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Identity Project (identity + project)
Selected AbstractsCommunity service or activism as an identity project for youthJOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 6 2007Niki Harré This article reviews the literature on community service and activism, particularly in youth, using the theoretical approach provided by an identity projects framework. This framework allows for an examination of the contextual and experiential factors that contribute to the emergence and maintenance of an identity project of service or activism. The contributors to project emergence may include: favourable social structures, collective crises, biographical availability, parental modelling, experiencing or witnessing injustice or suffering, inspiring stories, altruistic personality, religious values, and organisational affiliations. For many participants, these projects appear associated with intense experiences of belonging, stimulation, efficacy, and integrity. These experiences may be of great importance in reinforcing and expanding service or activism. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comm Psychol 35: 711,724, 2007. [source] The Construction of Normal ExpectationsJOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY, Issue 2 2008Consumption Drivers for the Danish Bathroom Boom Summary The gradual upward changes of standards in normal everyday life have significant environmental implications, and it is therefore important to study how these changes come about. The intention of the article is to analyze the social construction of normal expectations through a case study. The case concerns the present boom in bathroom renovations in Denmark, which offers an excellent opportunity to study the interplay between a wide variety of consumption drivers and social changes pointing toward long-term changes of normal expectations regarding bathroom standards. The study is problem-oriented and transdisciplinary and draws on a wide range of sociological, anthropological, and economic theories. The empirical basis comprises a combination of statistics, a review of magazine and media coverage, visits to exhibitions, and qualitative interviews. A variety of consumption drivers are identified. Among the drivers are the increasing importance of the home as a core identity project and a symbol of the unity of the family, the opportunities for creative work, the convenience of more grooming capacity during the busy family's rush hours, the perceived need for retreat and indulgence in a hectic everyday life, and the increased focus on body care and fitness. The contours of the emerging normal expectations are outlined and discussed in an environmental perspective. [source] Longitudinal Trajectories of Ethnic Identity During the College YearsJOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE, Issue 4 2009Moin Syed The goals of this study were to examine trajectories of change in ethnic identity during the college years and to explore group-level and individual-level variations. Participants were 175 diverse college students who completed indices of ethnic identity exploration and commitment, self-esteem, and domain-general identity resolution. Multilevel modeling analyses indicated that exploration and commitment continued to increase during the college years. Although there were ethnic differences in initial levels of ethnic identity, the rate of change did not vary by ethnicity. Domain-general identity was positively associated with exploration and commitment and mediated the association between self-esteem and commitment. The findings highlight the ongoing development of ethnic identity beyond adolescence and suggest that ethnic identity is part of the larger identity project. [source] Elements of a theory of Ukrainian ethno-national identitiesNATIONS AND NATIONALISM, Issue 1 2002Andrew Wilson Despite winning independence in 1991, Ukraine remains an amorphous society with a weak sense of national identity. One possible explanation is ,late' nation-creation, but in this article emphasis is laid on a continuing plurality of identity projects and the legacy of the ,failed' identity-building projects of the past. Ukraine's most important distinguishing feature , the existence of a substantial middle ground between Ukrainian and Russian identities , has considerable capacity to resist the logic of consolidating statehood. [source] | ||||||||||