KIBBUTZ ADOLESCENCE - THE VICISSITUDES OF IDEOLOGY, COMMUNAL UPBRINGING, AND SELF-EXPERIENCE

The kubbutz, in the early 1990s, presents a collective community in tr ansition. Changes in social ideology are reshaping certain aspects of developmental processes of individuals who were brought up in a commun al community. This special issue highlights the unique interaction bet ween cultural context and personality development processes in kibbutz adolescents and young adults. Certain social, affective, and cognitiv e changes that contribute to identity formation in the kibbutz context are explored from multidisciplinary perspectives.