Curriculum Vitae

Currently

Professor of Department of Developmental Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Education

2011                         

Venia Legendi for psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Habilitation Adult development at the intersection of motivation, behavior, and subjective experience, Habilitation lecture Smiling – forms, functions, and inter-individual differences

2001      

Dr. phil., Free University Berlin, Germany (summa cum laude)

Dissertation On the dynamic relations among multiple goals: Intergoal conflict and facilitation in younger and older adults (Advisors: Prof. Paul B. Baltes and Dr. Alexandra M. Freund)

1997 

Diploma in Psychology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (grade: 1.2). Diploma thesis The German CES-D as an instrument in gerontological research: Psychometric properties and cross-cultural comparability (Advisors: Prof. Michael Linden and Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wilms)

Professional Positions

Since 03/2017

Professor of Department of Developmental Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

2015 -2017

Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation, Free University of Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

01 – 05/2015  

Senior Science Manager at a Health-Services Startup (Conceptualization and evaluation of self-regulation interventions for patients with chronic diseases)

Since 2011 

Lecturer (Privatdozentin) at the Institute of Psychology of the University Zurich, Switzerland

2009 - 2014    

Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2), Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. Research Group: Affect Across the Lifespan

https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/max-planck-research-groups/mprg-affect-across-the-lifespan

2003 – 2008  

Senior Research Scientist (principal investigator and project head) in the Center for Lifespan Psychology (directors: Prof. Ulman Lindenberger and Prof. Paul B. Baltes), Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. Project: Developmental Regulation of Affect, Motivation, and Abilities (DRAMA)

2001 – 2002 

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Center of Lifespan Psychology (director: Prof. Paul B. Baltes), Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. Project: Personal Goals in Lifespan Development (project head: Dr. Alexandra M. Freund).

1998 – 2001 

Doctoral Fellow of the Graduate Program Psychology and Psychiatry of Aging (Free University Berlin and Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin).

1997 – 1998  

Research Scientist at the Chair of Organizational Psychology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. Project: Integrity and Self-Control (principal investigator: Prof. Heinz Schuler).

Im Druck

Riediger, M., & Luong, G. (in press). Happy to be unhappy? Pro- and contra-hedonic motivations from adolescence to old age. In A. Ong & C. Löckenhoff (Eds.), New developments in emotional aging. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Wrzus, C., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (in press). Personality-situation transactions from adolescence to old age. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

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, 149-159. doi:10.1037/a0038459

Riediger, M. (2015). Affect-regulation motivation. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (Vol. 1, 2nd ed., pp. 241-247). Oxford: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.26073-X

Riediger, M., & Luong, G. (2015). From adolescence to old age: Developmental perspectives on the extended process model of emotion regulation. Psychological Inquiry, 26, 99-107. doi:10.1080/1047840X.2015.962443

Wrzus, C., Luong, G., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (2015). Can't get it out of my head: Age differences in affective responses vary with elapsed time after, and preoccupation with, daily hassles. Emotion, 15, 257-269. doi:10.1037/emo0000019

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. 61-79). 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, 5:480. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00480

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, 503-520. doi:10.1037/a0036228

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, 103-114. doi:10.1037/a0035766

Riediger, M., Wrzus, C., & Wagner, G. G. (2014). Happiness is pleasant, or is it? Implicit representations of affect valence are associated with contra-hedonic motivation and mixed affect in daily life. Emotion, 14, 950-961. doi:10.1037/a0037711

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, 5:635. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00635

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, 563-576. doi:10.1037/a0037451

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, 624-628. doi:10.1037/a0035349

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, 2210-2217. doi:10.1177/0956797613490747

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, 143-149. doi:10.3233/DEV-120119

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, 424-433. doi:10.1037/a0031351

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, 384-397. doi:10.1037/a0028325

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, 1037-1052. doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.013

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, 265-277. doi:10.1037/a0025065

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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048089

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 No. 507). Berlin: DIW.
(Reprinted from PLoS ONE, 7(10):e48089, 2012, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048089)

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, 957-967. doi:10.1080/02699931.2011.561575

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, 632-644. doi:10.1037/a0021818

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, 161-166. doi:10.1159/000317335

Riediger, M., & Isaacowitz, D. M. (Eds.). (2011). When age matters: Developmental perspectives on "Cognition and Emotion" [Special Section]. Cognition and Emotion, 25, 957-1044.

Riediger, M., Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N. C., & Lindenberger, U. (2011). Beyond "happy, angry, or sad?": Age-of-poser and age-of-rater effects on multi-dimensional emotion perception. Cognition and Emotion, 25, 968-982. doi:10.1080/02699931.2010.540812

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, 656-665. doi:10.1037/a0022756

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 No. 390). Berlin: DIW.

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, 351-362. doi:10.3758/BRM.42.1.351

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

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: Budrich UniPress.

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, 647-656. doi:10.1348/014466610X494078

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, 310-323. doi:10.1037/a0015430

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

Riediger, M. (2009). Experience sampling (Working Paper Series of the German Council for Social and Economic Data No. 62). Berlin: German Council for Social and Economic Data.

Riediger, M., Schmiedek, F., Wagner, G. G., & Lindenberger, U. (2009). Seeking pleasure and seeking pain: Differences in prohedonic and contra-hedonic motivation from adolescence to old age. Psychological Science, 20, 1529-1535. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02473.x

2008

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

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

Riediger, M., & Freund, A. M. (2008). Me against myself: Motivational conflicts and emotional development in adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 23, 479-494. doi:10.1037/a0013302

2007

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

Riediger, M., & Ebner, N. C. (2007). A broader perspective on three lifespan theories: Comment on Boerner and Jopp. Human Development, 50, 196-200. doi:10.1159/000103359

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. ISSBD Newsletter, 52, 8-11.

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, 113-130. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2389.2006.00338.x

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

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 (6th ed., pp. 289-313). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

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. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 60B, P84-P91.

2004

Riediger, M. (2004). Lebenslanges Lernen [Lifelong learning]. In D. Dettling & C. Prechtl (Eds.), Weißbuch Bildung: Für ein dynamisches Deutschland (pp. 78-84). Wiesbaden: VS 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, 1511-1523. doi:10.1177/0146167204271184

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). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

2001

Freund, A. M., & Riediger, M. (2001). What I have and what I do: The role of resource loss and gain throughout life [Commentary]. Applied Psychology, 50, 370-380.

Riediger, M. (2001). On the dynamic relations among multiple goals: Intergoal conflict and intergoal facilitation in younger and older adulthood. Doctoral dissertation, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

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, Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 46, 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, 43-50.