Oxford University Press in 2021

The focus of Hans-Werner Wahl's research is shaped by their engagement with psychological and social factors influencing aging processes, especially regarding the subjective experience of aging, health outcomes, and technology use among older adults.

Best Publications

  • Aging Well and the Environment: Toward an Integrative Model and Research Agenda for the Future

    Hans-Werner Wahl;Susanne Iwarsson;Frank Oswald

  • Aging in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Avoiding Ageism and Fostering Intergenerational Solidarity.

    Liat Ayalon;Alison Chasteen;Manfred Diehl;Becca R. Levy

  • Relationships between housing and healthy aging in very old age

    Frank Oswald;Hans-Werner Wahl;Oliver Schilling;Carita Nygren

  • Advancing the Aging and Technology Agenda in Gerontology

    Richard Schulz;Hans Werner Wahl;Judith T. Matthews;Annette De Vito Dabbs

  • The influence of subjective aging on health and longevity: a meta-analysis of longitudinal data.

    Gerben J. Westerhof;Martina Miche;Anne E. Barrett

  • Environmental Gerontology at the Beginning of the New Millennium: Reflections on Its Historical, Empirical, and Theoretical Development

    Hans-Werner Wahl;Gerald D. Weisman

  • The Home Environment and Disability-Related Outcomes in Aging Individuals: What Is the Empirical Evidence?

    Hans-Werner Wahl;Agneta Malmgren Fänge;Frank Oswald;Laura N. Gitlin

  • Awareness of Aging: Theoretical Considerations on an Emerging Concept.

    Manfred Diehl;Hans-Werner Wahl;Anne E. Barrett

  • Importance of the Home Environment for Healthy Aging: Conceptual and Methodological Background of the European ENABLE–AGE Project

    Susanne Iwarsson;Hans-Werner Wahl;Carita Nygren;Frank Oswald

  • Awareness of Age-Related Change: Examination of a (Mostly) Unexplored Concept

    Manfred K. Diehl;Hans-Werner Wahl

  • Is Aging in Place a Resource for or Risk to Life Satisfaction

    Frank Oswald;Daniela Jopp;Christoph Rott;Hans-Werner Wahl

  • How do views on aging affect health outcomes in adulthood and late life? Explanations for an established connection.

    Susanne Wurm;Manfred Diehl;Anna Elena Kornadt;Gerben J. Westerhof

  • Dementia worry: a psychological examination of an unexplored phenomenon

    Eva-Marie Kessler;Catherine E. Bowen;Marion Baer;Lutz Froelich

  • The daily life of elderly Germans: activity patterns, personal control, and functional health.

    Margret M. Baltes;Hans-Werner Wahl;Ulrich Schmid-Furstoss

  • Emotional and social consequences of age-related low vision

    David Burmedi;Stefanie Becker;Vera Heyl;Hans-Werner Wahl

  • Housing and health in later life.

    Frank Oswald;Hans-Werner Wahl

  • Social and behavioural science perspectives on out-of-home mobility in later life: findings from the European project MOBILATE.

    Heidrun Mollenkopf;Fiorella Marcellini;Isto Ruoppila;Zsuzsa Széman

  • Homeward bound: Introducing a four-domain model of perceived housing in very old age

    Frank Oswald;Oliver Schilling;Hans-Werner Wahl;Agneta Malmgren Fänge

  • The use of advanced tracking technologies for the analysis of mobility in Alzheimer's disease and related cognitive diseases.

    Noam Shoval;Gail K Auslander;Tim Freytag;Ruth Landau

  • Six Propositions against Ageism in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Hans-Joerg Ehni;Hans-Werner Wahl

  • Environmental Perspectives on Ageing

    Hans-Werner Wahl;Frank Oswald

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Diehl
Manfred Diehl Colorado State University
Dorly J. H. Deeg
Dorly J. H. Deeg University of Amsterdam
Denis Gerstorf
Denis Gerstorf Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Howard Litwin
Howard Litwin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Margret M. Baltes
Margret M. Baltes Freie Universität Berlin
Mike Martin
Mike Martin University of Zurich
Kathrin Boerner
Kathrin Boerner Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Martin Pinquart
Martin Pinquart Philipp University of Marburg
Linda Clare
Linda Clare University of Exeter
Daniel Zimprich
Daniel Zimprich University of Ulm

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