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Jutta Heckhausen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the future of Lifespan developmental psychology perspectives from control Theory
    2003
    Co-Authors: Jutta Heckhausen
    Abstract:

    In this chapter, future perspectives for Lifespan developmental psychology are developed on the basis of propositions of the Lifespan Theory of control (Heckhausen, 1999a; Heckhausen & Schulz, 1995; Schulz & Heckhausen, 1996). Four propositions about key issues in Lifespan research are addressed. First, the issue of criteria for adaptive development is discussed in light of the debate about primary control striving as an anthropological constant versus as an age- and culture-dependent characteristic of human functioning. Second, processes of control and regulation in development are directed not only at the external world but also at internal representations and most important the motivational resources of the individual. These latter processes of secondary control are indispensable components of developmental regulation. Third, human ontogeny requires regulation to realize developmental potential. The three major forces—biology, culture and society, and the individual—share this regulatory requirement in different constellations of relative power across different times during the human Lifespan, as well as across historical time and sociocultural setting. However, it is proposed that there is a limited set of adaptive constellations of biological, cultural and societal, and individual regulations, which are characterized by positive tradeoffs between the three forces and simultaneously minimal overdetermination. Such constellations yield systems of developmental regulation, which are both stable and productive. Fourth, an agenda for process-oriented developmental research is outlined. Key processes in developmental regulation (such as goal engagement, goal disengagement, selection and compensation) are not only recognized as potentially adaptive but are identified as tailored to specific developmental ecologies and orchestrated for specific developmental goals.

Ursula M Staudinger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • life span Theory in developmental psychology
    Handbook of Child Psychology, 2007
    Co-Authors: Paul B. Baltes, Ulman Lindenberger, Ursula M Staudinger
    Abstract:

    Lifespan developmental psychology is an overarching framework, which considers the study of individual development (ontogenesis) from conception into old age. Efforts are made to highlight the uniqueness in developmental Theory that emanates from a Lifespan developmental framework. Models and definitions of successful (effective) development, which highlight individual and cultural variations, are a main focus of researchers in this field. The concept of Lifespan developmental psychology was previously advanced to incorporate two approaches (i.e., wholistic person-centered and function-centered) to Lifespan ontogenesis. Historical and societal contexts of theoretical arguments are discussed to embed the current issues surrounding Lifespan psychology and its location in the larger field of developmental psychology. Five sequential but interrelated steps are presented to examine psychological theories of Lifespan development. Two areas of human development are emphasized, intellectual functioning and personality, to illustrate Lifespan research and Theory. Work from these fields is presented to provide a theoretical umbrella under which Lifespan research can be examined. The integrative role of Lifespan Theory in organizing and stimulating the study of personality development is offered. Keywords: five levels of analysis; intellectual functioning; Lifespan development; personality

Mandy E G Van Der Velde - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • psychological contract breach and job attitudes a meta analysis of age as a moderator
    Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
    Co-Authors: Matthijs P Bal, Annet H De Lange, Paul Jansen, Mandy E G Van Der Velde
    Abstract:

    The aim of this study was to examine the influence of age in the relation between psychological contract breach and the development of job attitudes. Based on affective events, social exchange, and Lifespan Theory, we hypothesized that (1) psychological contract breach would be related negatively to job attitudes, and (2) that age would moderate these relations. The hypotheses were tested by means of a meta-analysis of k = 60 studies, using Weighted Least Squares estimation. Our results supported both hypotheses for the outcomes trust and organizational commitment. However, for job satisfaction the moderating influence of age was in the unexpected direction. The relations between contract breach and trust and organizational commitment were indeed stronger for younger workers, whereas the relation between contract breach and job satisfaction was stronger for older workers. The implications are discussed, and a research agenda is presented.

Carsten Wrosch - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • comment the emotion health link perspectives from a Lifespan Theory of discrete emotions
    Emotion Review, 2018
    Co-Authors: Ute Kunzmann, Carsten Wrosch
    Abstract:

    Suls provides a useful review of research interested in the contribution of chronic negative emotions to coronary heart disease (CHD). Despite widespread support for a link between negative emotions and the etiology of disease, it is largely unknown if discrete negative emotions, particularly anger, sadness, and anxiety contribute to the development of physical disease in different ways. In this comment, we argue that answering this question will require a more comprehensive analysis of the unique characteristics of discrete emotions as well as conceptually refined assumptions about how discrete emotions develop and change across the adult Lifespan.

Cort W Rudolph - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Lifespan developmental perspectives on working a literature review of motivational theories
    Work Aging and Retirement, 2016
    Co-Authors: Cort W Rudolph
    Abstract:

    Lifespan perspectives have emerged as important theoretical foundations for empirical investigations of a wide-range of phenomena relevant to the study of aging and work. The present manuscript presents a review and qualitative synthesis of this literature that satisfies several goals. To begin understanding this perspective, Lifespan thinking in introduced as a general mode for understanding and conceptualizing dynamics in human development. Then, specific tenets and predications of 4 Lifespan theories are summarized. Such summaries precede individually framed qualitative reviews of contemporary empirical investigations that either measure key Lifespan constructs and relate them to work relevant outcomes, or adopt specific Lifespan theoretical perspectives to support hypothesis development. This discussion supports a critique of Lifespan thinking, and a recognition of several “gaps” in our understanding of Lifespan development theories applied to this research domain. Following from this, several directions for future research are offered, including calls to develop an expanded understanding of Lifespan processes in work contexts through the improvement of measurement tools and through the application of enhanced research methodologies. Finally, mirroring recent theoretical advancements, several possible points of integration among Lifespan theories are offered on the basis of related predictions. This synthesis should serve as the basis for an enhanced Lifespan Theory of aging and work.