Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface to the third edition; Adolescence and the problem of identity: Historical, socio-cultural and developmental views; Adolescence as identity synthesis: Erikson's psychosocial approach; Adolescence as a second individuation process: Blos's psychoanalytic perspective and an object relations view; Identity through a cognitive-developmental lens: Kohlberg's contributions; Ego development in adolescence: Loevinger's paradigm; Identity as meaning-making: Kegan's constructive-developmental approach; Towards integration and conclusions
Summary
Fully up-dated to include the most recent research and theoretical developments in the field, the third edition of Identity in Adolescence examines the two way interaction of individual and social context in the process of identity formation
