They read the "Death of the Author" as a work that obliterates not only stable critical interpretation but also stable personal identity.

Debunking the idea of a stable identity, she shows the self as a fluid and changing entity, role playing, donning a series of persona.

'There is not one stable identity but many in which the reader moves from the one to the other' (Deurzen 215).

Such congruence is personally adaptive for targets because it allows them to maintain stable identities and having stable identities is generally adaptive.

Numerous studies show many positive outcomes associated with strong and stable ethnic identities, including increased self-esteem, improved mental health, decreased self-destructive behaviors, and greater academic achievement.

"Coping strategies carried into adulthood can become problematic as a survivor tries to establish a stable identity within the workplace," Dr. Rieder said.

She was verbally aggressive and progressively won minor victories against her jailers; she used these projects to maintain a stable identity during her long period in prison.

Libido and aggression are necessary to build a stable identity by integrating experiences from the environment.

Immobility is linked to the desire for stable identity, to certain knowledge, to fixed images, and to the various clichés of the discourses of authority.

The new Berlin is not a modest project, and the city's restless quest for a stable identity is unique in Europe.