Identity-Related Dysfunction: Integrating Clinical and Developmental Perspectives

Kaufman, Erin A.; Montgomery, Marilyn J.; Crowell, Sheila E.

doi:10.1080/15283488.2014.944699

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“…This study is one of the first to explore the predicting effect of self‐concept and identity disturbances on internet addiction, depression, and suicidality in emerging adulthood. Identity is an important psychological construct, and lack of identity on the SCIM captures the construct of feelings of emptiness, being lost, broken, and not knowing who one is . Although having a lack of identity was not examined in previous studies, DSM‐5 states that “although they usually have a self‐image that is based on being bad or evil, individuals with borderline personality disorder may at times have feelings that they do not exist at all” (DSM‐5, p664) .…”

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“…Emerging adulthood is a stage when individuals develop identity and the ability to seek and sustain intimate relationships and make career decisions . Internet addiction, depression, and suicidality are major problems that have severe negative impacts on individuals during this life stage.…”

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“…Identity formation is regarded as a pivotal developmental task that begins in early childhood and stabilizes during emerging adulthood . Identity disturbance is considered a core component of broad personality disorders in the alternative DSM‐5 model, and it has also been reported to be associated with depression and suicidal tendencies .…”

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Predicting effects of borderline personality symptoms and self‐concept and identity disturbances on internet addiction, depression, and suicidality in college students: A prospective study

Chen

Hsiao

Liu

2019

The Kaohsiung J of Med Scie

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The aims of this study were to evaluate the predicting effects of borderline personality symptoms and self-concept and identity disturbances on internet addiction, significant depression, and suicidality among college students at follow-up assessments conducted 1 year later. A sample of 500 college students aged between 20 and 30 years participated in this study. Their levels of borderline personality symptoms, self-concept and identity disturbances, internet addiction, depression, and suicidality at baseline and at follow-up interviews were assessed through the Borderline Symptoms List, Selfconcept and Identity Measure, Chen Internet Addiction Scale, Beck Depression Inventory-II, and questions related to suicidality from the Epidemiological version of the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, respectively. A total of 324 college students received follow-up assessments 1 year later. Among them, 15.4%,

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Predicting effects of borderline personality symptoms and self‐concept and identity disturbances on internet addiction, depression, and suicidality in college students: A prospective study

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Hsiao

Liu

2019

The Kaohsiung J of Med Scie

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“…A certain degree of identity-related confusion is normative and expected (Erikson, 1956;Marcia, 2006;Meeus, 2011). Developmental psychopathologists maintain that normative and so-called pathological identity processes are best conceptualized continuously (Kaufman, Montgomery, & Crowell, 2014). According to this perspective, identity disturbance and disorder can only be fully understood when related to normative identity processes and outcomes.…”

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Identity Processes and Statuses in Patients with and without Eating Disorders

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Luyckx

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Euro Eating Disorders Rev

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Problems with identity formation are associated with a range of psychiatric disorders. Yet, the mechanisms underlying such problems and how they are refined into specific diagnostic presentations require further investigation. The present study investigated identity processes among 123 women with eating disorders (ED) and age-matched community controls via a newly developed identity model. Several clinical outcome variables were assessed. Patients with ED scored lower on committing to and identifying with identity-related choices and scored higher on maladaptive or ruminative exploration, identity diffusion and identity disorder. They also experienced less identity achievement as compared with controls. The identity disorder status was associated with the highest scores on anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder symptoms, and non-suicidal self-injury and the lowest scores on need satisfaction. Results indicate that patients with ED experience more identity problems than community controls and those captured by an identity disorder status experience the most problematic psychosocial functioning. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.

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“…As conceptualized by Erikson (1968), one's overall identity structure can be characterized by some degree of both identity synthesis and confusion. Individuals high on identity synthesis experience a sense of self-continuity over time and across situations, and have developed a stable set of goals, plans, and beliefs (Erikson, 1968;Kaufman, Montgomery, & Crowell, 2014). Individuals high on identity confusion experience a fragmented sense of self that does not support self-directed decision making (Schwartz, Zamboanga, Luyckx, Meca, & Ritchie, 2013).…”

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Identity Structure and Processes in Adolescence: Examining the Directionality of Between- and Within-Person Associations

Bogaerts

Claes

Schwartz

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J Youth Adolescence

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Developing a stable and coherent identity structure (i.e., a synthesized sense of self that can support self-directed decision making) represents a lifelong task. A person's identity structure is continually revised through ongoing processes of identity exploration and commitment. However, longitudinal studies linking identity structure to identity processes are largely lacking. The present three-wave longitudinal study among 530 Flemish high school students [50.6% female; Mage = 15; SD = 1.85; age range = 11-19 years] examined the directionality of both between-and within-person associations linking identity synthesis and confusion to identity exploration and commitment processes. Between-person cross-lagged models indicated that adolescents who scored high on identity synthesis relative to their peers also scored high on proactive exploration and commitment processes, and low on ruminative exploration one year later, again relative to their peers. Adolescents who scored high on identity confusion relative to their peers also scored high on ruminative exploration one year later, again relative to their peers. With respect to effects of identity processes on identity structure, adolescents who scored high on identification with commitment relative to their peers also scored low on identity confusion one year later. Within-person cross-lagged models indicated that, when adolescents scored high on identity synthesis relative to their own average score, they reported increased proactive exploration processes one year later. In general, reaching a degree of identity synthesis appears to represent a prerequisite for proactive identity exploration at both the between-and within-person levels.

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Identity-Related Dysfunction: Integrating Clinical and Developmental Perspectives

Cited by 45 publications

References 62 publications

Predicting effects of borderline personality symptoms and self‐concept and identity disturbances on internet addiction, depression, and suicidality in college students: A prospective study

Predicting effects of borderline personality symptoms and self‐concept and identity disturbances on internet addiction, depression, and suicidality in college students: A prospective study

Identity Processes and Statuses in Patients with and without Eating Disorders

Identity Structure and Processes in Adolescence: Examining the Directionality of Between- and Within-Person Associations

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