ABSTRACT In our contribution to this special issue devoted to reflections on Erik Erikson’s theorizing in Identity Youth and Crisis, 50 years later, we present the value of integrating attachment theory with Erikson’s conceptualization of identity development within a dynamic relational context. We attend closely to how internal working models of self and other link with identity development across time and relationships. We describe how attachment security, initially developed in early childhood, sets the stage for how adolescents’ approach identity formation processes and how both identity and attachment security operate together throughout adulthood. Three streams of research are offered for empirical examination of the identity-relational interface to elucidate processes and products of the intricate dance of identity and attachment.

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埃里克森和身份的关系背景：加强与依恋理论的联系

摘要 在我们对这个特刊的贡献中，我们致力于反思埃里克·埃里克森在 50 年后的身份青年和危机中的理论化，我们提出了将依恋理论与埃里克森在动态关系背景下的身份发展概念化相结合的价值。我们密切关注自我和他人的内部工作模型如何与跨时间和关系的身份发展联系起来。我们描述最初在儿童早期发展的依恋安全如何为青少年如何处理身份形成过程以及身份和依恋安全如何在整个成年期共同运作奠定基础。提供了三个研究流，用于对身份-关系界面的实证检验，以阐明身份和依恋的复杂舞蹈的过程和产品。