Identity in Adolescence 4e (4^th Ed.)
The Balance between Self and Other
Adolescence and Society Series

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.

Chapter 1: Adolescence and the problem of identity: Historical, sociocultural, and psychosocial views

Chapter 2: Adolescence as identity synthesis: Erikson's psychosocial approach

Chapter 3: Adolescence as a second individuation process: Blos's psychoanalytic perspective and an object relations view

Chapter 4: Identity as life story: Narrative understandings of adolescent identity development

Chapter 5: Identity as rooted in society and culture

Chapter 6: Intersectionality, and the confluence of gender and sexual identity

Chapter 7: The forging of a brave new virtual identity

Chapter 8: Identity beyond adolescence: What comes next?

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Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Ph.D., is a Docent (Associate Professor) in the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University. She has published widely and her current research focuses on advancing the study of positive youth development from a global perspective. She is one of the co-developers of an identity intervention called the Changing Lives Program.

Jane Kroger, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Developmental Psychology at University of Tromsø, Norway. Previous books include Identity Development: Adolescence through Adulthood and Discussions on Ego Identity, along with numerous research investigations on identity development during adolescence and adulthood.