Handbook of Identity Theory and Research
Identity is one of the most extensively studied constructs in the social sciences. Yet, despite the wealth of findings across many disciplines, identity researchers remain divided over such enduring fundamental questions as: What exactly is identity, and
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Seth J. Schwartz · Koen Luyckx · Vivian L. Vignoles Editors
Handbook of Identity Theory and Research Volume 1
Structures and Processes, Chapters 1–18 Volume 2
Domains and Categories, Chapters 19–39, Epilogue
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Editors Seth J. Schwartz Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine University of Miami 1425 N.W. 10th Avenue, Suite 321 Miami, Florida 33136, USA [email protected]
Koen Luyckx Department of Psychology Catholic University of Leuven Tiensestraat 102 3000 Leuven Belgium [email protected]
Vivian L. Vignoles School of Psychology University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH UK [email protected]
Printed in 2 volumes ISBN 978-1-4419-7987-2 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-7988-9 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7988-9 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011921352 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
For my maternal grandparents, Larry and Alvina Joseph, who were so important to me as a child; and for my wife, Lisa, and my daughters, Angelica and Alexia, who are so important to me now. Seth J. Schwartz For my parents, my wife Els, and my children Guust and Frida. Koen Luyckx For Claudia, Luca, and Marta Vignoles, with all my love and gratitude for their patience with my identity work. Vivian L. Vignoles
Preface
There is a story behind this book. I will tell it from a first-person perspective, because it starts – and ends – with a promise I made to my mentor many years ago. The story helps to place the book into context, as well as to detail the sequence of “happy accidents” that occurred along the way and helped to bring the book through to completion. The story starts back in 1995, when I was a graduate student under the tutelage of the late Dr. Richard (Dick) Dunham, Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. Dick told me one day that he had an idea that he was really excited about, and he just couldn’t wait to tell me what it was. We were riding in his car with the convertible top down on a warm spring day when he said, “Let’s write a book – a grand book about identity!” I looked at him in amazement, and then we shook hands and I promised him that we would work together to create the b
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