Publications

2023

Jiang, L., & Carstensen, L. L. (2023). COVID-19 reduced age differences in social motivation. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1075814 

Chu, L., & Carstensen, L. L. (2023). Rethinking the measurement of time horizons in the context of socioemotional selectivity theory. International Psychogeriatrics, 1-8.

Chapel, J. M., Tysinger, B., Goldman, D. P., Rowe, J. W., & The Research Network on an Aging Society. (2023). The Forgotten Middle: Worsening Health And Economic Trends Extend To Americans With Modest Resources Nearing Retirement: Study examines health and economic trends among Americans of modest resources who are nearing retirement. Health Affairs, 10-1377.

Chi, K., Ram, N., & Carstensen, L. L. (2023). Age differences in emotional experiences associated with helping and learning at work. Psychology and Aging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000756

Claire M Growney, Ph.D, Tammy English, Ph.D, Age and Cognitive Ability Predict Emotion Regulation Strategy Use, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2023;, gbad021, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad021

Claire M Growney, Ph.D, Tabea Springstein, M.A., M.Sc, Tammy English, Ph.D, Age, Resources, and Emotion Regulation Need in Daily Life Emotional Contexts, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2023;, gbad018, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad018

2022

Carstensen, L. L., & Reynolds, M. E. (2022). Age differences in preferences through the lens of socioemotional selectivity theory. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 100440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2022.100440

Wang, C., Miller, J., Jackson, R., Carstensen, L.L.  (Summer, 2022). Combatting climate change in an era of longevity: Rewriting the generational compact. Generations.

Wang, G., Fram, N., Carstensen, L. L. &. Berger, J. (2022). Characterizing the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and U.S. Classical Musicians' Wellbeing. Frontiers in Sociology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.848098

Shavit, Y.Z., Estlein, R., Elran-Barak, R. et al. Positive Relationships have Shades of Gray: Age is Associated with More Complex Perceptions of Relationship Quality During the COVID-19 Lockdown. J Adult Dev (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-022-09431-6

Yochai Z Shavit, Kevin Chi, Laura L Carstensen, Age and Time Horizons Are Associated With Preferences for Helping Colleagues, Work, Aging and Retirement, 2022;, waac024, https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waac024

2021

Wang, C., Sierra Huertas, D., Rowe, J.W., Finkelstein, R., Carstensen, L. L., Jackson, R.B. (2021) Rethinking the urban physical environment for century-long lives: from age-friendly to longevity-ready cities. Nature Aging. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-021-00140-5

Carstensen, L. L., (2021). Socioemotional Selectivity Theory: The Role of Perceived Endings in Human Motivation, The Gerontologist. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab116

Carstensen, L. L., & Chi, K. (2021). Emotion and prosocial giving in older adults. Nature Aging. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-021-00126-3

Larsen, J.T., Hershfield, H., Cazares, J.L, Hogan, C.L, & .Carstensen, L.L. (2021). Meaningful endings and mixed emotions:  The double-edged sword of reminiscence on good times. Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001011

Hershfield & Carstensen (2021). Your Messaging to Older Audiences Is Outdated. Age And Generational Issues, Harvard Business Review

Carstensen, L. L., & Hershfield, H. E. (2021). Beyond Stereotypes: Using Socioemotional Selectivity Theory to Improve Messaging to Older Adults. Current Directions in Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214211011468

Miller, j., Horwitz, I., Johfre, S., Jonas, A., Roche, M., Sierra Huertas, D., Streeter, J. Wang, C., Deevy, M., & Carstensen, L.L. (May, 2021) Effectively Reducing Race Differences In Old Age Demands a Life Course Approach. aarp.org/buildequity

2020

Jowell, A., Carstensen, L.L., Barry, M., (2020). A life-course model for healthier ageing: lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet: Healthy Longevity. doi:10.1016/s2666-7568(20)30008-8

Carstensen, L. L., Shavit, Y. Z., & Barnes, J. T. (2020). Age Advantages in Emotional Experience Persist Even Under Threat From the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620967261

Streeter, J., Leombroni, M., Deevy, M. & Carstensen, L.L. (2020). We need a new map of life. In J. Olshansky, K. Ashburn, & J. Stukey (Eds). Pursuing Wealthspan. pp. 31-41. Methuselah Books.

Carstensen, L.L. (2020). We need a new map of life.  Leading Age, California, Engage Magazine , pp. 22-23.

Raposo, S., Hogan, C. L., Barnes, J. T., Chemudupati, T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2020). Leveraging goals to incentivize healthful behaviors across adulthood. Psychology and Aging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000428

Sims, T., Raposo, S., Bailenson, J. N., Carstensen, L. L. (2020). The future is now: Age-progressed images motivate community college students to prepare for their financial futures. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1037/xap0000275.

Liao, H-W, Hommelhoff, S., & Carstensen, L.L. (2020). Time Perception from Seconds to Lifetimes: How Perceived Time Affects Adult Development In Gutchess, A. &  Thomas. A. (Eds).  The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Aging. pp. 254-272. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge,UK.

Chu, L., Tsai, J. L., & Fung, H. H. (2020). Association between age and intellectual curiosity: The mediating roles of future time perspective and importance of curiosity. European Journal of Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-020-00567-6

Chu, L., Lay, J. C., Tsang, V. H. L., & Fung, H. H. (2020). Attitudes toward aging: A glance back at research developments over the past 75 years. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 75(6), 1125–1129. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz155

2019

Carr, D. C., Willis, R. J., Kail, B. L., & Carstensen, L. L. (2019). Alternative retirement paths and cognitive performance: Exploring the roles of pre-retirement job complexity.  The Gerontologist. http://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnz079.

Carstensen, L.L. (2019, November). We need a major redesign of life. Washington Post.

Chen, C., Goldman, D.P., Zissimopoulos, J., Rowe, J.W. and the Research Network on an Aging Society (LLC a Network member). (in press). A Multi-dimensional Comparison of Countries’ Adaptation to Societal Aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 

Giasson, H. L., Liao, H.-W., & Carstensen, L. L.  (2019).  Counting down while time flies: Implications of age-related time acceleration for goal pursuit across adulthood. Current Opinion in Psychology, 26, 85-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.07.001  PMCID: PMC6436994

Liao, H.-W., Shavit, Y. Z., & Carstensen, L. L. (2019). Selective narrowing of peripheral social networks predicts poor long-term cognition in old age. Innovation in Aging,3, S174 - S175. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.621.

Tassone, D., Reed, A. E., & Carstensen, L. L. (in press). Time may heal wounds: Aging and life regrets. Psychology and Aging, 34(6), 862 - 866. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000381.

Rowe, J. W. and the Research Network on an Aging Society (LLC is a Network member). (2019). Challenges for middle-income elders in an aging society.  Health Affairs, 38(5), 1-5. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00095.

Carstensen, L. L.  (2019).  Integrating cognitive and emotion paradigms to address the paradox of aging.  Cognition and Emotion, 33(1), 119-125. http://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2018.1543181. NIHMSID: 1023000

Carstensen, L. L. (2019, June).  The new age of much older age. Time Magazine, (volume/issue TBD),  4-7. (Reprinted from Time Magazine, 2015).

Shavit, Y. Z., & Carstensen, L. L. (2019). Age and occupational time perspective are associated with preference for helping others at work. Innovation in Aging, 3(1), S127 - S128. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.465.

2018

Liao, H.-W., & Carstensen, L. L.  (2018).  Future time perspective: Time horizons and beyond.  GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 31(3), 163-167.  doi: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000194  PCMCID: PMC6438163

Carstensen, L. L., & DeLiema, M.  (2018).  The positivity effect: a negativity bias in youth fades with age.  Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 19, 7-12.  doi: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.07.009  PMCID: PMC6186441

Giasson, H., Liao, H-W., & Carstensen, L.L. (2018). Counting down while time flies: Implications of age-related time acceleration for goal pursuit across adulthood. Current Opinion in Psychology.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.07.001

Hogan, C., Sims, T., & Carstensen, L.L. (2018). Goals change with age and benefit emotional experience.  In A. S. Fox, R. C. Lapate, A. J. Shackman, & R. J. Davidson (Eds.), The Nature of Emotion: Fundamental Questions (2nd edition) (pp. 392-396). New York: Oxford University Press.

Gotlib, I. H. (2018). Emotional arousal may increase susceptibility to fraud in older and younger adults. Psychology and Aging, 33, 325-337. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pag0000228

Kircanski, K., Notthoff, N., DeLiema, M., Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Shadel, D., Mottola, G., Carstensen, L.L., &  Gotlib, I. H. (2018). Emotional arousal may increase susceptibility to fraud in older and younger adults. Psychology and Aging, 33 (2), 325-337. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pag0000228  PMCID: PMC6005691

Chen, C., Goldman, D.P., Zissimopoulos, J., Rowe, J.W. and the Research Network on an Aging Society (LLC a Network member). (2018). Multi-dimensional comparison of countries’ adaptation to societal aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(37), 9169-9174.  doi: 10.1073/pnas.1806260115

Goldman, D. P., Chen, C., Zissimopoulos, J., Rowe, J. W. and the Research Network on an Aging Society (LLC is a Network member). (2018). Measuring how countries adapt to societal aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(3), 435-437.  doi: 10.1073/pnas.1720899115

2017

Carstensen, L.L. & DeLiema, M. (2017). The positivity effect: the negativity bias in youth fades with age. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 19, 7-12.

Carstensen, L.L. (2017, December). In search of a word that won’t offend old people. Washington Post. 

Beals, M. E., Carr, D. C., Mottola, G. R., Deevy, M. J., & Carstensen, L. L. (2017). How does survey context impact self-reported fraud victimization? The Gerontologist, 57(2), 329-340. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnv082

English, T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2017).  Socioemotional selectivity theory.  In N. A. Pachana (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geropsychology (p.p. 1-6).  Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_110-1

Notthoff, N., & Carstensen, L. L. (2017). Promoting walking in older adults: Perceived neighborhood walkability influences the effectivness of motivational messages.  Journal of Health Psychology 22(7), 834-843. doi: 10.1177/1359105315616470  PMCID: PMC4879110

2016

Carstensen, L. L., & Yotopoulos, A. (2016).  Keeping our eyes on the ball: The Sightlines Project.  In P. Irving (Ed.), The Future of Aging (p.p. 8-9). Los Angeles, CA: Milken Institute.

Carstensen, L. L. (2016, June).  What millennials already know about growing old.  Time Magazine, 187 (24), 26.

Carstensen, L. L. (2016, May).  Baby Boomers are isolating themselves as they age.  Time Magazine, 187 (23), 24.

Carstensen, L. L. (2016, February). The new age of aging. Time Magazine, 187(6-7), 60-62.

Carstensen, L. L., & Irving, P. (2016). The power of an older workforce. The Power of Ideas: A collection of insights to transform the future. Los Angeles, CA: Milken Institute.

English, T. & Carstensen, L.L. (2016). Socioemotional selectivity theory. In N. A. Pachana (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Singapore: Springer Singapore

Turan, B., Sims, T., Best, S. E., & Carstensen, L. L. (2016). Older age may offset genetic influence on affect: The COMT polymorphism and affective well-being across the life span. Psychology & Aging, 31(3), 287-294. doi: 10.1037/pag0000085 PMCID: PMC4850911 [Supplemental materials]

Carstensen, L. L. (2016).  Troubling signs.  The Power of Purposeful Aging: Culture Change and the New Demography. Los Angeles, CA: Milken Institute.

Carstensen, L. L., & Irving, P. (2016). The power of an older workforce. The Power of Ideas: A Collection of Insights to Transform the Future. Los Angeles, CA: Milken Institute.

Rosenberger, M. E., Buman, M. P., Haskell, W. L., McConnell, M. V., & Carstensen, L. L. (2016). 24 Hours of Sleep, Sedentary Behavior, and Physical Activity with Nine Wearable Devices. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 48(3), 457-465. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000778  PMCID: PMC4760880

2015

Carstensen, L. L. (2015, February). The new age of much older age. Time Magazine, 185(6), 68-70.

Carstensen, L. L., Beals, M. E., & Deevy, M. (2015). Optimizing older workforces. In L. M. Finkelstein, D. M. Truxillo, F. Fraccaroli, & R. Kanfer (Eds.), Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce: A Use-Inspired Approach (pp. 330-336). New York, NY: Routledge.

Carstensen, L. L., Rosenberger, M. E., Smith, K., & Modrek, S. (2015). Optimizing health in aging societies. Public Policy & Aging Report, 25,38-42.  doi: 10.1093/ppar/prv004

Carstensen, L. L., Smith, K., & Jaworski, D. (2015). The future of ageing. The Future Agenda. Retrieved from http://www.futureagenda.org/category/topics/ageing/

English, T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2015). Does positivity operate when the stakes are high? Health status and decision making among older adults. Psychology and Aging, 30(2), 348-355. doi: 10.1037/a0039121 PMCID: PMC4451383

English, T., & Carstensen, L. L.  (2015).  Emotions and aging.  In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (2nd edition) (pp. 490-495).  Oxford: Elsevier.  doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.25056-3

Beals, M. E., Carr, D. C., Mottola, G. R., Deevy, M. J., & Carstensen, L. L. (2015). How does survey context impact self-reported fraud victimization? The Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnv082

Carstensen, L.L. (2015, December). Forget old age: It’s time to live long and (really) prosper. Wall Street Journal op-ed.

Raposo, S., & Carstensen, L. L. (2015). Developing a research agenda to combat ageism. Generations, 39(3), 79-85. 

Reed, A. E., & Carstensen, L. L. (2015). Age-related positivity effect and its implications for social and health gerontology. In N. A. Pachana (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geropsychology (pp. 1-9). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_50-1

Sims, T., Hogan, C., & Carstensen, L. L. (2015). Selectivity as an emotion regulation strategy: Lessons from older adults. Current Opinion in Psychology, 3, 80-84. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.02.012 PMCID: PMC4405796

Rosenberger, M. E., Buman, M. P., Haskell, W. L., McConnell, M. V., & Carstensen, L. L. (2015). 24 Hours of sleep, sedentary behavior, and physical activity with nine wearable devices. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000778

Notthoff, N & Carstensen, LL. (2015). Promoting walking in older adults: Perceived neighborhood walkability influences the effectiveness of motivational messages. Journal of Health Psychology, 1-10, doi: 10.1177/1359105315616470

Antonucci, T. C., Berkman, L., Börsch-Supan, A., Carstensen, L. L., Fried, L. P., Furstenberg, F. F., ... Zissimopoulos, J. (2015). Society and the individual at the dawn of the twenty-first century. In K. Warner Schaie & S. L. Willis (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (8th edition) (pp. 41-62).  Oxford: Elsevier.  doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-411469-2.00003-0

2014

Albert, S. M., Bix, L., Bridgeman, M. M., Carstensen, L. L., Dyer-Chamberlain, M., Neafsey, P. J., & Wolf, M. S. (2014). Promoting safe and effective use of OTC medications: CHPA-GSA National Summit. The Gerontologist, 54(6) 909-918. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnu034.

Carstensen, L. L. (2014). How we'll be fit and happy at 100. In The Technology of Us. Retrieved from http://technologyofus.com/carstensen-fit-and-happy/

Carstensen, L. L. (2014). Our aging population - It may just save us all. In P. Irving (Ed.), The Upside of Aging: How Long Life is Changing the World of Health, Work, Innovation, Policy, and Puropse (pp. 3-18). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  doi: 10.1002/9781118691823.ch1

Carstensen, L. L., & Rowe, J. W. (2014, June 20). Aging isn't the challenge; building an equitable society is.  Boston Globe. Retrieved from https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/06/20/aging-isn-challenge-building-equitable-society/iDzHk6S52cLd2hzvPJI4QP/story.html

English, T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2014). Will Enterventions Targeting Conscientiousness Improve Aging Outcomes? Developmental Psychology, 50(5), 1478-1481. doi: 10.1037/a0036073 PMCID: PMC4037915

English, T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2014). Emotional Experience in the Mornings and the Evenings: Consideration of Age Differences in Specific Emotions by Time of Day. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(185), 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00185 PMCID: PMC3944144

English, T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2014). Selective Narrowing of Social Networks Across Adulthood is Associated with Improved Emotional Experience in Daily Life. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 38(2), 195-202. doi: 10.1177/0165025413515404 PMCID: PMC4045107

Notthoff, N., & Carstensen, L. L. (2014). Positive Messaging Promotes Walking in Older Adults. Psychology and Aging, 29(2), 329-341. doi: 10.1037/a0036748 PMCID: PMC4069032

Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Robertson, E. R., Mikels, J. A., Carstensen, L. L., & Gotlib, I. H. (2014). Selective Attention to Emotion in the Aging Brain. Motivation Science, 1(S), 49-63. doi: 10.1037/2333-8113.1.S.49 (Reprinted from Psychology & Aging, 2009, PMCID: PMC2791508)

Scheibe, S., Notthoff, N., Menkin, J., Ross, L., Shadel, D., Deevy, M., & Carstensen, L. L. (2014). Forewarning Reduces Fraud Susceptibility in Vulnerable Consumers. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 36, 272-279. doi: 10.1080/01973533.2014.903844 PMCID: PMC4199235

Sims, T. L. & Carstensen, L. L. (2014). The Elusiveness of a Life-span Model of Emotion Regulation. International Journal of Behavioral Development [ISSBD Special Section], 38(3), 30-32. PMCID: PMC4295650

2013

Charles, S. T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2013). Emotion regulation and aging. In J. J. Gross (Ed.), Handbook of Emotion Regulation (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Hershfield, H. E., Scheibe, S., Sims, T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2013). When Feeling Bad Can Be Good: Mixed Emotions Benefit Physical Health Across Adulthood. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4(1), 54-61. doi: 10.1177/1948550612444616 PMCID: PMC3768126

Hogan, C. L., Mata, J., & Carstensen, L. L. (2013). Exercise Holds Immediate Benefits for Affect and Cognition in Older and Younger Adults. Psychology and Aging, 28, 587-594. doi: 10.1037/a0032634 PMCID: PMC3768113

Scheibe, S., English, T., Tsai, J. L., & Carstensen, L. L. (2013). Striving to Feel Good: Ideal Affect, Actual Affect, and their Correspondence Across Adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 28, 160-171. doi: 10.1037/a0030561 PMCID: PMC3756228

English, T. & Carstensen, L.L. (2013). Age Differences in Emotional Experience and Regulation. In D. Hermans, B. Rime & B. Mesquita (Eds.), Changing Emotions. Psychology Press.

2012

Biggs, S., Carstensen, L. L., & Hogan, P. (2012). Social capital, lifelong learning and social innovation. In Work Economic Forum (Ed.), Global population ageing: Peril or promise? (39-41).

Carstensen, L. L., & Fried, L. P. (2012). The meaning of old age. In Work Economic Forum (Ed.), Global population ageing: Peril or promise?(15-17).

Olshansky, J. S., Antonucci, T., Berkman, L., Binstock, R. H., Boersch-Supan, A., Cacioppo, J. T., Cames, B. A., Carstensen, L. L., Fried, L. P., Goldman, D. P., Jackson, J., Kohil, M., Rother, J., Zheng, Y., & Rowe, J. (2012). Differences In Life Expectancy Due to Race and Educational Differences Are Widening, and Many May Not Catch Up. Health Affairs, 31(8), 1-12. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0746 [PMID: 22869659]

Reed, A. E., & Carstensen, L. L. (2012). The Theory Behind the Age-Related Positivity Effect. Frontiers in Emotion Science, 3, 1-9. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00339 [PMID: 23060825] [PMCID: PMC3459016]

Carstensen, L.L. (2012). A hopeful future. In Cisneros, H., Dyer-Chamberlain, M., & Hickie, J. (Eds.) Independent for life. University of Texas Press.

2011

Carstensen, L. L. (2011). A long bright future: Happiness, health and financial security in an age of increased longevity. Public Affairs: New York, New York

Carstensen, L. L., Turan, B., Scheibe, S., Ram, N., Ersner-Hershfield, H., Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Brooks, K. P., & Nesselroade, J. R. (2011). Emotional Experience Improves with Age: Evidence Based on Over 10 Years of Experience Sampling. Psychology and Aging, 26, 21-33. doi: 10.1037/a0021285 [PMID: 20973600] [PMCID: PMC3332527]

Hershfield, H., Goldstein, D. G., Sharpe, A. F., Fox, J., Yeykelis, L., Carstensen, L. L., & Bailenson, J. N. (2011). Increasing Saving Behavior Through Age-progressed Renderings of the Future Self. Journal of Marketing Research, 40, s23-s37. doi: 10.1509/jmkr.48.SPL.S23

Samanez-Larkin, G. R., & Carstensen, L. L. (2011). Socioemotional functioning and the aging brain. In J. Decety & J. T. Cacioppo (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Neuroscience (pp. 507-521). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Mata, R., Radu, P. T., Ballard, I. C., Carstensen, L. L., & McClure, S. M. (2011). Age Differences in Striatal Delay Sensitivity During Intertemporal Choice in Healthy Adults. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 5, 126. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00126 [PMID: 22110424] [PMCID: PMC3217179]

Scheibe, S., Mata, R., & Carstensen, L. L. (2011). Age Differences in Affective Forecasting and Experienced Emotion Surrounding the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. Cognition and Emotion, 25, 1029-1044. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2010.545543 [PMID: 21547760] [PMCID: PMC3417819]

Turan, B., Goldstein, M., Garber, A., & Carstensen, L. L. (2011). Knowing Loved Ones' End-of-life Health Care Wishes: Attachment Security Predicts Caregivers' Accuracy. Health Psychology, 30, 814-818. doi: 10.1037/a0025664 [PMID: 22081941] [PMCID: PMC3228368]

2010

Macarthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society. (2010, Winter). Policies and politics for an aging America. Contexts, 9(1). Retrieved from http://contexts.org/articles/issues/winter-2010

Mikels, J., Löckenhoff, C., Maglio, S., Goldstein, M., Garber, A., & Carstensen, L. L. (2010). Following your heart or your head: Focusing on emotions versus information differentially influences the decisions of younger and older adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16, 87-95. doi: 10.1037/a0018500 [PMID: 20350046]

Scheibe, S., & Carstensen, L. L. (2010). Emotional aging: Recent findings and future trends. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences,65, 135-144. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbp132 [PMID: 20054013] [PMCID: PMC2821944]

Schober, M. F., & Carstensen, L. L. (2010). Does being together for years help comprehension? In E. Morsella (Ed.), Expressing oneself/Expressing one's self: Communication, cognition, language, and identity. London, England: Taylor & Francis.

Sullivan, S., Mikels, J. A., & Carstensen, L. L. (2010). You never lose the ages you’ve been: Affective perspective taking in older adults. Psychology and Aging, 25, 229-234. doi: 10.1037/a0018383 [PMID: 20230142] [PMCID: PMC2841318]

Charles, S.T. & Carstensen, L.L. (2010). Social and emotional aging. Annual Review of Psychology, 61, 383-409. doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.093008. 100448

2009

Carstensen, L. L. (2009). A long bright future. New York, NY: Random House.

Charles, S. T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2009). Social and emotional aging. Annual Review of Psychology, 61, 383-409. doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.093008. 100448 [PMID: 19575618]

Charles, S. T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2009). Socioemotional selectivity theory. In H. Reis, & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (pp. 1578-1581). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Kwon, Y., Scheibe, S., Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Tsai, J. L., & Carstensen, L. L. (2009). Replicating the positivity effect in picture memory in Koreans: Evidence for cross-cultural generalizability. Psychology and Aging, 24, 748–754. doi: 10.1037/a0016054 [PMID: 19739932] [PMCID: PMC2775417]

Macarthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society. (2009, Fall). Facts and fictions about an aging America. Contexts, 8(4), 16–21.

Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Robertson, E. R., Mikels, J. A., Carstensen, L. L., & Gotlib, I. H. (2009). Selective attention to emotion in the aging brain. Psychology and Aging, 24, 519–529. doi: 10.1037/a0016952 [PMID: 19739908] [PMCID: PMC2791508]

2008

Charles, S. T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2008). Unpleasant situations elicit different emotional responses in younger and older adults.  Psychology and Aging, 23, 495-504. doi:10.1037/a0013284 [PMID: 18808240] [PMCID: PMC2677442]

Ersner-Hershfield, H., Mikels, J. A., Sullivan, S., & Carstensen, L. L. (2008). Poignancy: Mixed emotional experience in the face of meaningful endings. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 158-167. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.94.1.158 [PMID: 18179325] [PMCID: PMC2807633]

Lindberg, C., Carstensen, E. L., & Carstensen, L. L. (2008). Lifelong learning and technology. Prepared for the National Research Council's Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

Löckenhoff, C. E., & Carstensen, L.L. (2008). Decision strategies in healthcare choices for self and others: Older adults make adjustments for the age of the decision target, younger adults do not. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 63, 106-109. [PMID: 18441264] [PMCID: PMC2792939]

Nielsen, L., Knutson, B., & Carstensen, L. L. (2008). Affect dynamics, affective forecasting, and aging. Emotion, 8, 318-330. doi:10.1037/1528-3542.8.3.318 [PMID: 18540748][PMCID: PMC2652507]

Ram, N., Morelli, S., Lindberg, C., & Carstensen, L. L. (2008). From static to dynamic: The ongoing dialectic about human development. In K. W. Schaie & R. P. Abeles (Eds.), Social structures and aging individuals: Continuing challenge (pp. 115-130). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Hollon, N. G., Carstensen, L. L., & Knutson, B. (2008). Individual differences in insular sensitivity during loss anticipation predict avoidance learning. Psychological Science, 19, 320-323. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02087 [PMID: 18399882]

2007

Carstensen, L. L. (2007). Growing old or living long: Take your pick. Issues in Science and Technology, Winter 2007, 41-50. 

Charles, S.T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2007). Emotion regulation and aging. In J. J. Gross (Ed.), Handbook of Emotion Regulation (pp. 307-327). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Lindberg, C., & Carstensen, L. L. (2007). Emotions and emotional stability. In W. S. Markides (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health and Aging (pp. 190-192). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Löckenhoff, C. E., & Carstensen, L. L. (2007). Aging, emotion, and health-related decision strategies: Motivational manipulations can reduce age differences. Psychology and Aging, 22, 134-146. doi:10.1037/0882-7974.22.1.134 [PMID: 17385990]

Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Gibbs, S. E. B., Khanna, K., Nielsen, L., Carstensen, L. L., & Knutson, B. (2007). Anticipation of monetary gain but not loss in healthy older adults [Supplementary materials]. Nature Neuroscience, 10, 787–791. doi:10.1038/nn1894 [PMID: 17468751] [PMCID: PMC2268869] 

2006

Carstensen, L.L. (2006). The influence of a sense of time on human development. Science, 312, 1913-1915. doi:10.1126/science.1127488 [PMID: 16809530] [PMCID: PMC2790864] 

Carstensen, L. L., & Hartel, C. R. (Eds.). (2006). When I'm 64. Committee on Aging Frontiers in Social Psychology, Personality, and Adult Developmental Psychology. Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: National Research Council/The National Academies Press.

Carstensen, L. L., Mikels, J. A., & Mather, M. (2006). Aging and the intersection of cognition, motivation and emotion. In J. Birren, & K. W. Schaie (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Aging (6th ed., pp.343-362). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. 

Fung, H. H., & Carstensen, L. L. (2006). Goals change when life's fragility is primed: Lessons learned from older adults, the September 11th attacks and SARS. Social Cognition, 24, 248-278. doi:10.1521/soco.2006.24.3.248

Schaie, K. W., & Carstensen, L. L. (Eds.). (2006). Social structures, aging and self-regulation in the elderly. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

2005

Carstensen, L. L., & Mikels, J. A. (2005). At the intersection of emotion and cognition: Aging and the positivity effect. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 117-121. doi:10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00348.x 

Ersner-Hershfield, H., Rice, C., Lindberg, C., & Carstensen, L. L. (2005). The good, the bad and the poignant. Aging Today, 26, 7-8. 

Fung, H. H., Rice, C., & Carstensen, L. L. (2005). Reactive and proactive motivational changes across adulthood. In W. Greve, K. Rothermund, & D. Wentura (Eds.), The adaptive self: Personal Continuity and Intentional Self-Development (pp.171-183). New York, NY: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.

Mather, M., & Carstensen, L. L. (2005). Aging and motivated cognition: The positivity effect in attention and memory. Trends in Cognitive Science, 9, 496-502. [PMID: 16154382] 

Mikels, J. A., Larkin, G. R., Reuter-Lorenz, P. A., & Carstensen, L. L. (2005). Divergent trajectories in the aging mind: Changes in working memory for affective versus visual information with age. Psychology & Aging, 20,542-553. doi:10.1037/0882-7974.20.4.542 [PMID: 16420130]

2004

Fung, H., & Carstensen, L. L. (2004). Motivational changes in response to blocked goals and foreshortened time: Testing alternatives to socioemotional selectivity theory. Psychology and Aging, 19, 68-78. doi:10.1037/0882-7974.19.1.68 [PMID: 15065932]

Kennedy, Q., Mather, M., & Carstensen, L. L. (2004). The role of motivation in the age-related positive bias in autobiographical memory. Psychological Science, 15, 208-214. doi:10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.01503011.x [PMID: 15016294]

Löckenhoff, C. E., & Carstensen, L. L. (2004). Socioemotional selectivity theory, aging, and health: The increasingly delicate balance between regulating emotions and making tough choices. Journal of Personality, 72, 1395-1424. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2004.00301.x [PMID: 15509287]

Mather, M., Canli, T., English, T., Whitfield, S., Wais, P., Ochsner, K., Gabrieli, J. D. E., & Carstensen, L. L. (2004). Amygdala responses to emotionally valenced stimuli in older and younger adults. Psychological Science, 15, 259-263. doi:10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00662.x [PMID: 15043644]

Charles, S.T., & Carstensen, L.L. (2004). A life-span view of emotional functioning in adulthood and old age. In P. Costa (Ed.), Advances in cell aging and gerontology series: Recent advances in psychology and aging (Vol. 15, pp. 133-162). Amsterdam: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/S1566-3124(03)15003-1

Carstensen, L.L. & Löckenhoff, C.E. (2004). Aging, Emotion and Evolution: The Bigger Picture. To appear in P. Ekman, J.J. Campos, R.J. Davidson, & F.B.M. de Waal (Eds.) Emotions Inside Out: 130 Years after Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Vol. 1000 of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (Electronic version available at Annals Online www.annalsnyas.org).

2003

Carstensen, L. L., Fung, H., & Charles, S. (2003) Socioemotional selectivity theory and the regulation of emotion in the second half of life. Motivation and Emotion, 27, 103-123. doi:10.1023/A:1024569803230

Carstensen, L. L., Charles, S. T., Isaacowitz, D., & Kennedy, Q. (2003). Emotion and life-span personality development. In R. J. Davidson, K. Scherer, & H. H. Goldsmith (Eds.), Handbook of affective sciences (pp. 726-746). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Carstensen, L. L., & Löckenhoff, C. E. (2003). Aging, emotion, and evolution: The bigger picture. In P. Ekman, J. J. Campos, R. J. Davidson, & F. B. M. de Waal (Eds.), Emotions inside out: 130 years after Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (Vol. 1000, pp. 152-179). New York, NY: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Charles, S., Mather, M., & Carstensen, L. L. (2003). Aging and emotional memory: The forgettable nature of negative images for older adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 132, 310-324. doi:10.1037/0096-3445.132.2.310 [PMID: 12825643]

Fung, H., & Carstensen, L. L. (2003). Sending memorable messages to the old: Age differences in preferences and memory for advertisements. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 163-178. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.85.1.163 [PMID: 12872892]

Isaacowitz, D., Smith, T. B., & Carstensen, L. L. (2003). Socioemotional selectivity and mental health among trauma survivors in old age. Ageing International, 28, 181-199.

Löckenhoff, C. E., & Carstensen, L. L. (2003). Is the life-span theory of control a theory of development or a theory of coping? In S. Zarit, L. Pearlin, & K. W. Schaie (Eds.), Personal control in social and life span contexts (pp. 263-280). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Mather, M., & Carstensen, L. L. (2003). Aging and attentional biases for emotional faces. Psychological Science, 14, 409-415. doi:10.1111/1467-9280.01455 [PMID: 12930469]

Pasupathi, M., & Carstensen, L. L. (2003). Age and emotional experience during mutual reminiscing. Psychology and Aging, 18, 430-442. doi:10.1037/0882-7974.18.3.430 [PMID: 14518806]

2002

Carstensen, L. L., & Charles, S. T. (2002). Human Aging: Why is even good news taken as bad? In L. Aspinwall & U. Staudinger (Eds.), A psychology of human strengths: Perspectives on an emerging field (pp.75-86). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Charles, S. T., & Carstensen, L. L. (2002). Marriage in old age. (pp. 236-254). In M. Yalom, & L. L. Carstensen (Eds.), Inside the American couple: New thinking, new challenges (pp. 236-254). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. (Reprinted in U.S.-Japan Women's Journal, (2000). 27, 3-18.)

Fisher, J. E., Zeiss, A. M., & Carstensen, L. L. (2002). Psychopathology in the aged. In P. B. Sutker & H. E. Adams (Eds.), Comprehenseive Handbook of Psychopathology (3rd Ed., pp. 921-951). New York, NY: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Fung, H. H., & Carstensen, L. L. (2002, March-April). The knowledge of our years: Time so limited, life so precious. Aging Today, 23(2), 9, 11.

Lang, F. R., & Carstensen, L. L. (2002). Time counts: Future time perspective, goals and social relationships. Psychology and Aging, 17, 125-139. doi:10.1037//0882-7974.17.1.125 [PMID: 11931281]

Pasupathi, M., Henry, R., & Carstensen, L. L. (2002). Age and ethnicity differences in storytelling to young children: Emotionality, relationality and socialization. Psychology and Aging, 17, 610-621. doi:10.1037//0882-7974.17.4.610 [PMID: 12507358]

Rice, C. J., Löckenhoff, C.E., & Carstensen, L.L. (2002). En busca de independencia y productividad: cómo influyen las culturas occidentales en las explicaciones individuales y científicas del envejecimiento. [Chasing independence and productivity: How Western culture influences individual and scientific accounts of aging]. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología, 34, 133-154.

Yalom, M., & Carstensen, L. L. (Eds.). (2002) Inside the American Couple: New thinking, new challenges. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Löckenhoff, C.E. & Carstensen, L.L. (2002). Is the life-span theory of control a theory of development or a theory of coping? To appear in S. Zarit, L. Pearlin, K.W. Schaie (Eds.), Personal control in social and life contexts.  New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

2001

Carstensen, L. L. (2001). Personality development in adulthood. In N. J. Smelzer, & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (pp.11290-11295). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Ltd. doi:10.1016/B0-08-043076-7/01763-0 

Carstensen, L. L. (2001). Emotion and aging. In G. Maddox (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Aging (3rd ed., pp. 327-329). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co.

Carstensen, L. L. (2001). Margret M. Baltes: Dependency and success in aging. Contemporary Gerontology, 8, 42-45. 

Charles, S. T., Carstensen, L. L., & McFall, R. M. (2001). Problem-solving in the nursing home environment: Age and experience differences in emotional reactions and responses. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 7, 319-330. doi:10.1023/A:1011352326374

Fung, H. H., Carstensen, L. L., & Lang, F. (2001). Age-related patterns in social networks among European-Americans and African-Americans: Implications for socioemotional selectivity across the life span. International Journal of Aging and Human Development,52, 185-206. [PMID: 11407486]

Kennedy, Q., Fung, H., & Carstensen, L. L. (2001). Aging, time estimation and emotion: An multidisciplinary exploration. In S. H. McFadden, & R. C. Atchley (Eds.), Aging and the meaning of time (pp. 51-74). New York, NY: Springer.

Fisher, J.E., Zeiss, A.M., & Carstensen, L.L. (2001). Psychopathology in the aged. In P.B. Sutker, & H.E. Adams (Eds.), Comprehensive handbook of psychopathology (3rd ed., pp. 921-951). New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

2000

Carstensen, L. L. (2000). Keeping aging minds sharp. The Scientist, 14(22), 6.  

Carstensen, L. L. (2000). Social gerontological theories. In A. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology (Vol. 7, pp. 340-341). Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Carstensen, L. L., Graff, J., & Lang, F. (2000). Psychology’s contributions to gerontology. In J. E. Clair (Ed.), The Gerontological Prism: Developing Interdisciplinary Bridges (pp. 29-48). Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing.

Carstensen, L. L., Charles, S., & Isaacowitz, D. (2000). Applying science to human behavior . American Psychologist, 55, 343. doi: 10.1037//0003-066X.55.3.343a [PMID: 10743257]

Carstensen, L. L., Pasupathi, M., Mayr, U., & Nesselroade, J. (2000). Emotional experience in everyday life across the adult life span. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 644-655. doi: I O.1037//O022-3 514.79.4.64 [PMID: 11045744]

Isaacowitz, D., Charles, S., & Carstensen, L. L. (2000). Emotion and cognition. In G. Craik, & T. Salthouse (Eds.) Handbook of aging and cognition (2nd ed., pp. 593-631). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers.

Stern, P., & Carstensen, L. L. (Eds.). (2000). The aging mind: Opportunities in cognitive research. Washington, DC: The National Academy Press.

Tsai, J. L., Levenson, R. W., & Carstensen, L. L. (2000). Autonomic, expressive and subjective responses to emotional films in younger and older adults of European American and Chinese descent. Psychology and Aging, 15, 684-693. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.15.4.684 [PMID: 11144327]

1999 and Prior

Baltes, M. M., & Carstensen, L. L. (1999). Social-psychological theories and their applications to aging: From individual to collective. In V. Bengtson, & K. W. Schaie (Eds.) Handbook of theories of aging (pp. 209-226). New York, NY: Springer.

Carstensen, L. L., Isaacowitz, D., & Charles, S. T. (1999). Taking time seriously: A theory of socioemotional selectivity. American Psychologist, 54, 165-181. [PMID: 10199217]

Charles, S. T., & Carstensen, L. L. (1999). The role of time in the setting of social goals across the life span. In F. Blanchard-Fields & T. Hess (Eds.), Social cognition and aging (pp. 319-342). New York, NY: Academic Press.

Fung, H. H., Carstensen, L. L., & Lutz, A. (1999). The influence of time on social preferences: Implications for life-span development. Psychology and Aging, 14, 595-604. [PMID: 10632147]

Fung, H. H., Abeles, R. P., & Carstensen, L. L. (1999). Psychological control in later life: Implications for life-span development. M. Lerner & J. Brandtstädter (Eds.), Action and development: Origins and functions of intentional self development (pp. 345-372). Hillsdale, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Pasupathi, M., Carstensen, L. L., Levenson, R. W., & Gottman, J. M. (1999). Responsive listening in long-married couples: A psycholinguistic perspective. Journal of Non-Verbal Behavior, 23, 173-193.

Carstensen, L.L. & Charles, S.T. (1999). Emotion in the second half of life. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 7, 144-149. (Reprinted in Annual Editions: Human Development, 2000/2001, Sluice Dock: CT: Dushkin/McGraw Hill, 213-217; Reprinted in Current Directions Readers, 2004).

1998 and earlier

Carstensen, L. L. (1998). A life-span approach to social motivation. In J. Heckhausen & C. Dweck (Eds.) Motivation and self-regulation across the life span (pp. 341-364). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Carstensen, L. L., & Charles, S. T. (1998). Emotion in the second half of life. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 7(5), 144-149. (Reprinted in Annual Editions: Human Development, 2000/2001, Sluice Dock: CT: Dushkin/McGraw Hill, 213-217; Reprinted in Current Directions Readers, 2004).

Carstensen, L. L., & Fredrickson, B. L. (1998). The influence of HIV status and age on cognitive representations of others. Health Psychology, 17, 1-10. [PMID: 9848799] [PMCID: 3156032]

Lang, F., Staudinger, U., & Carstensen, L. L. (1998). Perspectives on socioemotional selectivity in late life: How personality and social context do (and do not) make a difference. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 53, 21-30. [PMID: 9469168]

Lang, F. & Carstensen, L.L. (1998). Social relationships and adaptation in late life. In B.A. Edelstein (Ed.), Comprehensive Clinical psychology. vol. 7: Clinical geropsychology (pp. 55-72). Oxford: Elsevier Science.

Gross, J., Carstensen, L. L., Pasupathi, M. Tsai, J., Götestam Skorpen, C., & Hsu, A. (1997). Emotion and aging: Experience, expression and control. Psychology and Aging, 12, 590-599. [PMID: 9416628]

Carstensen, L.L., Gross, J. & Fung, H. (1997). The social context of emotion. In M.P. Lawton, K. W. Schaie (Eds). Annual Review of Geriatrics and Gerontology (pp. 325- 352). New York: Springer.

Carstensen, L.L. & Lang, F. (1997). Social support in context and as context: Comments on social support and the maintenance of competence in old age. In S. Willis and K.W. Schaie (Eds.), Societal mechanisms for maintaining competence in old age (pp. 207- 222). New York: Springer Publishing.

Baltes, M.M.  & Carstensen, L.L. (1996). The process of successful ageing. Ageing and Society, 16, 397-422. (Reprinted in E.W. Markson & L.A. Hollis-Sawyer (Eds.), Intersections of aging: Readings in social gerontology, pp. 65-81. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Co. Revision reprinted in U. Staudinger & U. Lindenberger (2002). Understanding human development: Dialogues with life-span psychology, pp. 81-104; Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers).

Baltes, M., Horgas, A., Klingenspor, B., Freund, A. & Carstensen, L.L. (1996). Geschlechtsunterschiede der Berliner Altersstudie. (pp. 573-598). In K.U. Mayer & P.B. Baltes (Eds.), Der Berliner Altersstudie [The Berlin Aging Study], Berlin: Akademie-Verlag

Carstensen, L. L., Edelstein, B. A., & Dornbrand, L. (Eds.) (1996) Practical Handbook of Clinical Gerontology. Sage Publications.

Tsai, J. L. & Carstensen, L.L. (1996).The role of ethnicity in clinical work with the elderly. In L.L. Carstensen, B.A. Edelstein, & L. Dornbrand (Eds.), The practical handbook of clinical gerontology (pp. 76-106). Hillsdale, CA: Sage Publications.

Carstensen, L.L., Graff, J., Levenson, R.W.  & Gottman, J.M. (1996). Affect in intimate relationships: The developmental course of marriage. In C. Magai & S. McFadden (Eds.), Handbook of emotion, adult development and aging (pp. 227-247). Orlando: Academic Press.

Carstensen, L.L. (1996). Interactive minds from a developmental perspective. In P.B.Baltes & U. Staudinger (Eds.), Interactive minds: Life-span perspectives on the social foundation of cognition (pp. 420-424). NewYork: Cambridge University Press.

Carstensen, L.L. (1996). Socioemotional selectivity: A life-span developmental account of social behavior. In M.R. Merrens & G.G. Brannigan (Eds.), The developmental psychologists: Research across the life span (pp. 250-271). New York: McGraw Hill.

Carstensen, L.L. (1995). Evidence for a life-span theory of socioemotional selectivity. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 4, 151-156.

Carstensen, L. L., Gottman, J. M., & Levenson, R. W. (1995). Emotional behavior in long-term marriage. Psychology and Aging, 10, 140-149. [PMID: 7779311]

Pasupathi, M., Carstensen, L.L. & Tsai, J.L. (1995). The social construction of the disempowered elderly: Ageism in interpersonal settings. In B. Lott & D. Maluso (Eds.), The social psychology of interpersonal discrimination (pp. 160-182). New York: Guilford Publications.

Carstensen, L.L. (1995). Review of Featherman, D.L., Lerner, R., & Perlmutter, M. (Eds.), Life-span development and behavior (Vol. 12). Contemporary Gerontology, 2, 11-12.

Carstensen, L.L., Fisher, J.E. & Malloy, P. (1995). Cognitive and affective characteristics of socially withdrawn nursing home residents. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 1, 207-218.

Carstensen, L.L., Hanson, K., Freund, A., (1995). Selection and compensation in adulthood. In R.A. Dixon and L. Bäckman (Eds.), Psychological compensation: Managing losses and promoting gains (pp. 106-126). Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Publications.

Carstensen, L.L. & Freund, A. (1994). The resilience of the aging self. Developmental Review, 14, 81-92.

Levenson, R., Carstensen, L., & Gottman, J. (1994) The influence of age and gender on affect, physiology and their interrelations: A study of long-term marriages. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 56-68. [PMID: 8046584]

Carstensen, L. L., & Turk-Charles, S. (1994). The salience of emotion across the adult life span. Psychology and Aging, 9, 259-264. [PMID: 8054174]

Lang, F. R., & Carstensen, L. L. (1994). Close emotional relationships in late life: Further support for proactive aging in the social domain. Psychology and Aging, 9, 315-324. [PMID: 8054179]

Carstensen, L.L. (1993). Motivation for social contact across the life span: A theory of socioemotional selectivity. In J.E. Jacobs (Ed.) Nebraska symposium on motivation: 1992, Developmental Perspectives on Motivation (Vol. 40, pp. 209-254). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Carstensen, L.L. & Pasupathi, M. (1993). Women of a certain age. In S. Matteo (Ed.), Critical issues facing women in the '90s (pp. 66-78), Boston: Northeastern University Press.

Fisher, J. E., Carstensen, L.L., Turk, S.E., Noll, J. (1993). Geriatric patients. In A.S. Bellack & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of behavior therapy in the psychiatric setting (pp. 355-369). New York: Plenum.

Fisher, J.E., Zeiss, A. M., & Carstensen, L.L. (1993). Psychopathology in the aged. In P.B. Sutker, H.E. Adams (2nd Ed.), Comprehensive handbook of psychopathology (pp. 815-842). New York: Plenum Press.

Levenson, R. W., Carstensen, L. L., & Gottman, J.M. (1993). Long-term marriage: Age, gender and satisfaction. Psychology and Aging, 8, 301-313. [PMID: 8323733]

Carstensen, L.L. (1992). Perspectives on research with older families: Contributions of older adults to families and to family therapy. In P. Cowan, D. Field, D. Hansen, A. Skolnick, & E. Swanson (Eds.), Family, self and society: Towards a new agenda for family research (pp. 353-360). Los Angeles: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Carstensen, L. L. (1992). Social and emotional patterns in adulthood: Support for socioemotional selectivity theory. Psychology and Aging, 7, 331-338. [PMID: 1388852]

Baltes, M.M.& Carstensen, L.L. (1991). Possible selves and their fertility in the process of successful aging: A commentary on Cross and Markus. Human Development, 34, 256-260. 

Carstensen, L. L. (1991). Selectivity theory: Social activity in life-span context. In K.W. Schaie (Ed.), Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Vol. 11, pp. 195-217). New York: Springer.

Carstensen, L.L. & Fisher, J.E. (1991). Treatment applications for psychological and behavioral problems of the elderly in nursing homes. In P.A. Wisocki (Ed.), Handbook of clinical behavior therapy with the elderly client (pp. 337-362). New York: Plenum.

Levenson, R. W., Carstensen, L. L., Friesen, W. V., & Ekman, P. (1991). Emotion, physiology and expression in old old age. Psychology and Aging, 6, 28-35. [PMID: 2029364]

Meeks, S., Carstensen, L. L., Stafford, P., Brenner, L. L., Weathers, F., Welch, R., & Oltmanns, T. F. (1990). Mental health needs of the chronically mentally ill elderly. Psychology and Aging, 5, 163-171. [PMID: 2378681]

Fisher, J.E., & Carstensen, L.L. (1990). Generalized effects of skills training among older adults. The Clinical Gerontologist, 9, 91-107.

Fisher, J.E. & Carstensen, L.L. (1990). Behavior management of the dementias. Clinical Psychology Review, 10, 611-629.

Fredrickson, B. L., & Carstensen, L. L. (1990). Choosing social partners: How old age and anticipated endings make us more selective. Psychology and Aging, 5, 335-347. (Reprinted in Essential papers on the psychology of aging. 1998, pp. 511-538.) [PMID: 2242238]

Carstensen, L.L. (1989). Peril in the prediction of psychopathology with longitudinal research. Contemporary Psychology, 34, 344-345.

Carstensen, L.L. & Neale, J.M. (Eds.). (1989). Mechanisms of psychological influence on physical health, with special attention to the elderly. New York: Plenum.

Meeks, S., Carstensen, L.L., Tamsky, B.F., Wright, T.L. & Pelligrini, D. (1989). Age Differences in Coping: Does Less Mean Worse? International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 28, 127-140.

Carstensen, L. L. (1988). The emerging field of behavioral gerontology. Behavior Therapy, 19, 259- 281.

Carstensen, L.L. & Fisher, J.E. (1988). Perspectives from the inside: Mental health needs of the elderly in nursing homes. Behavioral Residential Treatment, 3, 183-192.

Carstensen, L.L. & Fremouw, J. (1988). The influence of social anxiety and mental status on social withdrawal among the elderly in nursing homes. Behavioral Residential Treatment, 3, 63-80.

Rychtarik, R.G., Carstensen, L.L., Alford, G.S., Schlundt, D.G., & Scott, W.O. (1988). Situational assessment of alcohol-related coping skills in wives of alcoholics. Psychology of Addictive Behavior, 2, 66-73.

Rosenthal, T.L. & Carstensen, L.L. (1988). Aging: Clinical needs and research opportunities. Behavior Therapy, 19, 257-258.

Carstensen, L.L. (1987). Age-related changes in social activity among the elderly. In L.L. Carstensen & B.A. Edelstein (Eds.), Handbook of clinical gerontology. New York: Pergamon Press.

Carstensen, L.L. (1987). Review of Pinkston, E.M. & Linsk, N. Care of the elderly: A family approach in Social Service Review. 

Carstensen, L.L. & Edelstein, B.A. (Eds.). (1987). Handbook of Clinical Gerontology. New York: Pergamon Press.

Carstensen, L.L. (1986). Social support among the elderly: Limitations of behavioral interventions. Behavior Therapist, 6, 111-113. 

Carstensen, L.L. & Erickson, R.J. (1986). Increasing rates of social interactions among elderly nursing home residents: Are high rates enough? Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 19, 349-355.

Goddard, P. & Carstensen, L.L. (1986). Treatment of depression in an elderly nursing home resident. Clinical Gerontologist, 4, 13-20.

Carstensen, L.L, Rychtarik, R.G., & Prue, D.M. (1985). Treatment effectiveness for early and late-onset elderly alcoholics. Addictive Behaviors: An International Quarterly, 10, 307- 311.

Cone, J.D. & Carstensen, L.L. (1985). Life satisfaction and social desirability: Clarifying earlier findings. Journal of Gerontology, 40, 126-128.

Carstensen, L.L., & Cone, J.D. (1983). The influence of social desirability on the measurement of psychological well-being. Journal of Gerontology, 38, 713-715. 

Hutchison, W., Carstensen, L.L., & Silberman, D. (1983). Generalized effects of increasing the availability of choice among institutionalized elderly. International Journal of Behavioral Geriatrics, 1, 21-32.

Rapp, S., Carstensen, L.L., Prue, D.M. (1983). Organizational behavior management, 1978-1982:  An annotated bibliography. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 5, 5-50.

Carstensen, L.L., Mason, S.E., & Caldwell, E.C. (1982). Children's attitudes toward the elderly: An intergenerational technique for change. Educational Gerontology: An International Quarterly, 8, 291-301.

Carstensen, L.L. & Fremouw, W. (1981). The demonstration of a behavioral intervention for late life paranoia. The Gerontologist, 3, 329-332.