The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development

Book Overview

Identity is defined in many different ways in various disciplines in the social sciences and sub-disciplines within psychology. The developmental psychological approach to identity is characterized by a focus on developing a sense of the self that is temporally continuous and unified across the different life spaces that individuals inhabit. Erikson proposed that the task of adolescence and young adulthood was to define the self by answering the question:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190469234
• ISBN13: 9780190469238
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 614 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 9.9"