Dieter Ferring
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Professeur en Psychologie Université du Luxembourg
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Dieter Ferring is Professor of Developmental Psychology and Geropsychology and head of the unit since 2006. Prof. Ferring’s research areas lie within life span developmental psychology and psychogerontology. His main research topics range from self-regulation and coping in age and old age to subjective well-being and quality of life, intergenerational family relations, conditions of dependency and autonomy in old age as well as technology and ageing (see Working Group "Technology and Ageing" ). He teaches developmental and educational psychology, general psychology (learning, motivation, emotion) as well as quantitative research methodology and diagnostics both at the Bachelor and Master level. Currently he tutors three PhD projects.
He has conducted several research projects financed by the German and the Luxembourg Research Foundations as well as EU funded programmes. Prof. Ferring authored and co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed articles, more than 40 book-chapters, five book publications and several research reports to the European Commission. He is scientific director of the master programme in gerontology at the University of Luxembourg.
Dieter Ferring is associate editor of " GeroPsych - The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry ", member of the editorial board of the “ European Psychologist ” and the “ European Journal of Ageing ”. He reviews for several international journals, national research foundations as well as the European Science Foundation. In 2011, Dieter Ferring was elected Convenor of the Steering Group on Geropsychology within the European Federation of Psychological Associations for the period 2011-2013.
Videos
Who will care for me? Trends in family caregiving in European countries
Invited Keynote at the 20th Alzheimer Europe Conference "Facing dementia together"
Al sinn zu Lëtzebuerg - (Ageing in Luxembourg; RTL TV Luxembourg)
Selected publications 2009-
Books
Zittoun, T., Valsiner, J., Vedeler, K., Salgado, J., Gonçalves, M., & Ferring, D. (accepted for publication). Melodies of life. Developmental science of the Human Life Course . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Edited books
Albert, I & Ferring, D. (in prep.) Intergenerational Family Relations: Societal, Family, and Individual Perspectives– Current Issues and new Directions in European Research . Bristol: Policy Press
Willems, H., Rotink, G., Ferring, D., Schoos, J., Majerus. M., Ewen, N., Rodesch-Hengesch, M.A. & Schmit, C. et al. (2009). Handbuch der sozialen und erzieherischen Arbeit in Luxemburg (in zwei Bänden) . Luxembourg: Edition St. Paul.
(for a review see: http://www.socialnet.de/rezensionen/7471.php)
Articles (peer reviewed)
Albert, I. & Ferring, D. (2012). Intergenerational value transmission within the family and the role of emotional relationship quality. Family Science . (in press)
Bourkel, E., Ferring, D. & Weber, G. (2012). Perceived rights of and social distance to people with Alzheimers disease. GeroPsych - The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 25, 25-32.
Leist, A. K., & Ferring, D. (2011). Technology and aging: Inhibiting and facilitating factors in ICT use. In R. Wichert, K. Van Laerhoven, & J. Gelissen (Eds.), Constructing Ambient Intelligence: AmI 2011 Workshops (p. 163-165). Berlin: Springer CCIS Series.
Michels, T., Albert, I. & Ferring, D. (2011). Psychologische Ambivalenz in Eltern-Kind Beziehungen: Entwicklung und teststatistische Überprüfung eines Instrumentes zur direkten Konstruktabbildung. Diagnostica, 57(1), 39-51 .
Michels, T., Albert, I., & Ferring, D. (2011). Emotional relations with grandparents and received support: The adolescent view. Journal of Intergenerational Relations, 9 (3) , 1-17.
Albert, I., Michels, T., & Ferring, D. (2010). Patterns of intergenerational support and reciprocity. In R. Zukauskiene (ed.), Proceedings of the XIV European Conference on Developmental Psychology (August 18-22, 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania). Bologna, Italy: Medimond s.r.l.
Boll, T., Michels, T. Ferring, D. & Filipp, S.-h. (2010). Trait and state components of perceived parental differential treatment in middle adulthood: A longitudinal study. Journal of Interindividual Differences , 31 , 158-163.
Ferring, D. (2010). Intergenerational relations in an ageing society: Emerging topics in Europe. Journal of Intergenerational Relations , 8, 101-104.
Michels, T., Albert, A, Ferring, D. & Filipp, S.-H. (2010). To give is better than to receive – Reciprocity in parent-child relations in later life. In R. Zukauskiene (ed.), Proceedings of the XIV European Conference on Developmental Psychology (August 18-22, 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania). Bologna, Italy: Medimond s.r.l.
Ferring, D., Michels, T., Boll, T. & Filipp, S.-H. (2009). Emotional relationship quality of adult children with ageing parents: on solidarity, conflict and ambivalence. European Journal of Ageing , 253-265.
Albert, I., Ferring, D. & Michels, T. (2009). “Forever young“: On the relationship between subjective and objective age. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Ageing , 13 , 151.
Ferring, D. (2009). Bridging education and training in ageing and disabilities: towards translational education. International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC), Apr–Jun; 9: e31. Published online 22 June 2009.
Otjacques, B., Krier, M., Feltz, F., Ferring, D. & Hoffmann, M. (2009). Early lessons from the design of tactile terminals for elderly people, International Workshop on Technologies to Counter Cognitive Decline 2009 (TCCD 2009), 31 March 2009, London, UK, IEEE Computer Society Editions.
Otjacques, B., Krier, M., Feltz, F., Ferring, D. & Hoffmann, M. (2009). User-Centered Activity Management System for Elderly People 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2009 (Pervasive Health 2009), 1-3 April 2009, London, UK, IEEE Computer Society Editions.
Book chapters
Ferring, D. & Boll, T. (2010). Subjective well-being in older adults: Current state and gaps of research. In L. Bovenberg, A. van Soest, & A. Zaidi (Eds.), Aging, Health and Pensions in Europe (pp. 173-205). Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Ferring, D. (2010). Transdiziplinäre Altersforschung und Partizipation. n I. Breinbauer, D. Ferring, M.Haller & H. Meyer-Wolters (Hrsg.), Transdiziplinäre Altersstudien: Gegenstände und Methoden (S. 23-36).Würzburg: Könighausen und Neumann.
Breinbauer, I., Ferring, D., Haller, M. & Meyer-Wolters, H. (2010). Transdiszipinäre Alter(n)sstudien ls disziplinäre Ko-Konstruktion. In I. Breinbauer, D. Ferring, M.Haller & H. Meyer-Wolters (Hrsg.), Transdiziplinäre Altersstudien: Gegenstände und Methoden (S. 9-20).Würzburg: Könighausen und Neumann.
Ferring, D. (2009). Luxembourg. In E. Palmore, F. Whittington & S. Kunkel (Eds.). International Handbook on Aging. Contemporary Developments and Research . Westport, USA: Greenwood Publishing Group
Ferring, D. (2009).Altenpolitik. In H. Willems et al. (Hrsg.) Handbuch der sozialen und erzieherischen Arbeit in Luxemburg . Luxembourg: Edition St. Paul.
Albert, I. & Ferring, D. (2009). Wandel von Lebensphasen. In H. Willems et al. (Hrsg.) Handbuch der sozialen und erzieherischen Arbeit in Luxemburg . Luxembourg: Edition St. Paul.
Michels, T. & Ferring, D. (2009). Familien und Generationen. In H. Willems et al. (Hrsg.). Handbuch der sozialen und erzieherischen Arbeit in Luxemburg .Luxembourg: Edition St. Paul.
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