Publications

*graduate students and postdocs in bold

Journal articles

Under review or revision

• Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., Hamm, J. M., Sacher, T., Miller, G. E., & Kunzmann, U. (2020). Discrete negative emotions and goal disengagement in older adulthood: Context effects of stress and associations with emotional well-being. Manuscript being revised and resubmitted to Emotion.
• Hamm, J. M., Wrosch, C., Barlow, M. A., & Kunzmann, U. (2020). A tale of two emotions: The diverging salience and health consequences of calmness and excitement in old age. Manuscript under review.
• Giannis, I., Wrosch, C., Herriot, H., & Gouin, J.-P. (2020). Changes in purpose in life and low-grade chronic inflammation across older adulthood. Manuscript under review.
• Cladwell, W., MacNeil, S., Wrosch, C.McGrath, J., Dang-Vu, T., Morin, A., & Gouin, J.-P. (2020). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia moderates the interpersonal consequences of brooding rumination. Manuscript under review.

Published

• Scheier, M. F., Swanson, J. D., Barlow, M. A., Greenhouse, J. B., Wrosch, C., & Tindle, H. A. (2020). Optimism versus pessimism as predictors of physical health. A comprehensive reanalysis of dispositional optimism research. Accepted for publication, American Psychologist.
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Hamm, J. M., & Pruessner, J. C. (2020). Stress-related trajectories of diurnal cortisol in older adulthood over 12 years. Published online first, Psychoneuroendocrinology.
• Herriot, H., & Wrosch, C. (2020). Self-compassion as predictor of daily physical symptoms and chronic illness during older adulthood. Accepted for publication, Journal of Health Psychology.
• Lambert, M., Sabiston, C. A., Wrosch, C., & Brunet, J. (2020). An investigation into sociodemographic, health, and cancer-related factors associated with cortisol and C-reactive protein in breast cancer survivors: A longitudinal study. Published online first, Breast Cancer.
• Haase, C. M., Singer, T., Silbereisen, R. K., Heckhausen, J., & Wrosch, C. (2020). Well-being as a resource for goal reengagement: Evidence from two longitudinal studies. Published online first, Motivation Science.
• Gagne, M., Marwick, C., Brun de Pontet, S., & Wrosch, C. (2020). Family business succession: What’s motivation got to do with is? Published online first, Family Business Review.
• Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., & McGrath, J. J. (2020). Goal adjustment capacities and quality of life: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Personality, 88, 307-323.
• Holding, A., Barlow, M. A., Koestner, R., Wrosch, C. (2020). Why are we together? A dyadic longitudinal investigation of relationship motivation, goal progress, and adjustment. Journal of Personality, 88, 464-477.
• Gouin, J.-P., Wrosch, C., McGrath, J. J., & Booij, L. (2020). Interpersonal capitalization moderates the association of chronic caregiving stress and depression with inflammation, Psychoneurendocrinology, 112, 104509.
• Gouin, J.-P., Paquin, C., Wrosch, C., McGrath, J. J., Arbour, N., & Booil, L. (2020). Marital quality and inflammation: The moderating role of early life adversity. Health Psychology, 39, 58-67.
• Liu, S. Y., Wrosch, C., Morin, A. J., Quesnel-Vallée, A., & Pruessner. J. C. (2019). Changes in self-esteem and chronic disease across adulthood: A 16-year longitudinal study. Social Science & Medicine, 242, 112600.
• Kunzmann, U., Schilling, O., Wrosch, C., Siebert, J. S., Katorreck, M., Wahl, H.-W., & Gerstorf, D. (2019). Negative emotions and chronic physical illness: A lifespan developmental perspective. Health Psychology, 38, 949-959.
• Herrmann, M., Brandstaetter, V., & Wrosch, C. (2019). Downgrading goal-relevant resources in action crisis. The moderating effect of goal reengagement capacities and effects on well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 43, 535-553.
• Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J. P. & Kunzmann, U. (2019). Is anger, but not sadness, associated with chronic inflammation and illness in older adulthood? Psychology and Aging, 34, 330-340.
• Heckhausen, J., Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R. (2019). Agency and motivation in adulthood and old age. Annual Review of Psychology, 70, 191-217.
• Sabiston, C. M., Wrosch, C., Fong, A. J., Brunet, J., Gaudreau, P., O’Loughlin, J. O., & Meterrisian, S. (2018). Life after breast cancer: Moving on, sitting down, or standing still? A prospective study of Canadian breast cancer survivors. BMJ Open, 8, e021770.
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., & Gouin, J.-P. (2018). Self-compassion, chronic age-related stressors, and diurnal cortisol secretion in older adulthood. Published online first in Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
• Sabiston, C. M., Wrosch, C., Castonguay, A. L., & Sylvester, B. D. (2018). Changes in physical acitiviy behavior and C-reactive protein in breast cancer patients. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Published online first.
• Wrosch, C., Barlow, M. A., & Kunzmann, U. (2018). Age-related changes in older adults’ anger and sadness: The role of perceived control. Psychology and Aging, 33, 350-360.
• Kunzmann, U., & Wrosch, C. (2018). Commentary: The emotion-health link - Perspectives from a lifespan theory of discrete emotions. Emotion Review, 11, 59-60.
• Castonguay, A. L., Wrosch, C., Pila, E., & Sabiston, C. M. (2017). Body-related shame and guilt predict physical activity in breast cancer survivors over time. Oncology Nursing Forum, 44, 465-475.
• Wrosch, C., Jobin, J., & Scheier, M. F. (2017). Do the emotional benefits of optimism vary across older adulthood? A life span perspective. Journal of Personality, 85, 388-397.
• Castonguay, A. L., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. M. (2017). The roles of negative affect and goal adjustment capacities in breast cancer survivors: Associations with physical activity and diurnal cortisol secretion. Health Psychology, 36, 320-331.
• Kunzmann, U., Rohr, M., Wieck, C., Kappes, C., & Wrosch, C. (2017). Speaking about feelings: Further evidence for multidirectional age differences in anger and sadness. Psychology and Aging, 32, 93-103.
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J.-P., & Miller, G. E. (2017). Intra-individual cortisol variability and low-grade inflammation over 10 years in older adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 77, 141-149.
• Fong, A. J., Scarapicchia, T. M. F., McDonough, M. H., Wrosch, C. & Sabiston, C. M. (2016). Changes in social support predict emotional wellbeing in breast cancer survivors. Psycho-Oncology. Published online first.
• Barker, E. T., Howard, A. L., Galambos, N. L., & Wrosch, C. (2016). Bouts of negative mood enhance happy students’ academic success. Developmental Psychology, 52, 2022-2030.
• Pila, E., Barlow, M. A., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. M. (2016). Comparing the body to superior others: Associations with daily exercise and body evaluation in men and women. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 27, 120-127.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (2016). Introduction to the Special Section on Motivational Self-Regulation Across the Lifespan. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 97-99.
• Jobin, J., & Wrosch, C. (2016). Goal disengagement capacities and severity of disease across older adulthood: The sample case of the common cold. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 137-144.
• Heckhausen, J., & Wrosch, C. (2016). Challenges to developmental regulation across the life course: What are they and what individual differences matter? International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 145-150.
• Barlow, M. A., Liu, S.Y., & Wrosch, C. (2015). Chronic illness and loneliness in older adulthood: The role of self-protective control strategies. Health Psychology, 34, 870-879.
• Castonguay, A., Pila, E., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. M. (2015). Body-related self-conscious emotions relate to physical activity motivation and behavior in men. American Journal of Men’s Health, 9, 209-221.
• Jobin, J., Wrosch, C., & Scheier, M. F. (2014). Associations between dispositional optimism and diurnal cortisol in a community sample: When stress is perceived as higher than normal. Health Psychology, 33, 382-391.
• Liu, S. Y., Wrosch, C., Miller, G. E., & Pruessner, J. C. (2014). Self-esteem change and diurnal cortisol secretion in older adulthood. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 41, 111-120.
• Castonguay, A., Pila, E., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. M. (2014). Body-related self- conscious emotions relate to physical activity motivation and behavior in men. American Journal of Men’s Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/1557988314537517
• Jobin, J., Wrosch, C., & Scheier, M. F. (2014). Associations between dispositional optimism and diurnal cortisol in a community sample: When stress is perceived as higher than normal. Health Psychology, 33, 382-391.
• Liu, S. Y., Wrosch, C., Miller, G. E., & Pruessner, J. C. (2014). Self-esteem change and diurnal cortisol secretion in older adulthood. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 41, 111-120.
• Castonguay, A., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. M. (2014). Systemic inflammation among breast cancer survivors: The roles of goal disengagement capacities and health-related self-protection. Psycho-Oncology, 23, 878-885.
• Kunzmann, U., Kappes, C., & Wrosch, C. (2014). Emotional aging: A discrete emotion perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 380.
• McDonough, M. H., Sabiston, C. M., & Wrosch, C. (2014). Predicting changes in posttraumatic growth and subjective well-being among breast cancer survivors: The role of social support and stress. Psycho-Oncology, 23, 114-120.
• Pushkar, D., Bye, D., Conway, M., Wrosch, C., Chaikelson, J., Etezadi, J., Giannopolous, C. G., Li, K., & Nassim, T. (2014). Does child gender predict older parents’ well- being? Social Indicators Research, 118, 285-303.
• Wrosch, C., Scheier, M. F., & Miller, G. E. (2013). Goal adjustment capacities, subjective well-being, and physical health. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7, 847- 860.
• Wrosch, C., Rueggeberg, R., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2013). Satisfaction with social support in older adulthood: The influence of social support declines and goal adjustment capacities. Psychology & Aging, 28, 875-885.
• Heckhausen, J., Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R. (2013). A Lines-of-Defense model for managing health threats: A review. Gerontology, 59, 438-447.doi: 10.1159/000351269
• Hortop., E. G., Wrosch, C., & Gagne, M. (2013). The why and how of goal pursuits: Effects of global autonomous motivation and perceived control on emotional well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 37, 675-687.
• Haase, C. M., Heckhausen, J., & Wrosch, C. (2013). Developmental regulation across the life span: Toward a new synthesis. Developmental Psychology, 49, 964-972.
• Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. M. (2013). Goal adjustment, physical and sedentary activity, and well-being and health among breast cancer survivors. Psycho-Oncology, 22, 581-589.
• Murphy, M. L. M., Miller, G. E., & Wrosch, C. (2013). Conscientiousness and stress exposure and reactivity: A prospective study of adolescent girls. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 36, 135-164.
• Farquhar, J. C., Wrosch, C., Pushkar, D., & Li, K. Z. H. (2013). The value of adaptive regret management in retirement. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 76, 101-123.
• Rueggeberg, R., Wrosch, C., Miller, G. E., & McDade, T. W. (2012). Associations between health-related self-protection, diurnal cortisol, and C-reactive protein in lonely older adults. Psychosomatic Medicine, 74, 937-944.
• Rueggeberg, R., Wrosch, C., & Miller, G. E. (2012). The different roles of perceived stress in the association between older adults’ physical activity and physical health. Health Psychology, 31, 164-171.
• Rueggeberg, R., Wrosch, C., & Miller, G. E. (2012). Sleep duration buffers diurnal cortisol increases in older adulthood. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37, 1029-1038.
• Wrosch, C., Amir, E., & Miller, G. E. (2011). Goal adjustment capacities, coping, and subjective well-being: The sample case of caregiving for a family member with mental illness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 934-946.
• Dunne, E., Wrosch, C., & Miller, G. E. (2011). Goal disengagement, functional disability, and depressive symptoms in old age. Health Psychology, 30, 763-770.
• Bauer, I., & Wrosch, C. (2011). Making up for lost opportunities: The protective role of downward social comparisons for coping with regrets across adulthood. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 215-228.
• Gagne, M., Wrosch, C., & Brun de Pontet, S. (2011). Retiring from the family business: The role of goal adjustment capacities. Family Business Review, 24, 292-304.
• Heckhausen, J., Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R. (2010). A motivational theory of life-span development. Psychological Review, 117, 32-60, DOI: 10.1037/a0017668.
• Pushkar, D., Chaikelson, J., Conway, M., Etezadi, J., Giannopolous, C. G., Li, K., & Wrosch, C. (2010). Testing continuity and activity variables as predictors of positive and negative affect in retirement. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 65B, 42-49.
• Wrosch, C., Miller, G. E., & Schulz, R. (2009). Cortisol secretion and functional disabilities in old age: Importance of using adaptive control strategies. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 996-1003.
• Wrosch, C., & Miller, G. E. (2009). Depressive symptoms can be useful: Self-regulatory and emotional benefits of dysphoric mood in adolescence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 1181-1190. DOI: 10.1037/a0015172
• *Bauer, I., & Wrosch, C. (2009). Il faut savoir quand s’arrêter: l’ajustement des buts pour le bien-être et la santé. Revue Québécoise de Psychologie, 30, 113-129.
• *Bauer, I., Wrosch, C., & Jobin, J. (2008). I’m better off than most other people: The role of social comparisons for coping with regret in young adulthood and old age. Psychology and Aging, 23, 800-811.
• Wrosch, C., Miller, G. E., Lupien, S., & Pruessner, J. C. (2008). Diurnal cortisol secretion and 2-year changes in older adults’ acute physical symptoms: The moderating roles of negative affect and sleep. Health Psychology, 27, 685-693. DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.27.6.685
• Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R. (2008). Health engagement control strategies and 2-year changes in older adults’ physical health. Psychological Science, 19, 537-541. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02120.x
• Miller, G. E., & Wrosch, C. (2007). You've gotta know when to fold'em: Goal disengagement and systemic inflammation in adolescence. Psychological Science, 18, 773-777.
• Wrosch, C., *Bauer, I., Miller, G. E., & Lupien, S. (2007). Regret intensity, diurnal cortisol secretion, and physical health in older individuals: Evidence for directional effects and protective factors. Psychology and Aging, 22, 319-330.
• Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., Miller, G. E., Lupien, S., & Dunne, E. (2007). Physical health problems, depressive mood, and cortisol secretion in old age: Buffer effects of health engagement control strategies. Health Psychology, 26, 341-349.
• Wrosch, C., Miller, G. E., Scheier, M. F., & Brun de Pontet, S. (2007). Giving up on unattainable goals: Benefits for health? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 251-265.
• *Brun de Pontet, S., Wrosch, C., & Gagne, M. (2007). An exploration of the generational differences in control held among family businesses approaching succession. Family Business Review, 20, 337-354.
• Wrosch, C., *Dunne, E., Scheier, M. F., & Schulz, R. (2006). Self-regulation of common age-related challenges: Benefits for older adults’ psychological and physical health. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 299-306.
• Scheier, M. F., Wrosch, C., Baum, A., Cohen, S., Martire, L. M., Matthews, K. A., Schulz, R., & Zdaniuk, B. (2006). The Life Engagement Test: Assessing purpose in life. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 291-298.
• Rasmussen, H. N., Wrosch, C., Scheier, M. F., & Carver, C. S. (2006). Self-regulation processes and health: The importance of optimism and goal adjustment. Journal of Personality, 74, 1721-1747.
• Wrosch, C., * Bauer, I., & Scheier, M. F. (2005). Regret and quality of life across the adult life span: The influence of disengagement and available future goals. Psychology and Aging, 20, 657-670.
• Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J. (2005). Health stresses and depressive symptomatology in the elderly. The importance of health engagement control strategies. In G. E. Miller & E. Chen (Eds.), Current Directions in Health Psychology, (pp. 105-111). New Jersey: Pearson.
• Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J. (2004). Health stresses and depressive symptomatology in the elderly. A control-process approach. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13, 17-20.
• Wrosch, C., Scheier, M. F., Miller, G. E., Schulz, R., & Carver, C. S. (2003). Adaptive self-regulation of unattainable goals: Goal disengagement, goal reengagement, and subjective well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1494-1508.
• Wrosch, C., Scheier, M. F., Carver, C. S., & Schulz, R. (2003). The importance of goal disengagement in adaptive self-regulation: When giving up is beneficial. Self and Identity, 2, 1-20.
  Wrosch, C., & Scheier, M. F. (2003). Personality and quality of life: The importance of optimism and goal adjustment. Quality of Life Research, 12, 59-72.
• Martire, L. M., Schulz, R., Wrosch, C., & Newsom, J. T. (2003). Perceptions and implications of received spousal care: Evidence from the Caregiver Health Effects Study. Psychology and Aging, 18, 593-601.
• Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J. (2002). Health stresses and depressive symptomatology in the elderly: The importance of health engagement control strategies. Health Psychology, 21, 340-348.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (2002). Perceived control of life regrets: Good for young and bad for old adults. Psychology and Aging, 17, 340-350.
• Wrosch, C. (2002). Towards an integrated developmental science: Social structuring, human agency, and historical change. Contemporary Psychology, 47, 51-53.
• Wrosch, C. (2002). Towards a positive psychology of human striving. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 26, 476-478.
• Wrosch, C., & Freund, A. M. (2001). Self-regulation of normative and non-normative developmental challenges. Human Development, 44, 264-283.
• Heckhausen, J., Wrosch, C., & Fleeson, W. (2001). Developmental regulation before and after a developmental deadline: The sample case of "biological clock" for childbearing. Psychology and Aging, 16, 400-413.
• Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., & Lachman, M. E. (2000). Primary and secondary control strategies for managing health and financial stress across adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 15, 387–399.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (1999). Control processes before and after passing a developmental deadline: Activation and deactivation of intimate relationship goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 415-427.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (1996). Adaptivität sozialer Vergleiche: Entwicklungsregulation durch primäre und sekundäre Kontrolle [Adaptiveness of social comparison processes: Developmental regulation via primary and secondary control]. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 28, 126-147.

Presentations

• Wrosch, C. (2019, March). Goal adjustment capacities, subjective well-being, and physical health. Invited Key Note Address, 16^th Annual Psychology, Health, & Medicine Conference, Ireland.
• Wrosch, C. (2019, January). Goal adjustment capacities, subjective well-being, and physical health. Invited colloquium, UQAM, Montreal, Canada.
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J. P. (2018, November). Goal disengagement capacities predict inflammatory cytokines (IL-6) among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. Oral presentation to be given at International Congress of Behavioral Medicine in San Tiago, Chile. 
• Barlow, M., & Wrosch, C. (2018, May). Differential effects of anger and sadness on systemic inflammation across older adulthood. Poster presented at the 30th APS Annual Convention in San Francisco, USA.
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Castonguay, A. L., & Sabiston, C. M. (2018, May). Cortisol variability and low-grade inflammation in breast cancer survivors: Protective effects of goal disengagement capacities. Oral presentation as part of Symposium “Self-regulatory benefits and antecedents of goal disengagement” at Association for Psychological Science Convention in San Francisco, CA. 
• Barlow, M., & Wrosch, C. (2018, March). Goal disengagement, relationship conflict, and cold symptoms in romantic couples: The moderating role of dyadic coping. Paper presented at the 19th SPSP Annual Convention in Atlanta, USA.
• Barlow, M., Wrosch, C., & McGrath, J. (2017, August). Goal Adjustment Capacities and Health: A Meta-Analysis. Paper presented at the 31st annual conference of the European Health Psychology Society in Padova, Italy.
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J. P. (2017, August). Self-compassion, age-related stressors, and cortisol secretion in older adulthood. Oral presentation at the 31st annual conference of the European Health Psychology Society in Padova, Italy.
• Barlow, M., & Wrosch, C. (2016, November). Stress experiences and depressive symptoms in Old age: Benefits of optimism and goal adjustment. Poster presented at the GSA's 69th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C. (2016, November). Purpose in Life and Stress-Related Increases in Older Adults’ Depression: A Within-Person Analysis. Poster presented at Gerontological Society of America's 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• Castonguay, A. L., Pila, E., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. M. (2016, June). A prospective investigation of motivational regulations as mediators in the relationship between body-related shame, guilt and physical activity in breast cancer survivors. Submitted for presentation at the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Conference, Montreal, QC. 
• Herriot, H., Wrosch, C., Gouin, J.P., & Miller, G. E. (2016, May). Cortisol Variability Predicts Chronic Inflammation Among Older Adults Six to Ten Years Later. Poster to be presented at Association for Psychological Science Convention, Chicago, IL.
• Liu, S.Y., & Wrosch, C. (2016, January). Self-compassion and Wellbeing in Older Adulthood. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Convention of The Society for Personality and Social Psychology in San Diego, USA.
• Barlow, M., & Wrosch, C. (2016, January). Sleep problems, goal disengagement and emotional well-being in romantic relationships: The mediating role of coping. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Convention of The Society for Personality and Social Psychology in San Diego, USA.
• Barlow, M., & Wrosch, C. (2015, November). Chronic illness in romantic relationships: Benefits of goal disengagement. Paper presented at the 68th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) in Orlando, USA.
• Amireault, S., Wrosch, C., Sabiston, C.M. (2015, October). Does Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Perceived Stress Mediated the Impact of Social Support on Depressive Symptoms among Breast Cancer Survivors? Poster presented at the Health and Human Sciences Fall Research Day, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.
•  Liu, S.Y., Wrosch, C., & Quesnel-Vallée, A. (2015, May). Self-esteem and self-reported health across the lifespan: A 16-year longitudinal analysis. Poster presented at the 27^th APS Annual Convention in New York City, USA.
• Faddoul, G., & Wrosch, C. (2015, May). Strain, Coping, and Depression Among Family Caregivers: A Multilevel Longitudinal Approach. Poster presented at the 27^th APS Annual Convention in New York City, USA.
• Castonguay, A. L., Pila, E., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. M. (2015, May). Body-related shame and guilt relate to low levels of physical activity in breast cancer survivors over time. Poster presented at the 27^th APS Annual Convention in New York City, USA.
• Barlow, M., Torok, S., & Wrosch, C. (2015, May). When your spouse is sick: Benefits of goal disengagement among romantic couples. Poster presented at the 27^th APS Annual Convention in New York City, USA.
• Fong, A. J., Scarapicchia, T. M. F., McDonough, M. H., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. M. (2015, April). Changes in social support quantity and quality differentially predict changes in emotional well-being among recently treated breast cancer survivors. Poster presentation at Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology 2015 Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada. 
• Barlow, M., & Wrosch, C. (2014, September). Chronic Illness and Loneliness in Older Adulthood:
The Role of Self-Protective Control Strategies. Paper presented at the CCRH Master’s Blitz.
• Liu, S.Y., & Wrosch, C. (2014, August). Self-esteem, diurnal cortisol, and daily health problems in older adulthood: An 8-year longitudinal analysis. Presented at the 13^th International Congress of Behavioural Medicine: Innovation in Behavioural Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Barlow, M., Wrosch, C. (2014, May). Buffering effects of health-related self-protection on older adults’ loneliness: An 8-year longitudinal analysis. Paper presented at the 26th APS Annual Convention in San Francisco, USA
• Howard, A. L., Barker, E. T., Galambos, N. L., & Wrosch, C. (2014, May). Stable and time-varying associations of positive and negative affect with academic success in university students. Paper presented at the Development 2014 Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• Castonguay, A. L., McGowan, E., Wrosch, C., & Sabiston, C. M. (2014, April). Coping with breast cancer and systemic inflammation: The roles of goal adjustment capacities and health-related self-protection. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
• Amireault, S., Wrosch, C., Sabiston, C.M. (2014, April). Goal Reengagement and Leisure-Time Physical Activity Jointly Contribute to the Well-Being of Breast Cancer Survivors. Poster presented at 1st Annual Montreal Postdoctoral Research Day, Montreal, Canada.
• West, C., Liu, S., & Wrosch, C. (2014, March). Coping Dynamics of Caregivers: An Examination of Coping Strategies of Recent and Long- Term Caregivers of Family Members with Mental illness. Poster presented at Le 36 Congrès annuel de la Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie, Montreal, Canada.
• Barker, E. T., Howard, A. L., & Wrosch, C. (2014, March). Associations of negative and positive affect with goal regulation in emerging adulthood. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.
• Liu, S.Y., Wrosch, C. (2014, Februrary). Self-esteem Change and Diurnal Cortisol Secretion in Older Adulthood. Paper presented at the Centre for Research in Human Development Conference: Successful Development, Montreal QC. 
• Barlow, M., Wrosch, C. (2014, February). The mediating role of depressive symptoms in the relation between self-protective strategies and changes in older adults’ functional disabilities. Paper presented at the Centre for Research in Human Development Conference: Successful Development, Montreal QC. 
• Wrosch, C. (2013, June). Goal adjustment capacities, well-being, and physical health. Invited presentation at the Social Personality Section of the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec City, Canada.
• Dentakos, S., Wrosch., C., & Aviram T. (2013, June). Who is to blame? Regret and bitterness as counterfactual emotions.  Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec City, Canada.
• Faaborg-Anderson, M., Hortop, E. G., & Wrosch, C. (2013, June). The effects of autonomous motivation towards the relationship on well-being and health in romantic couples. Poster session presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec City, Canada.
• Hortop, E. G., Porten, M. L., & Wrosch, C. (2013, June). Agree to Disagree: Interactive Effects of Romantic Partners Perceived Power on Conflict. Poster session presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec City, Canada.
• Liu, S., & Wrosch, C. (2013, June). Does stability in self-esteem buffer the effects of perceived stress on depression? Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec City, Canada.
• Barker, E.T., Howard, A. L., Galambos, N. L. & Wrosch, C. (2013, June). Balancing high positive and negative affect benefits academic performance in university students. Poster presented at the 74^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
• Hortop, E. G., & Wrosch, C. (2013, May). What’s mine is yours: Interactive effects of romantic partners’ perceived control and autonomous motivation on individual well-being. Poster session presentation at the 25^th Annual Convention of the Assocaition for Psychological Science, Washington, USA.
• Jobin, J., Chamandy, M. & Wrosch, C. (2013, May). Great expectations: Dispositional optimism, perceived stress and depressive symptoms across older adulthood. Poster session presentation at the 25^th Annual Convention of the Assocaition for Psychological Science, Washington, USA.
• Wrosch, C., Rueggeberg, R., & Hoppmann, C. A. (2013, May). Satisfaction with social support in older adulthood: The influence of social support changes and goal adjustment capacities. Presentation at the 25^th Annual Convention of the Assocaition for Psychological Science, Washington, USA.
• Liu, S., & Wrosch, C. (2013, March). Self-esteem and diurnal cortisol in older adults: A longitudinal analysis. Poster presented at American Psychosomatic Society – 71^st annual scientific meeting, Miami, FL. Recipient of the APS Young Scholar Award.
• Wrosch, C. (2012, May). The upside of quitting: Goal adjustment and quality of life across the life span. Invited colloquium. Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
• Jobin, J., & Wrosch, C. (2012, May). Percieved stress and cortisol secretion: The protective role of dispositional optimism. Presentation, APSSC Student Research Award Winner, 24^th Annual Convention of the Assocaition for Psychological Science, Chicago, USA.
• Hortop, E. G., Wrosch, C., & Gagne, M., (2012, May). Passing the torch: Effects of founder and successor motivation on subjective well-being in family businesses. Poster presented at the 24^th Annual Convention of the Assocaition for Psychological Science, Chicago, USA.
• Hortop, E. G., Wrosch, C., Gagné, M., & Aviram, T. (2012, January). Stress, Colds, and Motivation: Intrinsic Motivation Buffers the Effect of Perceived Stress on Cold Symptoms. Poster presented at the 13^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, USA.
• Aviram, T., Haase, C. M., Wrosch, C., Silbereisen, R. K. & Heckhausen, J. (2012, January). Moving on after a block in the road: Well-being as a resource for the capacity to engage with new goals. Poster presented at the 13^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, USA.
• Heckhausen, J., & Wrosch, C., (2011, November). Engagement and disengagement among older adults facing adaptation challenges. Symposium at the 64^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, USA.
• Wrosch, C., & Rueggeberg, R. (2011, November). Health-related control strategies predict psychological and biological benefits among lonely older adults. Paper presented at the 64^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, USA.
• Raccio, V., Jobin, J., & Wrosch, C. (2011, November). Subjective health and biological dysregulation in the context of physical illness in older adults. Poster presented at the 64^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, USA.
• Jobin, J., Wrosch, C., Pushlar, D., & Torok, S. (2011, November). Predicting longitudinal trajectories of self-rated health after retirement. The protective effects of social support and goal reengagement. Poster presented at the 64^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, USA.
• Farquhar, J. C., & Wrosch, C. (2011, November). Guided-writing as a strategy for targeting severe life regrets. Posted presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.
• Sabiston, C. M., & Wrosch, C. (2011, October). Goal adjustment capacities, physical activity and sedentary behavior, and emotional and physical health among breast cancer survivors. Paper presented at the International Society for Psycho-Oncology, Antalya, Turkey.
• Wrosch, C., Amir, E., & Miller, G. E. (2011, May). Goal adjustment, coping, and subjective well-being: Caregiving for a family member with mental illness. Paper presented at the 23^rd Annual Convention of the American Association of Psychological Science, Washington, USA.
• Wrosch, C., Rueggeberg, R., & Miller, G. E. (2011, May). Control and immune functioning in the elderly. Paper presented at the 23^rd Annual Convention of the American Association of Psychological Science, Washington, USA.
• Farquhar, J. C., Wrosch, C., & Stratton, N. (2011, May). Testing the impact of opportunity on the psychological features of severe regrets. Poster presentation at the inaugural conference of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Hortop, E. G., Wrosch, C., Gagne, M., & Aviram, T. (2011, January). Why and how of goal pursuits: Interactive effects of motivation and control on subjective well-being. Poster presented at the 12^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, USA.
• Aviram, T., & Wrosch, C. (2011, January). Managing life regrets through primary and secondary control: Affect and progress effects in young adulthood. Poster presented at the 12^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, USA.
• Farquhar, J. C., & Wrosch, C., Stratton, N., & Kacewicz, E. (2011, January). Leaving our regrets in the past tense: Linguistic analysis of regret-regulatory strategies. Poster presented at the 12^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, USA.
• Wrosch, C. (2010, December). Self-regulation of unattainable goals and quality of life. Invited colloquium. University of Zürich, Switzerland.
• Wrosch, C., & Rueggeberg, R., (2010, November). Sleep duration buffers diurnal cortisol increases in older adulthood. Paper presented at the 63^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, USA.
• Hortop, E. G., Wrosch, C., & Gagne, M. (2010, October). Why and how: Work motivation and control strategies in family business leaders and their successors. Poster to be presented at the Life History Research Society Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
• Brunet J., Sabiston C. M., & Wrosch C. (2010, June). Breast cancer survivors' goal adjustment processes: Associations with physical activity behavior and subjective well-being. Poster presented at the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Tucson, USA.
• Wrosch, C., & Dunne, E. (2010, May). Goal disengagement and depressive symptomatology in older adulthood. Presentation at the 3^rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Motivation, Boston, USA.
• Haase, C. M., Heckhausen, J., & Wrosch, C. (2010, May). Goal engagement, goal disengagement, and meta-regulation: Integrating three theories of motivation and life-span development. Presentation at the 3^rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Motivation, Boston, USA.
• Wrosch, C. (2010, April). Cortisol secretion and physical health in older adulthood. The importance of personality and behavioral factors. Invited talk at the Center for the Studies Behavioral in Neurobiology, Montreal, Canada.
• Farquhar, J. C., & Wrosch, C. (2010, January). Overcoming regret: The short-term impact of self-regulation strategies. Poster presented at the 11^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, USA.
• Wrosch, C. (2009, September). Coping with unattainable goals. Invited talk at Susan Folkman’s Festschrift retirement conference, San Francisco, USA.
• Aviram, T., & Wrosch, C. (2009, August). Longitudinal effects of self-regulation processes and goal purpose on physical health in older adulthood. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association 117^th Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Rueggeberg, R., Wrosch, C., & Amari, F. (2009, August). Understanding the critical role of alcohol consumption in the linkages between older adults' depressive symptoms, leisure activities, and physical health outcomes. Poster presented at the 117^th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Dunne, E., & Wrosch, C. (2009, July). The longitudinal associations between functional disabilities, goal adjustment capacities and depressive symptoms in older adults. Poster presented at the 19^th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris, France.
• Farquhar, J. C., Wrosch, C., & Pushkar, D., Li, K. (2009, July). Adaptive outcomes in retirement: A longitudinal study of activity engagement. Poster presented at the 19^th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris, France.
• Rueggeberg, R., Wrosch, C., & Amari, F. (2009, July). Dysfunctional alcohol consumption in the context of depressive symptoms, leisure activity, and 4-yr changes in physical health symptoms among elderly men. Poster presented at the 19^th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris, France.
• Aviram, T., & Wrosch, C. (2009, June). Quantity or quality: Implications of number versus purposefulness of goals on well-being in older adulthood. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association 70^th Annual Convention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Rueggeberg, R., Wrosch, C., & Amari, F. (2009, June). Investigating the impact of depressive symptoms and leisure activities on 4-yr changes in older adults' physical health. Poster presented at the 70^th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Aviram, T. & Wrosch, C. (2009, May). Having goals or having purpose? Implications for physical health in older age. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 21^st Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, USA.
• Rueggeberg, R., Wrosch, C., & Amari, F. (2009, May). Pathways to healthy aging: Investigating the association between depressive symptoms and physical activities on 4-yr changes in physical symptoms. Poster presented at the 21^st Annual Meeting of American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California, USA.
• Jobin, J., Wrosch, C., (2009, April). Psychological profiles predicting diurnal cortisol secretion in older adults. Paper presented at the 30^th Annual Meeting of the Behavioral Medicine Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Rueggeberg, R., Wrosch, C., Amari, F., & Sabiston, C. M. (2009, April). Pathways to healthy aging: Investigating the links between psychological factors, leisure activities and physical health outcomes. Poster presented at the 30^th Annual Meeting of the Behavioral Medicine Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Wrosch, C. (2009, April). Self-regulation of bitterness across the lifespan. Invited talk at the International Scientific Conference “Embitterment and Mental Disorders”, Berlin, Germany.
• Bauer, I., & Wrosch, C. (2008, August). From thinking you’re good to better than the rest: Increased reliance on downward social comparisons after the threat of regret among older adults. Poster presented at the 116th Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, USA.
• Aviram, T., & Wrosch, C. (2008 August). Goal adjustment, purpose, and quality of life in older adulthood. Poster presented at the 116^th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• Dunne, E., & Wrosch, C. (2008, August). Older adults’ emotional well-being: Long-term benefits of letting go. Poster presented at the 116^th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• Farquhar, J. C., Wrosch, C., & Pushkar, D. (2008, August). Longitudinal effects of life regrets on activity levels in recent retirees. Poster presented at the 116^th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• Jobin, J., & Wrosch, C. (2008, August). Affect, social support, and physical health in older adulthood. Poster presented at the 116th APA Annual Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Wrosch, C. (2008, July). Cortisol, negative affect, and physical health in old age. Paper presented at the 29^th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
• Wrosch, C., & Miller, G. E. (2008, July). Depression can be an adaptation: Benefits in the development of goal disengagement capacities in adolescence. Paper presented at the 29^th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
• Wrosch, C., Brun de Pontet, S., & Gagne, M. (2008, July). Goal adjustment and retirement among family business owners. Paper presented at the 20th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Wuerzburg, Germany. 
• Farquhar, J. C., Wrosch, C., & Pushkar, D. (2008, June). Longitudinal effects of life regret on recent retirees’ quality of life. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Aviram, T., & Wrosch, C. (2008, June). Successful aging: Predictors and outcomes of purpose in life. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Wrosch, C. (2008, May). Self-regulation and health in older adulthood. Invited Talk. College and University Retiree Associations of Canada, Montreal.
• Gagne, M., Brun de Pontet, S., & Wrosch, C. (2008, April). Subjective well-being among family business leaders nearing succession: The roles of goal adjustment and work motivation. Family Enterprise Research Conference 2008, Milwaukee, USA.
• Bauer, I., & Wrosch, C. (2008, February). Compensating for low opportunities throughout the adult lifespan: The protective role of downward social comparisons for coping with regrets. Poster presented at the conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
• Dunne, E., & Wrosch, C. (2008, February). Letting go: The long-term beneficial effects of goal adjustment capacities on older adults' depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
• Farquhar, J. C., Wrosch, C., & Pushkar, D. (2008, February). Life regrets and activity engagement in the early stages of retirement. Poster presentation at the 9^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
• Farquhar, J. C., Wrosch, C., & Pushkar, D. (2007, August). Regrets in retirees: Domain, activity, and quality of life. Poster presentation at the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California, USA.
• Bauer, I., & Wrosch, C. (2007, August). “It could have been worse”: The protective role of downward counterfactuals in the management of life regrets across adulthood. Poster presented at the 115th Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, USA.
• Wrosch, C. (2007, July). Self-regulation and physical health in old age. Invited presentation. Free University of Berlin, Germany.
• Farquhar, J. C., Wrosch, C., & Pushkar, D. (2007, June). Successful aging: The role of regret in the early stages of retirement. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• Farquhar, J. C., Wrosch, C., & Pushkar, D. (2007, April). When opportunity knocks: Regret and activity levels in recent retirees. Poster presentation at the McGill Division of Geriatric Medicine Research Day, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Wrosch, C. (2007, March). “You got to know when to fold ‘em” Goal disengagement and quality of life. Invited conference speaker, University of Ottawa.
• Farquhar, J. C., Wrosch, C., & Pushkar, D. (2007, January). The role of regret in the early stages of retirement. Poster presentation at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Centre for Research in Human Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Bauer, I., Jobin, J., & Wrosch, C. (2007, January). “I’m better off than most people my age”: The role of regret-related social comparisons in the management of life regrets in older adults. Poster session presented at the conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
• Dunne, E., & Wrosch, C. (2007, January). Goal adjustment capacities: Implications for older adults’ physical health and emotional well-being. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
• Brun de Pontet, S., Wrosch, C. & Gagne, M. (2006, October). Using psychology to help understand family business succession. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Family Firm Institute, San Fransisco, CA.
• Dunne, E., & Wrosch, C. (2006, October). Acute physical symptoms and negative affect in later life: The influence of social support. Poster presented at the Canadian Association of Gerontology Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Quebec City, QC.
• Wrosch, C., & Bauer, I. (2006, August). Self-regulation of regret and physical health in old age. Paper presented at the 114^th Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, USA.
• Bauer, I., & Wrosch, C. (2006, August). Disengagement through disclosure: Assessing the validity of an experimental intervention. Poster presented at the 114^th Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, USA.
• Brun de Pontet, S., Wrosch, C. & Gagne, M. (2006, August). Psychological variables contribute understanding to Family Business succession. Poster presented at the 114^th Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, USA.
• Dunne, E., Iannetta, C., & Wrosch, C. (2006, August). Physical health, depressive mood, and cortisol dysregulation in older adults. Poster presented at the 114^th Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, USA.
• Wrosch, C. (2006, May). Self-regulation of unattainable goals in adulthood and old age. Benefits for subjective well-being and physical health. Invited Keynote Address: The Sixth Conference on Psychology and Health, Kerkrade, Netherlands.
• Bauer, I., & Wrosch, C. (2006, March). Frequency of unattainable goals & subjective well-being in early and late adulthood.  Poster session presented at the 28e Congrès Annuel de la Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie (SQRP), Montreal, Canada.
• Bauer, I., & Wrosch, C. (2006, January). Management of life regrets in the elderly: Disengagement through disclosure. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Personality, Palm Springs, USA.
• Brun de Pontet, S., & Wrosch, C., Gagne, M. (2005, October). Building a foundation of family business succession knowledge: A role of psychological variables. Poster presented at the Family Firm International (FFI) conference, Chicago, USA.
• Burr, A., Pushkar, D., & Wrosch, C. (2005, October). What's important when: Personal values and goal adjustment in the transition from work to retirement. Poster presented at the 34^th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Halifax. Canada.
• Bauer, I., Light, R., Rezazadeh, S. M., & Wrosch, C. (2005, September). Life regrets in older adults: Disengagement through disclosure. Poster presented at the conference of the Canadian Coalition for Seniors‚ Mental Health, Ottawa, Canada.
• Dunne, E., & Wrosch, C. (2005, September). Regret in later life: Adaptive coping strategies, health, and psychological well-being. Poster presented at the conference of the Canadian Coalition for Seniors‚ Mental Health, Ottawa, Canada.
• Bauer, I., & Wrosch, C. (2005, June). Life regrets in older adults: disengagement through disclosure. Poster presented at the conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, Canada.
• Dunne, E., & Wrosch, C. (2005, June). Physical health symptoms and negative emotions in older adults: The effects of goal adjustment capacity across subsequent days. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, QC.
• Brun de Pontet, S., & Wrosch, C., Gagne, M. (2005, June). What facilitates family business transmission? The adaptive roles of goal adjustment and autonomous motivation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, QC.
• Brun de Pontet, S., & Wrosch, C., Gagne, M. (2005, May). What facilitates family business transmission? The adaptive roles of goal adjustment and autonomous motivation. Award presentation provided for Best Proposed Research Paper. Family Enterprise Research Conference, Seattle, USA.
• Wrosch, C., Dunne, E., Bauer, I. (2004, November). Health problems and emotional well-being in the elderly: Beneficial effects of goal adjustment capacities. Paper presented at the 57^th Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington.
• Wrosch, C., & Dunne, E. (2004, October). Effects of regret on health and well-being in the elderly. The importance of adaptive self-regulation. Paper presented at the 33^rd Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Victoria, Canada.
• Wrosch, C., & Bauer, I. (2004, July). Goal adjustment and well-being across the adult life span. Poster presented at the 18^th International Society of Behavioural Development, Ghent, Belgium.
• Bauer, I., & Wrosch, C. (2004, July). Unattainable goals and subjective well-being across adulthood. Poster presented at the 18^th International Society of Behavioural Development, Ghent, Belgium.
• Brun de Pontet, S., & Wrosch, C. (2004, June). Goal management and quality of life: The experience of entrepreneurs. Poster presented at the 65^th Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, St John’s, Canada.
• Dohnke, B., & Wrosch, C. (2004, March). Adaptive goal adjustment and depression in students. Poster presented at the VI. Kongress für Gesundheitspsychologie der DGPs, Leipzig, Germany.
• Wrosch, C., Bauer, I., & Scheier, M. F. (2003, August). Giving up on life regrets: Age effects on quality of life. Paper presented at the 111th Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
• Bauer, I., Wrosch, C., & Switzer, G., Dew, M., Cyranowski, J., & Kamani, N. (2003, August). Goal adjustment in Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) survivors. Poster presented at the 111th Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
• Schulz, R., Musa, D., Silverman, M., Heckhausen, J., & Wrosch, C. (2002, November). Black-white differences in OPS-health. Paper presented at the 55^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, USA.
• Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J. (2002, November). Health stresses and depressive symptomatology in the elderly: The importance of health engagement control strategies. Paper presented at the 55^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, USA.
• Switzer, G. E., Dew, M. A., Cyranowski, J., Wrosch, C., Kamani, N., Monteleone, D., & Goycoolea, J. M. (2002, September). A qualitative study of emotional and physical intimacy after stem cell transplantation. Paper presented at the annual International Transplant Nurses meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (2002, July). Perceived control of life regrets: Good for young and bad for old adults. Paper presented at the European Conference on Personality, Jena, Germany.
• Switzer, G. E., Dew, M. A., Cyranowski, J., Wrosch, C., Kamani, N., Monteleone, D., & Goycoolea, J. M. (2002, March). Emotional and physical intimacy after stem cell transplantation: A qualitative study. Paper presented at the Annual European Bone Marrow Transplantation meeting, Montreux, Switzerland.
• Martire, L. M., Schulz, R., Wrosch, C., & Newsom, J. T. (2001, November). The nature and implications of dissatisfaction with spousal care: the Caregiver Health Effects Study. Paper presented at the 54^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, USA.
• Heckhausen, J., Farruggia, S., Nagy, G., Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R. (2001, November). Cycles of goal engagement and disengagement when approaching and passing developmental deadlines. Paper presented at the 54^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, USA.
• Wrosch, C. (2001, August). The importance of self-regulated thoughts and behaviors for successful aging. Paper presented at the 109^th Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, USA.
• Wrosch, C., Miller, G. E., & Scheier, M. F. (2001, February). Goal disengagement, goal reengagement, and depression in parents of children with cancer. Paper presented at the 5^th Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine workshop, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
• Wrosch, C. (2000, October). Primary and secondary control strategies for managing health and financial stress across adulthood. Paper presented at the MIDMAC conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
• Schulz, R., Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (2000, October). The life-span theory of control: Issues and evidence. Paper presented at the Penn State Social Structure Conference, Penn State, USA.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (2000, August). Experiencing life regrets across adulthood: The role of control attributions. Paper presented at the 108^th Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, USA.
• Wrosch, C., & Scheier, M. F. (2000, February). Giving up unattainable goals: Relations to indicators of psychological health. Poster presented at the 4^th Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine workshop, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
• Wrosch, C. (1999, December). Application of Structural Equation Modeling in Social Sciences: Multiple Group Modeling. Invited colloquium: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
• Heckhausen, J., & Wrosch, C. (1999, September). Where to find the sweet grapes? A life-span developmental perspective on life regrets. Paper presented at the 13. Tagung Entwicklungspsychologie, Fribourg, Switzerland.
• Wrosch, C. (1999, March). Adaptive goal disengagement. Paper presented at the 41. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Leipzig, Germany.
• Wrosch, C., & Freund, A. M. (1998, September). Is the life course still normatively structured? Self-regulation of normative and nonnormative challenges for development. Paper presented at the 41. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychology, Dresden, Germany.
• Bredendiek, M., Heckhausen, J., Diewald, M., Huinink, J, & Wrosch, C. (1998, September). Family related control beliefs after German reunification. Paper presented at the 41. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Dresden, Germany.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (1998, August). Developmental regulation around developmental deadlines: Emotional effects of activating and deactivating partnership goals. Poster presented at the 106^th Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, USA.
• Schulz, R., Wrosch, C., Yee, J. L., Heckhausen, J., & Whitmer, R. (1998, June). Avoiding depression in late life. Using selective and compensatory control processes to manage physical illness and disability. Paper presented at the 15^th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Bern, Switzerland.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (1997, September). Developmental deadlines in the partnership domain: Impact of age-graded constraints on developmental processes of recently committed and separated individuals. Paper presented at the 12. Tagung Entwicklungspsychologie, Vienna, Austria.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (1997, August). Developmental deadlines in the partnership domain: Impact of age-graded constraints on processes of developmental regulation. Paper presented at the 105^th Convention of the APA, Chicago, USA.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (1996, September). Developmental regulation in the partnership domain. Primary and secondary control strategies of recently committed and separated persons. Paper presented at the 40. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, München, Germany.
• Heckhausen, J., & Wrosch, C. (1996, September). Developmental regulation in societal transitions of former East Germans: Cohort-differential effects. Paper presented at the 40. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, München, Germany.
• Heckhausen, J., & Wrosch, C. (1996, September). Developmental regulation in adulthood: Optimization in primary and secondary control. Paper presented at the 40. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, München, Germany.
• Wrosch, C., Heckhausen, J., Diewald, M., & Huinink, J. (1996, August). A cross-sectional profile of East German adults (ages 34-66): Action control beliefs and developmental regulation. Poster presented at the 14^th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Canada.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (1995, October). Social comparisons as developmental strategies throughout adulthood. Poster presented at the 48^th Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Los Angeles, USA.
• Wrosch, C., & Heckhausen, J. (1995, September). Social comparisons as developmental processes across the life course. Poster presented at the 12. Tagung Entwicklungspsychologie, Leipzig, Germany.
• Heckhausen, J., Wrosch, C., Huinink, J., & Diewald, M. (1995, April). Control strategies, developmental goals, and self-esteem of East German adults. Paper presented at the 27. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Germany.