Dimensions of Identity Development Scale (DIDS): A test of longitudinal measurement invariance in Greek adolescents

Mastrotheodoros, Stefanos; Motti‐Stefanidi, Frosso

doi:10.1080/17405629.2016.1241175

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“…Moreover, for the models of commitment making, identification with commitment, and ruminative exploration, strict invariance was found, and for the models of exploration in breadth and in depth partial strict invariance was found. These findings thus indicated that it was appropriate to create the composite mean scores of the Dutch DIDS subscales to examine developmental trends across middle adolescence (Steinmetz 2013), and fit with previous findings on the Greek version of the DIDS (Mastrotheodoros and Motti-Stefanidi 2017). Full information on the tests of longitudinal measurement invariance is available in the Online Resource (see Supplemental Table 3).…”

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

Doeselaar

McLean

Meeus

et al. 2019

J Youth Adolescence

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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 (M age = 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, M age = 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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confidence: 69%

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

Doeselaar

McLean

Meeus

et al. 2019

J Youth Adolescence

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“…Moreover, for the models of commitment making, identification with commitment, and ruminative exploration, strict invariance was found, and for the models of exploration in breadth and in depth partial strict invariance was found. These findings thus indicated that it was appropriate to create the composite mean scores of the Dutch DIDS subscales to examine developmental trends across middle adolescence (Steinmetz, 2013), and fit with previous findings on the Greek version of the DIDS (Mastrotheodoros & Motti-Stefanidi, 2017). Full information on the tests of longitudinal measurement invariance is available in the Online Resource (see Supplemental Table 3).…”

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confidence: 69%

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

Doeselaar¹,

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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“…As críticas apontadas ao modelo de Marcia (e.g., estaticidade) e a necessidade de estudar aprofundadamente os processos de compromisso e de exploração contribuíram para o desenvolvimento de modelos dinâmicos que integrem processos identitários mais específicos (Côté & Levine, 1988;Grotevant, 1987;Mastrotheodoros, & Motti-Stefanidi, 2016). O modelo integrativo do desenvolvimento identitário (Luyckx et al, 2008) foca os processos formativos e avaliativos da identidade, distinguindo os processos e estratégias adaptativos e inadaptativos.…”

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Escala das dimensões do desenvolvimento da identidade: Estudos psicométricos iniciais

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Este estudo apresenta o processo de desenvolvimento e os estudos psicométricos iniciais da Escala das Dimensões do Desenvolvimento Identitário (DIDS), um instrumento que avalia os processos de desenvolvimento da identidade. Participaram no estudo 403 indivíduos (15-29 anos), que responderam a um questionário de dados sociodemográficos, à DIDS e ao Inventário da Sintomatologia Psicológica (ISP). Foram analisadas as características psicométricas da DIDS. Para o estudo da validade de construto foi realizada uma análise fatorial confirmatória. As validades convergente e discriminante foram analisadas através: da Variância Extraída Média (VEM); da comparação dos valores de VEM com os valores de correlação ao quadrado entre os fatores; e das correlações entre os processos de desenvolvimento da identidade e o ISP. A DIDS apresentou índices satisfatórios de fiabilidade compósita e consistência interna e a estrutura fatorial proposta foi confirmada. Os resultados sugerem que o instrumento poderia tornar-se mais fiável com o aumento do número de itens em alguns fatores e a eliminação de alguns itens existentes. No entanto, a DIDS é um instrumento passível de ser usado na medição do desenvolvimento identitário em adolescentes e adultos emergentes portugueses.

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Dimensions of Identity Development Scale (DIDS): A test of longitudinal measurement invariance in Greek adolescents

Cited by 29 publications

References 17 publications

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

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

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