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1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) |
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International behavioural and social sciences library. Psychology ; 10 |
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International behavioural and social sciences library. Psychology ; 10
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Identity; INTRODUCTION; Reason for working; Reason for choosing 'identity'; References to identity; I. DEFINITIONS; II. FIRST APPROACH TO IDENTITY; Reciprocity; Continuum; III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF IDENTITY; Twins; The course of development -- somatic sensitivity; Identity organization; Time scale of ego and identity formation; IV. EMPATHY; Sex differences in empathy formation; Empathy and burial or cremation wishes; V. IDENTIFICATION WITH OTHERS; Child-parent identification |
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Friendship, courtship, and matingHatred and identification; Extreme emphasis on identity factors; VI. IDENTITY AND GROUP MEMBERSHIP; Group loyalties; Group prejudic; Laughter; Roots; Leadership; In-groups and out-groups; Reference groups; Morality; Identity change; Individuality and group; Individualism and collectivism; VII. FURTHER ASPECTS OF IDENTIFICATION; How are individuals identified?; Labels; Identification in families; Identity as an interpersonal phenomenon; VIII. FURTHER CULTURAL FACTORS AND IDENTITY; Social role, status, and class; Some peer culture phenomena; Nationalism |
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IX. IDENTITY CONTINUITY, COHERENCE, AND FLEXIBILITYSome ethnological considerations; Personality integration; Identity strength; Formalized ways of accepting temporary breaks in identity; Promotion of identity strength; Prevention of excessive strain on identity formation; X. HIERARCHY OF IDENTITIES; Multiple identities; Hierarchy of identities; Basic plot; Style of identity; XI. UNUSUAL FORMS OF IDENTITY; Change of identity; Migration; 'Family romance'; XII. MORE EXTREME FORMS OF IDENTITY FORMATION; Social conventions permitting changes of identity; Specific sources of strain |
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Special position of some individuals and whole groupsDouble personality; Disturbances of identity; XIII. IDENTITY BREAKDOWN; Depersonalization; Attitudes to death; XIV. MENTAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; Mental Health and, Value Systems; EDITORIAL NOTE; INTRODUCTION; Background to this study; The selection of the subject; The general aim; Cross-cultural application; The range of the problems; The measurement of mental health; 1. MENTAL HEALTH ASSUMPTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; The nature of mental health; Deviant behaviour; Social relationships; Universal phenomena; Summary |
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2. RELEVANT MATERIAL FROM VARIOUS RELIGIONS AND IDEOLOGIESIntroduction; Variations in value systems; Responsibility; Identity; Flexibility; Social organization; Concepts of right and wrong; Different attitudes to suffering, death, guilt; Attitudes towards mental illness; Similarities; Summary; 3. SOME PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; Some specific conditions affecting mental health work; Some more theoretical considerations; 4. SOME LEADS INTO RESEARCH; Human development; Studies in psychology and religion; Mental health practices; Further research areas; EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; RÉSUMÉ; RESUMEN; INDEXES |
| Summary |
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock |
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"First published in 1961 by Tavistock Publications Limited"--Title page verso |
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"Reprinted in 2001 by Routledge"--Title page verso |
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The two studies were produced by the Scientific Committee of the World Federation for Mental Health |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Identity (Psychology)
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Personality
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Mental health.
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Personality
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Mental Health
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mental health.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
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Identity (Psychology)
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Mental health
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Personality
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Soddy, Kenneth
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World Federation for Mental Health. Scientific Committee
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| ISBN |
9781136442094 |
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113644209X |
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