Santé mentale au Québec
Volume 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 213-227

Identity construction in adolescents of migrant parents. Crosswise analysis of the identity process [La construction identitaire chez l'adolescent de parents migrants. Analyse croisée du processus identitaire.] (Review)

Bouche-Florin L.* , Skandrani S.M. , Moro M.R.
  • a Centre Boucebci et Maison des adolescents-CASITA, Service de psychopathologie de l'enfant, de l'adolescent et de psychiatrie générale, AP-HP, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France
  • b Centre Boucebci et Maison des adolescents-CASITA, Service de psychopathologie de l'enfant, de l'adolescent et de psychiatrie générale, AP-HP, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France
  • c Centre Boucebci et Maison des adolescents-CASITA, Service de psychopathologie de l'enfant, de l'adolescent et de psychiatrie générale, AP-HP, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France

Abstract

Adolescence is the specific stage during which psychological changes and identity searching are at the forefront of preoccupations. The identity construction proves to be particularly complex in a transcultural context. Starting from their clinical questioning, the authors propose a literature review of the process of identity construction in a population of adolescent children of migrant parents. This theoretical reflection is based on conceptualisations of this process in intercultural psychology, transcultural psychology and in the theory of dialogical self. Putting into perspective these different approaches and their interconnections will help better understand the reality of hybrid or half-breed identity during adolescence.

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Index Keywords

Parents child psychology Identification (Psychology) Review Cultural Characteristics Transients and Migrants cultural factor identity Adolescent Adolescent Psychology human Humans migration parent
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ISSN: 03836320
Cited by: 3
Original Language: French