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 courses in social and abnormal
psychology and individual differences, as well as for postgraduate
training in clinical and medical psychology at the time. Social
workers, counsellors and all those concerned with the care of the
sufferers of threatened identities will still find it both
informative and influential.
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