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Identity Development Theories in Student Affairs: Origins, Current Status, and New Approaches
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Torres, Vasti; Jones, Susan R.; Renn, Kristen A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2009
This article focuses on understanding how identity development is conceptualized in student affairs. The need to understand the person, context, and interactions between the two advances identity theories as relevant to student affairs practice. The more practitioners understand how students make meaning of their identities, the better they are…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Development, Student Personnel Workers, Interdisciplinary Approach