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Generic Processes in Aligning the Multiple Bases of Identity: The Case of Becoming a Ministry Student
Author(s) -
McLuhan Arthur
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
symbolic interaction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.874
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1533-8665
pISSN - 0195-6086
DOI - 10.1002/symb.345
Subject(s) - identity (music) , christian ministry , symbolic interactionism , scope (computer science) , epistemology , sociology , the symbolic , social psychology , identity formation , psychology , self concept , computer science , political science , aesthetics , psychoanalysis , law , philosophy , programming language
Identity theory distinguishes three bases of identity—role, group, and person—but studies have typically focused on one identity at a time. The interrelationship among the multiple bases of identity remains understudied. This study examines the multiple bases of identity individuals engage on their way to becoming ministry students. The results reveal the advantage of examining the multiple bases of identity as subcultural processes, the utility of qualitative research for expanding the empirical scope of identity theory, and the possibility of employing structural symbolic interactionist concepts within a processual symbolic interactionist agenda.