Identity Flexibility During Adulthood (eBook)

Jan D. Sinnott, PHD, is a Professor of Psychology at Towson University in Baltimore, MD, and a Licensed Psychologist. She specializes in Lifespan Positive Development and the applications of existential, transpersonal, mind-body and positive psychology to adult growth and development. After completing a Postdoc at the National Institute on Aging, she developed her theory of complex problem-solving in adulthood, termed Complex Postformal Thought. She has authored or co-authored over 100 scholarly and applied books and publications. Her research team is currently studying Complex Problem-solving, Concepts of the Self, Intelligence, Mindfulness, and Satisfaction in Intimate Relationships. Her recent books include: Positive Psychology: Advances in Understanding Adult Motivation (2013, Springer) and Adult Development: Cognitive Aspects of Thriving Close Relationships (2014, Oxford University Press).

Contents   Preface Part One: Concepts of Identity 1.On the Stability of Identity Interacting with the Impermanence of Time Evangeline A. Wheeler 2. Cognitive Underpinnings of Identity Flexibility in Adulthood             Jan D. Sinnott Part Two: Research, Theory, Personal Experiences 3. Identity Flexibility and Wisdom in Adulthood: The Roles of a Growth-Oriented Identity Style and Contemplative Processes             Sherry L. Beaumont 4. In Experiential Exploration of Identity during Emerging Adulthood: The Impact of Growth Experiences on Emerging Adulthood Characteristics             Luke Boardman 5. Bridging the Gap: Black Immigrant Identities and Dreams of Home             Leonie J. Brooks 6. Flexibility in Persons with Dementia             Cameron J. Camp 7. Spirituality as a Framework for Confronting Life’s Existential Questions in Later Adulthood             John C. Cavanaugh 8. Rural-urban Migration, Quality of Life, and Identity Commitments among Badaga People of South India             Gareth Davey 9. The Concurrent Paths of Parental Identity and Child Development  Maria P. Fracasso 10. “Like a Constantly Flowing River”: Gender Identity Flexibility among Non-binary Transgender Individuals             M. Paz Galupo, Lexi K. Pulice-Farrow, and Johanna L. Ramirez 11. Identity Stories to Jettison             Louise Green 12. Work and Identity Flexibility             Carol Hoare 13. Moving from Student to Professional             Shaina A. Kumar 14. Play, Flow, and Tailoring Identity in Middle Adulthood             Kevin Rathunde and Russell Isabella 15. Optimizing Challenges: Eminent Elders Meet Adversity with Identity Flexibility             Grant J. Rich 16. Identity Flexibility and Buddhism             Jeff Rosenberg 17. Identity Revised: A Clinician’s Perspective on what an Identity-based Model of Mind Looks Like             Vedat Sar 18. Caregiving Identity and Flexibility             Kim Shifren 19. Dual Identities and the Artist             Valerie Smith 20. The Sick Self             Betsey Stellhorn 21. “Just When I Knew All of Life’s Answers, They Changed the Questions”: A Eudaimonist Perspective on Identity Flexibility During the Adult Years             Alan S. Waterman Index