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The concept of identity has become ubiquitous within the social and behavioral science s in recent years, cutting across disciplines from psychoanalysis and psychology to political science and sociology. Each of these disciplines, however, has one or more conceptualizations of “identity” that make a common discourse difficult.

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Burke, P.J. (2003). Introduction. In: Burke, P.J., Owens, T.J., Serpe, R.T., Thoits, P.A. (eds) Advances in Identity Theory and Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9188-1_1

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