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by Laura Ferrer-Wreder (Author), Kazumi Sugimura (Author), Jane Kroger (Author)
The book is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students studying adolescent development, self and social identity within developmental psychology, social and clinical psychology, as well as practitioners in the fields of child welfare and mental health services, social work, youth and community work and counselling.
Author Biography
Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Professor at the Institute for Psychology at the University of Agder, Norway. She has published widely, and her current research focuses on advancing the study of positive youth development from a global perspective. She is one of the codevelopers of an identity intervention called the Changing Lives Program.
Kazumi Sugimura, Ph.D., is Professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hiroshima University, Japan. Her research focuses on the processes and mechanisms of identity formation among adolescents and young adults in the relational, social, and cultural contexts. She is currently the past president of the International Society for Research on Identity and Associate Editor of Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research.
Jane Kroger, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of developmental psychology at the University of Tromsø, Norway. Previous books include Identity Development: Adolescence through Adulthood and Discussions on Ego Identity, along with numerous research investigations on identity development during adolescence and adulthood.
