Personal persistence, identity development, and suicide : a study of native and non-native North American adolescents

Chandler, Michael J. (Added Author). Marcia, J. E. (James E.). (Added Author).

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Physical Description: print
viii, 141 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Blackwell, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-128).

Formatted Contents Note:

The antinomy of sameness and change -- On self-continuity and its developmental vicissitudes: what young people have to say about the paradox of sameness and change -- Self-continuity and youth suicide -- From self-continuity to cultural continuity: aboriginal youth suicide -- Culture as a set point in the choice between narrativist and essentialist self-continuity warranting practices -- Conclusions -- Sample questions from the personal persistence interview -- Treading fearlessly: a commentary on personal persistence, identity development and suicide / James E. Marcia.