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The Gestation Period of Identity Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

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

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 125 , Issue 588 , November 1974 , pp. 472 - 474
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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