English BASE Monograph

Two monographs about BASE were published, one in German and one in English. Both provide an overview of the study and its main results. Information about the English version follows below.

Paul B. Baltes & Karl Ulrich Mayer (Eds.),
The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100

New York, 1999, 2001: Cambridge University Press
552 pp., 96 tables, 80 figs.
Hardback (1999) — no longer available
Paperback (2001) ISBN 9780521000031
eBook (2012) ISBN 9781139244121
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511586545

Table of Contents (incl. Chapter Abstracts)

Click chapters for Abstracts, and in some cases, full texts.

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer	1
A.	Theoretical orientations and methods
1.	The Berlin Aging Study (BASE): Sample, design, and overview of measures P. B. Baltes, K. U. Mayer, H. Helmchen, & E. Steinhagen-Thiessen	15
2.	Sample selectivity and generalizability of the results of the Berlin Aging Study U. Lindenberger, R. Gilberg, T. D. Little, R. Nuthmann, U. Pötter, & P. B. Baltes	56
3.	Generational experiences of old people in Berlin I. Maas, M. Borchelt, & K. U. Mayer	83
4.	Six individual biographies from the Berlin Aging Study Y. Schütze, C. Tesch-Römer, & C. Borchers	111
B.	Major results from the four Research Units
5.	Morbidity, medication, and functional limitations in very old age E. Steinhagen-Thiessen & M. Borchelt	131
6.	Psychiatric illnesses in old age H. Helmchen, M. M. Baltes, B. Geiselmann, S. Kanowski, M. Linden, F. M. Reischies, M. Wagner, T. Wernicke, & H.-U. Wilms	167
7.	Trends and profiles of psychological functioning in very old age J. Smith & P. B. Baltes	197
8.	Socioeconomic conditions and social inequalities in old age K. U. Mayer, I. Maas, & M. Wagner	227
C.	Interdisciplinary findings
9.	Men and women in the Berlin Aging Study M. M. Baltes, A. M. Freund, & A. L. Horgas	259
10.	Social relationships in old age M. Wagner, Y. Schütze, & F. R. Lang	282
11.	Self, personality, and life regulation: Facets of psychological resilience in old age U. M. Staudinger, A. M. Freund, M. Linden, & I. Maas	302
12.	Limits and potentials of intellectual functioning in old age U. Lindenberger & F. M. Reischies	329
13.	Sensory systems in old age M. Marsiske, J. Delius, I. Maas, U. Lindenberger, H. Scherer, & C. Tesch-Römer	360
14.	Everyday competence in old and very old age: Theoretical considerations and empirical findings M. M. Baltes, I. Maas, H.-U. Wilms, M. Borchelt, & T. D. Little	384
15.	On the significance of morbidity and disability in old age M. Borchelt, R. Gilberg, A. L. Horgas, & B. Geiselmann	403
16.	The utilization of medical and nursing care in old age M. Linden, A. L. Horgas, R. Gilberg, & E. Steinhagen-Thiessen	430
17.	Sources of well-being in very old age J. Smith, W. Fleeson, B. Geiselmann, R. A. Settersten Jr., & U. Kunzmann	450
D.	Overview and outlook
18.	What do we know about old age and aging? Conclusions from the Berlin Aging Study K. U. Mayer, P. B. Baltes, M. M. Baltes, M. Borchelt, J. Delius, H. Helmchen, M. Linden, J. Smith, U. M. Staudinger, E. Steinhagen-Thiessen, & M. Wagner	475
	Notes on contributors	521
	Abbreviations	527
	Author index	529
	Subject index	545

Book Reviews

"Where the study is very strong is in its potential for interdisciplinary analyses, with chapters examining gender issues, psychological resilience, everyday competence, and so on."

Dening, T. (2000). The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 [Book review]. Psychological Medicine, 30, 473–474. doi: 10.1017/S0033291799211580

"... the scholarship is formidable in breadth and perspicacity... The book is full of intriguing observations and hypotheses."

Evans, J. G. (1999). The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 [Book review]. Nature, 402(6758), 122. doi: 10.1038/45924

"This important volume is the first act of what will surely be a major perfomance in multidisciplinary research in aging. Do not miss it."

Maddox, G. L. (2000). Prospects and limits of aging well — The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 [Book review]. The Gerontologist, 40, 749–752.

"Here, for the first time, empirical data are presented which adequately address the complexities of old age in modern society from a truly interdisciplinary perspective."

Scharf, T. (2000). The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 [Book review]. Ageing & Society, 20, 235–237. doi: 10.1017/S0144686X99217783

"This might possibly be the most important multidisciplinary study of aged individuals to be published in one volume since 1960."

Shultz, K. S., & Bengtson, V. L. (2000). A new perspective on very old age — The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 [Book review]. Contemporary Gerontology, 7, 15–18.

BASE Publications

Findings of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE) are continually published in scientific journals and books. You can find the current BASE publication list here. more