Biography

Figen Çok’s research interests are basically psychosocial development in adolescence, identity formation and transition to adulthood and she carried out various research projects with various sources. She has journal articles, book chapters and books in Turkish and English. She is the president of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA).

2-005 - Identity Formation: Innovative Findings from Europe

Session Type: Invited Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Knowledge on the course of development in adolescent identity formation is increasing rapidly. However, relatively little is known about how this change comes about. It has often been proposed that changes in identity formation come about in daily life and that emotions play a key role in the identity formation process. However, there is little empirical evidence supporting this claim. In addition, the studies that are available tend to examine between-person associations, which could, for example, indicate that individuals with higher levels of commitment tend to report a better mood. For that purpose, within-approaches are needed. Process of identity formation might work very differently for different people. Three different papers based on identity formation of Turkish, Belgium and Dutch contexts will be presented and discussed under the ligth of new theoretical and methodological advancements.

Sub Unit

• SRA Invited Program and Special Events

Chair

• Figen Cok, TED University, Turkey

Individual Presentations

• Identity Statuses and Pychosocial Functioning in Turkish Youth - Presenting Author: Figen Cok, TED University, Turkey; Ümit Morsünbül, Aksaray University, Turkey

• Testing Erikson’s Ideas About a Negative Identity: Longitudinal Associations Between Identity Formation Processes and Oppositional Defiance - Presenting Author: Wim Beyers, Ghent University, Belgium; Bart Soenens, Ghent University; Stijn van Petegem, University of Lausanne,Switzerland; Koen Luyckx, KU Leuven

• Short-Term Dynamics of Adolescent Identity Formation and Mood: A Within-Person Approach - Presenting Author: Theo Klimstra, Tilburg University, The Netherlands; Peter Kuppens, KU Leuven, Belgium; Koen Luyckx, KU Leuven; Susan Branje, Utrecht University; William Wallace Hale III, Utrecht University; Annerieke Oosterwegel, Utrecht University; Hans M. Koot, VU University Amsterdam; Wim Meeus, Utrecht University