Cigdem Kagitcibasi (1940-2017)

• Published in: The American psychologist Vol. 73; no. 1; p. 98
• Main Authors: Aycan, Zeynep, Cemalcilar, Zeynep
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Psychological Association 01-01-2018
• Subjects: Applied psychology; Applied research; Autonomy; Childbirth & labor; Cross Cultural Psychology; Deaths; Family; Female; Founders; Human; Human Development; Kagitcibasi, Cigdem; Psychologists; Scientists; Self-Concept; Social change; Sociocultural Factors; Theories
• ISSN: 0003-066X; 1935-990X
• DOI: 10.1037/amp0000164

Presents an obituary for Cigdem Kagitcibasi. Kagitcibasi is considered one of the founders of cross-cultural psychology. Her theoretical and applied research focused on human development in socio-cultural context, leading her to question the applicability of mainstream psychology to the majority (non-Western) world. Her emphasis on culture, social change, and the family as important aspects of the context of human development gave birth to Family Change Theory and the Theory of Autonomous-Related Self. Kagitcibasi was the first female president of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, the vice president of the International Union of Psychological Science and the International Social Science Council. (PsycINFO Database Record