Identity crisis as a psychological problem

Vol. 26 Iss. 2 pp. 30–37 | St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work | ISSN: 1993-8101
2016 • Issue 2 • Volume 26Research in applied psychology

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Abstract

The article attempted to systematise the modern scientific understanding of the identity crisis. Two main positions of the domestic psychology were identified. The results of theoretical comparative analysis of subjective and objective approaches to the identity crisis in the domestic and foreign psychology were reflected. The phenomenological and the dynamic characteristics of the crisis were considered. A description of the types of identity crisis was given.

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identity crisis, crisis state, critical periods of life, critical vital events (CVE), critical situations

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