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This Monograph demonstrates that disruptions to young people's developing conceptions of personal or cultural persistence begin to explain the suicide rates among Aboriginal Canadian and non-Aboriginal Canadian youth.

Table of Contents

Part I: Contents:.

Abstract.

1. Introduction.

2. The Antimony of Sameness and Change.

3. On Self-Continuity and its Developmental Vicissitudes-What Young People Have to Say about the Paradox of Sameness and Change.

4. Self-Continuity and Youth Suicide.

5. From Self-Continuity to Cultural Continuity-Aboriginal Youth Suicide.

6. Culture as a Set Point in the Choice between Narrativist and Essentialist Self-Continuity Warranting Practices.

7. Conclusions.

8. Appendix: Sample Questions from the Personal Persistence Interview.

Part II: Commentary:.

9. Treading Fearlessly: A Commentary on Personal Persistence, Identity Development, and Suicide: James E. Marcia (Simon Fraser University).

Contributors.

Statement of Editorial Policy

Personal Persistence Identity Development and

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons
      Published 3 September 2003
      ISBN-13 9781405118798
      978-1405118798
      ISBN-10 1405118792
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      Age groups: adolescents Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This Monograph demonstrates that disruptions to young people's developing conceptions of personal or cultural persistence begin to explain the suicide rates among Aboriginal Canadian and non-Aboriginal Canadian youth.

      Table of Contents

      Part I: Contents:.

      Abstract.

      1. Introduction.

      2. The Antimony of Sameness and Change.

      3. On Self-Continuity and its Developmental Vicissitudes-What Young People Have to Say about the Paradox of Sameness and Change.

      4. Self-Continuity and Youth Suicide.

      5. From Self-Continuity to Cultural Continuity-Aboriginal Youth Suicide.

      6. Culture as a Set Point in the Choice between Narrativist and Essentialist Self-Continuity Warranting Practices.

      7. Conclusions.

      8. Appendix: Sample Questions from the Personal Persistence Interview.

      Part II: Commentary:.

      9. Treading Fearlessly: A Commentary on Personal Persistence, Identity Development, and Suicide: James E. Marcia (Simon Fraser University).

      Contributors.

      Statement of Editorial Policy

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