KROGER: IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT (P); ADOLESCENCE THROUGH ADULT-HOOD: Adolescence through Adulthood - Softcover

Kroger, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803971877 ISBN 13: 9780803971875

Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated, 1999

Synopsis

`Kroger has crafted a readable and coherent account of the lifelong process of identity development. Richly illustrated with case study material, the book skillfully integrates biological, social, and cultural perspectives on a phenomenon often viewed as primarily developing within the person. The book clearly demonstrates that identity development is not restricted to adolescence, but that it is a lifelong process of construction and transformation. Its unique focus is theoretically infused, yet not overburdened by technical jargon. It′s ideally suited as a specialized text that could be used in courses on adolescent development, life-span human development, or personality development. It should also be very useful for people working in human services professions with client ranging in age from adolescence to the elderly′ - Harold D.

Grotevant, University of Minnesota

This is the first book to cover identity development as an ongoing process of construction and transformation that extends through adulthood.

Jane Kroger skilfully integrates biological, social and cultural perspectives on a phenomenon often viewed as within the person. The author provides a unique focus which is theoretically infused, but not overburdened with technical jargon. She covers identity in relation to: adoption, unemployment, ethnicity, residential location, infertility and threats to physical integrity.

Richly illustrated throughout with case study material, the book enhances the reader′s comprehension by providing:

{ summary tables

{ interviews and narrative excerpts which reveal how real people view and deal with identity issues

{ comparisons between theories and approaches to studying different types of identity issues

{ reviews of each chapter′s material through section summaries and answers to the opening questions.

About this title

About the Author

Jane Kroger is Professor of Psychology, University of Tromsø, in Tromsø, Norway. She holds a Ph.D. in Child Development. Her research interests are the study of identity in adolescent and adult development. She has published numerous theoretical and research articles on issues of identity and is author of Identity in Adolescence: The Balance between Self and Other, 3rd edition and editor of Discussions on Ego Identity. She has been a visiting scholar at the Erik H. and Joan M. Erikson Center at Harvard University and also at the Henry A. Murray Center for the Study of Lives. She is currently president of the Society for Research on Identity Formation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803971877
• ISBN 13: 9780803971875
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312