Correlates of Identity Configurations: Three Studies with Adolescent and Emerging Adult Cohorts

Autor/inn/en	Crocetti, Elisabetta; Scrignaro, Marta; Sica, Luigia Simona; Magrin, Maria Elena
Titel	Correlates of Identity Configurations: Three Studies with Adolescent and Emerging Adult Cohorts
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41 (2012) 6, S.732-748 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-011-9702-2
Schlagwörter	Psychological Needs; Age; Adolescents; Correlation; Self Concept; Young Adults; Developmental Stages; Ideology; Behavior Problems; Profiles + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alter; Lebensalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Korrelation; Selbstkonzept; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Ideologie; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse
Abstract	Adolescence and emerging adulthood are two core developmental periods in which individuals can develop a meaningful identity across domains. However, there is a lack of studies exploring correlates of different identity configurations. The purpose of this article was to fill this gap in examining correlates of configurations characterized by identity stability or instability in both ideological and relational domains or identity stability in one domain and instability in the other domain. Three studies were presented. In the first study, we investigated links between identity configurations and internalizing problem behaviors in early and middle adolescents (N = 1,891; M [subscript age] = 14; 55% female); in the second study, we focused on associations between identity configurations and identity functions in late adolescents and early emerging adults (N = 1,085; M [subscript age] = 19; 63% female); in the third study, we investigated relationships between identity configurations, sense of coherence, and basic psychological need satisfaction in emerging adults (N = 489; M [subscript age] = 21; 71% female). Overall, findings highlighted that participants experiencing a condition of identity stability in both domains reported a better profile than their peers displaying a condition of instability in both realms. Further, individuals with identity stability only in one domain reported intermediate scores and the effect provided by each domain varied according to the correlate examined and the age group taken into account. Implications of these findings are discussed. (As Provided).
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