"This is the one book that I recommend as authoritative on life-span identity development. Written in a lively style with examples both numerous and apt, it helps practitioners and social planners to become current with research findings, and it provides researchers with both the necessary background and intriguing new ideas to advance their work. University instructors will find it invaluable as a text for a seminar in identity development as well as a highly useful supplement for courses in life-span development (adolescence through late adulthood) and personality theory. Kroger has written that rare book that is highly informative, useful, and a pleasure to read." -- James E. Marcia, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
This volume highlights identity development from early adolescence through late adulthood and provides a valuable resource for university students as well as human services professionals. This Second Edition of Identity Development: Adolescence Through Adulthood presents an overview of the five general theoretical orientations to the question of what constitutes identity, as well as the strengths and limitations of each approach. The volume then describes key biological, psychological, and contextual issues during each phase of adolescence and adulthood. Following these major adolescence and adulthood sections, selected issues that may pose identity challenges for some are presented.
New to the Second Edition:
A thorough updating of key theories, researches, and demographic information on the course and contents of identity development from adolescence through adulthood
An international focus in the selection of research used to examine key issues
A discussion of measurement techniques used within various theoretical orientations to investigate issues of identity
A contemporary critical analysis of current identity research within an Eriksonian framework
Preface
PART I. INTRODUCTION
Perspectives on Identity
Origins of Identity: Erik Erikson
Contemporary Approaches to Identity: An Overview
Key Similarities and Differences Across Identity Models
Back to the Beginning
PART II. ADOLESCENCE
Identity in Early Adolescence
Intersection of Biological, Psychological, and Societal Influences on Identity in Early Adolescence: An Overview
Coming to Terms With Pubertal Change: Identity Implications
Timing of Pubertal Change: Identity Implications
Identity and Sexuality
Contexts Affecting Early Adolescent Identity Development
Back to the Beginning
Answers to Chapter Questions
Identity in Mid-Adolescence
Intersection of Biological, Psychological, and Societal Influences on Identity in Mid-Adolescence: An Overview
Identity and Sexuality
Identity and Vocation
Identity and Meaningful Values
Contexts Affecting Mid-Adolescent Identity Development
Back to the Beginning
Answers to Chapter Questions
Identity in Late Adolescence
Intersection of Biological, Psychological, and Societal Influences on Identity in Late Adolescence: An Overview
The Second Separation-Individuation Process and Identity Formation
The Beginnings of Intimacy
Actualizing Vocational Directions
Identity, Meaningful Values, and Personality
Contexts Affecting Late Adolescent Identity Development
Back to the Beginning
Answers to Chapter Questions
Selected Identity Issues of Adolescence
Identity and Adoption
Identity and Unemployment
Identity and Ethnicity
Identity and Residential Relocation
Back to the Beginning
Answers to Chapter Questions
PART III. ADULTHOOD
Identity in Early Adulthood
Intersection of Biological, Psychological, and Societal Influences on Identity in Early Adulthood: An Overview
The Course of Identity in Early Adulthood
The Contents of Identity in Early Adulthood
Identity and Intimacy in Early Adulthood
Identity and Generativity in Early Adulthood
Contexts Affecting Early Adult Identity Development
Back to the Beginning
Answers to Chapter Questions
Identity in Middle Adulthood
Intersection of Biological, Psychological, and Societal Influences on Identity in Middle Adulthood: An Overview
The Course of Identity in Middle Adulthood
The Contents of Identity in Middle Adulthood
Identity and Generativity in Middle Adulthood
Contexts Affecting Identity Development During Middle Adulthood
Back to the Beginning
Answers to Chapter Questions
Identity in Late Adulthood
Intersection of Biological, Psychological, and Societal Influences on Identity in Late Adulthood: An Overview
The Course of Identity in Late Adulthood
The Contents of Identity in Late Adulthood
Identity and Integrity in Late Adulthood
Contexts Affecting Identity in Late Adulthood
Back to the Beginning
Answers to Chapter Questions
Selected Identity Issues of Adulthood
Identity and Loss of an Intimate Relationship
Identity and Infertility
Identity and Threats to Physical Integrity
Identity and Coming to Terms With Death
Back to the Beginning
Answers to Chapter Questions
PART IV. EPILOGUE
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Author
