Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Roles and Role Transitions -- What Are Roles? -- What Are Role Transitions? -- Overview of the Role Transition Process -- Additional Themes -- Conclusion -- 2 Role Identities -- Social Identity Theory and Identity Theory -- Integrating the Two Theories -- Development of Role Identities -- Temporary Role Identities -- Conclusion -- 3 Psychological Motives Aroused by Role Transitions -- Psychological Motives -- Role Identification, Role Disidentification, and Ambivalence -- Why Do Role Identification and Disidentification Matter? -- Conclusion -- 4 Attributes of Role Transitions -- Low-Magnitude Versus High-Magnitude Transitions -- Socially Desirable Versus Socially Undesirable Transitions -- Voluntary Versus Involuntary Transitions -- Predictable Versus Unpredictable Transitions -- Collective Versus Individual Transitions -- Long Versus Short Duration of Transition Period -- Reversible Versus Irreversible Transitions -- Regular Versus Irregular Transitions -- Conclusion -- 5 Role Exit -- Origins of Role Exit -- Stage 1: First Doubts -- Stage 2: Seeking and Weighing Alternatives -- Stage 3: The Turning Point -- Stage 4: Creating an Exrole -- Expanding the Ebaugh (1988) Model -- Conclusion -- 6 Role Entry: Situational Context -- Strong Versus Weak Situations -- Entry Shock -- Socialization Tactics -- Rites of Passage: Transition and Incorporation -- Normalization -- Conclusion -- 7 Role Entry: Individual Dynamics -- Role Learning -- Role Innovation -- Individual Differences -- The ABCs of Role Identification -- Social Validation -- Stress -- Conclusion -- 8 Role Transitions and the Life Span -- Within-Role Transition Cycles -- Between-Role Transition Cycles -- Career Transition Cycles.

Age Dynamics -- Conclusion -- 9 Micro Role Transitions -- Role Boundaries and Role Identities -- The Role Segmentation-Role Integration Continuum -- Role Transitions Over Time: The Development of Scripts and Schemas -- Individual Differences -- Extending the Basic Framework -- Conclusion -- 10 Epilogue: Summary and Major Themes -- Summary of Major Arguments -- Major Themes -- Conclusion -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.