Young Adult Identities and Their Pathways: A Developmental and Life Course Model

Autor/inn/en	Benson, Janel E.; Elder, Glen H., Jr.
Titel	Young Adult Identities and Their Pathways: A Developmental and Life Course Model
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 47 (2011) 6, S.1646-1657 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0023833
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Adolescents; Profiles; Longitudinal Studies; Identification; Gender Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Race; Puberty; Interdisciplinary Approach; Individual Development; Middle Schools; High Schools; Child Development; Models; Research; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Rasse; Abstammung; Pubertät; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Individuelle Entwicklung; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; Oberschule; Kindesentwicklung; Analogiemodell; Forschung; USA
Abstract	Developmental and life course studies of young adult identities have focused on 2 dimensions: subjective age and psychosocial maturity. This study examines the developmental synchrony of these 2 processes. In a longitudinal sample of young adults from Add Health (ages 18-22), a person-centered analysis of indicators of these dimensions identified 4 identity profiles. Two depict early and late patterns of identity; the others represent contrasting types of discordance: "pseudo-adult", with subjective age more advanced than maturation level, and "anticipatory", with subjective age less advanced than maturational level. The profiles vary by gender, socioeconomic status, and race-ethnicity, as well as by adolescent (ages 12-16) pubertal maturation, psychosocial adjustment, and family context. These results provide support for a more holistic, interdisciplinary understanding of adult identity and show that young adult identities in the Add Health sample follow differentiated paths into the adult years, with largely unknown consequences for the subsequent life course. (Contains 3 tables, 2 figures and 8 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10