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Centre for Student Engagement

Student Development Theories

Psychosocial Theories:

Education and Identity by Arthur W. Chickering; Linda Reisser
Publication Date: 1969 (1993, 2nd ed.)
Finding herself: Pathways to identity development in women by Ruthellen Josselson
Publication Date: 1987-01-01
Counseling Adults in Transition by Jane Goodman (Editor); Nancy K. Schlossberg (Editor); Elinor B. Waters (Editor)
Publication Date: 1984 (1995, 2nd ed.)

Racial and Ethnic Identity Development:

Handbook of Multicultural Counseling by Joseph G. Ponterotto (Editor); J. Manuel Casas (Editor); Lisa A. Suzuki (Editor); Charlene M. Alexander (Editor)
Publication Date: 1995-06-20
See Cross, W. E., Jr. (1995). The psychology of nigrescence: Revising the Cross model. (p. 93–122).
Black and White Racial Identity by Janet E. Helms
Publication Date: 1990-02-15
See Helms, J. E. (1993). Toward a model of white racial identity development. (pp.49-66).
Phinney, J. S. (1990). Ethnic identity in adolescents and adults: Review of research. Psychological Bulletin, 108(3), 499-514.

Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identity Development:

Cass, V. C. (1979). Homosexual identity formation: A theoretical model. Journal of Homosexuality, 4, 219-235.
Human Diversity by Edison J. Trickett; Dina Birman; Stanley Sue (Introduction by); Roderick J. Watts
Publication Date: 1994-11-02
See D’Augelli, A. R. (1994). Identity development and sexual orientation: Toward a model of lesbian, gay, and bisexual development.(pp. 312-333).

Cognitive-Structural Theories:

The Modern American College by Arthur W. Chickering
Publication Date: 1981-01-23
See Perry, W. G., Jr. (1981). Cognitive and ethical growth: The making of meaning. (pp.76-116).
Women's Ways of Knowing by Mary F. Belenky; Blythe M. Clinchy; Nancy R. Goldberger; Jill M. Tarule
Publication Date: 1986-09-01
Knowing and Reasoning in College by Marcia B. Baxter Magolda
Publication Date: 1992-10-09
Developing Reflective Judgment by Patricia M. King; Karen Strohm Kitchener
Publication Date: 1994-03-08

Moral Development:

The Development of Modes of Moral Thinking and Choice in The Years Ten to Sixteen. by Lawrence Kohlberg
Publication Date: 1958
Development in Judging Moral Issues by James R. Rest; Lawrence Kohlberg (Introduction by)
Publication Date: 1979-11-01
In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development by Carol Gilligan
ISBN: 0674445430
Publication Date: 1982 (1993)