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Summaries

  • Anstey, K., & Christensen, H. (2000). Education, activity, health, blood pressure and apolipoprotein E as predictors of cognitive change in old age: A review. Gerontology, 46, 163-177.
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  • Hofer, S. M., & Piccinin, A. M. (2007). Longitudinal studies. In J. E. Birren (Ed.), Encyclopedia of gerontology: Age, aging, and the aged (2nd Edition). Oxford: Elsevier Ltd.

  • Hofer, S. M., & Sliwinski, M. J. (2006). Design and analysis of longitudinal studies of aging. In J. E. Birren & K. W. Schaie (Eds.), Handbook of the psychology of aging (6th Edition; pp. 15-37). San Diego: Academic Press.

  • Piccinin, A. M. & Hofer, S. M. (2008). Integrative analysis of longitudinal studies on aging: Collaborative research networks, meta-analysis, and optimizing future studies. In S. M. Hofer and D. F. Alwin (Eds.), Handbook on Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (446-476). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

  • Schaie, K. W., & Hofer, S. M. (2001). Longitudinal studies in aging research. In J. E. Birren & K. W. Schaie (Eds.), Handbook of the psychology of aging (5th Edition; pp. 53-77). San Diego: Academic Press.

References: Longitudinal Studies

Ordered by most recent and limited to analysis of longitudinal data

Aging in Women and Men (GENDER)

  • Takkinen, S., Gold, C., Pedersen, N.L., Malmberg, B., Nilsson, S., & Rovine, M. (2004). Gender differences in depression: A study of unlike-sex twins. Aging and Mental Health, 8 , 187-195.

Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ALSA; 1992- )*

  • Andrews, G.; Clark , M.; Luszcz, M. (2002). Successful aging in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging: Applying the MacArthur model cross-nationally. Journal of Social Issues, 58 , 749-765.
  • Anstey, K. J., Hofer, S. M., & Luszcz, M. A. (2003a). A latent growth curve analysis of late life cognitive and sensory function over eight years: Evidence for specific and common factors underlying change. Psychology and Aging, 18 , 714-726.
  • Anstey, K. J., Hofer, S. M., & Luszcz, M. A. (2003b). Cross-sectional and longitudinal patterns of dedifferentiation in late-life cognitive and sensory function: The effects of age, ability, attrition, and occasions of measurement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 132 , 470-487.
  • Anstey, K. J., & Luszcz, M. A. (2002). Mortality risk varies according to gender and change in depressive status in very old adults. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64, 880-888.
  • Anstey, K. J., & Luszcz, M. A. (2002). Selective non-response to clinical assessment in the longitudinal study of aging: Implications for estimating population levels of cognitive function and dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17, 704-709.
  • Anstey, K. J., Luszcz, M. A., Giles, L. C., & Andrews, G. R. (2001). Demographic, health, cognitive, and sensory variables as predictors of mortality in very old adults. Psychology & Aging, 16, 3-11.
  • Anstey, K. J., Luszcz, M. A., & Sanchez, L. (2001a). A reevaluation of the common factor theory of shared variance among age, sensory function, and cognitive function in older adults. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 56 , P3-P11.
  • Anstey, K. J., Luszcz, M. A., & Sanchez, L. (2001b). Two-year decline in vision but not hearing is associated with memory decline in very old adults in a population-based sample. Gerontology, 47, 289-293.

  • Anstey, K.J., Windsor, T.D., Luszcz, M.A., & Andrews, G.R. (2006). Predicting driving cessation over 5 years in older adults: Psychological well-being and cognitive competence are stronger predictors than physical health. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 54, 121-126.

  • Giles, L., Glonek, G.F.V., Luszcz, M. A. & Andrews, G.R. (2005). The effect of social networks on 10-year survival in very old Australians: the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59, 574-579.

  • Giles, L., Metcalf, P.A., Glonek, G.F.V., Luszcz, M. A. & Andrews, G.R. (2004). The effects of social networks upon disability in older Australians. Journal of Ageing and Health, 16, 517-538.

  • Luszcz, M. A.; Bryan, J.; Kent, P. (1997). Predicting episodic memory performance of very old men and women: Contributions from age, depression, activity, cognitive ability, and speed. Psychology & Aging, 12 , 340-351.

  • Luszcz, M.A., & Giles, L. (2002). Benefits of close social relationships for health and longevity of older adults. International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development : Newsletter, 41, 15 – 17.

Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA; 1958- )*

Berlin Aging Study (BASE; 1990- )

  • Ghisletta, P., & Lindenberger, U. (in press). Age-based structural dynamics between perceptual speed and knowledge in the Berlin Aging Study: Direct evidence for ability dedifferentiation with age. Psychology and Aging.
  • Ghisletta, P., & Lindenberger, U. (in press). Static and dynamic longitudinal structural analyses of cognitive changes in old age. Gerontology.
  • Lindenberger, U., & Ghisletta, P. (in press). Modeling longitudinal changes in old age: From covariance structures to dynamic systems. In R. A. Dixon, L. Bäckman, & L.-G. Nilsson (Eds.), New frontiers in cognitive aging. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Lindenberger, U., Singer, T., & Baltes, P. B. (2002). Longitudinal selectivity in aging populations: Separating mortality-associated versus experimental components in the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 57, P474-P482.
  • Maier, H., & Smith, J. (1999). Psychological predictors of mortality in old age. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 54, P44-P54.
  • Singer, T., Verhaeghen, P., Ghisletta, P., Lindenberger, U., & Baltes, P. B. (in press). The fate of cognition in very old age: Six-year longitudinal findings in the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Psychology and Aging.
  • Smith, J., & Baltes, M. M. (1998). The role of gender in very old age: Profiles of functioning and everyday life patterns. Psychology & Aging, 13, 676-695.
  • Smith, J., & Baltes, P. B. (1997). Profiles of psychological functioning in the old and oldest old. Psychology & Aging, 12, 458-472.
  • Smith, J., Maas, I., Mayer, K. U., Helmchen, H., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., & Baltes, P. B. (2002). Two-wave longitudinal findings from the Berlin Aging Study: Introduction to a collection of papers. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57B, P471-P473. Abstract
  • Verhaeghen, P., Borchelt, M., & Smith, J. (in press). The relation between somatic health and cognition in very old age: Cross-sectional and longitudinal findings from the Berlin Aging Study. Health Psychology.

Bonn Longitudinal Study of Aging (BOLSA; 1965-1984)

  • Fooken, I. (1984). Survival in old age: A comparison between short-lived and long-lived participants of the Bonn Longitudinal Study on Aging (BOLSA). Zeitschrift für Gerontologie, 17 , 340-358.
  • Kruse, A., & Lehr, U. (1989). Longitudinal analysis of the developmental process in chronically ill and healthy persons: Empirical findings from the Bonn Longitudinal Study of Aging (BOLSA). International Psychogeriatrics, 1 , 73-85.
  • Lehr, U.M. (1982). Depression or “quality of life” in old age: Correlates of negative and positive morale-findings from the Bonn Longitudinal Study of Aging (BOLSA). Zeitschrift für Gerontologie, 15 , 241-249.
  • Olbritch, E., & Thomae, H. (1978). Empirical findings to a cognitive theory of aging. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1 , 67-82.
  • Rott, C. (1990). Development of intelligence in old age. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie, 23 , 252-261.
  • Rott, C. (1993). Three components of intellectual development in old age: Results from the Bonn Longitudinal Study of Aging . Zeitschrift für Gerontologie, 26 , 184-190.
  • Rott, C., & Hans, T. (1991). Coping in longitudinal perspective: Findings from the Bonn Longitudinal Study on Aging . Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, 6 , 23-40.
  • Thomae, H. (1984). Reactions to strains on health in middle and advanced age. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie, 17 , 186-197.
  • Thomae, H. (1992). Contributions of longitudinal research to a cognitive theory of adjustment to aging. European Journal of Personality, 6, 157-175.
  • Thomae, H. (1992). Contributions of longitudinal research to a cognitive theory of adjustment to aging. European Journal of Personality, 6 , 157-175.
  • Thomae, H. (1993). The Bonn Longitudinal Study on Aging (BOLSA). Zeitschrift-für-Gerontologie, 26 , 142-150.
  • Zimprich, D. (2002). Cross-sectionally and longitudinally balanced effects of processing speed on intellectual abilities. Experimental Aging Research, 28, 231-251.
  • Zimprich, D. (2002). Speed of information processing and fluid intelligence in the elderly. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 31 , 89-96.

Caerphilly Cohort Study of Older Men (CCS)

  • Elwood, P.C., Gallacher, J.E.J., Hopkinson, C.A., Pickering, J., Rabbitt, P., Stollery, B., Brayne, C., Huppert, F.A., & Bayer, A. (1999). Smoking, drinking and other lifestyle factors and cognitive function in men in the Caerphilly cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 53, 9-14.
  • Elwood, P.C., Hack, M., Pickering, J., Hughes, J., & Gallacher, J. (2006). Sleep disturbance, stroke, and heart disease events: evidence from the Caerphilly cohort. Journal of Epidemiol Community Health, 60, 69-73.
  • Elwood, P.C., Pickering, J., & Gallacher, J.E.J. (2001). Cognitive function and blood rheology: Results from the Caerphilly cohort of older men. Age and Ageing, 30(2), 35-139.
  • Elwood, P.C., Pickering, J., Gallacher, J.E., Hughes, J., & Davies D. (2005). Long term effect of breast feeding: cognitive function in the Caerphilly cohort. Journal of Epidemiol Community Health. 59, 130-133.
  • Elwood, P.C., Pickering, J., Bayer, A., & Gallacher, J.E.J. (2002). Vascular disease and cognitive function in older men in the Caerphilly Cohort. Age and Ageing, 31, 43-48.
  • Gallacher, J.E.J., Elwood, P.C., Hopkinson, C.A., Rabbitt, P.M.A., Stollery, B.T., Sweetnam, P.M., Brayne, C., & Huppert, F.A. (1999). Cognitive Function in the Caerphilly Study: Associations with age, social class and mood. European Journal of Epidemiology, 15, 161-169.
  • May, M., McCarron, P., Stansfeld, A. B., Shlomo, Y., Gallacher, J., Yarnell, J., Davey, S.G., Elwood, P., & Ebrahim, S. (2002). Does psychological distress predict the risk of stroke and transient ischaemic attack? Stroke, 33, 7-12.
  • Smith, G.D., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Beswick, A., Yarnell, J., Lightman, S., & Elwood, P. (2005). Cortisol, testosterone, and coronary heart disease: prospective evidence from the Caerphilly study. Circulation, 112, 332-340.

Canberra Longitudinal Study (CLS; 1991- )

  • Christensen, H. (2001). What cognitive changes can be expected with normal ageing? Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 35, 768-775.
  • Christensen, H., Hofer, S. M., Mackinnon, A. J., Korten, A. E., Jorm, A. F., & Henderson, A. S. (2001). Age is no kinder to the better educated: Absence of an association established using latent growth techniques in a community sample. Psychological Medicine, 31, 15-27.
  • Christensen, H., Korten, A. E., Mackinnon, A. J., Jorm, A. F., Henderson, A. S., & Rodgers, B. (2000). Are changes in sensory disability, reaction time, and grip strength associated with changes in memory and crystallized intelligence? A longitudinal analysis in an elderly community sample. Gerontology, 46, 276-292.
  • Christensen, H., Mackinnon, A., Jorm, A. F., Korten, A., Jacomb, P., Hofer, S. M., & Henderson, A. S. (2004). The Canberra Longitudinal Study: Design, aims, methodology, outcomes, and recent empirical investigations. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 11, 169‑195.
  • Hofer, S. M., Christensen, H., MacKinnon, A. J., Korten, A. E., Jorm, A. F., Henderson, A. S, & Easteal, S. (2002). Change in cognitive functioning associated with apoE genotype in a community sample of older adults. Psychology and Aging, 17, 194-208.
  • Jorm, A. F., Christensen, H., Korten, A. E., Jacomb, P. A., & Henderson, A. S. (2001). Memory complaints as a precursor of memory impairment in older people: A longitudinal analysis over 7-8 years. Psychological Medicine, 31, 441-449.

Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)

  • Diehr, P. (2003). Trajectories of health for older adults over time: accounting fully for death. Ann Intern Med, 139.5 Pt 2, 416-420.
  • Diehr, P. (2003). Accounting for deaths in longitudinal studies using the SF-36: the performance of the Physical Component Scale of the Short Form 36-Item Health Sruvey and the PCTD. Med Care, 41, 1065-1073.
  • Diehr, P. (2005). Methods for incorporating death into health-related variables in longitudinal studies. J Clin Epidemiol 58, 1115-1124.
  • Diehr, P. (2007), The effect of different public health interventions on longevity, morbidity, and years of healthy life. BMC Public Health, 5, 52-67.
  • Diehr, P. & Johnson, L. L. (2005). Accounting for missing data in end-of-life research. J Palliat Med, 8 (suppl 1), s50-s57.
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Cognition, Health, and Aging Project (CHAP)

  • Sliwinski, M. J., Smyth, J., Hofer, S. M., & Stawski, R. (2006). Intraindividual coupling of daily stress and cognition. Psychology and Aging, 21, 545-557.
  • Sliwinski M.J., Smyth, J., Stawski, R, Wasylyshyn, C. (2005) Stress and working memory: Between-person and within-person relationships. In R. Engle, G. Sedek, U. von Hecker, D. McIntosh (eds) Cognitive Limitations in Aging and Psychopathology: Attention, Working Memory, and Executive Functions. Cambridge University Press.
  • Stawski, R.S., Sliwinski, M.J., & Smyth, J.M. (2006). Stress-Related Cognitive Interference Predicts Cognitive Function In Old Age. Psychology and Aging, 21, 535-544.

Einstein Aging Studies (EAS)*

  • Grober, E., Lipton, R.B., Hall, C., & Crystal, H. (2000). Memory impairment on free and cued selective reminding predicts dementia. Neurology, 54(4), 827-832.
  • Hall, C.B, Verghese, J., Sliwinski, M., Chen, Z., Katz, M., Derby, C., & Lipton, R.B. (2005). Dementia increase may increase more slowly after age 90: results from the Bronx Aging Study. Neurology, 65, 882-886.
  • Sliwinski, M., & Buschke, H. (1999). Cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships among age, cognition, and processing speed. Psychology & Aging, 14, 18-33.
  • Sliwinski, M.., & Buschke, H. (2004). Modeling intraindividual cognitive change in aging adults: Results from the Einstein aging studies. Aging, Neuropsychology, & Cognition, 11, 196-211.
  • Sliwinski, M. J., Hofer, S. M., & Hall, C. (2003). Correlated and coupled cognitive change in older adults with and without clinical dementia. Psychology and Aging, 18, 672-683.
  • Sliwinski, M. J., Hofer, S. M., Hall, C., Buschke, H., & Lipton, R. B. (2003). Modeling memory decline in older adults: The importance of preclinical dementia, attrition and chronological age. Psychology and Aging, 18, 658-671.

  • Sliwinski, M.J., Stawski, R.S., Katz, M., Verghese, J., & Lipton, R. (2006). On the importance of distinguishing pre-terminal and terminal cognitive decline. European Psychologist., 11, 172-181.

  • Verghese, J., Lipton, R.B., Katz, M.J., Hall, C.B., Derby, C.A., Kuslansky, G., Ambrose, A.F., Sliwinski, M., & Buschke, H. (2003). Leisure activities and the risk of dementia in the elderly. New England Journal of Medicine, 348, 2508-2516.

Aging in Women and Men (GENDER)

  • Takkinen, S., Gold, C., Pedersen, N.L., Malmberg, B., Nilsson, S., & Rovine, M. (2004). Gender differences in depression: A study of unlike-sex twins. Aging and Mental Health, 8, 187-195.
  • Takkinen, S., Tolvanen, A., Kaprio, J., Berg, S., Koskenvuo, M., Rantanen, T. (2004). The Genetic and Environmental Effects on Depressive Symptoms Among Older Female Twins. Twin Research, 7, 626-636.

The Gerontological and Geriatric Population Studies in Göteborg, Sweden (H-70; 1971- )

  • Aevarsson, O., Svanborg, A., Skoog, I. (1998). Seven-year survival rate after age 85 years: Relation to Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia. Archives of Neurology, 55 (9), 1226-1232.
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  • Johansson, B., & Berg, S. (1989). The robustness of the terminal decline phenomenon: Longitudinal data from the Digit-Span Memory Test. Journals of Gerontology, 44, P184-P186.
  • Ljungquist, B., Berg, S., & Steen, B. (1995). Prediction of survival in 70-year olds. Archives of Gerontology & Geriatrics, 20, 295-307.
  • Steen, B., & Djurfeldt, H. (1993). The gerontological and geriatric population studies in Gothenburg , Sweden . Zeitschrift für Gerontologie, 26 (3), 163-169.
  • Rinder L, Roupe S., Steen, B., & Svanborg A. (1975). Seventy-year-old people in Gothenburg. A population study in an industrialized Swedish city. I. General presentation of the study. Acta Medica Scandinavica, 198 , 397-407.
  • Ruitenberg, A., Skoog, I. , Otta, A., Aevarsson, O., Witteman, J.C.M., Lernfelt, B., van Harskamp, F., Hofman, A., Breteler, M.M.B. (2001). Blood pressure and risk of dementia: Results from the Rotterdam Study and the Gothenburg H-70 Study. Dementia and Geriatric Cogitive Disorders, 12 (1), 33-39.
  • Thorvaldsson, V., Hofer, S. M., & Johansson, B. (2006). Ageing and late life terminal decline: A comparison of alternative modeling approaches. European Psychologist, 11, 196-203.
  • Thorvaldsson, V., Hofer, S. M., Berg, S. & Johansson, B. (2006). Effects of repeated testing in a longitudinal age-homogeneous study of cognitive aging. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 61B, P348-P354.
  • Thorvaldsson, V., Hofer, S. M., Hassing, L., & Johansson, B. (2008). Cognitive change as conditional on age heterogeneity in onset of mortality-related processes and repeated testing effects. In S. M. Hofer and D. F. Alwin (Eds.), Handbook on Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 284-297). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Health and Retirement Study (HRS; 1992- ) and Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD; 1993- )*

  • Choi, N.G. (2002). Changes in self-assessment of health: Comparison of self-perception and self-ratings score measures among young-old persons. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 37, 65-68.
  • Freedman, V.A., Aykan, H., & Martin, LG. (2001). Aggregate changes in severe cognitive impairment among older Americans: 1993 and 1998. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 56B: S100-S111.
  • Luo, Y., & Waite, L. J. (2005). The Impact of Childhood and Adult SES on Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Well-Being in Later Life. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 60, S93-S101.
  • Mojtabai, R., & Olfson, M. (2004). Cognitive Deficits and the Course of Major Depression in a Cohort of Middle-Aged and Older Community-Dwelling Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52, 1060-1069.
  • Mojtabai, R., & Olfson, M. (2004). Major depression in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults: Prevalence and 2- and 4-year follow-up symptoms. Psychological Medicine, 34, 623-634.
  • Rodgers, W.L., Ofstedal, M.B., & Herzog, A.R. (2003). Trends in scores on tests of cognitive ability in the elderly U.S. Population, 1993-2000. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 58B, 338-346.
  • Siegel M, Bradley, E. H., & Kasl, S. V. (2003). Self-Rated Life Expectancy as a Predictor of Mortality: Evidence from the HRS and AHEAD Surveys. Gerontology, 49, 265-271.
  • Sloan, F.A., Ostermann, J., Brown, D.S., & Lee, P.P. (2005). Effects of changes in self-reported vision on cognitive, affective, and functional status and living arrangements among the elderly. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 140, 618-627.
  • Stewart, S. T., Zelinski, E. M., & Wallace, R. B. (2000). Age, medical conditions, and gender as interactive predictors of cognitive performance: The effects of selective survival. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 55, 381-383.
  • Turner, M., Killian, T.S., & Cain, R. (2004). Life course transitions and depressive symptoms among women in midlife. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 58, 241-265.

Healthy Older Person Edinburgh Study (HOPE)

  • Deary, I.J., MacLennan, W.J., & Starr, J.M. (1998). Is age kinder to the initially more able? Differential ageing of a verbal ability in the Healthy Old People in Edinburgh Study. Intelligence, 26(4), 357-375.
  • Deary, I.J., Starr, J.M., & MacLennan, W.J. (1998). Fluid intelligence, memory, and blood pressure in cognitive aging. Personality and Individual Differences, 25(4), 605-619.
  • Starr J.M., Deary I.J., Inch S, Cross S, MacLennan WJ. (1997). Age-associated cognitive decline in healthy old people. Age & Ageing, 26, 295-300.
  • Starr J.M., Deary I.J., Macintyre S. (2003). Associations with successful ageing in the Healthy Old People in Edinburgh cohort: being well, fit and healthy. Aging Clinical & Experimental Research, 15, 336-342.
  • Starr J.M., Inch S., Cross S., Deary I.J.   (2000). Seven year follow-up of blood pressure in the Healthy Old People in Edinburgh (HOPE) cohort. Journal of Human Hypertension, 14, 773-778.

Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adult Development (ILSE; 1996- )

  • Barth, S., Voss, E., Martin, M., Fischer-Cyrulies, A., Pantel, J., & Schröder, J. (2002). Depressive disorders in middle aged and elderly persons: Results of a longitudinal study. Verhaltenstherapie & Verhaltensmedizin. Special Issue: Gerontopsychologie, 23, 141-158.
  • Lemke, U., & Zimprich, D. (2005). Longitudinal changes in memory performance and processing speed in old age. Aging, Neuropsychology, & Cognition, 12, 57-77.
  • Martin, P., & Martin, M. (2002). Proximal and distal influences on development: Introducing the model of Developmental Adaptation. Developmental Review, 22, 78-96.
  • Martin, M., & Zimprich, D. (2003). Are changes in cognitive functioning in older adults related to subjective complaints? Experimental Aging Research, 29, 335-352.
  • Martin, M., & Zimprich, D. (2002). Age-correlated differences vs. changes in intellectual abilities: Can both aspects be explained by the speed variable? Zeitschrift fuer Entwicklungspsychologie und Paedagogische Psychologie, 34(2), 106-118.
  • Pantel, J., Huger, D. R., Kratz, B., Minnemann, E., Martin, M., Schad, L. R., Essig, M. & Schröder, J. (2002). Structural cerebral changes in subjects with mild cognitive impairment. Nervenarzt, 73, 845-850.
  • Voss, E., Barth, S., Martin, M., Pantel, J., Schmitt, M., & Schröder, J. (in press). Age differences in prevalence and course of major depression: A longitudinal population-based study of two birth cohorts in Germany. Psychiatry Research.
  • Zimprich, D., Martin, M. & Kliegel, M. (2003). Subjective cognitive complaints, memory performance, and depressive affect in old age: A change-oriented approach. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 57, 339-366.

Long Beach Longitudinal Study (LBLS; 1978- )*

  • Lane, C. J., & Zelinski, E. M. (2003). Longitudinal hierarchical linear models of the Memory Functioning Questionnaire. Psychology & Aging, 18, 38-53.
  • Zelinski, E. M., & Stewart, S. T. (1998). Individual differences in 16-year memory changes. Psychology & Aging, 13, 622-630.
  • Zelinski, E. M., & Burnight, K. P. (1997). Sixteen-year longitudinal and time lag changes in memory and cognition in older adults. Psychology & Aging, 12, 503-513.
  • Zelinski, E. M., Gilewski, M. J., & Schaie, K. W. (1993). Individual differences in cross-sectional and 3-year longitudinal memory performance across the adult life span. Psychology & Aging, 8, 176-186.

Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA; 1991- )

  • Aartsen M. J., Smits C. H. M., Tilburg T. G. van, Knipscheer C. P. M., Deeg D. J. H. (2002). Activity in older adults: cause or consequence of cognitive functioning? A longitudinal study on the impact of leisure activities on cognitive performance in older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 57B, 153-162.
  • Aartsen, M., Martin, M. & Zimprich, D. (2004). Gender differences in level and change in cognitive functioning: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Gerontology, 50, 35-58.
  • Aartsen, M.J., van Tilburg, T., Smits, C.H., Comijs, H.C., Knipscheer, K.C. (2005). Does widowhood affect memory performance of older persons? Psychological Medicine, 35, 217-226.
  • Aartsen, M. J., van Tilburg, T., Smits, C. H. M., & Knipscheer, K. C. P. M. (2004). A longitudinal study of the impact of physical and cognitive decline on the personal network in old age. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 21, 249-266.
  • Bierman, E.J., Comijs, H.C., Jonker, C., & Beekman, A. T. (2005). Effects of anxiety versus depression on cognition in later life. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13, 686-693. 
  • Comijs, H.C., Dik, M.G., Aartsen, M.J., Deeg, D.J., & Jonker, C. (2005). The impact of change in cognitive functioning and cognitive decline on disability, well-being, and the use of healthcare services in older persons. Results of Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 19, 316-323.
  • Comijs, H. C., Deeg, D.J.H., Dik, M.G., Twisk, J.W.R., & Jonker, C. (2002). Memory complains: The association with psycho-affective and health problems and the role of personality characteristics. A 6-year follow-up study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 72, 157-166.
  • Comijs, H. C., Dik, M. G., Deeg, D. J. H., & Jonker, C. (2004). The course of cognitive decline in older persons: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 17, 136-142.
  • Comijs, H. C., Jonker, C., Beekman, A. T. F., & Deeg, D. J. H. (2001). The association between depressive symptoms and cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly persons. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, 361-367.
  • Comijs, H.C., van Tilburg, T., Geerlings, S.W., Jonker, C., Deeg, D.J., van Tilburg, W., & Beekman, A.T. (2004). Do severity and duration of depressive symptoms predict cognitive decline in older persons? Results of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 16, 226-232.
  • Deeg, D. J. H., & Kriegsman, D. M. W. (2003). Concepts of self-rated health: Specifying the gender difference in mortality risk. Gerontologist, 43, 376-386.
  • Deeg D. J. H., Tilburg T van, Smit J. H. , & de Leeuw, E. D. (2002). Attrition in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: The effect of differential inclusion in side studies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 55, 319-328.
  • Dik, M. G., Deeg, D. J. H., Visser, M., & Jonker, C. (2003). Early life physical activity and cognition at old age. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 25, 643-653.
  • Dik, M. G., Jonker, C., Bouter, L. M., Geerlings, M. I., van Kamp, G. J., & Deeg, D. J. H. (2001). Memory complaints and APOE-4 accelerate cognitive decline in cognitively normal elderly. Neurology, 57, 2217-2222.
  • Dik, M. G., Jonker, C., Bouter, L. M., Geerlings, M. I., van Kamp, G. J., & Deeg, D. J. H. (2000). APOE-epsilon4 is associated with memory decline in cognitively impaired elderly. Neurology, 54, 1492-1497.
  • Geerlings, M. I., Schoevers, R. A., Beekman, A. T. F., Jonker, C., Deeg, D. J. H., Schman, B., Ader, H. J., Bouter, L. M., Van Tilvurg, W. (2000). Depression and risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease: Results of two prospective community-based studies in The Netherlands. British Journal of Psychology, 176, 568-575.
  • Pot, A.A., Deeg, D.J., Twisk, J.W., Beekman, A.T., & Zarit, S.H. (2005). The longitudinal relationship between the use of long-term care and depressive symptoms in older adults. The Gerontologist, 45, 359-369.
  • Rosano, C., Simonsick, E. M., Harris, T. B., Kritchevsky, S. B., Brach, J., Visser, M., Yaffe, K., & Newman, A. B. The Health ABC Collaborative Research Group (2005). Association between physical and cognitive function in healthy elderly: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Neuroepidemiology, 24, 8-14.
  • Schoevers, R. A., van Tilburg, W., Beekman, A. T. F., & Deeg, D. J. H. (2005). Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Co-Occurrence and Longitudinal Patterns in Elderly Patients. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13, 31-39.
  • Smits, C. H. M., Deeg, D. J. H., Kriegsman, D. M. W., & Schmand, B. (1999). Cognitive functioning and health as determinants of mortality in an older population. American Journal of Epidemiology, 150, 978-986.
  • Steunenberg, B., Twisk, J. W. R., Beekman, A. T. F., Deeg, D. J. H., & Kerkhof, A. J. F. M. (2005). Stability and change of neuroticism in aging. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 60B, 27-33.
  • Van Hout, H. P. J., Beekman, A. T. F., De Beurs, E., Comijs, H., Van Marwijk, H., De Haan, M., van Telburg, W., & Deeg, D. J. H. (2004). Anxiety and the risk of death in older men and women. British Journal of Psychiatry, 185, 399-404.
  • Zimprich, D., Hofer, S. M., & Aartsen, M. J. (2004). Short-term versus long-term changes in processing speed. Gerontology, 50, 17-21.

Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS; 1992-)

  • Bosma, H., van Boxtel, M. P., Kempen, G. I., van Eijk, J. T., & Jolles, J. (2007). To what extent does IQ 'explain' socio-economic variations in function? BMC Public Health, 7(1), 179.
  • Bosma, H., van Boxtel, M., Ponds, R., Houx, P., Burdorf, A., & Jolles, J. (2003). Mental work demands protect against cognitive impairment: MAAS prospective cohort study. Experimental Aging Research, 29, 73-78.
  • Bosma, H., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Ponds, R. W. H. M., Houx, P. J., & Jolles, J. (2003). Education and age-related cognitive decline: the contribution of mental workload. Educational Gerontology, 29, 165-173.
  • Bosma, H., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Ponds, R. W. H. M., Jelicic, M., Houx, P., Metsemakers, J., et al. (2002). Engaged lifestyle and cognitive function in middle and old-aged, non-demented persons: a reciprocal association? Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 35, 575-581.
  • De Grip, A., Bosma, H., Willems, D., & van Boxtel, M. (Advance Access published on June 12, 2007). Job-worker mismatch and cognitive decline. Oxford Economic Papers(doi:10.1093/oep/gpm023).
  • Hameleers, P. A. H. M., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Hogervorst, E., Houx, P. J., Buntinx, F., Riedel, W. J., et al. (2000). Habitual caffeine consumption is associated with improved long-term memory performance and simple response speed across multiple age groups. Journal of Human Psychopharmacology, 15(8), 573-581.
  • Hill RD, van Boxtel MPJ, Ponds R, Houx PJ, Jolles J. Positive affect and its relationship to free recall memory performance in a sample of older Dutch adults from the Maastricht Aging Study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2005;20(5):429-435.
  • Jelicic, M., Bosma, H., Ponds, R. W. H. M., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Houx, P. J., & Jolles, J. (2002). Subjective sleep problems in later life as predictors of cognitive decline. Report from the Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS). International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17, 73-77.
  • Jelicic, M., Bosma, H., Ponds, R. W. H. M., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Houx, P. J., & Jolles, J. (2003). Neuroticism does not affect cognitive functioning in later life. Experimental Aging Research, 29, 73-78.
  • Jelicic, M., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Houx, P. J., & Jolles, J. (2000). Does migraine headache affect cognitive function in the elderly? Report from the Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS). Headache, 40(9), 715-719.
  • Jolles, J., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Ponds, R. W. H. M., Metsemakers, J. F. M., & Houx, P. J. (1998). The Maastricht aging study (MAAS). The longitudinal perspective of cognitive aging [De Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS): Het longitudinaal perspectief van cognitieve veroudering]. Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie, 29(3), 120-129.
  • Meijer, W. A., van Gerven, P., de Groot, R. H., van Boxtel, M. P. J., & Jolles, J. (2007). The benefit of deep processing and high educational level for verbal learning in young and middle-aged adults. Aging: Clinical and Experimental Reseach, 19(5), 372-380.
  • Meijer, W. A., de Groot, R. H., van Boxtel, M. P. J., van Gerven, P. W., & Jolles J. (2006).Verbal learning and aging: combined effects of irrelevant speech, interstimulus interval, and education. Journal of Gerontology B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 61(5):P285-294.
  • Mol, M. E. M., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Willems, D., & Jolles, J. (2006). Do subjective memory complaints predict cognitive dysfunction over time? A six-year follow-up of the Maastricht Aging Study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(5):432-441.
  • Ponds, R. W. H. M., van Boxtel, M. P. J., & Jolles, J. (2000). Age-related changes in subjective cognitive functioning. Educational Gerontology, 26, 67-81.
  • Teunissen, C. E., Blom, A. H., Van Boxtel, M. P., Bosma, H., De Bruijn, C., Jolles, J., et al. (2003). Homocysteine: a marker for cognitive performance? A longitudinal follow-up study. Journal of Nutrition in Health and Aging, 7(3), 153-159.
  • Teunissen, C. E., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Bosma, H., Bosmans, E., Delanghe, J., De Bruijn, C., et al. (2003). Inflammation markers in relation to cognition in a healthy aging population. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 134, 142-150.
  • Teunissen, C. E., de Vente, J., von Bergmann, K., Bosma, H., van Boxtel, M. P. J., de Bruijn, C., et al. (2003). Serum cholesterol, precursors and metabolites and cognitive performance in an aging population. Neurobiology of Aging, 24, 147-155.
  • Valentijn, S. A., van Boxtel, M. P., van Hooren, S. A., Bosma, H., Beckers, H. J., Ponds, R. W., et al. (2005). Change in sensory functioning predicts change in cognitive functioning: results from a 6-year follow-up in the maastricht aging study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(3), 374-380.
  • Valentijn, S. A. M., Hill, R. D., van Hooren, S. A. H., Bosma, H., Jolles, J., van Boxtel, M. P. J., et al. (2006). Memory self-efficacy predicts memory performance: results from a six-year follow-up study. Psychology and Aging, 21(1):165-172.
  • Van Beijsterveldt, C. E. M., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Bosma, H., Houx, P. J., Buntinx, F., & Jolles, J. (2002). Predictors of attrition in a longitudinal cognitive aging study: The Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS). Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 55(3), 216-223.
  • Van Boxtel, M. P., Bosma, H., Jolles, J., & Vreeling, F. W. (2006). Prevalence of primitive reflexes and the relationship with cognitive change in healthy adults: A report from the Maastricht Aging Study. Journal of Neurology, 253(7), 935-941.
  • Van Boxtel, M. P. J., Menheere, P. P., Bekers, O., Hogervorst, E., & Jolles, J. (2004). Thyroid function, depressed mood, and cognitive performance in older individuals: the Maastricht Aging Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology.
  • Van Boxtel, M. P. J., Buntinx, F., Houx, P. J., Metsemakers, J. F. M., Knottnerus, J. A., & Jolles, J. (1998). The relation between morbidity and cognitive performance in a normal aging population. Journal of Gerontology, 53A(2), M146-M154.
  • Van Boxtel, M. P. J., Gaillard, C., Houx, P. J., de Leeuw, P. W., & Jolles, J. (1997). Can the blood pressure predict cognitive task performance in a healthy population sample? Journal of Hypertension, 15(10), 1069-1079.
  • Van Boxtel, M. P. J., van Beijsterveldt, T., Houx, P. J., Anteunis, L. J. C., Metsemakers, J. F. M., & Jolles, J. (2000). Mild hearing impairment can reduce verbal memory performance in a healthy adult population. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 22(1), 147-154.
  • Van Boxtel, M. P. J., Schmitt, J. A. J., Bosma, H., & Jolles, J. (2003). The effects of habitual caffeine use on cognitive change: a longitudinal perspective. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior(75), 921-927.
  • Van Gerven, P. W. M., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Meijer, W. A., Willems, D., & Jolles, J. (2007). On the Relative Role of Inhibition in Age-Related Working Memory Decline. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn, 14(1):95-107.
  • Van Gool, C. H., Kempen, G. I., Bosma, H., van Boxtel, M. P., Jolles, J., & van Eijk, J. T. (2007). Associations between lifestyle and depressed mood: longitudinal results from the Maastricht Aging Study. Am J Public Health, 97(5), 887-894.
  • Van Hooren, S. A. H., Valentijn, S. A. M., Bosma, H., Ponds, R. W. H. M., van Boxtel, M. P. J., & Jolles, J. (2005). Relation between health status and cognitive functioning: A 6-year follow-up of the Maastricht Aging Study. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 60(1), P57-60.
  • Van Hooren, S. A. H., Valentijn, S. A. M., Bosma, H., Ponds, R. W. H. M. , van Boxtel, M. P. J. , & Jolles J. (2007). Cognitive functioning in healthy older adults: a cohort study into the effects of age, sex, and education. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn,14(1):40-54.
  • Van Hooren, S. A., van Boxtel, M. P., Valentijn, S. A., Bosma, H., Ponds, R. W., & Jolles, J. (2005). Influence of cognitive functioning on functional status in an older population: 3- and 6-year follow-up of the Maastricht Aging Study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(9), 883-888.

Longitudinal Study of Cognitive Change in Normal, Healthy Old Age (LSCC)

  • Bent, N., Rabbitt, P., & Metcalfe, D. (2000). Diabetes mellitus and the rate of cognitive ageing. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 39 , 349-362.
  • Piccinin, A. M., & Rabbitt, P. M. (1999). Contribution of cognitive abilities to performance and improvement on a substitution coding task. Psychology & Aging, 14, 539-551.
  • Rabbitt, P., Chetwynd, A., & McInnes, L. (2003). Do clever brains age more slowly? Further exploration of a nun result. British Journal of Psychology, 94, 63-71.
  • Rabbitt, P., Diggle, P., Smith, D., Holland, F., & Innes, L. M. (2001). Identifying and separating the effects of practice and of cognitive ageing during a large longitudinal study of elderly community residents. Neuropsychologia, 39, 532-543.
  • Rabbitt, P., Donlan, C., Bent, N., Mc Innes, L., & et al (1993). The University of Manchester Age and Cognitive Performance Research Centre and North East Age Research Longitudinal Programmes, 1982 to 1997. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie, 26 , 176-183.

  • Rabbitt, P., McInnes, L., Diggle, P., Holland, F., Bent, N., Abson, V., Pendleton, N., & Horan, M. (2004). The University of Manchester longitudinal study of cognition in normal healthy old age, 1983 through 2003. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 11, 245-279.

  • Rabbitt, P., Watson, P., Donlan, C., Mc Innes, L., Horan, M., Pendleton, N., & Clague, J. (2002). Effects of death within 11 years on cognitive performance in old age. Psychology & Aging, 17, 468-481.

National Growth and Change Study (NGCS)*

  • Hamagami, F., & McArdle, J. J. (2001). Advanced studies of individual differences linear dynamic models for longitudinal data analysis. Marcoulides, G. A.(Ed), & Schumacker, R. E.(Ed). New developments and techniques in structural equation modeling. (pp. 203-246). Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
  • McArdle, J. J., Hamagami, F., Meredith, W., & Bradway, K. P. (2000). Modeling the dynamic hypotheses of Gf-Gc theory using longitudinal life-span data. Learning & Individual Differences, 12, 53-79.

National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD).

  • Hotopf M, Mayou R, Wadsworth M, Wessely D. (1999) Childhood risk factors for adult medically unexplained symptoms: results of a national birth cohort study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156: 1796-1800.
  • Kuh D, Hardy R, Langenberg C, Richards M, Wadsworth MEJ. (2002) Mortality in adults aged 26-54 years as related to socioeconomic conditions in childhood and adulthood: a post war birth cohort study. British Medical Journal, 325, 1076-1080.
  • Richards M, Hardy R, Kuh D, Wadsworth MEJ. (2001) Birth weight and cognitive function in the British 1946 birth cohort: longitudinal population based study. British Medical Journal, 322: 199-203.
  • Richards M, Jarvis MJ, Thompson N, Wadsworth MEJ. (2003). Cigarette smoking and cognitive decline in midlife: evidence from a national birth cohort. American Journal of Public Health, 93, 994-998.

Nordic Research on Aging (NORA; 1989- )

  • Äijö, M., Heikkinen, E., Schroll, M., Steen, B. (2002). Physical activity and mortality of 75-year-old people in three Nordic localities: Five-year follow-up. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 14 (Suppl 3), 83-89.
  • Heikkinen, E., Berg, S., Schroll, M., Steen, B., & Viidik, A. (Eds.). (1997). Functional status, health, and aging: The NORA Study. Facts, research and intervention in geriatrics. Paris: Serdi.
  • Hofer, S. M., Berg, S., & Era, P. (2003). Evaluating the interdependence of aging-related changes in visual and auditory acuity, balance, and cognitive functioning. Psychology and Aging, 18, 285-305.
  • Leinonen, R., Heikkinen, E.,  Jylhä, M. (2002). Changes in health, functional performance and activity predict changes in self-rated health: a 10-year follow-up study in older people. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 35, 79-92.
  • Pedersen, A., Rothenberg, E., Äijö, M. (2002). Health behaviors in elderly people. A five year follow-up of 75 year old people living in three Nordic localities: Smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and healthy eating, and attitudes to their health importance. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 14 (Suppl 3), 75-82.
  • Suutama, T., Ruoppila I., Berg S. (2002). Changes in cognitive functioning from 75 to 80 years of age. A 5- year follow-up in three Nordic localities. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 14 (Suppl 3), 29-36.

Normative Aging Study (NAS)*

  • Aldwin, C.M., Spiro, A. III, Levenson, M.R., & Cupertino, A. P. (2001). Longitudinal findings from the Normative Aging Study, III. Personality, health trajectories, and mortality. Psychology and Aging, 16, 450-465.
  • Brady, C.B., Spiro, A., Gaziano, J.M. (2005). Effects of age and hypertension status on cognition: The Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Neuropsychology, 19, 770-777.
  • Brady, C.B., Spiro, A., McGlinchey-Berroth, R., Milberg, W., & Gaziano, J.M. (2001). Stroke risk predicts verbal fluency decline in healthy older men: Evidence from the normative aging study. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 56B, P340-P346.
  • Mroczek, D., & Spiro, A. (2003). Modeling intraindividual change in personality traits: Findings from the Normative Aging Study. Journal of Gerontology, 58B, P153-P165.
  • Mroczek, D. K., & Spiro, A. III (2005). Change in life satisfaction during adulthood: Findings from the veterans affairs Normative Aging Study. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 88, 189-202.
  • Niaura, R., Banks, S.M., Ward, K., Stoney, C.M., Spiro, A. III, Aldwin, C.M., Landsberg, L., & Weiss, S.T. (2000). Hostility and the metabolic syndrome in older men: The Normative Aging Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62, 7-16.
  • Niaura, R.S., Stroud, L.R., Todaro, J., Ward, K.D., Spiro, A. III, Aldwin, C.M., Landsberg, L., & Weiss, S.T. (2003). Associations between repression, general maladjustment, body weight, and body shape in older males: The Normative Aging Study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 10, 221-238.

Oregon Brain Aging Study (OBAS)

  • Camicioli R, Moore MM, Sexton G, Howieson DB, Kaye JA. Age-related brain changes associated with motor function in the healthy elderly. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1999. 47: p. 330-334.
  • Erten-Lyons D, Howieson D, Moore MM, Quinn J, Sexton G, Silbert L, Kaye J. Brain volume loss in MCI predicts dementia. Neurology. 2006 Jan 24;66(2):233-5.
  • Green, M., J. Kaye, and M. Ball. The Oregon Brain Aging Study: Neuropathology accompanying healthy aging in the oldest old. Neurology, 2000. 54: 105-113.
  • Hickman, SE, Howieson, DB, Dame, A, Sexton, G, and Kaye, J. (2000). Longitudinal analysis of the effects of the aging process on neuropsychological test performance in the healthy young-old and oldest-old. Developmental Neuropsychology, 17, 323-337.

Origins of Variance in the Oldest-Old: Octogenarian Twins (OCTO-Twin; 1990- )*

  • Harel, O., Hofer, S. M., Hoffman, L. R., Pedersen, N., & Johansson, B. (2007). Population inference with mortality and attrition in longitudinal studies on aging: A two-stage multiple imputation method. Experimental Aging Research, 33, 187-203.

  • Hassing, L. B., Grant, M. D., Hofer, S. M., Pedersen, N. L., Nilsson, S. E., Berg, S., McClearn, G. E. & Johansson, B. (2004). Type 2 diabetes mellitus contributes to cognitive change in the oldest old: A longitudinal population-based study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 4 , 599-607.

  • Hassing, L. B., Hofer, S. M., Nilsson, S. E., Berg, S., Pedersen, N. L., McClearn, G. E. & Johansson, B. (2004). Comorbid Type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension acerbates cognitive decline: Evidence from a longitudinal study. Age and Ageing, 33 , 355-361.
  • Hassing, L. B., Johansson, B., Berg, S., Nilsson, S. E., Pedersen, N. L., Hofer, S., M., & McClearn, G. E. (2002). Terminal decline and markers of cerebro- and cardiovascular disease: Findings from a longitudinal study of the oldest-old. Journals of Gerontology B: Psychological Sciences/ Social Sciences, 57 , P268-P276.
  • Haynie, D. A., Berg, S., Johansson, B., Gatz, M., & Zarit, S. H. (2001). Symptoms of depression in the oldest old: A longitudinal study. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 56 , P111-P118.
  • Johansson, B., Hofer, S. M., Allaire, J. C., Maldonado-Molina, M., Piccinin, A. M., Berg, S., Pedersen, N., & McClearn, G. E. (2004). Change in cognitive capabilities in the oldest-old: The effects of proximity to death in genetically related individuals over a six-year period. Psychology and Aging, 19 , 145-156.
  • Proctor, D. N., Fauth, E. B., Hoffman, L., Hofer, S. M., Berg, S., & Johansson, B. (2006). Longitudinal changes in physical functional performance among the oldest old:  Insight from a study of Swedish twins. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 18, 517-530.

Seattle Longitudinal Study (SLS; 1956- )*

  • Bosworth, H. B., & Schaie, K. W. (1999). Survival effects in cognitive function, cognitive style and sociodemographic variables in the Seattle longitudinal study. Experimental Aging Research, 25, 121-139.
  • Bosworth, H. B., Schaie, K. W., Willis, S. L., & Siegler, I. C. (1999). Age and distance to death in the Seattle Longitudinal Study. Research on Aging, 21, 723-738.
  • Bosworth, H. B., Schaie, K. W., & Willis, S. L. (1999). Cognitive and sociodemographic risk factors for mortality in the Seattle Longitudinal Study. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 54, P273-P282.
  • Bosworth, H. B., & Schaie, K. W. (1997). The relationship of social environment, social networks, and health outcomes in the Seattle longitudinal study: Two analytical approaches. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 52, P197-P205.
  • Cooney, T. M., Schaie, K. W., & Willis, S. L. (1988). The relationship between prior functioning on cognitive and personality dimensions and subject attrition in longitudinal research. Journals of Gerontology, 43, P12-P17.
  • Hertzog, C., & Schaie, K. W. (1986). Stability and change in adult intelligence: I. Analysis of longitudinal covariance structures. Psychology & Aging, 1, 159-171.
  • Hertzog, C., & Schaie, K. W. (1988). Stability and change in adult intelligence: II. Simultaneous analysis of longitudinal means and covariance structures. Psychology & Aging, 3, 122-130.
  • Kennet, J., McGuire, L., Willis, S.L., & Schaie, K.W. (2000). Memorability functions in verbal memory: A longitudinal approach. Experimental Aging Research, 26(2), 121-137.
  • Maitland, S.B., Intrieri, R.C., Schaie, K.W., & Willis, S.L. (2000). Gender differences and changes in cognitive abilities across the adult life span. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 7(1), 32-53.
  • Saczynski, J.S., Willis, S.L., Schaie, K.W. (2002). Strategy use in reasoning training with older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 9(1), 48-60.
  • Schaie, K. W. (1993). The Seattle Longitudinal Study: A thirty-five-year inquiry of adult intellectual development. Zeitschrift fuer Gerontologie, 26, 129-137.
  • Schaie, K.W., Caskie, G. I. L., Revell, A.J., Willis, S.L., Kaszniak, A. W., & Teri, L. (2005). Extending neuropsychological assessments into the primary mental ability space. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 12, 245-277.
  • Schaie, K.W., Willis, S.L., & Caskie, G.I.L. (2004). The Seattle longitudinal study: Relationship between personality and cognition. Aging, Neuropsychology, & Cognition, 11, 304-324.
  • Schaie, K. W., Willis, S. L., & O'Hanlon, A. M. (1994). Perceived intellectual performance change over seven years. Journals of Gerontology, 49, P108-P118.
  • Schaie, K. W. (2000). The impact of longitudinal studies on understanding development from young adulthood to old age. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 24, 257-266.

Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA)*

  • Finkel, D., Reynolds, C. A., McArdle, J. J., Gatz, M., & Pedersen, N. L. (2003). Latent growth curve analyses of accelerating decline in cognitive abilities in late adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 39, 535-550.
  • Finkel, D., & Pedersen, N. L. (2004). Processing speed and longitudinal trajectories of change for cognitive abilities: The Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging. Aging, Neuropsychology, & Cognition, 11, 325-345.
  • Finkel, D., Pedersen, N. L., Reynolds, C. A., Berg, S., de Faire, U., & Svartengren, M. (2003). Genetic and environmental influences on decline in biobehavioral markers of aging. Behavior Genetics, 33, 107-123.
  • Finkel, D., Reynoldss, C.C., McArdle, J.J., & Pedersen, N.L. (2005). The longitudinal relationship between processing speed and cognitive ability: genetic and environmental influences. Behavior Genetics, 35, 535-549.
  • Gatz, M., Fiske, A., Reynolds, C. A., Wetherell, J. L., Johansson, B., & Pedersen, N. L. (2003). Sex differences in genetic risk for dementia. Behavior Genetics, 33, 95-105.
  • Pedersen, N. L., Ripatti, S., Berg, S., Reynolds, C., Hofer, S. M., Finkel, D., Gatz, M., & Palmgren, J. (2003). The influence of mortality on twin models of change: Addressing missingness through multiple imputation. Behavior Genetics, 33, 161-169.
  • Reynolds, C. A., Gatz, M., & Pedersen, N. L. (2002). Individual variation for cognitive decline: Quantitative methods for describing patterns of change. Psychology & Aging, 17, 271-287.
  • Reynolds, C. A., Finkel, D., Gatz, M., & Pedersen, N. L. (2002). Sources of influence on rate of cognitive change over time in Swedish twins: An application of latent growth models. Experimental Aging Research, 28, 407-433.
  • Reynolds, C. A., Finkel, D., McArdle, J. J., Gatz, M., Berg, S., & Pedersen, N. L. (2005). Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Latent Growth Curve Models of Cognitive Abilities in Adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 41, 3-16.
  • Wetherell, J. L., Reynolds, C. A., Gatz, M., & Pedersen, N. L. (2002). Anxiety, cognitive performance, and cognitive decline in normal aging. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 57, P246-P255.

Swiss Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study on the Oldest-Old (SWILSO-O)

  • Bickel, J.-F. & Cavalli, S. (2003). Fragilisation et exclusion dans le grand âge. Une analyse sociologique [Frailty and exclusion in very old age. A sociological analysis]. In M. Giugni & M. Hunyadi (Eds.), Sphères d'exclusion (pp. 159-214). Paris, France: l'Harmattan.
  • Cavalli, S., Lalive d'Epinay, C., & Spini, D. (2001). Le décès de proches : son impact sur la santé et sur la vie relationnelle des vieillards. Un suivi sur cinq ans d'une cohorte d'octogénaires [Death of close relatives and/or friends: Impact on health and on family/social life of elders]. Gérontologie et Société, 98, 141-158.
  • Ghisletta, P., Lindenberger, U. (2004). Static and dynamic longitudinal structural analyses of cognitive changes in old age. Gerontology, 50, 12-16.
  • Ghisletta, P., & Spini, D. (2004). An Introduction to Generalized Estimating Equations and an Application to Assess Selectivity Effects in a Longitudinal Study on Very Old Individuals. Journal of Educational & Behavioral Statistics, 29, 421-437.
  • Guilley, E., Pin, S., & Lalive d'Epinay, C. (2002). Vie relationnelle et longévité dans la grande vieillesse, Un suivi de 5 ans d'une cohorte d'octogenaires [Relational life and longevity in old old age: A 5-year follow-up of an octogenerian cohort]. L'Année Gérontologique, 16, 23-34.
  • Lalive d'Epinay, C., Cavalli, S., & Spini, D. (2003). The death of a loved one: Impact on health and relationships in very old age. Omega, 47, 265-284.
  • Lalive d'Epinay, C., Pin, S., & Spini, D. (2001). Présentation de SWILSO-O, une étude longitudinale suisse sur le grand âge: L'exemple de la dynamique de la santé fonctionnelle [Presentation of SWILSO-O, a longitudinal Swiss study on very old age: The example of the dynamics of functional health]. L'Année Gérontologique, 15, 78-96.
  • Lalive d'Epinay, C. & Spini, D. (2004). Religion and health: A European perspective. In K. W. Schaie, N. Krause, & A. Booth (Eds.), Religious influences on health and well-being in the elderly (pp. 44-58). New York, N.Y.: Springer.
  • Pin, S., Guilley, E., Spini, D., & Lalive d’Epinay, C. (2005). The impact of social relationships on the maintenance of independence in advanced old age: findings of a Swiss longitudinal study. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatire, 38, 203-209.
  • Spini, D., Pin, S., & Lalive d'Epinay, C. (2001). Religiousness and survival in the Swiss Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study on the Oldest Old. Zeitschrift für Gerontopsychologie & -psychiatrie, 14, 181-186.

University of North Carolina Alumni Heart Study (UNCAHS)*

  • Brummett BH, Babyak MA, Williams RB, Barefoot, JC, Costa PT, & Siegler IC.  (2006).  NEO personality domains predict levels and trends in body mass index over 14 year during midlife.  Journal of Research in Personality.
  • Brummett BH, Helms MJ,   Dahlstrom WG & Siegler, IC. (2006). Prediction of all-cause mortality by the MMPI optimism-pessimism scale scores: Study of a college sample during a 40-year follow-up period. Mao Clinic Proceedings, 81,1541-1544.
  • Siegler IC, Costa PT, Brummett BH, Helms MJ, Barefoot JC, Williams RB, Dahlstrom WG, Kaplan BH, Vitaliano PP, Nichaman MZ, Day RS, & Rimer BK.  (2003).  Patterns of change in hostility from college to midlife in the UNC Alumni Heart Study predict high-risk status.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 738-745.
  • Siegler IC, Costa PT, Brummett BH, Helms MJ, Barefoot JC, Williams RB, Dahlstrom WG, Kaplan BH, Vitaliano PP, Nichaman MZ, Day RS, & Rimer BK.  (2003).  Patterns of change in hostility from college to midlife in the UNC Alumni Heart Study predict high-risk status.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 738-745.

The Victoria Longitudinal Study (VLS; 1986- )*

  • de Frias, C. M.; Dixon, R. A.; Bäckman, L. (2003). Use of Memory Compensation Strategies Is Related to Psychosocial and Health Indicators. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 58 , P12-P22.
  • Dixon, RA, & de Frias, CM. (2004). The Victoria Longitudinal Study: From characterizing cognitive aging to illustrating changes in memory compensation. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 11 , 346-376.
  • Dixon , RA, Wahlin, A, Maitland, SB, Hultsch, DF, Hertzog, C., & Backman, L. (2004). Episodic memory change in late adulthood: Generalizability across samples and performance indices. Memory & Cognition.
  • Dixon, RA, Hopp, GA, Cohen, AL, de Frias, CM, & Backman, L. (2003). Self-reported memory compensation: Similar patterns in Alzheimer's disease and very old adult samples. Journal of Clinical And Experimental Neuropsychology, 25 , 382-390.
  • Hertzog, C.; Dixon , R. A.; Hultsch, D. F.; MacDonald, S. W. S. (2003). Latent Change Models of Adult Cognition: Are Changes in Processing Speed and Working Memory Associated With Changes in Episodic Memory? Psychology & Aging, 18 , 755-769.
  • Hopp, G. A.; Dixon, R. A.; Grut, M.; Backman, L. (1997). Longitudinal and psychometric profiles of two cognitive status tests in very old adults. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 53 , 673-686.
  • Hultsch, D.F., Hertzog, C., & Dixon, R.A. (1990). Ability correlates of memory performance in adulthood and aging. Psychology and Aging, 5, 356-368.
    Hultsch, DF, Hertzog, C, Dixon , RA, & Small, BJ. (1998). Memory change in the aged . New York : Cambridge University Press.
  • Hultsch, D. F.; Hertzog, C.; Small, B. J.; Dixon , R. A. (1999). Use it or lose it: Engaged lifestyle as a buffer of cognitive decline in aging? Psychology & Aging, 14 , 245-263.
  • Hultsch, D.F., Hertzog, C., Small, B.J., McDonald-Miszczak, L., & Dixon, R.A. (1992). Short-term longitudinal change in cognitive performance in later life. Psychology and Aging, 7, 571-584.
  • MacDonald, S. W. S.; Dixon , R. A.; Cohen, A.; Hazlitt, J. E. (2004). Biological Age and 12-Year Cognitive Change in Older Adults: Findings from the Victoria Longitudinal Study. Gerontology, 50 , 64-81.
  • MacDonald, S. W. S.; Hultsch, D. F.; Dixon , R. A. (2003). Performance variability is related to change in cognition: Evidence from the Victoria Longitudinal Study. Psychology & Aging, 18 , 510-523.
  • MacDonald, S. W. S.; Hultsch, D. F.; Strauss, E.; Dixon , R. A. (2003). Age-related slowing of digit symbol substitution revisited: What do longitudinal age changes reflect? Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 58 , P187-P194.
  • Small, B. J.; Dixon , R. A.; Hultsch, D. F.; Hertzog, C. (1999). Longitudinal changes in quantitative and qualitative indicators of word and story recall in young-old and old-old adults. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 54 , P107-P115.
  • Small, B. J.; Hertzog, C.; Hultsch, D. F.; Dixon , R. A. (2003). Stability and change in adult personality over 6 years: Findings from the Victoria Longitudinal Study. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 58 , P166-P176.
  • Wahlin, &.; Maitland, S. B.; Bäckman, L.; Dixon , R. A. (2003). Interrelations between subjective health and episodic memory change in Swedish and Canadian samples of older adults. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 57 , 21-35.

Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS)*

  • Warren, J. R., Hauser, R. M., Sheridan, J. T. (2002). Occupational stratification across the life course: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. American Sociological Review, 67, 432-455.

Woodcock-Johnson Standardization Sample (WJR)

  • McArdle, J. J., Ferrer-Caja, E., Hamagami, F., & Woodcock, R. W. (2002). Comparative longitudinal structural analyses of the growth and decline of multiple intellectual abilities over the life span. Developmental Psychology, 38, 115-142.

 

* indicates previous NIH funding