Capturing Identity: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761837345 ISBN 13: 9780761837343

Publisher: University Press of America, 2007

Synopsis

Scientists from six countries, well known for their work in the field of identity research, explain and comment on methodological approaches used to research identity. This book concentrates on qualitative methods, such as narrative identity analysis or semi-structured interviewing techniques to determine identity status, as well as the quantitative method of using questionnaires. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of these methods and their future integration. The reader will learn about qualitative and quantitative research and discover the similarities and differences between the methods of researching identity, depending on research with methodological roots in one field, the other, or both.

Chapters include:
·James E. Marcia presents his latest thoughts and experiences regarding the identity status concept and focuses on the Identity Status Interview (ISI) as a method to obtain empirical access to ego identity development.
·Guenter Mey presents a case study from his project "Adolescence, Identity, Narration" based on problem-centered interviews and the specific interviewing, transcription, and data analysis procedures utilized.
·Mechthild Kiegelmann introduces the Voice Approach, a qualitative-oriented research method developed by Carol Gilligan, Lyn Brown, and their colleagues, which can be applied to identity research.
·Luc Goossens and Koen Luyckx present their results, which are mostly based on questionnaires offering a broad range of data analyses.
·Wim Meeus, the author of the Utrecht-Groningen Identity Development Scale, and Minet de Wied offer an overview of twenty-five years of research on relationships with parents and identity in adolescence.

About this title

About the Author

Meike Watzlawik is assistant professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, earned a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology (subject: sexual identity development). Her main research interests are identity development in adolescence and siblings, especially twins.

Aristi Born is assistant professor at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany, earned a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology (subject: regulation of personal identity after German reunification). Her main research interests are identity development, as well as tasks and resources in emerging adulthood.

Review

This is a useful resource for personality theorists, educators, and developmentalists. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers. (C. T. Fischer CHOICE)

The editors succeed in bringing together in a coherent manner aspects of identity assessment not often easily integrated in the existing literature. (Leehu Zysberg PsycCRITIQUES)

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0761837345
• ISBN 13: 9780761837343
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Watzlawik Meike, Born Aristi