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.

• Part 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Theory and Measure: The Identity Status InterviewChapter 3 Assessing Identity as the Meaningfulness of Meanings—The Flensburg Identity Status Interview (FISI)Chapter 4 Designing the Long View: Lessons from a Qualitative Longitudinal Study on Identity DevelopmentChapter 5 A Content Analysis of Narratives from a Categorical and Holistic Point of View to Study Changes after a Rite of PassageChapter 6 Qualitative Research on "Adolescence, Identity, Narration:" Programmatic and Empirical ExamplesChapter 7 Analyzing Identity Using a Voice ApproachChapter 8 Draw Your Life! Investigating Pictorial Representations of Life CoursesChapter 9 To Explore and to Commit: A German Version of the Utrecht-Groningen Identity Development Scale (U-GIDS)Chapter 10 Relationships with Parents and Identity in Adolescence: A Review of Twenty-five Years of ResearchChapter 11 Well-diffused? Identity Diffusion and Well-being in Emerging AdulthoodChapter 12 Continuity, Change, and Mechanisms of Identity DevelopmentChapter 13 Identity Formation: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods of InquiryChapter 14 EpiloguePart 15 Index

This is a useful resource for personality theorists, educators, and developmentalists. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers.