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Coping Behavior of Convicted Individuals: On the Potential of Social Identity Theory — April 6

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On April 6, 2026, a meeting of the “Co-Authored Reading” reading club will take place as part of the “Science in Publications” series. The topic of the meeting is “Coping Behavior of Convicted Individuals: On the Potential of Social Identity Theory”.

The discussion will focus on how social identity theory helps to understand the mechanisms of adaptation to stress among convicted individuals in correctional facilities. Encountering the penitentiary environment activates the search for significant groups, and if identification is formed with criminally oriented communities, this affects the logic of coping behavior. Such features of stress-coping strategies negatively affect subsequent resocialization and create barriers to rehabilitation.

The webinar is primarily intended for psychologists, educational psychologists, employees of the penal system, and specialists in the field of post-penitentiary probation.

Speakers:

Inna B. Bovina, Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Professor, Department of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Faculty of Legal Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia

Daria V. Melnikova, Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Faculty of Legal Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia

Materials for preliminary reading:

  1. Melnikova, D.V., Bovina, I.B., Debolsky, M.G. (2025). Coping behavior of convicted individuals: On the potential of social identity theory. Psychology and Law, 15(1), 140–157. https://doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2025150110

For inquiries regarding the meeting, please contact Anna V. Shekhorina, shehorinaav@mgppu.ru.

Date and time: April 6, 2026 (Monday), 15:00 (Moscow time). Format: online via the MTC Link platform.

The meeting is held with the support of the MSUPE Boiling Point.

Pre-registration via the Leader ID platform is required to participate.

The curator of the “Co-Authored Reading” reading club is Anna A. Shvedovskaya, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Head of the Department of Information and Publishing Projects, Associate Professor, Department of Developmental Psychology named after L.F. Obukhova, Faculty of Psychology of Education, MSUPE.

Calendar of webinars and meetings of the “Science in Publications” project for 2026