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Identity and the Experience of Crisis

Social CaseworkPublished 1 April 1983
Samuel L. Dixon, Roberta G. Sands
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Abstract

A sense of identity provides a person with wholeness, continuity, and purpose. When an event is seen as a threat to identity, a person is vulnerable to the experience of crisis. Perspectives on crisis and identity are explored and practice implications are drawn.

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PsychologySocial Sciences