Identity Development in the Lifecourse A Semiotic Cultural Approach to Transitions in Early Adulthood /

• Main Author: Märtsin, Mariann (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Sociocultural Psychology of the Lifecourse
• Subjects: Developmental psychology.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Cross-cultural psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Developmental Psychology.; Self and Identity.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.

This book offers a unique developmental perspective on identity construction in the context of mobility and transition to adulthood. Drawing upon semiotic cultural psychology, it embeds identity construction into the processes of meaning making; viewing identity as a field of hyper-generalised signs...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Identity construction, mobility and transition to adulthood
• 2. Identity construction in a semiotic and cultural key
• 3. Studying identity construction: Merging theory and phenomenon in the methods
• 4. Home, adventure and belonging
• 5. Reconstructing relationships
• 6. Competence, self-confidence and recognition
• 7. Making plans
• 8. Conclusion: Moving forward.