Seth J. Schwartz is Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in the United States. He received his master's degree in family and child sciences from Florida State University, and his Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Florida International University. His research focuses on identity, broadly defined, including both personal and cultural identity; on acculturation, ethnicity, and cultural adaptation; on parenting and parent-adolescent relationships; and the effects of identity and family processes on positive and negative adolescent and young adult psychosocial and health outcomes.

Koen Luyckx is Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. He received his master's degree in psychology and his Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Catholic University of Leuven. His primary research interests are personal identity processes; the transition to adulthood; parenting, parent-adolescent conflict, and parent-adolescent relationships; psychosocial adaptation to being afflicted with a chronic illness; coping; burn-out and engagement at the workplace; and long-term development of psychosocial indices and interdependencies across childhood and adolescence.

Vivian L. Vignoles is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. He received his first degree in sociology and psychology from University of Bristol, and his Ph.D. in social psychology from University of Surrey. His primary research interests are in self and identity processes and cross-cultural psychology, especially the interplay of cultural, contextual and motivational influences on identity construction, as well as combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and developing a better understanding of the relationship between individual and socialrepresentation processes.

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Offers 40 chapters written by recognized experts in their respective fields, examining the most cutting-edge identity theory, research, and applications available

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Volume I: Structures and Processes.- 1. Introduction: Toward an Integrative View of Identity; V.L. Vignoles, S.J. Schwartz, K. Luyckx.- Personal and Developmental Perspectives.- 2. The Identity Statuses: Origins, Meanings, and Interpretations; J. Kroger, J.E. Marcia.- 3. A Social-Cognitive Perspective on Identity Construction; M.D. Berzonsky.- 4. Processes of Personal Identity Formation and Evaluation; K. Luyckx, S.J. Schwartz, L. Goossens, W. Beyers, L. Missotten.- 5. Narrative Identity; D.P. McAdams.- 6. Possible Identities; D. Oyserman, L. James.-Social and Contextual Perspectives.- 7. The Relational Self; S. Chen, H. Boucher, M.W. Kraus.- 8. Discourse and Identity Construction; M. Bamberg, A. De Fina, D. Schiffrin.- 9. Group Identities: The Social Identity Perspective; R. Spears.- 10. The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective and Identity Theory; R.T. Serpe, S. Stryker.- 11. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Identity; P.B. Smith.- 12. Identity Construction in Socio-Historical Context; I. Burkitt.- 13. Globalization and Cultural Identity; L.A. Jensen, J.J. Arnett, J. McKenzie.- Well-Being, Needs and Motives.- 14. Dynamics of Identity: Between Self-Enhancement and Self-Assessment; A.P. Gregg, C. Sedikides, J.E. Gebauer.- 15. High Self-Esteem: Multiple Forms and their Outcomes; W.L. Heppner, M.H. Kernis.- 16. Eudaimonic Identity Theory: Identity as Self-Discovery; A.S. Waterman.- 17. When is IdentityCongruent with the Self? A Self-Determination Theory Perspective; B. Soenens, M. Vansteenkiste.- 18. Identity Motives;V.L. Vignoles.

Volume II: Domains and Categories.- Moral and Spiritual Domains.- 19. Moral Identity; S.A. Hardy, G. Carlo.- 20. Values, Personal Identity, and the Moral Self; S.A. Hitlin.- 21. Spiritual Identity: Individual Perspectives; D.A. MacDonald.- 22. Spiritual Identity: Contextual Perspectives; E.C. Roehlkepartain, P.L. Benson, P.C. Scales.- Family, Gender, and Sexuality.- 23. Family Processes and Identity; E. Scabini, C. Manzi.- 24. Adoptive Identity; H.D. Grotevant, L. Von Korff.- 25. Gender Identity Development; K. Bussey.- 26. Transgender Experience and Identity; L.M. Diamond, S.T. Pardo, M.R. Butterworth.- 27. Sexual Identity as a Universal Process; F.R. Dillon, R.L. Worthington, B. Moradi.- 28. Identity Development among Sexual Minority Youth; R.C. Savin-Williams.- Economic and Civic Participation.- 29. Occupational Identity; V.B. Skorikov, F.W. Vondracek.- 30. Identity Processes in Organizations; S.A. Haslam, N. Ellemers.- 31. Material and Consumer Identities; H. Dittmar.- 32. Civic Identity; D. Hart, C. Richardson, B. Wilkenfeld.- Ethnic and Cultural Identities.- 33. Ethnic Identity; A.J. Umaña-Taylor.- 34. Cultural Identity and Public Health; J.B. Unger.- 35. Bicultural Identity Integration; Q.-L. Huynh, A.-M.D. Nguyen, V. Benet-Martínez.- National Identity, Cohesion, and Conflict.- 36. National Identity in the United States; D.J.Schildkraut.- 37. Becoming American; A. Stepick, C.D. Stepick, P. Vanderkooy.- 38. Identity, Immigration, and Prejudice in Europe: A Recognition Approach; L. Licata, M. Sanchez-Mazas, E. G.T. Green.- 39. Identity, Genocide, and Group Violence; D. Moshman.- 40. Epilogue: What's Next For Identity Theory and Research? S.J. Schwartz, V.L. Vignoles, K. Luyckx.