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The Gestation Period of Identity Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

James Mathers*
Affiliation:
Radnor House, Hay on Wye, Hereford, HR3 5DQ

Extract

The object of this paper is to consider the proposition that some kinds of critical change in a person's life experience bring about a change in his sense of identity which is not subjectively recognized and acknowledged until between one and two years after the critical event or initiation of the critical change.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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