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The Impact of Motivational and Social Variables on Cognitive and Emotional Health in Old Age
(Advisors: Simon Forstmeier & Andreas Maercker)
Fankhauser, S., Forstmeier, S., Maercker, A., Luppa, M., Luck, T., & Riedel-Heller, S. G. (2015). Risk of dementia in older adults with low versus high occupation-based motivational processes: Differential impact of frequency and proximity of social network. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 28, 126–135. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891988714554706
Fankhauser, S., Drobetz, R., Mortby, M., Maercker, A., & Forstmeier, S. (2014). Depressive symptoms in later life: differential impact of social support and motivational processes on depression in individuals with and without cognitive impairment. European Journal of Ageing, 11, 321–332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-014-0311-2
Fankhauser, S., Wagner, B., Krammer, S., Aeschbach, M., Pepe, A., Maercker, A., & Forstmeier, S. (2010). The impact of social and interpersonal resources on adjustment disorder symptoms in older age: Motivational variables as mediators? GeroPsych, 23, 227–241. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000022