title: [Personality development in old age].
abstract: In this four-part review article, an update of Psychological Gerontology since 1988 in German speaking countries is given. Part II of this review focuses an personality development in old age. In accordance with their current relevance within research on personality development, concepts and empirical studies concerned with coping, psychological resilience and development regulation in old age are addressed in the first part of this review (contributions to basic research). First, research based on the two-process-model of coping, the personality theory of Thomae and the life-span theory of control is summarized. Next, work on subjective well-being, self and self-regulation are highlighted. In the second part of the review (contribution to applied research), an overview of the scope of potential of psychotherapeutic intervention in old age is given.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gerontologie, Bergheimer Str. 20, 69115 Heidelberg.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kruse
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Wahl
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010553:Personality Development; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012803:Sick Role