Lea Mörsdorf

LIFE Fellow from 2016 to 2020, University of Zurich

Dr. phil.

Dissertation completed in August 2020

Investigating Goal Focus Across the Lifespan: Insights, Challenges, and the Unknown

(Advisors: Moritz Daum & Alexandra M. Freund)

Selected Publications

Moersdorf, L., Freund, A. M., & Daum, M. M. (2023). What do you focus on? An investigation of goal focus from childhood to old age. Psychological Research, 87(7), 2120–2137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-023-01804-0

Moersdorf, L., Daum, M. M., & Freund, A. M. (2022). For whom is the path the goal? A lifespan perspective on the development of goal focus. Collabra: Psychology, 8(1): Article 31603. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.31603

Moersdorf, L., Freund, A. M., & Daum, M. M. (2022). Spelling out some unaddressed conceptual and methodological challenges in empirical lifespan research. Acta Psychologica, 226, Article 103585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103585