Becoming an Ex: The Process of Role Exit

A groundbreaking sociological study on exiting roles and discovering a new identity from a former nun and author of Out of the Cloister.

The experience of becoming an ex is common to most people in modern society. During the past decade there has been persistent interest in these "passages" or "turning points," but very little research has dealt with what it means to leave behind a major role or incorporate it into a new identity. Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh's pathbreaking inquiry into the pheno...