282 Pages
by
Psychology Press
282 Pages
by
Psychology Press
282 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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Identity has been a topical issue in both popular and social science literatures for the past forty years. The writings of Erik Erikson on the identity formation process of late adolescence have provided an important theoretical foundation to clinical, counseling, and educational practices. As the literature on adolescent development has burgeoned over the last three decades, so have efforts to... Read more
Contents: Preface. J.E. Marcia, Prologue. J. Kroger, Ego Identity: An Overview. H. Lauder, Psychosocial Identity and Adolescents' Educational Decision Making: Is There a Connection? J.S. Phinney, Multiple Group Identities: Differentiation, Conflict, and Integration. S.L. Archer, Identity in Relational Contexts: A Methodological Proposal. J.E. Marcia, The Relational Roots of Identity. H.D. Grotevant, The Integrative Nature of Identity: Bringing the Soloists to Sing in the Choir. A.S. Waterman, Finding Something to Do or Someone to Be: A Eudaimonist Perspective on Identity Formation. M.D. Berzonsky, A Constructivist View of Identity Development: People as Postpositivist Self-Theorists. J. Kroger, On the Nature of Structural Transition in the Identity Formation Process. S.J. Haslett, Modeling in Human Development and Ego Identity Status Studies.
Biography
Kroger, Jane
"What makes this volume unique is that the reader is also presented with transcripts of the discussion by the participants that followed each of the papers. These discussions are of special interest reading for anyone interested in identity formation, as well as the relationship of identity to mental health....the papers and discussion in the volume make an important contribution to the existing literature on ego identity."
—Journal of Adolescence
