Research Interests

• Retirement adjustment
• Well-being and mental health over the life span
• The role of historical context in aging
• Work in older age

Research Projects

• Historical Differences in Levels and Predictors of Retirement Adjustment (funded by the German Research Foundation)

Biography

• 2014 Diploma in Psychology, University of Potsdam
• 2019 PhD in Psychology, University of Gothenburg
• 2011-2013 Student Assistant, German Centre of Gerontology, Berlin
• 2014-2015 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg
• 2015-2019 PhD Student, Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg
• Since 11/2019 Researcher, German Centre of Gerontology, Berlin

Selected Publications

• Henning, G., Segel-Karpas, D., Praetorius Björk, M., Bjälkebring, P., & Berg, A.I. (2022). Retirement and sexual satisfaction. The Gerontologist, Online first. DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnac102
• Henning, G., Segel-Karpas, D., Stenling, A., & Huxhold, O. (2022). Subjective well-being across the retirement transition—Historical differences and the role of perceived control. Psychology and Aging, 37(3), 388–400. DOI: 10.1037/pag0000662
• Henning, G., Stenling, A., Tafvelin, S., Ebener, M., & Lindwall, M. (2022). Levels and change in autonomous and controlled work motivation in older workers – the role of proximity to retirement and sense of community at work. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. Online First. DOI: 10.1111/joop.12406
• Henning, G., Berg, A.I., Cengia, A., Hansson, I., Spuling, S.M., & Wettstein, M. (2021). Do neuroticism and conscientiousness interact with health conditions in predicting 4-year changes in self-rated health among Swedish older adults? Psychology and Aging, 36(6), 730–743. DOI: 10.1037/pag0000626
• Henning, G., Stenling, A., Bielak, A.A.M., Bjälkebring, P., Gow, A.J., Kivi, M., Muniz-Terrera, G., Johansson, B., & Lindwall, M. (2021). Towards an active and happy retirement? Changes in leisure activity and mental health during the retirement transition. Aging & Mental Health, 25(4), 621-631.    DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1709156
• Henning, G., Bjälkebring, P., Stenling, A., Thorvaldsson, V., Johansson, B., & Lindwall, M. (2019). Changes in within- and between-person associations between basic psychological need satisfaction and  well-being after retirement. Journal of Research in Personality, 79, 151-160. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2019.03.008
• Henning, G., Stenling, A., Tafvelin, S., Hansson, I., Kivi, M., Johansson, B., & Lindwall, M. (2019). Preretirement work motivation and subsequent retirement adjustment: A self-determination theory perspective. Work, Aging and Retirement, 5, 189-203. DOI: 10.1093/workar/way017
• Henning, G., Lindwall, M., & Johansson, B. (2016). Continuity in well-being in the transition to retirement. GeroPsych -The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 29, 225- 237.  DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000155

A complete list can be found here.