Anna Stetsenko's Publications:
Articles in Journals

Stetsenko, A. (in press). Agency and society: Lessons from the study of social change. Guest commentary article to appear in International Journal of Psychology; Special Issue on Agency and Social Change (guest editor R. Silbereisen).

Vianna, E., & Stetsenko, A. (2006). Embracing History through transforming it: Contrasting Piagetian versus Vygotskian (Activity) theories of learning and development to expand constructivism within a dialectical view of history. Theory and Psychology (Special Issue on Activity Theory; guest editor - Lois Holzman), Vol. 16, 1, pp. 81-108.

Stetsenko, A. (2005). Activity as object-related: Resolving the dichotomy of individual and collective types of activity. Mind, Culture, and Activity (Special Issue on the principle of object-relatedness, guest editors V. Kaptelinin and R. Miettinen), Vol. 12 (1), 70-88.

Stetsenko, A., & Arievitch, I. (2004). Vygotskian collaborative project of social transformation: History, politics, and practice in knowledge construction. International Journal of Critical Psychology, 12 (4), 58-80.


Stetsenko, A. (2004). Perspektivi teorii dejatelnosti v svete sovremennih tendentsij v psihologii [Perspectives of activity theory in the context of today's psychology]. Vestnik MGU, Psychology Series, January-March, pp. 23-39.

Stetsenko, A., & Arievitch, I. (2004). The self in cultural-historical activity theory: Reclaiming the unity of social and individual dimensions of human development. Theory and Psychology, 14 (4), 475-503.


Stetsenko, A. (2003). Alexander Luria and the cultural-historical activity theory: Pieces for the history of an outstanding collaborative project in psychology. Review of E. D. Homskaya (2001), Alexander Romanovich Luria: A scientific biography. Mind, Culture, and Acitivity, 10 (1), pp. 93-97.

Stetsenko, A. (2002). The illusive nature of social change: Whence is a change and how it relates to human development? Review of Lisa J. Crockett and Rainer K. Silbereisen (2000) (Eds.), Negotiating adolescence in times of social change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Contemporary Psychology, 47 (2), 151-153.

Arievitch, I. M. & Stetsenko, A. (2000). Development through learning: Galperin's contribution. Human Development, 43, 69-93.

Stetsenko, A., Little, T., Gordeeva, T., Grasshof, M., & Oettingen, G. (2000). Gender effects in children's beliefs about school: A cross-cultural study. Child Development, 73, pp. 517-527.
[reproduced in Michele A. Paludi (Ed), Human Development in Multicultural Contexts: A Book of Readings, 2002 ].


Stetsenko, A. (2000). Adolescent girls and gender issues in Russia. Society for Research on Adolescence Newsletter, Spring issue, 4-10.

Little, T. D., Stetsenko, A., & Maier, H. (1999). Action-control beliefs and school performance: A longitudinal study of Moscow children and adolescents. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 23, 799-823.

Stetsenko, A., & Arievitch, I. (1997). Constructing and deconstructing the self: Comparing post-Vygotskian and discourse-based versions of social constructivism. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 4, 160-173.

Stetsenko, A. (1997). The role of the principle of object-relatedness in the theory of activity. Journal of Russian and East European Psychology. Special Issue: The Legacy of A. N. Leont'ev, 33, 25-39.

Stetsenko, A. (1997). The notes on L.S. Vygotsky's popularity in Western universities. Voprosi Psychologii [Russian Journal of Psychological Issues], January-February, 107-109.

Stetsenko, A., Little, T. D., Oettingen, G., & Baltes, P. B. (1997). Razvitije predstavlenij o shkolnoj dejatelnosti u detej: Kross-kulturnoe issledovanije [Development of children's conceptions about school performance: A cross-cultural study]. Voprosi Psihologii [Russian Journal of Psychological Issues], 6, 3-25.

Grob, A., Little, T. D., Wanner, B., Wearing, A. J., & Stetsenko, A. (Euronet) (1996). Adolescents' well-being and perceived control across fourteen sociocultural contexts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 785-795.

Stetsenko, A., Little, T., Oettingen, G., & Baltes, P. B. (1995). Control, agency and means-ends beliefs about school performance in Moscow children: How similar are they to beliefs of Western children? Developmental Psychology, 31, 285-299.

Little, T. D., Oettingen, G., Stetsenko, A., & Baltes, P. B. (1995). Children's action-control beliefs and school performance: How do American children compare with German and Russian children? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 686-700.

Stetsenko, A. (1995). Review of the Defectology and mental deficiency by Lev S. Vygotsky (in French). Swiss Journal of Psychology, 54 (4), 305-305, 1995.

Stetsenko, A. (1993). Vygotsky: Reflections on the reception and further development of his thought. Multidisciplinary Newsletter for Activity Theory, 13/14, 38-45.

Stetsenko, A. (1990). O roli i statuse metodologicheskogo znanija v sovremennoj Sovetskoj psihologii [The role and status of methodological knowledge in modern Soviet psychology]. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta: Serija Psihologii [Journal of Moscow State University: Psychological Series], 2, 39-49.

Stetsenko, A. (1989). The concept of an "Image of the World" and some problems in the ontogeny of consciousness. Soviet Psychology, 27, 6-24.

Leontjev, D. A., Stetsenko, A. & Eidman, E. (1989). Scientific heritage of Vygotsky and world Psychology. Voprosi Psychologii [Russian Journal of Psychological Issues], 2, March-April, 171-175.

Arievitch I., Stetsenko, A. (1989). From Vygotsky to Galperin: Development of a cultural-historical approach. Storia della Psicologia [History of Psychology], 1, 111-114.

Stetsenko, A. (1987). Nekotorije napravlenija v izuchenii yazika i kommunikatsii v Zapadnoj psihologii: Obzor Serii Springer [Some trends in studies of language and communication in Western psychology: Review of the Springer Series]. Voprosi Psychologii [Russian Journal of Psychological Issues], 3, 158-165.

Stetsenko, A. (1987). Review of Child's talk. Learning to use language by Jerome S. Bruner. Voprosi Psychologii [Russian Journal of Psychological Issues], (4), July-August, 159-161.

Stetsenko, A. (1983). K probleme psihologicheskoj klassifikatsii znachenij [Psychological classifications of meaning].Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta: Serija Psihologii [Journal of Moscow State University: Psychology Series], 1, 22-30.

Kaptelinin, V., & Stetsenko, A. (1989). Computer-aided cognitive development: Microworlds and reality. In: Children in the information age: Human Development and emerging Technologies (pp. 305-316). Proceedings of the 3d International Conference on Human Development and Engineering Technology. Sofia, Bulgaria.