Alexandra M. Freund

University of Zurich — Switzerland

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Aging and Gerontology Research(112), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction(88), Behavioral Health and Interventions(51), Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research(50), Health disparities and outcomes(21)

Publications304 total

Perceived Gains and Losses, Perceived Constraints in Control, and Goal Orientation in Adulthood
Psychological Reports·2026
Perceived gains and losses, perceived constraints in control, and goal orientation in adulthood
Universität Zürich, ZORA·2026Open Access
Cortisol and Daily Emotional Well-being: Weakened Associations With Age
Innovation in Aging·2025Open Access
Uncertainty in Work-Related Transitions over the Life Course
Work Aging and Retirement·2025Open Access
Within-person, prospective relations between sleep duration and efficiency and next-day physical activity among behavioral weight loss participants
Journal of Behavioral Medicine·2025
What happens to goals that are shelved? A 3-month longitudinal experience sampling study
Motivation and Emotion·2025Open Access
To let go for now or for good? Goal shelving and goal disengagement across adulthood.
Psychology and Aging·2025· 3 cited
The role of social relationships for health-protective behaviors
http://isrctn.com/·2025
Language of Healthcare: Chain of Education to Reduce Barriers
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Goal shelving can both undermine and support prioritized goals: The role of opportunity costs.
Motivation Science·2024· 2 cited
People do not always want more: Effects of gains and satisfaction on goal orientation in different age groups
Motivation and Emotion·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
What is the psychology of aging?
Current Opinion in Psychology·2024· 2 cited
Comparing Apples and Oranges: Are Children and Adults Two Different Species?
2024Open Access
Goals in old age: What we want when we are old and why it matters
Current Opinion in Psychology·2024· 7 cited
Increases in prosociality across adulthood: The pure-altruism hypothesis
Current Opinion in Psychology·2023· 5 cited
COVID-19 protective behaviors: A longitudinal study applying an extended protection motivation theory.
Health Psychology·2023· 4 cited
Predicting the use of a COVID‐19 contact tracing application: A study across two points of measurements
Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Chasing the “How” and “Why” of goal pursuit: A multimethod approach to the study of goal focus
Journal of Research in Personality·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
What do you focus on? An investigation of goal focus from childhood to old age
Psychological Research·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Shift Happens
European Psychologist·2023· 1 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Paul B. Baltes(16), Michaela Riediger(6), Bettina S. Wiese(4), Karen Li(2), Jacqui Smith(2), David Weiss(2), Jana Nikitin(2), Johannes O. Ritter(2), Marie Hennecke(2), Shu Li(2), Natalie C. Ebner(1), Ulman Lindenberger(1), Richard M. Lerner(1), Imma De Stefanis(1), Tilmann Habermas(1), Balázs Aczél(1), Barnabás Szászi(1), Alexandra Sarafoglou(1), Zoltán Kekecs(1), Šimon Kucharský(1)