Experts & Expertise

• Acculturation
• Cross-cultural psychology
• Developmental psychology

2012 SRCD (Society for Research in Child Development) Dissertation Funding Award, Identity and Well-Being of Minority Adolescents in a Post-Communist Context

Dimitrova, R., Chasiotis, A., Bender, M., van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Tair, E. (2012). Ethnic and religious identity of mainstream and minority adolescents in Bulgaria. In Saroglou, V., & Lonner, W. (Chairs). Religion, culture, and acculturation: From social mind to well-being. Paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) Stellenbosch, South Africa

Dimitrova, R., Chasiotis, A., Bender, M., van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Tair, E. (2012). Ethnic identity and acculturation of minority adolescents in Bulgaria. In Chasiotis, A., & Dimitrova, R. (Chairs). Acculturation of minority youth across cultures. Paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) Stellenbosch, South Africa

Dimitrova, R., & Chasiotis, A., (2012). Parent-child relationships in family drawings of Dutch and Bulgarian children. In Keller, H., & Gerhardt, A. (Chairs). Cultural perspectives on children's drawings. Paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) Stellenbosch, South Africa

Dimitrova, R., Chasiotis, A., Bender, M., van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Tair, E. (2012). Psychological well-being of Turkish-Bulgarian and Muslim-Bulgarian youth: The influence of ethnic, familial and religious identity. Paper presented at the Themed Meeting on Positive Development of Minority Children of the Society for Research in Child Development, (SRCD) Tampa, USA

Dimitrova, R., Chasiotis, A., Bender, M., van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Tair, E. (2012). Ethnic, familial and religious identity in minority and mainstream Bulgarian Youth: Differences in salience and relations to psychological well-being. Invited talk at the Centre for Psychology of Religion, UCLouvain,  Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Dimitrova, R., Chasiotis, A., Bender, M., van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Tair, E. (2012). Psychological well-being of Turkish-Bulgarian and Muslim-Bulgarian youth: The influence of ethnic, familial and religious identity. Paper presented at the Themed Meeting on Positive Development of Minority Children of the Society for Research in Child Development, (SRCD) Tampa, USA

APA (American Psychological Association)  

SRCD (Society of Research in Child Development)

SRA (Society for Research on Adolescence)

EADP (European Association of Developmental Psychology)

IACCP (International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology)  

Member of the Emerging Scholars Committee for the Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD)

Member of the European Network on Romani Studies, European Union

SRA (Society for Research on Adolescence) Study Group Committee

Secretary of ERU (Early Researchers Union), EADP

Member of the Student and Early Career Council (SECC) at the SRCD

Representative of SECC Ethnic and Racial Issues Committee at SRCD