A Review and Integration of Three Key Components of Identity 					Development

Doeselaar, Lotte van; Becht, Andrik; Klimstra, Theo A.; Meeus, Wim

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“…Yet, our findings also showed that compared to commitment, general distinctiveness was in quite some cases an equally strong marker and for some aspectssocial well-being and self-esteemeven had incremental predictive value. Our findings validate the strong focus on commitments in studies on identity formation (see Meeus, 2011;Van Doeselaar et al, 2018), but also indicate that an adaptive identity not only consists of strong commitments. So far, studies focusing on different adaptive identity features have been rare (see Van Doeselaar et al, 2018), and our findings…”

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“…Adaptive identity formation can thus likely be conceptualized as a cluster of related features, such as a sense of general distinctiveness as well as strong commitments (Pasupathi, 2014;Van Doeselaar, Becht, Klimstra, & Meeus, 2018). To examine the role and importance of distinctiveness in the broader identity construct, we compared the nomological network of the two conceptualizations of distinctiveness to that of identification with commitment.…”

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Distinctiveness as a marker of identity formation

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Klimstra

Denissen

et al. 2019

Journal of Research in Personality

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Individual distinctiveness is theorized to characterize an adaptive identity, but its importance remained underexplored. In two studies, we investigated the nomological networks of two common conceptualizations of distinctiveness: general and comparative distinctiveness. We compared these to the network of identity formation's best-validated marker: commitment.Findings from two samples of young adults living in the Netherlands (n = 320) and in the US (n = 246) both revealed that general distinctiveness marked adaptive identity formation and greater psychosocial well-being. Moreover, general distinctiveness had unique predictive value over commitment strength. Comparative distinctiveness from important others uniquely indicated lowered social well-being. Our findings illustrate that careful attention should be paid to the conceptualization of distinctiveness, because distinctiveness is an important but complex concept. Codol, J.-P. (1981). Une approche cognitive du sentiment d'identité [A cognitive approach to the feeling of identity].

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Distinctiveness as a marker of identity formation

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“…By constructing their own personal identity, adolescents can obtain a sense of "progressive continuity between that which [they have] come to be during the long years of childhood and that which [they promise] to become in the anticipated future" (Erikson, 1968, p. 87). This sense of personal continuity is one of the key aspects of Erikson's conceptualization of an adaptive identity, which is THE NARRATIVE AND THE DUAL-CYLE APPROACH 35 still present in the narrative (McAdams, 2001) and dual-cycle approaches (Van Doeselaar, Becht, Klimstra, & Meeus, 2018). Moreover, both approaches also still recognize the importance of social (e.g., McLean & Jennings, 2012;Van Doeselaar, Meeus, Koot, & Branje, 2016) and cultural (e.g., McLean & Syed, 2015;Negru-Subtirica, Tiganasu, Dezutter, & Luyckx, 2017) contexts for identity formation.…”

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“…Identity formation is conceptualized as a dual-cycle process of forming and evaluating identity commitments in various relevant domains, such as occupational aspirations (Crocetti, Rubini, & Meeus, 2008;Luyckx et al, 2006). Strong identity commitments are assumed to provide a sense of personal continuity as they provide a sense of direction and certainty regarding the future (Van Doeselaar et al, 2018). Dual-cycle models provide a more detailed approach to Marcia's (1966) original identity status framework.…”

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Adolescents’ Identity Formation: Linking the Narrative and the Dual-Cycle Approach

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McLean²,

Meeus³

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The narrative and dual-cycle approach conceptualize and operationalize adolescents’ identity formation in different ways. While the narrative approach focuses on the construction of an autobiographical life story, the dual-cycle approach focuses on the formation of identity commitments. Although these approaches have different emphases, they are conceptually complementary. Yet, their empirical links and distinctions have only scarcely been investigated. Empirical knowledge on these links in adolescence and across time has been especially lacking. In the present research, it was therefore examined whether key characteristics of adolescents’ narration (autobiographical reasoning and agency) were concurrently and prospectively related to engagement in the dual-cycle processes of commitment making, identification with commitment, exploration in breadth, exploration in depth, and ruminative exploration. The findings from a cross-sectional sample of 1,580 Dutch adolescents (Mage = 14.7 years, 56% female) demonstrated that autobiographical reasoning was significantly positively associated with the commitment and more adaptive exploration processes (i.e., in breadth and in depth). In addition, agency was significantly positively associated with the commitment processes and exploration in depth. Yet, these associations between the narrative characteristics and dual-cycle processes were only weak. Subsequently, the findings from a two-year longitudinal subsample (n = 242, Mage = 14.7 years, 62% female) indicated that on average commitment strength remained stable but exploration increased across middle adolescence. A stronger increase in identification with commitment and adaptive exploration (i.e., in breadth and in depth) was predicted by a higher degree of agency in adolescents’ narratives. Overall, these findings indicate that both approaches to identity formation are associated, but the small size of these associations suggests that they predominantly capture unique aspects of identity formation. Both approaches could thus complement and inform each other.

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“…Também a investigação sobre individuação e formação da identidade vai no mesmo sentido da diferenciação e integração crescentes (Blos, 1968;Erikson, 1959). Alguns estudos têm efetivamente mostrado que o sentido de ser diferente dos outros (van Doeselaar, Becht, Klimstra, & Meeus, 2018), a exploração de diferentes identidades e a emergência de diferentes domínios identitários (Meeus, 2011) aumentam ao longo da adolescência. Contudo, no final da adolescência, a intervenção de habilidades integrativas que combinem essas diversas possibilidades psicossociais em compromissos identitários fortes parece ser importante para o bem-estar e a adaptação psicológica (Erikson, 1959;Meeus, 2011).…”

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Reorganização do autocomhecimento e adaptação psicológica na adolescência

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2019

Revista INFAD de Psicología

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A reorganização do autoconhecimento tem sido considerada um dos temas mais importantes do desenvolvimento psicológico na adolescência. Considerando o autoconhecimento como teoria (ou teorias) pessoal com funções adaptativas, estas reorganizações podem ser vistas como movimentos adaptativos face às numerosas transformações primárias da adolescência. De um modo geral, dispersas na literatura, encontram-se referências a transformações físicas e a uma diversidade de novos contextos sociais com os quais o adolescente se depara e que requerem dele a construção de novas teorias, novos guiões pessoais para a sua atuação no mundo. É também referida na literatura a emergência de novas habilidades cognitivas e a possibilidade de construções cognitivas mais sofisticadas e flexíveis. Neste trabalho procede-se a uma revisão não sistemática de algumas das mais importantes transformações físicas, cognitivas e sociais da adolescência, e sua relação com mudanças no autoconhecimento. São abordados: (a) a emergência da sexualidade genital e as alterações da forma e do tamanho do corpo, e sua importância na construção de um autoconceito sexual e em alterações na imagem corporal; (b) as expetativas sociais relativamente aos adolescentes que contribuem para a criação de um sentido de identidade pessoal, bem como a circulação por um número crescente de contextos sociais favorece a construções de uma diversidade de eus relacionais (ou de eus em diferentes papeis sociais), e a influência que as redes sociais têm na construção de um "eu embrulho"; (c) a emergência de habilidades cognitivas abstratas, que possibilitam a diferenciação de múltiplos eus ou o crescimento das autodiscrepâncias (e.g., eu real-eu ideal), mas dão também lugar a conflitos no seio do self, antes de se poder alcançar um autoconhecimento mais coerente. É também sublinhada a interligação entre estas transformações (corporais, sociais e cognitivas) na construção do autoconhecimento. Palavras chave: adolescência; autoconceito; puberdade; desenvolvimento cognitivo; contextos sociais; identidade.

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A Review and Integration of Three Key Components of Identity Development

Cited by 60 publications

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