Identity In Adolescence

3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-415-28107-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 344 g

Reihe: Adolescence and Society

Fully updated to include the most recent research and theoretical developments in the field, the third edition of Identity in Adolescence examines the two way interaction of individual and social context in the process of identity formation. Setting the developmental tradition in context, Jane Kroger begins by providing a brief overview of the theoretical approaches to adolescent identity formation currently in use. This is followed by a discussion of five developmental models which reflect a range of attempts from the oldest to among the most recent efforts to describe this process and include the work of Erik Erikson, Peter Blos, Lawrence Kohlberg, Jane Loevinger, and Robert Kegan. Although focussing on each theorist in turn, this volume also goes on to compare and integrate the varied theoretical models and research findings and sets out some of the practical implications for social response to adolescents. Different social and cultural conditions and their effect on the identity formation process are also covered as are contemporary contextual, narrative, and postmodern approaches to understanding and researching identity issues.

The book is ideal reading for students of adolescence, identity and developmental psychology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kroger, Jane

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Towards a Definition of Identity: Sociocultural and Developmental Views. 2. Adolescence as Identity Synthesis: Erikson’s Psychosocial Approach. 3. Adolescence as a Second Individuation Process: An Object Relations View. 4. Identity through a Cognitive-Developmental Lens: Kohlberg’s Contributions. 5. Ego Development in Adolescence: Loevinger’s Paradigm. 6. Identity as Meaning-making: The Constructive-Developmental Approach of Kegan and Noam. 7. Towards Integration and Conclusions: They Tell Their Stories.