Identity Formation, Youth, and Development

A landmark volume in the scientific study of identity formation and youth development, this fully revised second edition synthesizes sociological and psychological approaches to the study of identity.

Kyle Eichas is Professor of Psychology at Tarleton State University in Waco, Texas, USA. His scholarly interests include outreach research and the development of community-supported interventions to promote positive human development.
James E. Côté is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is the founding editor of Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, associate editor of The Journal of Adolescence, and the author or co-author of ten other books.
Charles G. Levine was Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Among other publications, he co-authored several articles and a book with Lawrence Kohlberg, Moral Stages: A Current
Formulation and a Response to Critics.