Prof. Dr. Michaela Riediger

Education

2011   Habilitation - Venia Legendi for psychology; University of Zurich, Switzerland
2001   Dr. phil.; Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
1997   Diploma in psychology; Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

Professional Positions

• since 03/2017
  Professor of Developmental Psychology; Institute of Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
  
  
• 2015-2017
  Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation
  Head of Heisenberg Research Group Socio-Emotional Development and Health Across the Lifespan; Freie Universität Berlin and Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin, Germany; https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/concluded-areas/heisenberg-research-groupExternal link
  
  
• since 2015
  Adjunct Researcher; Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin, Germany
  
  
• 2011-2016
  Lecturer (Privatdozentin); Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  
  
• 2009-2014
  Head of Max Planck Research Group Affect Across the Lifespan;
  Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin, Germany
  https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/concluded-areas/mprg-affect-across-the-lifespanExternal link
  
  
• 2003-2008
  Senior Research Scientist (principal investigator and project head);
  Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin, Germany
  
  
• 2001-2002
  Post-Doctoral research Fellow in the Center for Lifespan Psychology (director: Prof. Paul B. Baltes); Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin, Germany
  
  
• 1998-2001
  Doctoral Fellow of the Graduate Program Psychology and Psychiatry of Aging; Freie Universität Berlin and Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin, Germany
  
  
• 1997-1998
  Research Scientist; Department of Organizational Psychology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Research Interests

• Socio-emotional development from childhood to old age
• Lifespan development of self-regulatory processes
• Acquisition and consequences of subjective theories about development and aging

Selection of Current Projects

Multicenter Collaboration: Socio-Emotional Development and Health
The Multi-Method Ambulatory Assessment (MMAA) Project
Development of Aging-Attitudes
Interpersonal Coordination and Understanding among Older Adults

2025

Jaquet, J., Schenker, L.-E., Bellingtier, J. A., Kornadt, A. E., & Riediger, M. (in press). Ageist attitudes are already evident in pre- and early-school children: A multi-method examination. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.70000External link

Kaspi, L., Hu, D., Vishkin, A., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Miyamoto, Y., Cieciuch, J., Cohen, A., Uchida, Y., Kim, M., Wang, X., Qiu, J., Riediger, M., Rauers, A., Hanoch, Y., & Tamir, M. (2025). Motivated to feel better and doing something about it: Cross-cultural differences in motivated emotion regulation during COVID-19. Emotion, 25, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001403External link

Mascherek, A., Luong, G., Wrzus, C., Riediger, M. & Kühn, S. (2025). Meadows or asphalt road - Does momentary affective well-being vary with immediate physical environment? Results from a geographic ecological momentary assessment study in three metropolitan areas in Germany. Environmental Reseach, 264 (Part 1), 1202283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.120283External link

Rauers, A., Knitter, L. A., Studtmann, M., & Riediger, M. (2025). Tearjerkers may leave some eyes dry – Emotional reactivity to film clips from adolescence to old age. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 00, 1-19. https://doi.org/doi:10.1111/bjdp.70002External link
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Rauers, A. & Riediger, M. (in press). Emotionale Erfahrungen und emotionale Kompetenzen im hohen Lebensalter. [Emotional experiences and emotional competencies in late adulthood]. In B. Kracke & P. Noack, Handbuch Entwicklungs- und Erziehungspsychologie. Springer.

2024

Tamir, M., Ito, A. Miyamoto, Y., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Choi, J. H., Cieciuch, J., Riediger, M., Rauers, A., Padun, M. Kim, M.Y., Solak, N., Jiang, Q., Wang, X., Alvarez-Risco, A., Hanoch, Y., Uchida, Y., Torres, C., Gomes Nascimento, T., Jahanshahi, A. A., Singh, R., Kamble, S. V., An, S., Dzokoto, V., Anum, A., Singh, B., Castelnuovo, G. Pietrabissa, G., Huerta-Carvaja, M.I., & Galindo-Bello, E., Ibarra, V. G. (2024). Emotion regulation strategies and psychological health across cultures. American Psychologist, 79(5), 748-764. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001237External link

2023

Luong, G., Miller, J.W., Kirkland, D., Morse, J.L., Wrzus, C., Diehl, M., Chow, S.-M., Riediger, M. (2023). Valuing negative affect weakens affect-health linkages: similarities and differences across affect valuation measures. Motivation and Emotion, 47, 347-363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-023-10012-7External link

Rauers, A. & Riediger, M. (2023). Ease of mind or ties that bind? Costs and benefits of disclosing daily hassles in partnerships. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14 (5), 551-561. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221112252External link
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Riediger, M. & Rauers, A., (2023). Daily affect across adulthood and into old age: Recent advances from ambulatory research. Current Opinion in Psychology, 101767. https://doi.org/j-copsyc.2023.101767External link 
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Schaefer, S., Riediger, M., Li, S.-C., & Lindenberger, U.(2023). Too easy, too hard, or just right: Lifespan age differences and gender effects on task difficulty choices. International Journal of Behavioral Development. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254231160126External link

2022

Bellingtier, J. A., Luong, G., Wrzus, C., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (2022). A domain-differentiated approach to everyday emotion regulation from adolescence to older age. Psychology and Aging, 37(3), 338-349. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000677External link
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Boiger, M., Riediger, M., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2022). The relational dynamics of anger and shame: Scripts for emotional interactions in Germany and Japan. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-022-00106-yExternal link
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Buijs, V. L., Lodder, G. M. A., Jeronimus, B. F., Riediger, M., Luong, G., & Wrzus, C. (2022). Interdependencies between family and friends in daily life: Personality differences and associations with affective well-being across the lifespan. European Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211072745External link

Riediger, M., & Bellingtier, J. A. (2022). Emotion regulation across the lifespan. In D. Dukes, A. C. Samson, & E. Walle (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Emotional Developmental (pp. 93-109). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198855903.013.6External link

2021

Blanke, E. S., Bellingtier, J. A., Riediger, M., & Brose, A. (2021). When and how to regulate: Everyday emotion-regulation strategy use and stressor intensity. Affective Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-021-00087-1External link

Wrzus, C., Luong, G., Wagner, G. G. & Riediger, M. (2021, July 29). Longitudinal Coupling of Momentary Stress Reactivity and Trait Neuroticism: Specificity of States, Traits, and Age period. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000308External link
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2020

Blanke, E. S., Brose, A., Kalokerinos, E. K., Erbas, Y., Riediger, M., & Kuppens, P. (2020). Mix it to fix it: Emotion regulation variability in daily life. Emotion, 20, 473-485. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000566External link
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Blanke, E. S., Kalokerinos, E. K., Riediger, M., & Brose, A. (2020). The shape of emotion: Trait emotion regulation as density distributions of states. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36, 447-455. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000586External link
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Blanke, E. S.*, Schmidt, M. J.*, Riediger, M., & Brose, A. (2020). Thinking mindfully: How mindfulness relates to rumination and reflection in daily life. Emotion, 20(8), 1369-1381. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000659External link *shared first authorship
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Cohrdes, C., Wrzus, C., Wald-Fuhrmann, M., & Riediger, M. (2020). "The sound of affect": Age differences in perceiving valence and arousal in music and their relation to music characteristics and momentary mood. Musicae Scientiae, 24, 21-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/1029864918765613External link
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Grosse Rueschkamp, J. M., Kuppens, P., Riediger, M., Blanke, E. S. et al. (2020). Higher well-being is related to reduced affective reactivity to positive events in daily life. Emotion, 20, 376-390. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000557External link

Riediger, M. & Blanke, E. S. (2020). Knowing what others think and feel: Empathic accuracy across adulthood. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 2, 157-176. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-devpsych-040920-03557External link
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Weber, C., Quintus, M., Egloff, B., Luong, G., Riediger, M., & Wrzus, C. (2020). Same old, same old? Age differences in the diversity of daily life. Psychology and Aging, 35, 434-448. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000407External link

2019

Blanke, E.S. & Riediger, M. (2019). Reading thoughts and feelings of other people - Empathic accuracy across the lifespan. In N. Srinivasan (Ed.), Progress in Brain Research: Emotion and Cognition (Vol. 247; pp. 305-327). Cambridge: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2019.02.002External link
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2018

Blanke, E., Riediger, M., & Brose, A. (2018). Pathways to happiness are multidirectional: Associations between state mindfulness and everyday affective experience. Emotion, 18(2), 202-211. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000323External link
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Ebner, N. C., Luedicke, J., Voelkle, M. C., Riediger, M. et al. (2018). An adult developmental approach to perceived facial attractiveness and distinctiveness. Frontiers in Psychology, Published May 07, 2018. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00561External link
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Riediger, M. (2018). Ambulatory assessment in survey research: The Mulit-Method Ambulatory Assessment Project. In M. Erlinghagen, K. Hank, & M. Kreyenfeld (Eds.), Innovation und Wissenstransfer in der empirischen Sozial- und Verhaltensforschung. Festschrift für Gert G. Wagner (pp. 85-100). Frankfurt: Campus Verlag.

Riediger, M., & Rauers, A. (2018). Experience Sampling in Lifespan Developmental Methodology. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.346External link

2017

Cohrdes, C., Wrzus, C., Frisch, S., & Riediger, M. (2017). Tune yourself in: Valence and arousal preferences in music-listening choices from adolescence to old age. Developmental Psychology, 53, 1777-1794. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000362External link
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Klipker, K., Wrzus, C., Rauers, A., Boker, S. M., & Riediger, M. (2017). Within-person changes in salivary testosterone and physical characteristics of puberty predict boys' daily affect. Hormones and Behavior, 95, 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.07.012External link
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Klipker, K., Wrzus, C., Rauers, A., & Riediger, M. (2017). Hedonic orientation moderates the association between cognitive control and affect reactivity to daily hassles in adolescent boys. Emotion, 17(3), 497-508. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000241External link
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Wrzus, C., Egloff, B., & Riediger, M. (2017). Using implicit association tests in age-heterogeneous samples: The importance of cognitive abilities and quad model processes. Psychology and Aging, 32, 432-446. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000176External link
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2016

Blanke, E. S., Rauers, A. & Riediger, M. (2016). Weißt du, was ich fühle? Empathische Fähigkeiten im Lebensverlauf. The Inquisitive Mind. Retrieved from http://de.in-mind.org/article/weisst-du-was-ich-fuehle-empathie-im-lebensverlauf
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Blanke, E. S., Rauers, A. & Riediger, M. (2016). Does being empathic pay off? Associations between performance-based measures of empathy and social adjustment in younger and older women. Emotion, 16(5), 671-83. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000166External link
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Harden, K. P., Wrzus, C., Luong, G., Grotzinger, A., Bajbouj, M., Rauers, A., . . . Riediger, M. (2016). Diurnal coupling between testosterone and cortisol from adolescence to older adulthood. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 73, 79-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.07.216External link
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Lisofsky, N., Riediger, M., Gallinat, J., Lindenberger, U., & Kühn, S. (2016). Hormonal contraceptive is associated with neural and affective changes in healthy young women. NeuroImage, 134, 597-606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.04.042External link
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Luong, G., Wrzus, C., Wagner, G.G., Riediger, M. (2016). When bad moods may not be so bad: Valuing negative affect is associated with weakened affect-health links. Emotion, 16(3), 387-401. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000132External link
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Riediger, M. (2016). Prokrastination als Coaching-Anliegen. Organisationsberatung, Supervision, Coaching (OSC), 23, 381-390. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11613-016-0479-8External link
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Riediger, M. & Luong, G. (2016). Happy to be unhappy? Pro- and contra-hedonic motivation from adolescence to old age. In A. D. Ong & C. E. Löckenhoff (Eds.) Emotion, Aging, and Health (pp. 97-118). Washington, D.C.: APA. https://doi.org/10.1037/14857-006External link

Tamir, M., Schwartz, S. H., Cieciuch, J., Riediger, M., Torres, C., Scollon, C., Dzokoto, V., Zhou, X., & Vishkin, A. (2016). Desired emotions across cultures: A value-based account. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111(1), 67-82. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000072External link
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Wrzus, C., Wagner, G. G. & Riediger, M. (2016). Personality-situation transactions from adolescence to old age. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110, 782-799. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000054External link
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2015

Blanke, E. S., Rauers, A., & Riediger, M. (2015). Nice to meet you: Adult age differences in empathic accuracy towards strangers. Psychology and Aging, 30(1), 149-159. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038459External link
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Riediger, M. (2015). Affect-regulation motivation. In James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences /2nd edition, Vol 1, pp. 241-247). Oxford: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.26073-XExternal link
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Riediger, M. & Luong, G. (2015). From adolescence to old age: Developmental perspectives on the extended process model of emotion regulation. Psychological Inquiry: An International Journal for the Advancement of Psychological Theory, 26(1), 99-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2015.962443External link
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Wrzus, C., Luong, G., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (2015). Can't get it out of my head: Age differences in affective responsiveness vary with preoccupation and elapsed time after daily hassles. Emotion, 15(2), 257-269. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000019External link
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2014

Riediger, M., & Klipker, K. (2014). Emotion regulation in adolescence. In J. J. Gross (Ed.), Handbook of emotion regulation (2nd ed., pp. 187-202). New York: Guilford Press.

Riediger, M., & Rauers, A. (2014). Do everyday affective experiences differ throughout adulthood? A review of ambulatory-assessment evidence. In P. Verhaeghen and C. Hertzog (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of emotion, social cognition, and everyday problem solving during adulthood (pp. 61-82). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Riediger, M., Studtmann, M., Westphal, A., Rauers, A., & Weber, H. (2014). No smile like another: Adult age differences in identifying emotions that accompany smiles. Frontiers in Psychology, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00480External link
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Riediger, M.*, Voelkle, M. C.*, Schaefer, S., & Lindenberger, U. (2014). Charting the life course: Age differences and validity of beliefs about lifespan development. Psychology and Aging, 29(3), 503-520. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036228External link (*shared first-authorship)
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Riediger, M., Wrzus, C., Klipker, K., Müller, V., Schmiedek, F., & Wagner, G. G. (2014). Outside of the laboratory: Associations of working-memory performance with psychological and physiological arousal vary with age. Psychology and Aging, 29(1), 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035766External link
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Riediger, M., Wrzus, C., & Wagner, G. G. (2014). Happiness is pleasant, or is it? Implicit representations of affect valence are associated with contrahedonic motivation and mixed affect in daily life. Emotion, 14(5), 950-961. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037711External link
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Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N., C., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (2014). A note on age differences in mood-congruent versus mood-incongruent emotion processing in faces. Frontiers in Psychology, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00635External link
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Wrzus, C., Müller, V., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (2014). Affect dynamics across the lifespan: With age, heart rate reacts less strongly, but recovers more slowly from unpleasant emotional situations. Psychology and Aging, 29(3), 563-576. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037451External link
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Wrzus, C., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (2014). Feeling good when sleeping in? Day-to-day associations between sleep duration and affective well-being differ from youth to old age. Emotion, 14(3), 624-628. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035349External link
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2013

Freund, A. M., Nikitin, J. & Riediger, M. (2013). Successful aging. In R. M. Lerner, M. A. Easterbrooks, & J. Mistry (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of psychology: Vol. 6. Developmental psychology (2nd ed., pp. 615-638). New York, NY: Wiley.

Rauers, A., Blanke, E., & Riediger, M. (2013). Everyday empathic accuracy in younger and older couples: Do you need to see your partner to know his or her feelings? Psychological Science, 24(11), 2210-2217. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613490747External link
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Rauers, A., Böhnke, A., & Riediger, M. (2013). Motivational selectivity prospectively predicts couples' realization of their goal to have a child. International Journal of Developmental Science, 7(3-4), 143-149. https://doi.org/10.3233/DEV-120119External link
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Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N. C., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (2013). Here we go again: Anticipatory and reactive mood responses to recurring unpleasant situations throughout adulthood. Emotion, 13(3), 424-433. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031351External link

Wrzus, C., Müller, V., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (2013). Affective and cardiovascular responding to unpleasant events from adolescence to old age: Complexity of events matters. Developmental Psychology, 49(2), 384-397. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028325External link
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2012

Sonnenberg, B., Riediger, M., Wrzus, C., & Wagner, G. G. (2012). Measuring time use in surveys: Concordance of survey and experience sampling measures. Social Science Research, 41(5), 1037-1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.013External link

Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N. C., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (2012). Let me guess how old you are: Effects of age, gender, and facial expression on perceptions of age. Psychology and Aging, 27(2), 265-277. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025065External link

Wrzus, C., Brandmaier, A. M., Oertzen, T. v., Müller, V., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (2012). A new approach for assessing sleep duration and postures from ambulatory accelerometry. PLoS ONE, 7(10):e48089. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048089External link

Wrzus, C., Brandmaier, A. M., Oertzen, T. v., Müller, V., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (2012). A new approach for assessing sleep duration and postures from ambulatory accelerometry SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research (Vol. 507). Berlin: DIW. (Reprinted from PLoS ONE, 7(10):e48089, 2012.)
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2011

Isaacowitz, D. M., & Riediger, M. (2011). Introduction to the special section: When age matters. Developmental perspectives on "cognition and emotion". Cognition and Emotion, 25(6), 957-967. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2011.561575External link

Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn, A., Riediger, M., Schmiedek, F., Oertzen, T. v., Li, S.-C., & Lindenberger, U. (2011). Dyadic drumming across the lifespan reveals a zone of proximal development in children. Developmental Psychology, 47(3), 632-644. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021818External link
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Rauers, A., Riediger, M., Schmiedek, F. & Lindenberger, U. (2011). With a little help from my spouse: Does spousal collaboration compensate for the effects of cognitive aging? Gerontology, 57(2), 161-166. https://doi.org/10.1159/000317335External link
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Riediger, M. (2011). Adult development at the intersection of motivation, behavior, and subjective experience: Zusammenfassung der zur Habilitation an der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Zürich vorgelegten Publikationen zur Erlangung der Venia Legendi für das Fach Psychologie. (Habilitationsschrift), Universität Zürich, Switzerland.

Riediger, M., & Isaacowitz, D. M. (Eds.) (2011). When age matters. Developmental perspectives on "cognition and emotion" [Special Section]. Cognition and Emotion, 25(6), 957-1044. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2011.561575External link

Riediger, M., Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N., & Lindenberger, U. (2011). Beyond "happy, angry, or sad?": Age-of-poser and age-of-rater effects on multi-dimensional emotion perception. Cognition & Emotion, 25(6), 968-982. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2010.540812External link
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Riediger, M., Wrzus, C., Schmiedek, F., Wagner, G. G., & Lindenberger, U. (2011). Is seeking bad mood cognitively demanding? Contra-hedonic orientation and working-memory capacity in everyday life. Emotion, 11(3), 656-665. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022756External link
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Sonnenberg, B., Riediger, M., Wrzus, C., & Wagner, G. G. (2011). Measuring time use in surveys: How valid are time use questions in surveys? Concordance of survey and experience sampling measures SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research (Vol. 390). Berlin: DIW.
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2010

Ebner, N. C., Riediger, M., & Lindenberger, U. (2010). FACES-A database of facial expressions in young, middle-aged, and older women and men: Development and validation. Behavior Research Methods, 42(1), 351-362. https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.42.1.351External link

Freund, A. M., Hennecke, M., & Riediger, M. (2010). Age-related differences in outcome and process goal focus. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 7(2), 198-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405620801969585External link

Riediger, M. (2010). Experience sampling. In German Data Forum (RatSWD) (Ed.), Building on progress. Expanding the research infrastructure for the social, economic, and behavioral sciences (Vol. 1, pp. 581-594). Opladen & Farmington Hills, MI: Budrich UniPress Ltd. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvbkjw4bExternal link

Riediger, M., & Rauers, A. (2010). The "I know you" and the "You know me" of mutual goal knowledge in partnerships: Differential associations with partnership satisfaction and sense of closeness over time. British Journal of Social Psychology, 49(3), 647-656. https://doi.org/10.1348/014466610X494078External link
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2009

Ebner, N. C., Riediger, M., & Lindenberger, U. (2009). Schema reliance for developmental goals increases from early to late adulthood: Improvement for the young, loss prevention for the old. Psychology and Aging, 24(2), 310-323. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015430External link

Hoppmann, C., & Riediger, M. (2009). Ambulatory assessment in lifespan psychology: An overview of current status and new trends. European Psychologist, 14(2), 98-108. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040.14.2.98External link

Riediger, M. (2009). Experience sampling. Working Paper Series of the German Council for Social and Economic Data. German Council for Social and Economic Data. Berlin.
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Riediger, M., Schmiedek, F., Wagner, G., & Lindenberger, U. (2009). Seeking pleasure and seeking pain: Differences in pro- and contra-hedonic motivation from adolescence to old age. Psychological Science, 20(12), 1529-1535. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02473.xExternal link
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2008

Mayser, S., Scheibe, S., & Riediger, M. (2008). (Un)reachable? An empirical differentiation of goals and life longings. European Psychologist, 13(2), 126-140. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040.13.2.126External link

Riediger, M. (2008). Motivational systems and the pursuit of goals: Lessons learned from older adults. European Health Psychologist, 10(2), 37-39.

Riediger, M., & Freund, A. M. (2008). Me against myself: Motivational conflict and emotional development in adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 23(3), 479-494. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013302External link
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2007

Riediger, M. (2007). Interference and facilitation among personal goals: Age-group differences and associations with well-being and behavior. In B. R. Little, K. Salmela-Aro, J.-E. Nurmi & S. D. Philipps (Eds.), Personal project pursuit: Goals, action, and human flourishing (pp. 119-143). Erlbaum.

Riediger, M., & Ebner, N. C. (2007). A broader perspective on three lifespan theories. Comment on Boerner and Jopp. Human Development, 50(4), 196-200. https://doi.org/10.1159/000103359External link
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Riediger, M., & Freund, A. M. (2007). Intergoal relations in the context of starting to exercise: A case of positive development from younger to older adulthood. International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development Newsletter, 52(2), 8-11.
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2006

Freund, A. M., & Riediger, M. (2006). Goals as building blocks of personality and development in adulthood. In D. K. Mroczek & T. D. Little (Eds.), Handbook of Personality Development (pp. 353-372). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Marcus, B., Höft, S., & Riediger, M. (2006). Integrity tests and the five-factor model of personality: A review and empirical test of two alternative positions. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 14(2), 113-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2389.2006.00338.xExternal link

Riediger, M., & Freund, A. M. (2006). Focusing and restricting: Two aspects of motivational selectivity in adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 21(1), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.21.1.173External link

Riediger, M., Li, S.-C., & Lindenberger, U. (2006). Selection, optimization, and compensation as developmental mechanisms of adaptive resource allocation: Review and preview. In J. E. Birren & K. W. Schaie (Eds.), The handbooks of aging (Vol. 2. Handbook of the psychology of aging, pp. 289-313). Amsterdam: Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780121012649/handbook-of-the-psychology-of-agingExternal link
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2005

Freund, A. M., & Riediger, M. (2005). Gerontopsychologie: Erfolgreiches Altern. In H. Weber & T. Rammsayer (Eds.), Handbuch der Psychologie: Vol. 2. Handbuch der Persönlichkeitspsychologie und differentiellen Psychologie (pp. 564-571). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Riediger, M., Freund, A. M., & Baltes, P. B. (2005). Managing life through personal goals: Intergoal facilitation and intensity of goal pursuit in younger and older adulthood. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 60B(2), P84-P91. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/60.2.P84External link

2004

Riediger, M. (2004). Lebenslanges Lernen [Lifelong learning]. In D. Dettling & C. Prechtl (Eds.), Weißbuch Bildung: Für ein dynamisches Deutschland (pp. 78-84). Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Riediger, M., & Freund, A. M. (2004). Interference and facilitation among personal goals: Differential associations with subjective well-being and persistent goal pursuit. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(12), 1511-1523. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167204271184External link

2003

Freund, A. M., & Riediger, M. (2003). Successful aging. In R. M. Lerner, M. A. Easterbrooks & J. Mistry (Eds.), Handbook of psychology: Vol. 6. Developmental Psychology (pp. 601-628). New York: Wiley.

2001

Freund, A. M., & Riediger, M. (2001). What I have and what I do: The role of resource loss and gain throughout life. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 50(3), 370-380. https://doi.org/10.1111/1464-0597.00063External link

Riediger, M. (2001). On the dynamic relations among multiple goals: Intergoal conflict and intergoal facilitation in younger and older adulthood (Doctoral dissertation, Free University Berlin, 2001). Retrieved Januar 14, 2011. https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/5947External link

1998

Riediger, M., Linden, M., & Wilms, H.-U. (1998). Die deutsche Version der CES-D als Instrument der gerontologischen Forschung [The German CES-D as an instrument in gerontological research]. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie, Psychopathologie und Psychotherapie, 46(4), 344-364.

Riediger, M., & Rolfs, H. (1998). Computergestützte Postkorbverfahren: Mailbox '90, PC-Office und PC-Postkorb "Seeblick" [Computerized in-basket performance measures: Mailbox '90, PC-Office and PC-Postkorb "Seeblick" ]. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 42(1), 43-50.