Identity Development in Deaf Adolescents

• Published in: Journal of deaf studies and deaf education Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 496 - 507
• Main Author: Kunnen, E. Saskia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.10.2014; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Adolescence; Adolescent; Adolescent Development; Adolescents; Barriers; Child Development; Commitments; Conflict; Deaf education; Deafness; Deafness - psychology; Empirical Articles; Female; Group development; Humans; Hypothesis Testing; Identification (Psychology); Identity; Identity theory; Interviews; Male; Personal identity; Secondary education; Secondary School Students; Self Actualization; Simulation; Social Identification; Social identity; Special Schools; Spiritual belief systems; Teenagers

We studied identity development during 5 years in seven deaf adolescents who attended a school for deaf children in the highest level of regular secondary education (age between 14 and 18 years), administering identity interviews every year. Identity development is conceptualized as the processes of...