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Identity Development During the College Years: Findings from the West Point Longitudinal Study
- Journal of College Student Development
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 46, Number 4, July/August 2005
- pp. 357-373
- 10.1353/csd.2005.0037
- Article
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Using R. Kegan's (1982, 1994) theory of identity development, it was discovered that most military cadets enter college with relatively simple ways of making meaning, and for many the college years are a time of significant developmental change. For most, the key developmental issue is not self- authorship but establishing shared meaning.