Coping with Threatened Identities - 1st Edition - Glynis Breakwell -
Focusing on examples of threat such as unemployment, sexually atypical employment and ethnic marginality, Breakwell examines the relation of the individual to social change. Through her sensitive use of case studies, she enables the victims of threat to speak for themselves about their experiences and feelings. Their reactions illustrate her proposed framework of three levels of coping strategies – intra-psychic, interpersonal and intergroup – and her assessment of the factors which limit the success of such strategies. The case studies also point to new evidence on the effects of unemployment and the impact of youth training schemes at the time.
Acknowledgements. 1. Varieties of Identity-Threatening Experiences 2. Identity and Social Structure 3. The Structure of Threats 4. Self-Protection at the Intra-Psychic Level 5. Interpersonal Coping Strategies 6. Intergroup Coping Strategies 7. Limits to Coping 8. Central Tenets of the Model of Identity, Threat and Coping. References. Name Index. Subject Index.