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sc00by25

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In order to sustain their self-esteem, some homeless teens refer to their caseworkers as aunts, and talk about friends in nearby cots at the shelter as if they live in the same neighborhood. These are examples of which type of strategy for managing identity?
 
  a. fighting back
  b. making excuses
  c. fitting in
  d. rejecting status

Question 2

What strategies did the homeless teens in Roschelle's study use to sustain their self-esteem?
 
  a. fitting in and fighting back
  b. apologizing and making excuses
  c. using disclaimers and accounts of their lives
  d. None of these were strategies used by homeless teens.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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