Scientists from six countries, well known for their work in the field of identity research, explain and comment on methodological approaches used to research identity. This book concentrates on qualitative methods, such as narrative identity analysis or semi-structured interviewing techniques to determine identity status, as well as the quantitative method of using questionnaires. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of these methods and their future integration. The reader will learn about qualitative and quantitative research and discover the similarities and differences...

Scientists from six countries, well known for their work in the field of identity research, explain and comment on methodological approaches used to research identity.

Geschwister: Sie lieben und sie hassen sich. Besonders während der Pubertät, in der die Frage nach der eigenen Identität in den Mittelpunkt rückt. Welchen Teil tragen Geschwisterbeziehungen zur Identitätsentwicklung bei? Und haben es Zwillinge dabei besonders schwer, eine eigene und damit eigenständige Identität zu entwickeln? In diesem Buch verfolgt Meike Watzlawik die Entwicklung von Zwillingen und Geschwistern mit einem maximalen Altersabstand von zwei Jahren. Sie fand heraus: Nicht Zwillinge per se, sondern eineiige Zwillinge nehmen aufgrund der Möglichkeit, sich in dem anderen zu...

A volume in Perspectives on Human Development Series Editors: Dieter Ferring, Universite du Luxembourg, Jaan Valsiner, Universite du Luxembourg and Conchita D'Ambrosio, Universite du Luxembourg What sparks a psychologist's interest in a certain phenomenon? Is it a symptom, a syndrome, a treatment, the usual, the exceptional, the group, the individual? An epistemologist, for example, focuses on the group and delivers group results. The clinician has to focus on the patient, although the patient may be perceived as one of a group (e.g., all patients with the same disease). The patient usually...

A volume in Perspectives on Human Development Series Editors: Dieter Ferring, Universite du Luxembourg, Jaan Valsiner, Universite du Luxembourg and Conchita D'Ambrosio, Universite du Luxembourg What sparks a psychologist's interest in a certain phenomenon? Is it a symptom, a syndrome, a treatment, the usual, the exceptional, the group, the individual? An epistemologist, for example, focuses on the group and delivers group results. The clinician has to focus on the patient, although the patient may be perceived as one of a group (e.g., all patients with the same disease). The patient usually...