Read a fascinating paper by Jean Phinney published in Cross-Cultural Psychology Bulletin. (
http://my.fit.edu/~gabrenya/cultural/readings/Phinney.pdf
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An interesting biographical sketch of the man who developed the theory of psychosocial development and the concept of the identity crisis. (
http://www.nndb.com/people/151/000097857/
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This connection will take you to the quickstart guide for research on ethnic identity provided by the Cecil H. Green Library at Stanford University. It lists many different encyclopedias, indexes, and other reference works of value in this research. (
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/adams/shortcu/ethi.html
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The home page of Professor Hazel Rose Markus provides information about her background, her research, and her many areas of interest, including possible selves, self construals, and self-schemas. (
http://www.stanford.edu/~hazelm/
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An interesting paper that covers a wide range of identity theories, including those of Erik Erikson and James Marcia. (
http://www.piaget.org/GE/1998/GE-26-3.html
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A good overview of Costa and McCrae's Big Five Personality factors and how to measure the five factors. (
http://www.uoregon.edu/~sanjay/bigfive.html
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At the website of NASE to learn what self-esteem is as well as some of the common misconceptions about self-esteem. Explore the site to find helpful resources, quotes, materials and much more. (
http://www.self-esteem-nase.org/
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Expands on information about the interaction between temperament and personality from an Australian study of adolescents, noting how personality at age 16 can be predicted from early temperament, and looking at the relationship between temperament and personality with later behaviors, such as depression, substance abuse, and eating problems. (
http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/resreport4/11.html
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An interesting summary of research by Dr. Reed Larson on the emotional ups and downs of adolescents. (
http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Riding_Roller/
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