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Don’t judge a book by its cover
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Don’t judge a book by its cover
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contextual antecedents of identity complexity in individuals with developmental disablities
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Wilkenfeld
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Bonnie Fader
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1958-
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Bonnie Fader Wilkenfeld
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Judith
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Judith McCoyd
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chair
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Findley
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Patricia
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Patricia Findley
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internal member
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Longhofer
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Jeffrey
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Jeffrey Longhofer
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Robey
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Kenneth
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Kenneth Robey
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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theses
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2015
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2015-01
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2015
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This project explores the various processes Indivduals with Developmental Disabilities (IWDD) engage in to make meaning of their lives. Exposure to and involvement in varied and enriched social environments is presumed to affect identity complexity and ultimately individuals’ self-concepts. Findings indicate three overarching processes at work; Recognition (cognitive level), Response (emotional level) and Reconciliation (behavioral level) all of which act at varying levels of distance from the self (intrapersonal, extra-personal: known others, extra-personal: unknown others). These processes are reflexive and yield a foundational rationale for STOIC (the Social Theory Of Identity Complexity), the grounded theory derived from this research. Participants adopt various strategies to achieve a sense of well-being. Some seek to elevate their social status by a process I term ‘hierarchy’ i.e. assuming higher perceived valued identities such as a mentor, educator, advocate or artist (which enhances their identity complexity and ultimately self-concepts). Most of the participants work to reinforce relationships with familiar others such as family and friends. Some also elevate their disability identity to a higher social category through networking with others with disabilities, advocating for rights and wearing their ‘disability identity’ with pride as indicated in their disability advocacy work or as exhibited in their artwork, writings and other artistic representations. By enacting these various strategies (Reconciliation), many participants exhibit resiliency and subsequently achieve a sense of well-being (Response) which feeds back on how they think about themselves (Recognition).
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Social Work
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Developmental disabilities
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People with disabilities
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Identity (Psychology)
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (viii, 244 p. : ill.)
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Bonnie Fader Wilkenfeld
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Wilkenfeld
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Bonnie
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Fader
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2014-12-19 07:06:40
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Bonnie Wilkenfeld
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2015-01-31
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2015-08-02
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after August 2nd, 2015.
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