Identity Development: Adolescence Through Adulthood: Second Edition

The Second Edition of "Identity Development: Adolescence Through Adulthood" presents an overview of the five general theoretical orientations to the question of what constitutes identity, as well as the strengths and limitations of each approach. The volume then proceeds to describe key biological, psychological, and contextual issues during each phase of adolescence and adulthood.Following these major adolescence and adulthood sections, selected issues that may pose identity challenges for some are presented. New to the second edition are: a thorough updating of key theories, researches, and demographic information on the course and contents of identity development from adolescence through adulthood; an international focus in the selection of researches used to examine key issues; a discussion of measurement techniques used within various theoretical orientations to investigate issues of identity; and a contemporary critical analysis of current identity research within an Eriksonian framework.