This review addresses conceptual and empirical research about how individual agency and
motivation influences development during adulthood and old age. The major life-span …

The following article presents the theoretical model of strength and vulnerability integration
(SAVI) to explain factors that influence emotion regulation and emotional well-being across …

Background Older people are at risk for health decline and loss of independence. Lifestyle
interventions offer potential for reducing such negative outcomes. The aim of this study was …

Purpose: Given age-related health restrictions, the importance of the environment for life
satisfaction may increase in later life. This study investigated whether objective and …

Objectives: To investigate whether longstanding illnesses, social context, and current
socioeconomic circumstances predict quality of life. Design: Secondary analysis of wave 1 of …

Physical activity is considered a valuable tool for enhancing life satisfaction. However, the
processes linking these constructs likely differ across the adult life span. In older adults the …

Satisfaction with one's own aging and feeling young are indicators of positive well-being in
late life. Using 16-year longitudinal data from participants of the Berlin Aging Study (PB …

This paper adds to the growing number of studies about mobility and wellbeing in later life. It
proposes a broader understanding of mobility than movement through physical space …

Theories of social relations suggest that individuals' personal networks reflect multiple
aspects of relationships, and that different constellations are more or less supportive of well …

In line with prior work, the present study aimed at examining a conceptual model positing
that affective and social self-regulatory efficacy beliefs influence one's cognitive and affective …