Identity in adolescence : the balance between self and other / Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Jane Kroger.

Previous edition: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adolescence and the problem of identity : historical, sociocultural, and psychosocial views -- Historical approaches to adolescent identity -- Sociocultural approaches to adolescent identity -- Psychosocial approaches to adolescent identity -- Adolescent identity in the context of life-span development -- Identity as the balance between self and other -- The structure of this volume and its chapters -- Summary -- Adolescence as identity synthesis : Erikson's psychosocial approach -- Erikson the person -- The nature of ego identity -- Identity : development and resolutions -- An optimal sense of identity -- Identity as a stage in the life-cycle scheme -- Criticism of Erikson's identity concept -- Measuring ego identity -- Marcia's identity statuses -- Historical backdrop to Erikson's and Marcia's psychosocial models -- Research findings on adolescent identity exploration and commitment processes -- Gender and ethnicity in identity status research -- Current directions in identity research -- Criticism of the identity status construct -- Implications for social response -- Summary -- Adolescence as a second individuation process : Blos's psychoanalytic perspective and an object relations view -- Blos the person -- The nature of character formation -- The challenges detailed -- Character formation through adolescence -- A healthy character structure -- Criticism of Blos's construct and the second individuation process -- Theoretical elaborations of the second individuation process of adolescence : links with identity -- Measuring the adolescent separation : individuation process -- Historical backdrop to Blos's separation : individuation challenge -- Research findings on adolescent separation : individuation -- Current directions in adolescent separation : individuation research -- Implications for social response -- Summary -- Identity as life story : narrative understandings of adolescent identity development -- Pasupathi the person -- The nature of narrative identity -- Optimal narrative identity -- Narrative identity as part of life-span personality development -- Criticism of the three-layer framework including narrative identity -- Measuring narrative identity -- Research findings on narrative identity in adolescence -- Current directions in narrative identity research -- Implications for social response -- Summary -- Identity as rooted in society and culture -- Sociocultural approaches to identity -- Adolescent ethnic identity development -- Rivas-Drake the person -- The nature of culture and cultural identity -- The nature of ethnic identity -- The integrative model for ethnic and racial identity development -- An optimal sense of ethnic identity -- Criticism of the integrative model of ethnic and racial identity development -- Measuring ethnic identity -- Research findings on ethnic identity development in adolescence -- The present-day salience of ethnic identity -- Current directions in ethnic identity research and theory -- Implications for social response -- Summary -- Intersectionality, and the confluence of gender and sexual identity -- Bridging ideas : intersectionality and identity integration -- Key concepts and reflects about gender identity -- Key concepts about sexual identity and reflections on the intersection of sexual and gender identity -- Research exemplars -- Summary -- Forging a brave new virtual identity -- Globalization, adolescence, and identity development -- Generation Z's digital landscape -- Research exemplars -- Summary -- Identity beyond adolescence : theory -- Stability and change in identity beyond adolescence : research -- Adolescent identity resolutions and the psychosocial tasks of adulthood : theory -- Adolescent identity resolutions and the psychosocial tasks of adulthood : research -- Summary and conclusions : identity as the balance between self and other.

This fully revised fourth edition of Identity in Adolescence: The Balance Between Self and Other presents four theoretical perspectives on identity development during adolescence and young adulthood and their practical implications for intervention. Ferrer-Wreder and Kroger consider adolescent identity development as the unique intersection of social and cultural forces in combination with individual factors that each theoretical model stresses in attempting to understand the identity formation process for contemporary adolescents. Identity in Adolescence addresses the complex question of how adolescent identity forms and develops during adolescence and young adulthood and serves as the foundation for entering adult life. The book is unique in its presentation of four selected models that address this process, along with cutting-edge research and the implications that each of these models hold for practical interventions. This new edition has been comprehensively revised, with five completely new chapters and three that have been extensively updated. New special topics are also addressed, including ethnic, sexual, and gender identity development, the role of technology in adolescent identity development, and ongoing identity development beyond adolescence. The book is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying adolescent development, self and social identity within developmental psychology, social psychology and clinical psychology, as well as practitioners in the fields of child welfare and mental health services, social work, youth and community work and counselling. --From publisher's description.