Personal persistence, identity development, and suicide : a study of native and non-native North American adolescents / Michael J. Chandler ... [and others] ; with commentary by James E. Marcia.
The antinomy of sameness and change -- On self-continuity and its developmental vicissitudes: what young people have to say about the paradox of sameness and change -- Self-continuity and youth suicide -- From self-continuity to cultural continuity: aboriginal youth suicide -- Culture as a set point in the choice between narrativist and essentialist self-continuity warranting practices -- Conclusions -- Sample questions from the personal persistence interview -- Treading fearlessly: a commentary on personal persistence, identity development and suicide / James E. Marcia.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-128).