Identity and Emotion: Development Through Self-Organization (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction) - Softcover

Bosma, Harke A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521021561 ISBN 13: 9780521021562

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Recent ideas concerning the development of self and identity have stressed the importance of moving away from an approach which is mainly concerned with outcomes, to one which focuses instead on processes of development and, more specifically, on a relational perspective on these processes. Identity and Emotion, first published in 2001, focuses on the individual development of identity and the processes involved. By working from emotions and a dynamic systems perspective the book offers an exciting approach to human identity and its development across the lifespan. The contributors to the book are specialists in this new approach, and offer challenging ideas on the development of identity as a self-organizing process. The book offers a wealth of ideas and insights, but also concentrates on the ways these insights can be translated into research.

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About the Authors

Harke A. Bosma is Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Groningen where he lectures in adolescent psychology with responsibility for research and teaching in this area.

E. Saskia Kunnen is Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Utrecht where she researches and lectures in the areas of personal development in adolescence and adulthood, and application of dynamic systems theory and models in this field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521021561
• ISBN 13: 9780521021562
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284