Publications of Nilam Ram

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Eibich, P., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Liebig, S., Goebel, J., Demuth, I., Villringer, A., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., & Ghisletta, P. (2023). Today’s older adults are cognitively fitter than older adults were 20 years ago, but when and how they decline is no different than in the past. Psychological Science, 34(1), 22–34. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221118541

Brandt, N. D., Drewelies, J., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., Ram, N., Gerstorf, D., & Wagner, J. (2022). Acting like a baby boomer? Birth-cohort differences in adults' personality trajectories during the last half a century. Psychological Science, 33(3), 382–396. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211037971

Löckenhoff, C. E., Drewelies, J., Düzel, S., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., Freund, A. M., Staudinger, U. M., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G. G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Sociohistorical change in urban older adults’ perceived speed of time and time pressure. The Journals of Gerontology: B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(3), 457–466. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab094

Potter, S., Röcke, C., Gerstorf, D., Brose, A., Kolodziejczak, K., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Drewelies, J. (2022). Partner pain and affect in the daily lives of older couples. The Journals of Gerontology: B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(7), 1197–1209. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab188

Gerstorf, D., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Smith, J., Wahl, H.- W., Schilling, O., Kunzmann, U., Siebert, J. S., Katzorreck, M., Eibich, P., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., Heckhausen, J., & Ram, N. (2019). Cohort differences in adult-life trajectories of internal and external control beliefs: A tale of more and better maintained internal control and fewer external constraints. Psychology and Aging, 34(8), 1090–1108. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000389

Mueller, S., Wagner, J., Wagner, G. G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). How far reaches the power of personality? Personality predictors of terminal decline in well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(4), 634–650. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000184

Vogel, N., Ram, N., Goebel, J., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). How does availability of county-level healthcare services shape terminal decline in well-being? European Journal of Ageing, 15(2), 111–122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-017-0425-4

Brandmaier, A. M., Ram, N., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). Terminal decline in well-being: The role of multi-indicator constellations of physical health and psychosocial correlates. Developmental Psychology, 53(5), 996–1012. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000274

Hoppmann, C. A., Infurna, F. J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). Associations among individuals' perceptions of future time, individual resources, and subjective well-being in old age. The Journals of Gerontology: B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72(3), 388–399. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbv063

Hülür, G., Heckhausen, J., Hoppmann, C. A., Infurna, F. J., Wagner, G. G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). Levels of and changes in life satisfaction predict mortality hazards: Disentangling the role of physical health, perceived control, and social orientation. Psychology and Aging, 32(6), 507–520. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000187