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Coping with Threatened Identities by Glynis Marie Breakwell is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Coping with Threatened Identities about?

People cope with threats to their identities in many different ways. Until the original publication of this title in 1986, there had been no theoretical framework within which to analyse their strategies for doing this, or to examine the nature and impact of the threatening experiences themselves. In this elegant and original book, Glynis Breakwell proposes an integrative model which explores the structure of identity and the principles directing its development. Focusing on examples of threat such as unemployment, sexually atypical employment and ethnic marginality, Breakwell examines the relation of the individual to social change. Through her sensitive use of case studies, she enables the victims of threat to speak for themselves about their experiences and feelings. Their reactions illustrate her proposed framework of three levels of coping strategies – intra-psychic, interpersonal and intergroup – and her assessment of the factors which limit the success of such strategies. The case studies also point to new evidence on the effects of unemployment and the impact of youth training schemes at the time. This title would have been essential reading for a range of undergraduate cou

Who reads Coping with Threatened Identities?

Author

Glynis Marie Breakwell

Publisher

Methuen

Published

1986

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Social_sciences