Berger R., Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal (1997), Adolescent Immigrants in Search of Identity

This conceptual article explores mechanisms used by adolescent immigrants from the FSU to cope with issues of identity. Based on her experience in the Russian Adolescents project of the Jewish Board of Services for Families and Children in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, the writer identifies four patterns of coping with identity issues among immigrant adolescents and discusses individual and social factors that impact on the choice of a coping pattern.