Kazumi Sugimura Author

Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University, Sweden and Professor at the Institute for Psychosocial Health at the University of Agder, Norway. She has published widely and her current research focuses on advancing the study of positive youth development from a global perspective. She is one of the co-developers of an identity intervention called the Changing Lives Program.

Kazumi Sugimura, Ph.D., is Professor of Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hiroshima University, Japan. Her research focuses on the processes and mechanisms of identity formation among adolescents and young adults in the relational, social, and cultural contexts. She is currently Past-President of International Society for Research on Identity and Associate Editor of Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research.

Jane Kroger, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Developmental Psychology at University of Tromsø, Norway. Previous books include Identity Development: Adolescence through Adulthood and Discussions on Ego Identity, along with numerous research investigations on identity development during adolescence and adulthood.