Human Development in Times of Social Change: Theoretical Considerations and Research Needs

Autor/inn/en	Pinquart, Martin; Silbereisen, Rainer K.
Titel	Human Development in Times of Social Change: Theoretical Considerations and Research Needs
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28 (2004) 4, S.289-298 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1080/01650250344000406
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Context Effect; Social Change; Individual Development; Personality Theories; Psychology; Research Needs; Coping; Adjustment (to Environment); Cohort Analysis; Europe; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sozialer Wandel; Individuelle Entwicklung; Personality theory; Persönlichkeitstheorie; Psychologie; Forschungsbedarf; Bewältigung; Kohortenanalyse; Europa; Deutschland
Abstract	Although social change is diverse and ubiquitous, there is to date little research on the impact of social change on individual development, nor on the variables that may mediate and moderate this impact. This lack is, in part, based on insufficient consideration of psychological theories that may be applied to social change, but particularly on the lack of specific theories on psychological consequences of social change. In addition, methodological problems in measuring the complexity of social change have limited research on the consequences of social change on human development. With a focus on the effects of the breakdown of the communist system in Eastern Germany and Eastern Europe on individual development, the present paper analyses how prominent psychological theories can be applied to research on human development in times of social change, namely, Bronfenbrenner's ecological paradigm, the transactional stress theory, and recent developments of lifespan theories of control and coping. A behavioural model is introduced that analyses developmental consequences of individual's coping with social change. Finally, we discuss methodological implications for studying social change and set out future research needs. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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