CSLL - Community Service Learning and Leadership: Identity

Identity - an individual's sense of self defined by a) a set of physical, psychological, and interpersonal characteristics that is not wholly shared with any other person and b) a range of affiliations (ex - ethnicity) and social roles

identity involves a sense of continuity, or the feeling that one is the same person today that one was yesterday or last year (despite physical changes). Such a sense is derived from one's body sensations; one's body image; and the feeling that one's memories, goals, values, expectations, and beliefs belong to the self.

~ APA Dictionary of Psychology