Chumicheva, I. V. Basic Areas of Modern Researches of Teenage Socialization and Identity (Analysis of Psychological Thesis Researches Written Since 1999 Till 2013)

Abstract: The purpose of the present article is to analyze thesis researches on psychology defended in the Russian Federation and touching upon the problems of teenage identity formation and socialization processes. The article contains the results of the analysis of thesis researches of students seeking for Doctor’s and PhD degrees in all psychological majors during 1999 – 2013 that are presented in the e-catalog of thesis researches at Russian State Library. Thesis researches have been selected based on their titles, subjects and objects of researches. The framework of thesis analysis involves quantitative analysis of thesis researches that are aimed at studying identity and socialization, then selection of thesis studying the aforesaid phenomena and summarizing the number of researches performed on groups of teenagers. Qualitative analysis discovered the basic majors most of the theses had been defended in and provided a brief description of these researches. The analysis of thesis researches have allowed to define the basic areas and trends in psychological practice related to studying the relationship between identity and socialization of teenagers in Russian psychology over the past 15 years. The results of research present the basic theoretical approaches and practical methods of experimental and empiric researches of the relationship between teenage identity and socialization process.

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