Identity and Emotion Development through Self-Organization [Paperback]

Identity and Emotion, first published in 2001, focuses on the individual development of identity and the processes involved.Identity and Emotion focuses on the individual development of identity and the processes involved. By working from emotions and a dynamic systems perspective the book offers a new and exciting approach to human identity and its development across the lifespan. The contributors to the book are specialists in this new approach, and offer new and challenging ideas on the development of identity as a self-organizing process. The book offers a wealth of new ideas and insights, but also concentrates on the ways these insights can be translated into research.Identity and Emotion focuses on the individual development of identity and the processes involved. By working from emotions and a dynamic systems perspective the book offers a new and exciting approach to human identity and its development across the lifespan. The contributors to the book are specialists in this new approach, and offer new and challenging ideas on the development of identity as a self-organizing process. The book offers a wealth of new ideas and insights, but also concentrates on the ways these insights can be translated into research.Identity and Emotion focuses on the individual development of identity and the processes involved. By working from a dynamic systems perspective the book offers a new and exciting approach to human identity and its development across the lifespan. The contributors to the book are specialists in this new approach, and offer new and challenging ideas on the development of identity as a self-organizing process. The book offers a wealth of new ideas and insights, but also concentrates on the ways these insights can be translated into research.1. Introduction E. Saskia Kunnen, Harke A. Bosma, Cor van Halen and Matty van der Meulen; 2. Developments in self-concept theory and research: affect, context, and variability Matty van der Meulen; Commentary: the sl3U