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Abstract
I support Rattansi and Phoenix's (1997) general thesis that historical and contextual issues play a vital role in the adolescent identity formation process. I find 3 general, problematic issues in the Rattansi and Phoenix analysis, however: (a) there are many dubious assumptions and deductions about identity and its formation, (b) many "newer" theorizations of identity that the authors highlighted and recommended have existed for at least 30 years, and (c) there is a confusion between identity structure and content in proposing identity as a multiple rather than unitary construct. Finally, I do support the authors' call for identity research to draw on tools from a variety of disciplines.
