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Michael Bender

Michael Bender

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  • Prof. Cobbenhagenlaan 225, Simon Building, room S 421

    5037 DB Tilburg

    Netherlands

20022026

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Research interests

My work connects personality motivation (implicit and explicit), autobiographical memory, and cross-cultural psychology (e.g., acculturation, biculturalism).

One exemplary question that arises from this link is: Why do people talk differently about their lives in different cultural contexts, and what purposes does this serve? Drawing on an evolutionary, developmental approach to explain cultural variance, I am interested in finding out how such differences and similarities across cultural contexts can inform a more universal, cross-cultural perspective on psychology.

Teaching

Education

2006.09 - PhD / University of Osnabrück, Germany

2003.10 - M.A. / Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

Career

2010.09 - / Assistant Professor, Tilburg University

2008.08 - 2010.08 / Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow , Tilburg University

2013.11 / 2012.11 / 2011.11 / 2010.06 / 2009.08 / 2008.11-12 / 2008.05-06 Visiting Fellow, City University of Hong Kong

2006.09 - 2008.05 / Postdoctoral Fellow, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, USA

2004.01 - 2006.08 / Research Associate, University of Osnabrück, Germany

2003.10 - 2003.12 / Research Associate, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

PhD supervision

Supervision of Postdoctoral Projects

Tausová, J. (2016-). The relationship between dispositional resources and acculturation trajectories while adjusting to life abroad.

 

PhD Supervision / PhD committees

Ghazzawi, R. (2016-). Dispositional antecedents of Jobcrafting in cross-cultural comparison. [working title]

Sari, T. (2013-). Contextualization of the role of bilingualism and parental cultural maintenance behavior for well-being and ethnic identity among teenagers. [working title]

Tavitian. Lucy (2013-). Acculturation and Autobiographical memories across contexts and immigrant groups: Why and where we reminisce! [working title]

Aydinli, A. (2010-2016). It?s More Than You Can Tell: The Implicit Side of Helping. [now Assistant Professor Bahçe?ehir University, ?stanbul, Turkey]

 

Celenk, Ozgur (2009-2013). ?You and I?: Does it mean the same across cultures? Dynamics of couple relationships in Turkey and the Netherlands.

Dimitrova, R. (2009-2013). Does your identity make you happy? Collective identifications and acculturation of youth in post-communist Europe. [now Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden]

Current courses

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  4. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  5. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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  • Depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescents across 30 countries: Cross-national measurement invariance and relationships with subjective well-being

    Jovanović, V., Adams, S., Aritio-Solana, R., Aryanto, C. B., Avsec, A., Bakhshi, A., Baldassarre, M., Bender, M., Berjot, S., Zambrano, S. B., Brajša-Žganec, A., Broche-Pérez, Y., Buzea, C., Cabello, R., Cassibba, R., Cavazos-Arroyo, J., Daemi, F., Díaz-Guerra, D. D., Džida, M. & Eidelsburger, M. & 55 others, Fernández-Berrocal, P., Fernández-Castillo, E., Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Frackowiak, T., Freire, T., Gavrilov-Jerković, V., Gjoneska, B., Guerrero-Alcedo, J., Hillekens, J., Höfer, S., Hossain, M. J., Iqbal, N., Jámbori, S., Joshanloo, M., Lipovčan, L. K., Kavčič, T., Kowal, M., Taseva, M. K., Kuan, S. I., Lazić, M., Mahmud, T., Manrique-Millones, D., Misiak, M., Musso, P., Obradović, V., Ortuño-Sierra, J., Orzea, I., Özaslan, A., Park, J., Pašić, M., Valickienė, R. P., Puente-Díaz, R., Puerta-Sierra, L., Dimitrovska, G. R., Roberts, S. C., Ronauli, P. T., Savahl, S., Serapinas, D., Sorokowska, A., Sorokowski, P., Sulejmanović, D., Sultana, M. S., Szél, E., Šakan, D., Tilga, H., Tomašević, A., Tong, K. K., Unanue, W., Unanue, J., van Egmond, M., Yıldırım, M., Yuen, S. M., Kocjan, G. Z., Zamarian, L. & Zotović-Kostić, M., Aug 2026, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 406, 121693.

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  • Adolescent self‐construal across cultures: Measurement invariance of the aspects of identity questionnaire‐IV in 30 countries

    Jovanović, V., Adams, S., Banna, M. H. A., Aritio‐Solana, R., Aryanto, C. B., Avsec, A., Bakhshi, A., Bender, M., Berjot, S., Zambrano, S. B., Brajša‐Žganec, A., Broche‐Pérez, Y., Buzea, C., Cabello, R., Carreca, V., Cassibba, R., Cavazos‐Arroyo, J., Daemi, F., Díaz‐Guerra, D. D. & Džida, M. & 55 others, Eidelsburger, M., Fernández‐Berrocal, P., Fernández‐Castillo, E., Fonseca‐Pedrero, E., Frackowiak, T., Freire, T., Gavrilov‐Jerković, V., Gjoneska, B., Guerrero‐Alcedo, J., Hillekens, J., Höfer, S., Kabir, M. H., Iqbal, N., Jámbori, S., Joshanloo, M., Lipovčan, L. K., Kavčič, T., Kowal, M., Taseva, M. K., Tong, K. K., Lazić, M., Manrique‐Millones, D., Misiak, M., Musso, P., Obradović, V., Sierra, J. O., Orzea, I., Özaslan, A., Park, J., Pašić, M., Valickienė, R. P., Puente-Díaz, R., Puerta-Sierra, L., Ristevska Dimitrovska, G., Roberts, S. C., Ronauli, P. T., Savahl, S., Serapinas, D., Sok Ian Kuan, Sorokowska, A., Sorokowski, P., Sulejmanović, D., Sultana, M. S., Sze Man Yuen, Szél, E., Šakan, D., Tilga, H., Tomašević, A., Unanue, W., Unanue, J., van Egmond, M., Yıldırım, M., Zager Kocjan, G., Zamarian, L. & Zotović-Kostić, M., Jun 2025, In: Journal of Research on Adolescence. 35, 2, 18 p., e70017.

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  • Positive and negative emotional experiences in adolescents across 32 countries: Cross-national and gender differences

    Jovanović, V., Adams, S., Aritio-Solana, R., Aryanto, C. B., Avsec, A., Bakhshi, A., Bender, M., Berjot, S., Betancourth Zambrano, S., Brajša-Žganec, A., Broche-Pérez, Y., Buzea, C., Cabello, R., Cassibba, R., Cavazos-Arroyo, J., Daemi, F., Diaz-Guerra, D. D., Dzida, M., Eidelsburger, M. & Fernandez-Berrocal, P. & 55 others, Fernández-Castillo, E., Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Frackowiak, T., Freire, T., Gavrilov-Jerkovic, V., Gjoneska, B., Guerrero-Alcedo, J., Hossain, M. J., Hillekens, J., Höfer, S., Mahmud, T., Iqbal, N., Jámbori, S., Joshanloo, M., Lipovcan, L. K., Kavcic, T., Kowal, M., Taseva, M. K., Tong, K. K., Lazic, M., Manrique-Millones, D., Mariano, A., Misiak, M., Musso, P., Obradovic, V., Ortuno Sierra, J., Orzea, I., Özaslan, A., Park, J., Pašić, M., Valickiene, R. P., Puente-Díaz, R., Puerta-Sierra, L., Dimitrovska, G. R., Roberts, S. C., Ronauli, P. T., Savahl, S., Serapinas, D., Kuan, S. I., Sorokowska, A., Sorokowski, P., Sulejmanovic, D., Sultana, M. S., Yuen, S. M., Szél, E., Šakan, D., Tilga, H., Tomašević, A., Unanue, W., Unanue, J., van Egmond, M., Yıldırım, M., Kocjan, G. Z., Zamarian, L. & Zotović-Kostić, M., 22 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Research in Quality of Life. 27 p.

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  • The (mis)measure of misbehavior: Cross-national invariance of the youth externalizing -roblems screener across 32 countries

    Lazić, M., Adams, S., Aritio-Solana, R., Aryanto, C. B., Avsec, A., Bakhshi, A., Bender, M., Berjot, S., Zambrano, S. B., Brajša-Žganec, A., Broche-Pérez, Y., Buzea, C., Cabello, R., Carreca, V., Cassibba, R., Cavazos-Arroyo, J., Daemi, F., Díaz-Guerra, D. D., Džida, M. & Eidelsburger, M. & 55 others, Fernández-Berrocal, P., Fernández-Castillo, E., Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Frackowiak, T., Freire, T., Gavrilov-Jerković, V., Gjoneska, B., Guerrero-Alcedo, J., Hossain, M. J., Hillekens, J., Höfer, S., Mahmud, T., Iqbal, N., Jámbori, S., Joshanloo, M., Lipovčan, L. K., Kavčič, T., Kowal, M., Taseva, M. K., Tong, K. K., Manrique-Millones, D., Misiak, M., Musso, P., Obradović, V., Ortuño-Sierra, J., Orzea, I., Özaslan, A., Park, J., Pašić, M., Valickienė, R. P., Puente-Díaz, R., Puerta-Sierra, L., Ristevska Dimitrovska, G., Roberts, S. C., Ronauli, P. T., Savahl, S., Serapinas, D., Ian Kuan, S., Sorokowska, A., Sorokowski, P., Sulejmanović, D., Sultana, M. S., Yuen, S. M., Szél, E., Šakan, D., Tilga, H., Tomašević, A., Unanue, W., Unanue, J., van Egmond, M., Yıldırım, M., Kocjan, G. Z., Zamarian, L., Zotović-Kostić, M. & Jovanović, V., 7 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Development and Psychopathology. 14 p.

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  • Up for the challenge: Power motive congruence drives nurses to craft their jobs and experience well-being

    Ghazzawi, R., Chasiotis, A., Bender, M., Daouk-Öyry, L. & Baumann, N., 2024, In: PLOS ONE. 19, 10, 17 p., e0310717.

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