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Jutta Heckhausen publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jutta Heckhausen sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 215 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Jutta Heckhausen D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jutta Heckhausen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jutta Heckhausen is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a focus on subfields such as social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, education, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, and rehabilitation.

The main topics covered in their work include psychological well-being and life satisfaction, aging and gerontology research, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, psychological and temporal perspectives research, health disparities and outcomes, higher education research studies, and grit, self-efficacy, and motivation.

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Luise von Keyserlingk
  • Steven C. Cramer
  • Jacob Shane
  • Jacquelynne S. Eccles
  • Lucy Dodakian

The venues where their work is regularly published include:

  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Psychology and Aging
  • Motivation and Emotion
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Motivation Science

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Jutta Heckhausen are:

  • Understanding the effects of Covid-19 through a life course lens, 2020, published in Advances in Life Course Research
  • Successful aging at work: A process model to guide future research and practice, 2020, published in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • A Feasibility Study of Expanded Home-Based Telerehabilitation After Stroke, 2021, published in Frontiers in Neurology
  • Well-being as a resource for goal reengagement: Evidence from two longitudinal studies, 2020, published in Motivation Science
  • Risk of cognitive declines with retirement: Who declines and why?, 2020, published in Psychology and Aging

Best Publications

  • A life-span theory of control.

    Jutta Heckhausen;Richard Schulz

  • Motivation and action

    Jutta Heckhausen;Heinz Heckhausen

  • A Motivational Theory of Life-Span Development

    Jutta Heckhausen;Carsten Wrosch;Richard Schulz

  • A life span model of successful aging.

    Richard Schulz;Jutta Heckhausen

  • Gains and losses in development throughout adulthood as perceived by different adult age groups.

    Jutta Heckhausen;Roger A. Dixon;Paul B. Baltes

  • Developmental Regulation in Adulthood: Age-Normative and Sociostructural Constraints as Adaptive Challenges

    Jutta Heckhausen

  • Developmental Regulation Across Adulthood: Primary and Secondary Control of Age-Related Challenges

    Jutta Heckhausen

  • Primary and secondary control strategies for managing health and financial stress across adulthood.

    Carsten Wrosch;Jutta Heckhausen;Margie E. Lachman

  • Developmental Expectations for the Self and Most Other People: Age Grading in Three Functions of Social Comparison

    Jutta Heckhausen;Joachim Krueger

  • Developmental regulation before and after a developmental deadline: the sample case of "biological clock" for childbearing.

    Jutta Heckhausen;Carsten Wrosch;William Fleeson

  • Efficacy of Home-Based Telerehabilitation vs In-Clinic Therapy for Adults After Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Steven C Cramer;Lucy Dodakian;Vu Le;Jill See

  • Control processes before and after passing a developmental deadline: Activation and deactivation of intimate relationship goals

    Carsten Wrosch;Jutta Heckhausen

  • Understanding the Effects of COVID-19 Through a Life Course Lens

    Richard A. Settersten;Laura Bernardi;Juho Härkönen;Toni C. Antonucci

  • Motivation and Self-Regulation across the Life Span

    Jutta Heckhausen;Carol S. Dweck

  • Get an Apprenticeship before School Is Out: How German Adolescents Adjust Vocational Aspirations When Getting Close to a Developmental Deadline

    Jutta Heckhausen;Martin J. Tomasik

  • Optimisation by Selection and Compensation: Balancing Primary and Secondary Control in Life Span Development

    Jutta Heckhausen;Richard Schulz

  • Perceived control over development and subjective well-being: differential benefits across adulthood.

    Frieder R. Lang;Jutta Heckhausen

  • Developmental regulation across adulthood: Primary and secondary control of age-related challenges.

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  • Perceived control of life regrets: Good for young and bad for old adults

    Carsten Wrosch;Jutta Heckhausen

  • Developmental Regulation across the Life Span: Toward a New Synthesis.

    Claudia M. Haase;Jutta Heckhausen;Carsten Wrosch

  • Health stresses and depressive symptomatology in the elderly: the importance of health engagement control strategies.

    Carsten Wrosch;Richard Schulz;Jutta Heckhausen

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Schulz
Richard Schulz University of Pittsburgh
Carsten Wrosch
Carsten Wrosch Concordia University
Denis Gerstorf
Denis Gerstorf Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Gert G. Wagner
Gert G. Wagner German Institute for Economic Research
Judith G. Chipperfield
Judith G. Chipperfield University of Manitoba
Raymond P. Perry
Raymond P. Perry University of Manitoba
Frank J. Infurna
Frank J. Infurna Arizona State University
Nilam Ram
Nilam Ram Stanford University
Paul B. Baltes
Paul B. Baltes Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Chuansheng Chen
Chuansheng Chen University of California, Irvine

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