Universität Leipzig: Lifespan Psychology

News

New publication in current opinion in psychology

not all negative emotions are equal, sadness and anger develop differently (by kunzmann & wrosch)

New Publication in Psychology and Aging in press

Long-term effect of aging and disease burden as predictors of daily affect and stress reactivity (by Gerstorf et al.)

New publication published in „Emotion“

The use, effectiveness, and variability of emotion regulation strategies (by U. Kunzmann, S. Nestler u.a.)

New publication in "Clinical Psychological Science"

A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Emotion Regulation and Social Affect and Cognition (Salazar-Kämpf..., Wieck)

New publication in affective science

The costs and benefits of mindfulness and reappraisal in daily life. (by M. Wenzel, E. Blanke, Z. Rowland & A. Brose)

New technical report published in PsyArXiv

Development and validation of Dutch film stimuli to assess empathy (by S. Scheibe, C. Wieck, & U. Kunzmann)

About us

Welcome to the Lifespan Psychology Lab!

Our lab focuses on understanding successful psychological development throughout adolescence and adulthood. We are particularly interested in emotional development and its interrelations with changes im motivation, health, and social factors.

Our Team

Get to know the members of our lab.

Our team at a glance

Research

Find out more about our research projects, publications, and colloquia focussing on lifespan psychology and emotional development.

Mit einer schwarzen Lupe wird ein Puzzleteil von vielen Puzzleteilen besonders genau betrachtet.

Research projects

Find out more about major current and past research projects in our lab

Einige aufgeschlagene Zeitschriften liegen übereinander.

Publications

Read more about our research findings and take a look at our lab's publications

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Research colloquium

Schedule of our research colloquium in the summer semester 2022

Teaching

Current and prospective students can find more information about the courses and theses we offer here. Please note that this content is only available in German.