Identity around the world: an overview.

@article{Schwartz2012IdentityAT,
  title={Identity around the world: an overview.},
  author={Seth J. Schwartz and Byron L. Zamboanga and Alan Meca and Rachel A. Ritchie},
  journal={New directions for child and adolescent development},
  year={2012},
  volume={2012 138},
  pages={
          1-18
        }
}
This chapter outlines Erik Erikson's theory of identity, empirical operationalizations of this theory, and key assumptions that have characterized the study of identity in adolescence and emerging adulthood. It discusses the origins of psychosocial identity theories in North American cultural contexts and cross-cultural issues involved in using neo-Eriksonian identity models in other contexts. In particular, the chapter examines the individualist assumptions that underlie the neo-Eriksonian… 
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