Characterizing the Self-System over Time in Adolescence: Internal Structure and Associations with Internalizing Symptoms

Autor/inn/en	Schwartz, Seth J.; Klimstra, Theo A.; Luyckx, Koen; Hale, William W., III; Meeus, Wim H. J.
Titel	Characterizing the Self-System over Time in Adolescence: Internal Structure and Associations with Internalizing Symptoms
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41 (2012) 9, S.1208-1225 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-012-9751-1
Schlagwörter	Early Adolescents; Correlation; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Longitudinal Studies; Self Concept; Behavior Problems; Symptoms (Individual Disorders) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Angst; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Selbstkonzept; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	The longitudinal effects among self and identity processes, and between these processes and internalizing symptoms, are not well understood. As a result, the present study was designed to ascertain the over-time effects among identity commitment, reconsideration of commitments, and self-concept clarity, as well as to map the interplay of these self and identity processes with anxiety and depressive symptoms in early adolescence. A sample of 923 Dutch adolescents (mean age 12.4 years at Time 1; 49.3% female) participated at each of five annual assessments. Multivariate growth curve and cross-lagged panel models indicated that the association between self-concept clarity and commitment was bidirectional, that reconsideration occurs based on problems or dissatisfaction with self-concept clarity and with identity commitments, and that self-concept clarity (but not commitment or reconsideration) temporally precedes depressive and anxiety symptoms. Results are discussed in terms of the structure of the self-system and its associations with internalizing symptoms. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10