Identify Interventions for Adolescents: Promoting Optimal Identity

Ferrer-Wreder, Laura; Montgomery, Marilyn M.; Lorente, Carolyn Cass; Habibi, Mojtaba

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“…MBT is meant to be a therapeutic “stance” rather than a strictly manualized treatment (Bateman & Fonagy, 2012). Due to this flexibility, it may be possible to incorporate RF‐promoting strategies from MBT into existing interventions for building healthy identity during adolescence, such as the Miami Youth Development Project (Kurtines et al, 2008) and the Changing Lives Program (Eichas, Kurtines, Rinaldi, & Farr, 2018), among others (see Ferrer‐Wreder, Montgomery, Lorente, & Habibi, 2014). Further, given similarities between RF and social‐cognitive constructs such as metacognition and theory of mind, promoting these abilities in the context of existing identity interventions may also be beneficial.…”

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Childhood maltreatment and identity diffusion among inpatient adolescents: The role of reflective function

Penner

Gambin

Sharp

2019

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction: Identity integration, as opposed to identity diffusion, has been associated with greater self-esteem, meaning in life, and functioning. Trauma may have negative effects on identity; however, few studies have examined trauma and identity among adolescents, particularly those with psychiatric disorders. Moreover, factors that may promote healthy identity in adolescents who have experienced trauma have not been identified. This study aimed to test associations between childhood maltreatment and identity diffusion among adolescents with psychiatric disorders, and evaluated reflective function (RF) as a mediator of these associations. Methods: 107 adolescents (M age = 15.36, 75.7% female) who were inpatient at a psychiatric hospital in the United States completed self-report measures of childhood maltreatment (physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; physical and emotional neglect; total maltreatment), identity diffusion, and RF. Path analysis was used to test two models of the relations between childhood maltreatment, RF, and identity diffusion. Results: Total maltreatment and all forms of maltreatment except physical abuse were significantly associated with identity diffusion at the bivariate level. In path analysis (Model 1), emotional and physical neglect were directly associated with identity diffusion, and RF mediated the association between emotional abuse and identity diffusion. In Model 2, RF partially mediated the association between overall level of maltreatment and identity diffusion. Conclusions: Emotional abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect, and total combined maltreatment exposure may be risk factors for adolescent identity diffusion. Targeting RF may help to build healthy identity among adolescents with symptoms of psychiatric disorders who have experienced maltreatment, particularly emotional abuse.

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Childhood maltreatment and identity diffusion among inpatient adolescents: The role of reflective function

Penner

Gambin

Sharp

2019

Journal of Adolescence

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“…While limited, this study does contribute to a newly emerging evidence base on this important European minority group by highlighting the importance of the intergenerational transmission of ethnic identity in Bulgarian families, those with a Roma and mainstream family heritage. Consistent with the growing evidence base on ethnic identity interventions (e.g., Ferrer‐Wreder et al., 2014), ethnic identity work is an important developmental process to enhance systematically through planned interventions, as well as through the identification of existing ecological assets, such as those within the family.…”

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“…In a multicultural world, the formation of ethnic identity is clearly an area of pressing concern, particularly in light of efforts to better support the likelihood for equal opportunities throughout life amongst diverse youth (e.g., Ferrer‐Wreder, Montgomery, Lorente, & Habibi, 2014; Motti‐Stefanidi, Berry, Chryssochoou, Sam, & Phinney, 2012). An optimal ethnic identity is the product of effort and a supportive ecology – individuals engage in identity work (e.g., talking to others, considering and trying out different life options), and can be supported in that work by important others (also called identity agents see Schachter & Ventura, 2008), in order to determine what their ethnic group affiliation(s) mean to them, in their own lives – and coming away from this process with a personally meaningful sense of belonging to a particular ethnic or other culture‐based identity.…”

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“…See Ferrer‐Wreder et al. (2014) for a review of the efficacy of several ethnic identity oriented interventions. Since none of the reviewed interventions have been systematically implemented or tested with European Roma youth or their families, careful formative research and cultural adaptation of existing evidence‐based strategies could be beneficial for Roma.…”

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Intergenerational transmission of ethnic identity and life satisfaction of Roma minority adolescents and their parents

Dimitrova

Ferrer-Wreder

Trost

2015

Journal of Adolescence

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This study investigates intergeneration transmission of ethnic identity as a resource for life satisfaction of Roma adolescents and their parents. Historically, Roma represent the largest ethnic minority in Europe. They have been exposed to severe discrimination, social exclusion, and poverty. Therefore, identifying resources for their life satisfaction is theoretically and practically important. The present study included 1093 participants, of which there were 171 Roma adolescents (age: M = 14.96 years, SD = 1.85), 155 mothers (age: M = 36.16 years, SD = 5.77) and 123 fathers (age: M = 39.68 years, SD = 6.06). Further, a comparison group of 248 mainstream adolescents with their mothers (n = 221) and fathers (n = 175) was also included in the study. Adolescents and their parents provided data on ethnic identity (MEIM; Phinney, 1992) and life satisfaction (SWLS; Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985). Results indicated that Roma youth were lower on endorsement of ethnic identity and average on life satisfaction compared to their mainstream peers. A structural equation model showed that ethnic identity was a positive predictor of life satisfaction for both adolescents and their Roma parents. Furthermore, parents' ethnic identity was a predictor of adolescent life satisfaction. We concluded that for Roma youth and their parents, ethnic identity represents a salient source for life satisfaction and an intergenerational continuity of identity and life satisfaction exists.

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Identity-Related Dysfunction: Integrating Clinical and Developmental Perspectives

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Identify Interventions for Adolescents: Promoting Optimal Identity

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Childhood maltreatment and identity diffusion among inpatient adolescents: The role of reflective function

Childhood maltreatment and identity diffusion among inpatient adolescents: The role of reflective function

Intergenerational transmission of ethnic identity and life satisfaction of Roma minority adolescents and their parents

Identity-Related Dysfunction: Integrating Clinical and Developmental Perspectives

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