Martin Tomasik

Fellowship duration: October 2008 - September 2010

Dr. Martin Tomasik joined the PATHWAYS Programme in October 2008, based at the University of Jena. He completed his MA in psychology at the Free University, Berlin, Germany in 2004 and his PhD in 2008 at the University of Jena. Since 2004 he has been a research associate at the Collaborative Research Centre 580, at the University of Jena, in the subproject "Individual and Social Resources for Coping with Social Change" Martin has collaborated in research projects at the Free University, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and the German Centre of Gerontology. His research interest comprise: social change and human development, motivational aspects of developmental psychology, life-span theory of control, aging-related cognitions, and quantitative methods of developmental science.
Martin has published 11 articles in peer reviewed journals (3 as first author) and 5 book chapters (3 as first author). He presented results of his research the 11th European Congress of Psychology in Oslo, Norway (July 7-10, 2009) and the European Conference on Developmental Psychology in Vilnius, Lithuania (August 18-22, 2009).

Publications

Papers

Tomasik, M. J., Silbereisen, R. K., & Pinquart, M. (2010). Individuals Negotiating Demands of Social and Economic Change A Control-Theoretical Approach. European Psychologist, 15(4), 246-259.

Tomasik, M. J., Silbereisen, R. K., & Heckhausen, J. (2010). Is it adaptive to disengage from demands of social change? Adjustment to developmental barriers in opportunity-deprived regions. Motivation and Emotion, 34, 384-398.

Silbereisen, R. K., & Tomasik, M. J. (2010). Human behaviour in response to social change: A guide for the special section. European Psychologist,15, 243-245.
Schindler, I., & Tomasik, M. J. (2010). Life choices well made: How control strategies relate to partner and career decision processes. Motivation and Emotion, 34, 168-183.

Silbereisen, R. K., & Tomasik, M. J. (2010). Development as action in changing contexts: Perspectives from six countries. Historical Social Research, 35, 57-75.

Wurm, S., Tomasik, M. J., & Tesch-Römer, C. (2010). On the importance of a positive view on aging for physical activity among older adults: Cross-sectional and longitudinal findings. Psychology and Health, 25, 25-42.

Tomasik, M. J., & Silbereisen, R. K. (2009). Demands of social change as a function of the political context, institutional filters, and psychosocial resources. Social Indicators Research, 94, 13-28.

Tomasik, M. J., Hardy, S. A., Haase, C. M., & Heckhausen, J. (2009). Adaptive adjustment of vocational aspirations among German youths during the transition from school to work. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 74, 38-46.

Tomasik, M. J., Silbereisen, R. K., & Heckhausen, J. (2008). Adaptive disengagement from unattainable demands in adulthood: The concept of developmental barriers. International Journal of Psychology, 43(3-4), 813-813.

Silbereisen, R. K., & Tomasik, M. J. (2008). Berlin-Warsaw-Jena: A Journey with Glen H. Elder Through Sites of Social Change. Research in Human Development, 5(4), 244-258.

Tomasik, M. J., & Salmela-Aro, K. (in press). Knowing when to let go at the entrance to university: Beneficial effects of compensatory secondary control after failure. Motivation and Emotion.

Tomasik. M. J., & Silbereisen, R. K. (in press). Social change and adolescent developmental tasks: The case of post-communist Europe. Child Development Research.

Tomasik. M. J., & Silbereisen, R. K. (in press). Beneficial effects of disengagement from futile struggles with occupational planning. Developmental Psychology.

Book Chapters

Tomasik, M. J., & Silbereisen, R. K. (2011). Adolescence and globalization. In B. B. Brown & M. Prinstein (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of adolescence (Vol 2., pp. 109-118). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Silbereisen, R. K., & Tomasik, M. J. (2011). Psychosocial functioning in the context of social, economic, and political change. In X. Chen & K. H. Rubin (Eds.), Socioemotional development in cultural context (pp. 305-331) New York: Guilford Press.

Silbereisen, R. K., Pinquart, M., & Tomasik, M. J. (2010). Demands of social change and psychosocial adjustment: Results from the Jena study. In R. K. Silbereisen & X. Chen (Eds.), Social change and human development: Concepts and results (pp. 125-147). London: Sage Publications.

Special Sections

Silbereisen, R. K., & Tomasik, M. J. (Eds.). (2010). Changing contexts - changing individuals: Psychological approaches to social, economic, and political change. [Special section]. European Psychologist, 15(4).

Silbereisen, R. K., & Tomasik, M. J. (Eds.). (2010). Transitions – transformations: Trajectories of social, economic and political change after communism. Personality development and social change [Special section]. Historical Social Research, 35(2).

Reports

Silbereisen, R. K., & Tomasik, M. J. (2011). Mapping demands of social change (LLAKES Research Paper No. 21). London: Institute of Education.

Tomasik, M. J. (2010). Developmental barriers and the benefits of disengagement. Berlin, Germany: Logos.

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