| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 The Western Paradigm: Strengths and Weaknesses | 第13-29页 |
| ·The Holistic Structure of Identities | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Genesis of Identity Studies in Western Psychology | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Theories | 第15-16页 |
| ·Critique by the Author | 第16-18页 |
| ·Schools of Identity Studies in the Western Paradigm | 第18-25页 |
| ·The Classic Identity Theories | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Etic Communication Psychology School | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Etic Political Psychology School | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Mixed Culture Studies School | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Strengths of the Western Paradigm | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Limitations of the Western Paradigm | 第26-29页 |
| ·The Failure of Role-Identity Model as a Case Study | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Weaknesses of the Western Paradigm | 第27页 |
| ·The Opportunities for Further Development | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 2 Chinese Philosophy：A Methodology to Overcome the Limitations of the Western Paradigm | 第29-35页 |
| ·The Applicability of Chinese Philosophy to Identity Studies | 第30页 |
| ·The Chinese Worldview | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Underemphasized Position of Chinese Philosophy | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Rise of Chinese Philosophy | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter 3 The Research Design: a Holistic Identity Ranking | 第35-50页 |
| ·The Definition of a Holistic Identity Ranking | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Theoretical Basis for Identity Ranking | 第37-42页 |
| ·A Rough Ranking Model | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Pilot Project | 第38-39页 |
| ·Literature Synthesis | 第39-42页 |
| ·A Balance Between Acontextual and Contextual Identities | 第42-45页 |
| ·A Value-oriented Identity Ranking | 第42-44页 |
| ·Emic Qualitative Interview Method | 第44-45页 |
| ·Communicative Nature of Identities | 第45页 |
| ·Synthesis of Dichotomies | 第45页 |
| ·Samples | 第45-49页 |
| ·The Sample Information | 第45-46页 |
| ·Scoring Methodology | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Country Background | 第47-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第50-71页 |
| ·Quantitative Results | 第51-53页 |
| ·Qualitative Results | 第53-68页 |
| ·Family Role and Social Status | 第53-55页 |
| ·Moral Quality and a Religious Person | 第55-57页 |
| ·Education Status, Foreign Language and Achievements | 第57-59页 |
| ·Personality and Political Affiliation | 第59-62页 |
| ·Friend | 第62-63页 |
| ·Health Condition | 第63页 |
| ·Intense Relationship | 第63-64页 |
| ·Women’s Familist Ideology and Individual Pursuits | 第64-65页 |
| ·Structural Commonality and the Stable Core of the Change Loop | 第65-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter 5 Hypotheses | 第71-72页 |
| Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| References | 第75-81页 |
| Appendix 1: Zhang & Kulich’s Original Questionnire | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix 2: Zhang & Kulich’s Revised Questionnaire (including modified demographic information for Chinese, Americans and Algerians) | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix 3: French Translation of Zhang & Kulich’s Revised Questionnaire | 第83-84页 |
