• Identity Crisis

  Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 19, 2011 (message contributor)

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IDENTITY CRISIS

Theorist Erik Erikson coined the term "identity crisis" and believed that it was one of the most important conflicts people face in development. According to Erikson, an identity crisis is a time of intensive analysis and exploration of different ways of looking at oneself. Those with a status of having a scattered identity tend to feel out of place in the world and don't pursue a sense of true identity.