Investigating identity‐related weak developmental assets and their barriers in Iranian female adolescents: Self‐worth, self‐efficacy, and personal power

Abstract

Achievement of a positive identity and its transition to adulthood is the most important task of the adolescent era. This cross-sectional explanatory mixed-method study sought to better understand barriers to identity development in female adolescents in Iran by explaining their own experiences and using a Positive Youth Development model as a framework. A total of 573 female secondaryschool students were recruited through multistage sampling and were asked to complete the questionnaire of Developmental Assets Profile (DAP). Positive identity in DAP consists of four assets (personal power, self-esteem, a positive view of the personal future, and sense of purpose).Quantitative data analysis showed that among above mentioned four assets, personal power and self-esteem gained lower scores. A qualitative study held six individual interviews and two focused-group discussions were conducted to explain the barriers to personal power and selfesteem. Results showed that considering personal power, there were two categories as follows: (1) barriers to a sense of control over life and future (subcategories: being limited by failures, deprivation of liberty, and dissatisfaction from being excessively controlled by parents). (2) Barriers to

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“…Therefore, self-worth is also considered to be the gap between the true self and the ideal self. The larger the gap is, the lower self-worth is (Burwell and Shirk, 2006 ; Aghatabay et al, 2023 ). Social recognition, perceived support, learning ability, parenting style, interpersonal relationship, family economic status, religious belief, and personal traits, all have significant impacts on the formation and development of self-worth, which in turn affect individual mental health and behaviors (Corr, 1996 ; Kusina and Exline, 2021 ).…”