European Journal of Ageing

2016 - 2025

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Volume 17, issue 4, 2020

Current directions in views on ageing pp. 383-386

Verena Klusmann and Anna E. Kornadt

Views on ageing: a lifespan perspective pp. 387-401

Anna E. Kornadt, Eva-Marie Kessler, Susanne Wurm, Catherine E. Bowen, Martina Gabrian and Verena Klusmann

The assessment of views on ageing: a review of self-report measures and innovative extensions pp. 403-433

Verena Klusmann, Nanna Notthoff, Ann-Kristin Beyer, Anne Blawert and Martina Gabrian

Young people feel wise and older people feel energetic: comparing age stereotypes and self-evaluations across adulthood pp. 435-444

Catherine E. Bowen, Svenja M. Spuling, Anna E. Kornadt and Maja Wiest

The uniqueness of subjective ageing: convergent and discriminant validity pp. 445-455

Svenja M. Spuling, Verena Klusmann, Catherine E. Bowen, Anna E. Kornadt and Eva-Marie Kessler

Changes in views on aging in later adulthood: the role of cardiovascular events pp. 457-467

Susanne Wurm, Maja Wiest, Julia K. Wolff, Ann-Kristin Beyer and Svenja M. Spuling

Physical activity and subjective age across adulthood in four samples pp. 469-476

Yannick Stephan, Angelina R. Sutin and Antonio Terracciano

Views on aging: older adults’ self-perceptions of age and of health pp. 477-487

Yael Benyamini and Edith Burns

Publisher Correction to: An exploration of subjective age, actual age, age awareness, and engagement in everyday pp. 489-497

Joann M. Montepare

Chronic health conditions and work-related stress in older adults participating in the Dutch workforce pp. 499-508

Miriam Mutambudzi and Kene Henkens

The gender health gap in Europe’s ageing societies: universal findings across countries and age groups? pp. 509-520

Alina Schmitz and Patrick Lazarevič

Lifestyle factors and multimorbidity among older adults (ELSI-Brazil) pp. 521-529

Marina Gabriela Nascimento Almeida, Mary Anne Nascimento-Souza, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa and Sérgio Viana Peixoto

Positive and negative aspects of social relations and low-grade inflammation in Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank pp. 531-546

Charlotte Juul Nilsson, Signe Nørgaard, Else Foverskov, Helle Bruunsgaard, Per Kragh Andersen and Rikke Lund

Volume 17, issue 3, 2020

For a better me? Or for a better us? Perceived utilities of aging preparatory activities and positive future thinking in Germany, USA and Hong Kong pp. 259-269

Yaeji Kim-Knauss, Frieder R. Lang, Margund K. Rohr and Helene H. Fung

Towards bridging the grey digital divide: changes in internet access and its predictors from 2002 to 2014 in Germany pp. 271-280

Oliver Huxhold, Elena Hees and Noah J. Webster

Older adults’ perceptions of contexts surrounding their social participation in a digitalized society—an exploration in rural communities in Northern Sweden pp. 281-290

Caroline Fischl, Nina Lindelöf, Helena Lindgren and Ingeborg Nilsson

Associations between individual factors, environmental factors, and outdoor independence in older adults pp. 291-298

Barbara Schehl and Joerg Leukel

An exploration of subjective age, actual age, age awareness, and engagement in everyday behaviors pp. 299-307

Joann M. Montepare

Promoting physical activity in geriatric patients with cognitive impairment after discharge from ward-rehabilitation: a feasibility study pp. 309-320

Tobias Eckert, Martin Bongartz, Phoebe Ullrich, Bastian Abel, Werner Christian, Rainer Kiss and Klaus Hauer

Sitting time and associated factors among Portuguese older adults: results from Nutrition UP 65 pp. 321-330

Ana Sofia Sousa, Joana Mendes, Rita S. Guerra, Patrícia Padrão, Pedro Moreira, Alejandro Santos, Nuno Borges, Cláudia Afonso, Cátia Martins, Graça Ferro and Teresa F. Amaral

Relationships between best-practice and greatest possible life expectancies pp. 331-339

Filipe Costa Souza

The pattern of social support seeking and its socio-demographic variations among older adults in China pp. 341-348

Jin You, Helene Fung and Peter Vitaliano

Internal and external resources, tiredness and the subjective well-being of family caregivers of older adults: a case study from western Thailand, Southeast Asia pp. 349-359

Rossarin Soottipong Gray and Umaporn Pattaravanich

Purchases of medicines among community-dwelling older people: comparing people in the last 2 years of life and those who lived at least 2 years longer pp. 361-369

Jutta Pulkki, Mari Aaltonen, Jani Raitanen, Pekka Rissanen, Marja Jylhä and Leena Forma

Nurses’ emotional tone toward older inpatients: Do cognitive impairment and acute hospital setting matter? pp. 371-381

Eva-Luisa Schnabel, Hans-Werner Wahl, Anton Schönstein, Larissa Frey and Lea Draeger

Volume 17, issue 2, 2020

Sexual well-being is part of aging well pp. 135-138

Bente Træen and Feliciano Villar

Correction to: Emotional intimacy and sexual well-being in aging European couples: a cross-cultural mediation analysis pp. 139-150

Aleksandar Štulhofer, Tanja Jurin, Cynthia Graham, Erick Janssen and Bente Træen

Mechanisms underlying the association between perceived discrepancy in sexual interest and sexual satisfaction among partnered older adults in four European countries pp. 151-162

N. Fischer, B. Træen, A. Štulhofer and G. M. Hald

The role of body image in sexual satisfaction among partnered older adults: a population-based study in four European countries pp. 163-173

Ingela Lundin Kvalem, Cynthia A. Graham, Gert Martin Hald, Ana Alexandra Carvalheira, Erick Janssen and Aleksandar Štulhofer

Predictors and correlates of sexual avoidance among partnered older adults among Norway, Denmark, Belgium, and Portugal pp. 175-184

Ana Carvalheira, Cynthia Graham, Aleksandar Stulhofer and Bente Traen

Seeking help for sexual difficulties: findings from a study with older adults in four European countries pp. 185-195

Sharron Hinchliff, Ana Alexandra Carvalheira, Aleksandar Štulhofer, Erick Janssen, Gert Martin Hald and Bente Træen

‘I do it my way’: long-term care staff’s perceptions of residents’ sexual needs and suggestions for improvement in their management pp. 197-205

Feliciano Villar, Rodrigo Serrat, Montserrat Celdrán, Josep Fabà, Teresa Martínez and Jos Twisk

Longitudinal change in physical functioning and dropout due to death among the oldest old: a comparison of three methods of analysis pp. 207-216

Jani Raitanen, Sari Stenholm, Kristina Tiainen, Marja Jylhä and Jaakko Nevalainen

Educational differences in macro-level determinants of early exit from paid work: a multilevel analysis of 14 European countries pp. 217-227

Sascha Breij, Martijn Huisman and Dorly J. H. Deeg

Factors associated with formal volunteering among retirees pp. 229-239

Michelle I. Jongenelis, Liyuwork Mitiku Dana, Jeni Warburton, Ben Jackson, Robert U. Newton, Zenobia Talati and Simone Pettigrew

Network type, transition patterns and well-being among older Europeans pp. 241-250

Howard Litwin, Michal Levinsky and Ella Schwartz

Balancing instrumental rationality with value rationality: towards avoiding the pitfalls of the productivist ageing policy in the EU and the UK pp. 251-257

Jianbin Xu, Longtao He and Henghan Chen

Volume 17, issue 1, 2020

The European Journal of Ageing at the beginning of the Decade of Healthy Ageing pp. 1-2

Matthias Kliegel, Susanne Iwarsson, Morten Wahrendorf, Nadia Minicuci and Marja J. Aartsen

A critical review and development of a conceptual model of exclusion from social relations for older people pp. 3-19

Vanessa Burholt, Bethan Winter, Marja Aartsen, Costas Constantinou, Lena Dahlberg, Villar Feliciano, Jenny Jong Gierveld, Sofie Regenmortel and Charles Waldegrave

Examination on how emotion regulation mediates the relationship between future time perspective and well-being: a counter-evidence to the socioemotional selectivity theory pp. 21-30

Ryota Sakakibara and Yu Ishii

Risk factors for a decrease in high morale in very old people over a 5-year period: data from two Nordic countries pp. 31-41

Marina Näsman, Johan Niklasson, Mikael Nygård, Birgitta Olofsson, Hugo Lövheim, Yngve Gustafson and Fredrica Nyqvist

Emotional intimacy and sexual well-being in aging European couples: a cross-cultural mediation analysis pp. 43-54

Aleksandar Štulhofer, Tanja Jurin, Cynthia Graham, Erick Janssen and Bente Træen

Economic hardship over twenty-two consecutive years of adult life and markers of early ageing: physical capability, cognitive function and inflammation pp. 55-67

Else Foverskov, Gitte Lindved Petersen, Jolene Lee Masters Pedersen, Naja Hulvej Rod, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Helle Bruunsgaard and Rikke Lund

Cross-national comparison of sex differences in ADL and IADL in Europe: findings from SHARE pp. 69-79

Lasse Lybecker Scheel-Hincke, Sören Möller, Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, Bernard Jeune and Linda Juel Ahrenfeldt

Continuity and change in the transition to retirement: how time allocation, leisure practices and lifestyles evolve when work vanishes in later life pp. 81-93

Anna Wanka

Whose responsibility? Elder support norms regarding the provision and financing of assistance with daily activities across economically developed countries pp. 95-108

Alexander L. Janus and Alison Koslowski

Work history, economic resources, and women’s labour market withdrawal after the birth of the first grandchild pp. 109-118

Francesca Zanasi, Inge Sieben and Wilfred Uunk

Do young people prefer older psychotherapists? pp. 119-124

Eva-Marie Kessler, Sophie Rahn and Florian Klapproth

Silver surfers from a European perspective: technology communication usage among European seniors pp. 125-134

Simona Vulpe and Andrei Crăciun

Volume 16, issue 4, 2019

Modelling long-term cost-effectiveness of health promotion for community-dwelling older people pp. 395-404

Magnus Zingmark, Fredrik Norström, Lars Lindholm, Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff and Susanne Gustafsson

Association of endemic goitre and exceptional longevity in Sardinia: evidence from an ecological study pp. 405-414

Francesco Tolu, Mario Palermo, Maria Pina Dore, Alessandra Errigo, Ana Canelada, Michel Poulain and Giovanni Mario Pes

Are there educational disparities in health and functioning among the oldest old? Evidence from the Nordic countries pp. 415-424

Linda Enroth, Marijke Veenstra, Marja Aartsen, Agnete Aslaug Kjær, Charlotte Juul Nilsson and Stefan Fors

Childhood and adulthood circumstances predicting affective suffering and motivation among older adults: a comparative study of European welfare systems pp. 425-438

Georgia Verropoulou and Eleni Serafetinidou

Level and change in economic, social, and personal resources for people retiring from paid work and other labour market statuses pp. 439-453

Martin Wetzel, Catherine E. Bowen and Oliver Huxhold

Age integration in older Europeans’ non-kin core networks: Does formal social participation play a role? pp. 455-472

Haosen Sun and Markus H. Schafer

Age- and education-adjusted normative data for the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) pp. 473-480

C. Requena, P. Alvarez-Merino and G. W. Rebok

Card playing enhances speech perception among aging adults: comparison with aging musicians pp. 481-489

Leah Fostick

Association of non-exercise physical activity in mid- and late-life with cognitive trajectories and the impact of APOE ε4 genotype status: the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging pp. 491-502

Janina Krell-Roesch, Jeremy A. Syrjanen, Maria Vassilaki, Bettina Barisch-Fritz, Sandra Trautwein, Klaus Boes, Alexander Woll, Walter K. Kremers, Mary M. Machulda, Michelle M. Mielke, David S. Knopman, Ronald C. Petersen and Yonas E. Geda

Organizational factors of fall injuries among residents within German nursing homes: secondary analyses of cross-sectional data pp. 503-512

Jaroslava Zimmermann, Michael Swora, Holger Pfaff and Susanne Zank

Attitudes of elderly Austrians towards new technologies: communication and entertainment versus health and support use pp. 513-523

Nicole Halmdienst, Michael Radhuber and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

Volume 16, issue 3, 2019

Fertility histories and chronic conditions later in life in Europe pp. 259-272

Maria Sironi

Tai Chi and whole-body vibrating therapy in sarcopenic men in advanced old age: a clinical randomized controlled trial pp. 273-282

Ya-qiong Zhu, Nan Peng, Ming Zhou, Pei-pei Liu, Xiao-lei Qi, Ning Wang, Gang Wang and Zhao-pei Wu

Dementia, home care and institutionalisation from hospitals in older people pp. 283-291

Feifei Bu and Alasdair Rutherford

Patterns of home and community care use among older participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health pp. 293-303

Mijanur Rahman, Jimmy T. Efird, Hal Kendig and Julie E. Byles

Meaning of home and health dynamics among younger older people in Sweden pp. 305-315

Maya Kylén, Charlotte Löfqvist, Maria Haak and Susanne Iwarsson

Longitudinal correspondence between subjective and objective memory in the oldest old: A parallel process model by gender pp. 317-326

Joseph W. Jones, Elizabeth B. Fauth, Marie Ernsth Bravell, Boo Johansson and Thomas Ledermann

Improvement in cognitive performance and mood in healthy older adults: a multimodal approach pp. 327-336

Massimo Piccirilli, Martina Pigliautile, Paola Arcelli, Irene Baratta and Serena Ferretti

Defining organizational contributions to sustaining an ageing workforce: a bibliometric review pp. 337-361

N Renuga Nagarajan, Mineko Wada, Mei Lan Fang and Andrew Sixsmith

Intergenerational programs: What can school-age children and older people expect from them? A systematic review pp. 363-376

Caroline Giraudeau and Nathalie Bailly

Validity of the Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com) tool to predict falls and fall injuries for older people presenting to the emergency department after falling pp. 377-386

Marlon Mascarenhas, Keith D. Hill, Anna Barker and Elissa Burton

The ability of four frailty screening instruments to predict mortality, hospitalization and dependency in (instrumental) activities of daily living pp. 387-394

Linda P. M. Op het Veld, Anna J. H. M. Beurskens, Henrica C. W. Vet, Sander M. J. Kuijk, KlaasJan Hajema, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen and Erik Rossum

Volume 16, issue 2, 2019

Loneliness amongst older people in Europe: a comparative study of welfare regimes pp. 133-143

Fredrica Nyqvist, Mikael Nygård and Thomas Scharf

Social networks and social activities promote cognitive functioning in both concurrent and prospective time: evidence from the SHARE survey pp. 145-154

Silvana Miceli, Laura Maniscalco and Domenica Matranga

Successful aging, change in sexual interest and sexual satisfaction in couples from four European Countries pp. 155-165

Aleksandar Štulhofer, Sharron Hinchliff, Tanja Jurin, Ana Carvalheira and Bente Træen

Longitudinal associations between lifestyle, socio-economic position and physical functioning in women at different life stages pp. 167-179

Geeske Peeters, John R. Beard, Dorly J. H. Deeg, Leigh R. Tooth, Wendy J. Brown and Annette J. Dobson

The current and projected burden of multimorbidity: a cross-sectional study in a Southern Europe population pp. 181-192

P. A. Laires and J. Perelman

The Disease Burden Morbidity Assessment in older adults and its association with mortality and other health outcomes pp. 193-203

Irene G. M. Wijers, Alba Ayala, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez, Angel Rodriguez-Laso, Pilar Rodriguez-García, Alexandra Prados-Torres, Vicente Rodriguez-Rodriguez and Maria João Forjaz

On frail minds: addressing and assessing age-related neural decline and disease pp. 205-213

David M. Lyreskog

Helpful approaches to older people experiencing mental health problems: a critical review of models of mental health care pp. 215-225

Páll Biering

Future time perspective and general self-efficacy mediate the association between awareness of age-related losses and depressive symptoms pp. 227-236

Anne J. Dutt and Hans-Werner Wahl

A new approach for investigation of person–environment interaction effects in research involving health outcomes pp. 237-247

Björn Slaug, Susanne Iwarsson and Jonas Björk

Non-response in surveys of very old people pp. 249-258

Michael Wagner, Matthias Kuppler, Christian Rietz and Roman Kaspar

Volume 16, issue 1, 2019

The European Journal of Ageing and the memorable year 2018 pp. 1-2

Marja J. Aartsen, Matthias Kliegel, Morten Wahrendorf, Nadia Minicuci and Susanne Iwarsson

How the relationship between physical activity and health changes with age pp. 3-15

Fernando Lera-Lopez, Andrea Ollo-López, Mirian Garrués-Irisarri, Juan M. Cabasés and Eduardo Sánchez

Health expectancies among non-white and white populations living in Havana, 2000–2004 pp. 17-24

Camila Perera, Fabián Cabrera, Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos Espiñeira and Henrik Brønnum-Hansen

Remote home physical training for seniors: guidelines from the AAL-supported MOTION project pp. 25-37

Giovanni Ottoboni, Teresa Gallelli, Elena Mariani, Valentina Soluri, Stefano Nunziata, Alessia Tessari, Jean-Pierre Savary and Rabih Chattat

Dementia worry in middle-aged and older adults in Germany: sociodemographic, health-related and psychological correlates pp. 39-52

Catherine E. Bowen, Eva-Marie Kessler and Julia Segler

Older people’s views and expectations about the competences of health and social care professionals: a European qualitative study pp. 53-62

Célia Casaca Soares, António Manuel Marques, Pat Clarke, Regina Klein, Liisa Koskinen, Daine Krasuckiene, Evelina Lamsodiene, Viktorija Piscalkiene and Özlem Küçükgüçlü

Examining the role of rehearsal in old–old adults’ working memory pp. 63-71

Alexandra Hering, Mirjam Rautenberg, Paula Bloh, Katharina Schnitzspahn, Nicola Ballhausen, Andreas Ihle, Prune Lagner, Matthias Kliegel and Katharina Zinke

The relationship between workplace psychosocial environment and retirement intentions and actual retirement: a systematic review pp. 73-82

Peter Browne, Ewan Carr, Maria Fleischmann, Baowen Xue and Stephen A. Stansfeld

Work–family life course patterns and work participation in later life pp. 83-94

Mai Stafford, Rebecca Lacey, Emily Murray, Ewan Carr, Maria Fleischmann, Stephen Stansfeld, Baowen Xue, Paola Zaninotto, Jenny Head, Diana Kuh and Anne McMunn

Number of children and social contacts among older people: the moderating role of filial norms and social policies pp. 95-107

Anna Baranowska-Rataj and Anita Abramowska-Kmon

Biased media? How news content influences age discrimination claims pp. 109-119

Anne Cornelia Kroon, Damian Trilling, Martine Selm and Rens Vliegenthart

It’s “the Joneses”: the influence of objective and subjective socioeconomic status on subjective perceptions of aging pp. 121-128

Alaina N. English, Jennifer A. Bellingtier and Shevaun D. Neupert

Correction to: Social exclusion of older persons: a scoping review and conceptual framework pp. 129-129

Kieran Walsh, Thomas Scharf and Norah Keating

Correction to: Non-response in surveys of very old people pp. 131-132

Michael Wagner, Matthias Kuppler, Christian Rietz and Roman Kaspar