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- A developmental period in adolescence marked by concerns about who one is and
what one is going to do with his or her life.
- A loss of the sense of the sameness and historical continuity of one's self
and an inability to accept or adopt the role one perceives as being expected by
society. This is often expressed by isolation, withdrawal, extremism,
rebelliousness, and negativity, and is typically triggered by a sudden increase
in the strength of instinctual drives in a milieu of rapid social evolution and
technological change. See psychosocial development.
Source: Edgerton, Jane E. 1994. American Psychiatric Glossary, 7th Edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press
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