Further information
Curriculum Vitae
Verena Klusmann-Weißkopf is a health psychologist and has been a professor of health promotion and prevention in the Faculty of Health, Security, Society at Furtwangen University since 2022. Previously, she held professorships in health sciences and public health at the universities of Bremen and Hamburg since 2014. She received her doctorate at the Charité Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin in the DFG (German Research Foundation) graduate school in Neuropsychiatry and Psychology of Aging. At the University of Konstanz, as a postdoc from 2011, she set up the Konstanz Life Study in the Psychological Diagnostics and Health Psychology working group and continues to be associated there. Since 2016, she has led the scientific network (funded by the DFG until 2022) “Images of Aging” as PI and spokesperson and is a member of other international and interdisciplinary research associations and expert panels. She has been Co-Editor of the European Journal of Health Psychology since 2014.
Field of research and / or teaching
Research (selected):
- Health promotion across the lifespan (focus on: physical activity, eating behavior)
- Psychological views on aging and their role for health and health behavior
- Social-cognitive dynamics in health promotion and health behavior change
- Promoting cognitive fitness in old age through exercise and mental activation
Teaching (selected)
- Evidence-based health promotion and prevention
- Health and social psychology
- Development over the lifespan
- Emotion, motivation and communication
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Research methods
Publications
Klusmann-Weißkopf, Verena
2024 | |||
Heike Spaderna, Verena Klusmann, Heike Eschenbeck, Christel Salewksi, Silke Schmidt, Andreas Schwerdtfeger, Claus Vögele, Manja Vollmann | Editorial : Towards New Horizons | European Journal of Health Psychology, 31.2024(1), pp. 1-3, 2024 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Statt ewiger Jugend : Warum wir das Altern mehr schätzen sollten | SWR Kultur, 2024 | BibTeX | RIS | |
Serena Sabatini, Fiona Rupprecht, Roman Kaspar, Verena Klusmann, Anna Kornadt, Jana Nikitin, Anton Schönstein, Yannick Stephan, Markus Wettstein, Susanne Wurm, Manfred Diehl, Hans-Werner Wahl | Successful Aging and Subjective Aging : Toward a Framework to Research a Neglected Connection | The Gerontologist, 2024 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Stefan Klöppel, Esther Brill, Giovanni B. Frisoni, Dag Aarsland, Verena Klusmann-Weißkopf | Value-based motivational strategies combined with technology to encourage a lifestyle that helps to prevent dementia | The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 5.2024(6), pp. e443-e446, 2024 | BibTeX | RIS DOIURN |
2023 | |||
Stefan Robiné, Constanze Abratzky | #19 Einfach gesund bleiben. Methoden, Tipps, Beispiele für Menschen ab 55 | Babyboomer-Stories, 2023 | BibTeX | RIS |
Martin Winkelheide | Altersbilder - Wie wollen wir alt werden? | WDR 5 Quarks - Wissenschaft und mehr, 2023 | BibTeX | RIS |
Elmar Stracke | Altersbilder allenthalben mit Prof. Verena Klusmann : wie sie uns prägen und wie wir sie prägen | Wissenschaftspodcasts : Alter was geht?, 2023 | BibTeX | RIS |
Parvin Sadigh | Boomer, alte weiße Männer und andere Stereotype : Altersdiskriminierung | Zeit Online, 2023 | BibTeX | RIS |
Verena Klusmann | Die Einstellung zum Altern als Chance oder Risiko für Gesundheit bis ins hohe Alter | Normenwandel in der alternden Gesellschaft, Springer: Berlin, pp. 19-35, 2023 | BibTeX | RIS DOI 978-3-662-65918-2, |
Adelheid Müller-Lissner | Gesundheitsexpertin im Interview: „Wer positiv übers Altern denkt, lebt länger“ | Tagesspiegel, 2023 | BibTeX | RIS |
Christof Ammermann, Ann-Kristin Beyer, Anne Blawert, Annette Bomba, Andreas Edel, Beate Grossmann, Karin Haist, Ria Hinken, Susanne Kabitz, Roman Kaspar, Eva-Marie Kessler, Matthias Kliegel, Verena Klusmann-Weißkopf, Monika Koch, Anna E. Kornadt, Katharina Mahne, Christin Meißner, Susanne Möthe-Gundlack, Tobias Müller, Nanna Notthoff, Caroline Rehner, Emanuel Richter, Michaela Riediger, Martina Röder, Klaus Rothermund, Elke Schilling, Patrick Schraps, Mark Schweda, Loring Sittler, Svenja M. Spuling, Elmar Stracke, Hans-Werner Wahl, Anna Wanka, Sebastian Wegner, Markus Wettstein, Maja Wiest, Maria Wirth, Julia K. Wolff, Antje Wunderlich, Jenna Wünsche, Susanne Wurm | How To: 6 Impulse für vielfältigere Altersbilder | Images of Aging : DFG Scientific Network, 2023 | BibTeX | RIS |
Esther Brill, Verena Klusmann-Weißkopf, Stefan Klöppel | Wenn Werte motivieren | Schweizerische Ärztezeitung, 103.2023(40), pp. 34-35, 2023 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Anja Herzog | Werden ältere Menschen im Berufsleben nicht genug wertgeschätzt? | rbb Radio : Der Morgen, 2023 | BibTeX | RIS |
„Vielfältige Altersbilder sind eine echte Win-Win-Situation für alle“ | 7 Jahre länger, 2023 | BibTeX | RIS | |
2021 | |||
Klaus Rothermund, Verena Klusmann, Hannes Zacher | Age Discrimination in the Context of Motivation and Healthy Aging | The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76.2021(S2), pp. S167-S180, 2021 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Sara Cengiz, Carina Materna, Christian Spreckels | Impact of restricted contact between grandparents and grandchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic | Innovation in Aging, 5.2021(Supplement_1), p. 1008, 2021 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Alexandra M. Freund, Marie Hennecke, Veronika Brandstätter, Mike Martin, Steven M. Boker, Susan T. Charles, Ayelet Fishbach, Thomas M. Hess, Jutta Heckhausen, Alan J. Gow, Derek M. Isaacowitz, Verena Klusmann, Margie E. Lachman, Ulrich Mayr, Gabriele Oettingen, Philippe Robert, Christina Röcke, Klaus Rothermund, Urte Scholz, Philippe N. Tobler, Hannes Zacher, Rana S. Zadeh | Motivation and Healthy Aging: A Heuristic Model | The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76.2021(S2), pp. S97-S104, 2021 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Alan J. Gow, Philippe Robert, Gabriele Oettingen | Using Theories of Behavior Change to Develop Interventions for Healthy Aging | The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76.2021(S2), pp. S191-S205, 2021 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
2020 | |||
Verena Klusmann, Anna E. Kornadt | Editorial : Current directions in views on ageing | European Journal of Ageing, 17.2020(4), pp. 383-386, 2020 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Beate M. Herbert, Olga Pollatos, Verena Klusmann | Editorial: Interoception and Health: Psychological and Physiological Mechanisms | European Journal of Health Psychology, 27.2020(4), pp. 127-131, 2020 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Nanna Notthoff, Ann-Kristin Beyer, Anne Blawert, Martina Gabrian | The assessment of views on ageing: a review of self-report measures and innovative extensions | European Journal of Ageing, Vol.17.2020, pp. 403-433, 2020 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Svenja M. Spuling, Verena Klusmann, Catherine E. Bowen, Anna E. Kornadt, Eva-Marie Kessler | The uniqueness of subjective ageing: convergent and discriminant validity | European Journal of Ageing, Vol.17.2020, pp. 445-455, 2020 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Anna E. Kornadt, Eva-Marie Kessler, Susanne Wurm, Catherine E. Bowen, Martina Gabrian, Verena Klusmann | Views on ageing: a lifespan perspective | European Journal of Ageing, Vol.17.2020, pp. 387-401, 2020 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
2019 | |||
Verena Klusmann, Gudrun Sproesser, Julia K. Wolff, Britta Renner | Positive Self-perceptions of Aging Promote Healthy Eating Behavior Across the Life Span via Social-Cognitive Processes | The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 74.2019(5), pp. 735-744, 2019 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Svenja M. Spuling, Catherine E. Bowen, Anna E. Kornadt, Eva-Marie Kessler | Subjective Aging: Something unique or just another expression of general self-beliefs? | Innovation in Aging, 3.2019(Supplement_1), pp. S786-S787, 2019 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Anna E. Kornadt | Views on Aging: New Perspectives for Theory and Research | Innovation in Aging, 3.2019(Supplement_1), p. S786, 2019 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
2018 | |||
Verena Klusmann, Ann-Kristin Beyer, Nanna Notthoff, Anne Blawert, Martina Gabrian | Das Erfassen von Altersbildern: Eine Systematisierung und Analyse verfügbarer Methoden | Psychologie gestaltet : 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), 14. bis 20. September 2018, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, p. 795, 2018 | BibTeX | RIS 978-3-95853-438-4, |
Verena Klusmann, Anne Blawert, Ann-Kristin Beyer, Nanna Notthoff, Martina Gabrian | Das Erfassen von Altersbildern: viel Kopf und wenig Gefühl? | Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 51.2018(Supplement_1), pp. S4-S5, 2018 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Nanna Notthoff | Motivational Barriers and Resources for Physical Activity Among Older People | The Palgrave Handbook of Ageing and Physical Activity Promotion, Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 251-269, 2018 | BibTeX | RIS 978-3-319-71291-8, DOI |
Gudrun Sproesser, Verena Klusmann, Matthew B. Ruby, Naomi Arbit, Paul Rozin, Harald T. Schupp, Britta Renner | The positive eating scale: relationship with objective health parameters and validity in Germany, the USA and India | Psychology & Health, 33.2018(3), pp. 313-339, 2018 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
2017 | |||
Verena Klusmann | Altersbilder im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes: Eine Anwendung der Photovoice-Methode | Gemeinsame Tagung der Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 11. bis 14. September 2017, Universität Münster, Germany : PAEPSY 2017; Tagungsband, p. 314, 2017 | BibTeX | RIS |
Verena Klusmann, J. K. Wolff, Gudrun Sproesser, Birgit Renner | How and for whom do positive views on aging promote healthy eating behavior? | Innovation in Aging, 1.2017(Supplement_1), pp. 938-939, 2017 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Gudrun Sproesser, Verena Klusmann, Harald T. Schupp, Britta Renner | Self-Other Differences in Perceiving Why People Eat What They Eat | Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.8.2017, 2017 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
2016 | |||
Verena Klusmann, Lisa Musculus, Gudrun Sproesser, Britta Renner | Fulfilled Emotional Outcome Expectancies Enable Successful Adoption and Maintenance of Physical Activity | Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.6.2016, 2016 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Julia K. Wolff, Gudrun Sproesser, Britta Renner | Sag mir, was Älterwerden für dich bedeutet, und ich sage dir, wie du isst: Sozial-kognitive Mechanismen des Zusammenhangs von individuellen Altersbildern mit dem Essverhalten | 50. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, 18. bis 22. September 2016, Universität Leipzig, Germany, p. 48, 2016 | BibTeX | RIS 978-3-95853-227-4, |
2015 | |||
Britta Renner, Verena Klusmann, Gudrun Sproesser | Assessment of Health Behaviors | International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2. ed., pp. 588-593, 2015 | BibTeX | RIS 978-0-08-097087-5, DOI |
Gudrun Sproesser, Verena Klusmann, Harald T. Schupp, Britta Renner | Comparative optimism about healthy eating | Appetite, 90.2015(July), pp. 212-218, 2015 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
2013 | |||
Verena Klusmann, Gudrun Sproesser, Birgit Renner | A negative view on aging means less healthy eating | Psychology & Health, 28.2013(Supplement_1), p. 27, 2013 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
2012 | |||
Andrea Evers, Verena Klusmann, Ralf Schwarzer, Isabella Heuser | Adherence to physical and mental activity interventions: Coping plans as a mediator and prior adherence as a moderator | British Journal of Health Psychology, 17.2012(3), pp. 477-491, 2012 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Britta Renner, Gudrun Sproesser, Verena Klusmann, Harald T. Schupp | Die Konstanzer Life-Studie | Adipositas - Ursachen, Folgeerkrankungen, Therapie, 6.2012(2), pp. 123-124, 2012 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Andrea Evers, Verena Klusmann, Ralf Schwarzer, Isabella Heuser | Does Adherence Moderate the Effect of Physical or Mental Training on Episodic Memory in Older Women? | Advances in Physical Education, 2.2012(2), pp. 68-72, 2012 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Britta Renner, Katja Neumann | Irrational risk perceptions after the Fukushima accident? It depends how you ask the question | International Journal of Psychology, 47.2012(S1), p. 765, 2012 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Andrea Evers, Ralf Schwarzer, Isabella Heuser | Views on aging and emotional benefits of physical activity: Effects of an exercise intervention in older women | Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13.2012(2), pp. 236-242, 2012 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
2011 | |||
Verena Klusmann, Andrea Evers, Ralf Schwarzer, Isabella Heuser | A brief questionnaire on metacognition: Psychometric properties | Aging & Mental Health, 15.2011(8), pp. 1052-1062, 2011 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Andrea Evers, Ralf Schwarzer, Isabella Heuser | Activity experiences shape perceived fitness trajectories: Results from a 6-month randomized controlled trial in older women | Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 18.2011(3), pp. 328-339, 2011 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Andrea Evers, Verena Klusmann, Ralf Schwarzer, Isabella Heuser | Improving cognition by adherence to physical or mental exercise: A moderated mediation analysis | Aging & Mental Health, 15.2011(4), pp. 446-455, 2011 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Isabella Heuser | Körperliche und geistige Aktivierung | Demenz psychosozial behandeln : psychosoziale Interventionen bei Demenz in Praxis und Forschung, AKA: Heidelberg, pp. 59-67, 2011 | BibTeX | RIS 978-3-89838-638-8, |
Andrea Evers, Verena Klusmann, Jochen P. Ziegelmann, Ralf Schwarzer, Isabella Heuser | Long-term adherence to a physical activity intervention: The role of telephone-assisted vs. self-administered coping plans and strategy use | Psychology & Health, 27.2012(7), pp. 784-797, 2011 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Andrea Evers, Ralf Schwarzer, Isabella Heuser | Mit körperlicher Aktivität gegen die Alternsunzufriedenheit: Eine randomisierte Kontrollgruppenstudie | informationsdienst altersfragen: Sonderausgabe zum 10. Kongress für Gesundheitspsychologie, 31. August - 02. September 2011, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, p. 68, 2011 | BibTeX | RIS |
Verena Klusmann, Andrea Evers, Ralf Schwarzer, Isabella Heuser | Physical exercise buffers increasing dissatisfaction with aging: A randomised controlled trial | Psychology & Health, 26.2011(Supplement_2), p. 22, 2011 | BibTeX | RIS |
2010 | |||
Verena Klusmann, Andrea Evers, Ralf Schwarzer, Peter Schlattmann, Friedel M. Reischies, Isabella Heuser, Fernando C. Dimeo | Complex Mental and Physical Activity in Older Women and Cognitive Performance: A 6-month Randomized Controlled Trial | The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 65A.2010(6), pp. 680-688, 2010 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Andrea Evers, Ralf Schwarzer, Isabella Heuser | Die subjektive Wahrnehmung von Aktivitätsförderungsprogrammen im Alter | 47. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, 26. bis 30. September 2010, Bremen, Germany, pp. 467-468, 2010 | BibTeX | RIS 978-3-89967-661-7, |
Verena Klusmann, Andrea Evers, Ralf Schwarzer, Isabella Heuser | Subjectively appreciated benefits from cognitive fitness interventions in older women | The Gerontologist : 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting “Transitions of Care Across the Aging Continuum", 50.2010(Supplement 1), p. 399, 2010 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
2009 | |||
Verena Klusmann, Andrea Evers, Ralf Schwarzer, Fernando C. Dimeo, Friedel M. Reischies, Isabella Heuser | Objective cognitive benefits and subjectively perceived changes are disparate in a 6-month randomized controlled trial | Psychology & Health : “From Knowledge to Interventions” Health Psychology 2009 in Pisa, Italy, 24.2009(Supplement_1), p. 233, 2009 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
2008 | |||
Verena Klusmann, Andrea Evers, Ralf Schwarzer, Fernando C. Dimeo, Friedel M. Reischies, Isabella Heuser | Berlin bleibt fit: Eine Interventionsstudie zum Erhalt kognitiver Fitness | European Journal of Geriatrics, 41.2008(Supplement_1), p. I/92, 2008 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann, Andrea Evers, Ralf Schwarzer, Fernando C. Dimeo, Friedel M. Reischies, Isabella Heuser | Berlin stays fit: A 6-month intervention study to improve cognitive fitness in the elderly | Psychology & Health, 23.2008(Supplement_1), p. 161, 2008 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Andrea Evers, Verena Klusmann, Ralf Schwarzer, Fernando C. Dimeo, Friedel M. Reischies, Isabella Heuser | Berlin stays fit: Motivational and volitional strategies for mental and physical exercise of elderly women | International Journal of Psychology : XXIX International Congress of Psychology, 43.2008(3-4), p. 269, 2008 | BibTeX | RIS DOI |
Verena Klusmann | Metatelische Orientierungen im Alter: Erfolgreiches Altern durch Änderungen in persönlichen Motivstrukturen? | Ziele und emotionale Gründe des Handelns : Studien zum zweidimensionalen Modell metatelischer Orientierungen, Lit: Wien, pp. 163-196, 2008 | BibTeX | RIS 978-3-8258-1041-2, |