- "Identity emerges during childhood as children start to comprehend their self-concept..." - "Identity is shaped by social and cultural factors and how others perceive and acknowledge one's characteristics."
The ways in which music forms and reflects individual and group identities, including ethnicity, nationality, gender, and religion.
- "It remains a consistent aspect throughout different stages of life."
- "Identity encompasses various aspects such as occupational, religious, national, ethnic or racial, gender, educational, generational, and political identities, among others."
- "Identity serves multiple functions, acting as a 'self-regulatory structure' that provides meaning, direction, and a sense of self-control." - "It profoundly influences an individual's capacity to adapt to life events and achieve a state of well-being."
- "Identity originates from traits or attributes that individuals may have little or no control over, such as their family background or ethnicity."
- "Emphasis is placed by sociologists on collective identity, in which an individual's identity is strongly associated with role-behavior or the collection of group memberships that define them."
- "Identities subsequently guide behavior, leading 'fathers' to behave like 'fathers' and 'nurses' to act like 'nurses.'"
- "In psychology, the term 'identity' is most commonly used to describe personal identity, or the distinctive qualities or traits that make an individual unique."
- "Identities are strongly associated with self-concept, self-image (one's mental model of oneself), self-esteem, and individuality."
- "Individuals' identities are situated, but also contextual, situationally adaptive and changing."
- "Identities often feel as if they are stable ubiquitous categories defining an individual, because of their grounding in the sense of personal identity (the sense of being a continuous and persistent self)."
- "The etymology of the term 'identity' from the Latin noun identitas emphasizes an individual's mental image of themselves and their 'sameness with others'."
- "Identity... provides meaning, direction, and a sense of self-control."
- "It profoundly influences an individual's capacity to adapt to life events and achieve a state of well-being."
- "Identity originates from traits or attributes that individuals may have little or no control over, such as their family background or ethnicity."
- "Identity is shaped by social and cultural factors and how others perceive and acknowledge one's characteristics."
- "It fosters internal harmony and serves as a behavioral compass, enabling individuals to orient themselves towards the future and establish long-term goals."
- "Identity encompasses various aspects such as occupational identities..."
- "Identity encompasses various aspects such as generational identities..."
- "Identity encompasses various aspects such as political identities..."