Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
J Youth Adolesc. 1975 Jun;4(2):93-107. doi: 10.1007/BF01537435.
An autobiographical account of "acting out of character" at a life turning point is presented as a window on a young person's identity crisis. Analysis of that account reveals (1) that the "play" of the tentative identities reflects the concurrent crisis in the character of that person's society, (2) that the story the person now has to tell sets forth the range of the psychosocial issues active in his life, (3) that the mysteries generated identify for the person the specific issues at crisis, (4) that the novelty of the event itself catalyzes called for changes, and (5) that the metaphor of the "out of character" actions serves to preview the ultimate resolution.
呈现了一个在人生转折点上“表现失常”的自传式描述，以此作为一个年轻人身份危机的窗口。对该描述的分析揭示了：（1）试探性身份的“表演”反映了那个人所处社会的性格危机；（2）那个人现在必须讲述的故事阐明了活跃在他生活中的心理社会问题的范围；（3）产生的谜团为那个人确定了危机中的具体问题；（4）事件本身的新颖性催化了所需的变化；（5）“表现失常”行为的隐喻有助于预测最终的解决方案。
