Dr. rer. nat. Johanna Drewelies

Expertise

Research interests

• Perceived control across adulthood and old age
• Interpersonal goal facilitation
• Development over the life-span

Professional Experience
 
06/2019-07/2019
Visiting researcher at the University of California, Irvine, USA (Prof. Dr. Jutta Heckhausen)
 
08/2016-present
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
 
2015-present
Member, Extended Steering Committee, Berlin Aging Study II, Germany
 
01/2015-04/2015
Visiting researcher at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (Prof. Dr. Toni Antonucci)
 
04/2013-07/2016
Predoctoral fellow at the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE), Berlin, Germany
 
05/2012-03/2013
Guest Researcher, Max Planck Research Group “Affect Across the Lifespan”, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
 
12/2011-04/2012
Research Associate, Research Group “Development and Manifestation of Wisdom”, Alpen-Adria-University, Klagenfurt, Austria
 
 
Education
 
11/2016
Ph.D. in Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Thesis: Developmental trajectories of perceived control across adulthood and old age: Its nature, correlates, and consequences
 
11/2011
Diploma in Psychology, Alpen-Adria-University, Klagenfurt, Austria
Thesis: Lessons to be learned: Life lessons of individuals perceived as wise. (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Judith Glück, Dr. Susanne König)

Publications
in press

Almeida, D. M, Charles, S. T., Mogle, J., Drewelies, J., Aldwin, C. M., Spiro III, A., & Gerstorf, D. (in press). Charting adulthood development through (historically changing) daily stress processes. American Psychologist.
Drewelies, J., & Gerstorf, D. (in press). Cognition and well-being across adulthood and old age. In A. H. Gutchess & A. K. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of cognitive aging: A life course perspective. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Gerstorf, D., Hueluer, G., Drewelies, J., Willis, S. L., Schaie, K. W., & Ram, N. (in press). Adult development and aging in historical context. American Psychologist.
Potter, S., Drewelies, J., Wagner, J., Duezel, S., Brose, A., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (in press). Trajectories of multiple subjective well-being facets across old age: The role of health and personality. Psychology and Aging.

2020

Drewelies, J., Schade, H., Hueluer, G., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). The more we are in control, the merrier? Partner perceived control and negative affect in the daily lives of older couples. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 75, 338-348. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gby009
Mantantzis, K., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Buchmann, K., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Raz, N., Lindenberger, U., Demuth, I., & Gerstorf, D. (2020). Poor glucose regulation is associated with declines in well-being among older men, but not women. Psychology and Aging, 35, 204-211. doi: 10.1037/pag0000404

2019

Demuth, I., Bertram, L., Drewelies, J., Düzel, S., Lill, C. M., Lindenberger, U., Pawelec, P., Spira, D., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II). In D. Gu & M. E. Dupre (Eds.), Encyclopedia of gerontology and population aging. New York, NY: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_27-1
Drewelies, J., Huxhold, O., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). The role of historical change for adult development and aging: Towards a theoretical framework about the how and the why. Psychology and Aging, 34, 1021-1039. doi: 10.1037/pag0000423
Drewelies, J., Koffer, R., Ram, N., Almeida, D., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). Control diversity: How across-domain control beliefs are associated with daily negative affect and differ with age. Psychology and Aging. doi: 10.1037/pag0000366
Duezel, S., Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Lindenberger, U., & Kühn, S. (2019). Structural brain correlates of loneliness among older adults. Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49888-2
Gerstorf, D., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Smith, J., Wahl, H.-W., Schilling, O., Kunzmann, U., Siebert, J., Katzorreck, M., Eibich, P., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., Heckhausen, J., & Ram, N. (2019). Cohort differences in adult-life trajectories of internal and external control beliefs: A tale of more and better maintained internal control and fewer external constraints. Psychology and Aging, 34, 1090-1108. doi: 10.1037/pag0000389
Koffer, R., Drewelies, J., Almeida, D., Conroy, D., Pincus, A., Gerstorf, D., & Ram, N. (2019). The role of general and daily control beliefs for affective stressor-reactivity across adulthood and old age. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 74, 242-253. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbx055.
Kolodziejczak, K., Rosada, A. Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Eibich, P., Tegeler, C., Wagner, G. G., Beier, K. M., Ram., N., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). Sexual activity, sexual thoughts, and intimacy among older adults: Links with physical health and psychosocial resources for successful aging. Psychology and Aging, 34, 389-404. doi: 10.1037/pag0000347
Kozik, P., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Gerstorf, D., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2019). Future time perspective: Dimensions of opportunities, life, and time are differentially associated with physical health, cognitive functioning, and well-being in old age. Aging and Mental Health. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1594159

2018

Drewelies, J., Agrigoroaei, S., Lachman, M. E., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Age variations in cohort differences in the United States: Older adults report fewer constraints nowadays than those 18 years ago, but mastery beliefs are diminished among younger adults. Developmental Psychology. doi: 10.1037/dev0000527.
Drewelies, J., Chopik, W. J., Hoppmann, C. A., Smith, J. & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Linked lives: Dyadic associations of mastery beliefs with health (behavior) and health (behavior) change among older partners. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73, 787-798. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbw058.
Drewelies, J., Deeg, D. J. H., Huisman, M., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Perceived constraints in late midlife: Cohort differences in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA). Psychology and Aging, 33, 754-768. doi: 10.1037/pag0000276.
Düzel, S., Buchmann, N., Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Lindenberger, U., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Norman, K., & Demuth, I. (2018). Validation of a single factor representing the indicators of metabolic syndrome as a continuous measure of metabolic load and its association with health and cognitive function. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208231.
Düzel, S., Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Demuth, I., Kühn, S., & Lindenberger, U. (2018). Facets of subjective health horizons are differentially linked to brain volume. GeroPsych, 31, 127-136. doi: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000191.
Koenig, M., Drewelies, J., Norman, K., Spira, D., Buchmann, N., Hueluer, G., Eibich, P., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Gerstorf, D., & Demuth, I. (2018). Historical trends in modifiable indicators of cardiovascular health and self-rated health among older adults: Cohort differences over 20 years between the Berlin Aging Study (BASE) and the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II). PLOS ONE, 13. e0191699. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191699.
Kühn, S., Düzel, S., Drewelies, J., Gerstorf, D., Linden, M., Lindenberger, U., & Gallinat, J. (2018). Psychological and neural correlates of embitterment in old age. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 10, 51-57. doi: 10.1037/tra0000287
Notthoff, N., Drewelies, J., Kazanecka, P., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Norman, K., Düzel, S., Daumer, M., Lindenberger, U., Demuth, I., & Gerstorf, D. (2018). Feeling older, walking slower – but only if someone’s watching. Subjective age is associated with walking speed in the laboratory, but not in real life. European Journal of Ageing. doi: 10.1007/s10433-017-0450-3. 

2017

Drewelies, J., Wagner, J., Tesch-Römer, C., Heckhausen, J., & Gerstorf, D. (2017). Perceived control across the second half of life: The role of physical health and social integration. Psychology and Aging, 32 , 76-92. doi: 10.1037/pag0000143.

2016

Duezel, S., Voelkle, M. C., Duzel, E., Gerstorf, D., Drewelies, J., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., Lindenberger, U. (2016). The Subjective Health Horizon Questionnaire (SHH-Q): Assessing Future Time Perspectives for Facets of an Active Lifestyle. Gerontology, 62(3), 345-353. doi:10.1159/000441493
Hueluer, G., Drewelies, J., Eibich, P., Düzel, S., Demuth, I., Ghisletta, P., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Cohort differences in psychosocial function over 20 years: Current older adults feel less lonely and less dependent on external circumstances. Gerontology, 62, 354-361. doi: 10.1159/000438991
Mueller, S., Wagner, J., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S, Eibich, P., Specht, J. Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2016). Personality development in old age relates to physical health and cognitive performance: Evidence from the Berlin Aging Study II. Journal of Research in Personality, 65, 94-108. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.08.007

2015

Gerstorf, D., Hueluer, G., Drewelies, J., Eibich, P., Düzel, S., Demuth, I., Ghisletta, P., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., & Lindenberger, U. (2015). Secular changes in late-life cognition and well-being: Towards a long bright future with a short brisk ending? Psychology and Aging, 30, 301-310. doi: 10.1037/pag0000016

Links

https://www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/de/mitarbeiter/1689677

Vernetzung

Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften (CC 1)

Campus Virchow-Klinikum
(CVK)