Dr. Marion Müller is managing Director of the sine Institute, Munich.Prof. Dr. Patricia Pfeil teaches at the University of Applied Sciences Kempten and is a founding member of the sine Institute, Munich.Dr. Udo Dengel, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, is a research associate at Fulda University of Applied Sciences and the sine Institute, Munich.Lisa Donath works as managing director of the sine-Institute, Munich.

• Middle class as the study group.- Identity/identity work.- Research process and methodological procedure.- Identity work strategies in the course of over-indebtedness/insolvency.- Crisis of identity - exemplary case descriptions.- Lonely or together? Lifeworld of couples in over-indebtedness.- Concluding remarks and review of results.- Appendices.

Dr. Marion Müller is managing Director of the sine Institute, Munich.Prof. Dr. Patricia Pfeil teaches at the University of Applied Sciences Kempten and is a founding member of the sine Institute, Munich.Dr. Udo Dengel, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, is a research associate at Fulda University of Applied Sciences and the sine Institute, Munich.Lisa Donath works as managing director of the sine-Institute, Munich.

• Middle class as the study group.- Identity/identity work.- Research process and methodological procedure.- Identity work strategies in the course of over-indebtedness/insolvency.- Crisis of identity - exemplary case descriptions.- Lonely or together? Lifeworld of couples in over-indebtedness.- Concluding remarks and review of results.- Appendices.

Dr. Marion Müller is managing Director of the sine Institute, Munich.Prof. Dr. Patricia Pfeil teaches at the University of Applied Sciences Kempten and is a founding member of the sine Institute, Munich.Dr. Udo Dengel, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, is a research associate at Fulda University of Applied Sciences and the sine Institute, Munich.Lisa Donath works as managing director of the sine-Institute, Munich.

• Middle class as the study group.- Identity/identity work.- Research process and methodological procedure.- Identity work strategies in the course of over-indebtedness/insolvency.- Crisis of identity - exemplary case descriptions.- Lonely or together? Lifeworld of couples in over-indebtedness.- Concluding remarks and review of results.- Appendices.