Longitudinal Associations of Identity Processing Styles With Prodiversity and Proequality Values in Adolescence

Erentaitė, Rasa; Vosylis, Rimantas; Crocetti, Elisabetta

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“…These findings confirm our hypothesis about the key role played by thoughtful exploration and are in line with previous research on identity processes (Crocetti et al, 2010(Crocetti et al, , 2012Hatano et al, 2016) and styles (Crocetti et al, 2014;Erentaitė et al, 2019;Soenens et al, 2005), which highlighted the associations between in-depth exploration and multiple personal (e.g., openness to experience; Crocetti et al, 2010;Hatano et al, 2016) and social (e.g., civic engagement; Crocetti et al, 2012) aspects that inform individuals' views of others within society (Brandt et al, 2015;Pancer et al, 2007). Besides extending the literature on associations between personal identity processes and social identity processes (Albarello et al, 2018), our findings also highlight for the first time the link between in-depth exploration and ethnic prejudice among late adolescents.…”

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“…Moreover, in-depth exploration is a core feature (Crocetti et al, 2013; Zimmermann et al, 2012) of the information-oriented identity style and, as previously mentioned, high levels of exploration of educational identity commitments have shown to be associated with the adolescents’ adoption of this style (Negru-Subtirica et al, 2017). In turn, this style was found to be positively associated with pro-diversity and pro-equality values (Erentaitė et al, 2019) and civic engagement (Crocetti, Erentaitė et al, 2014), and negatively associated with forms of closure to experiences or others, such as the need for cognitive closure (Crocetti et al, 2009). Additionally, late adolescents who adopt an information-oriented style endorsed less traditional or conservative opinions, showing lower need for closure, right-wing authoritarianism, and cultural conservatism (Soenens et al, 2005).…”

Section: Antecedents Of Prejudice: the Importance Of Identity Processesmentioning

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Addressing ethnic prejudice in youth: Developmental trajectories and associations with educational identity

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Studying how attitudes develop in the transition from late adolescence to emerging adulthood offers unique insights into future generations’ perceptions of society and of others. However, findings on ethnic prejudice during this life period are mixed. The current research aims to examine the development of affective and cognitive ethnic prejudice, adopting a person-centered approach. Furthermore, it examines the associations between educational identity processes and prejudice. A sample of 297 Italian adolescents ( Mage = 17.48, SDage = 0.79, 37.8% males) participated in a five-wave longitudinal study. At the mean level, cognitive prejudice decreased slightly over time, while affective prejudice remained stable. Additionally, rank-order stability coefficients were high ( r ≥ .526). Moreover, for each dimension of prejudice (i.e., cognitive and affective) taken separately, three groups of participants were identified based on their high, moderate, or low scores, respectively. Finally, higher levels of educational identity in-depth exploration at baseline significantly increased the chances of adolescents falling into the low rather than the moderate group for both cognitive and affective prejudice. Conversely, it significantly reduced the chances of being in the high compared to the moderate group for affective prejudice. This study highlights the importance of considering multiple components of prejudice and their reciprocal associations with identity processes to identify at-risk segments of the adolescent and emerging adult populations.

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“…Moreover, in-depth exploration of identity in the educational domain is also conceived as a core feature ( Zimmermann et al, 2012 ; Crocetti et al, 2013 ) of the information-oriented identity style ( Berzonsky, 1989 ), whereby individuals actively seek and process relevant information to make accurate and thoughtful decisions ( Berzonsky, 1989 ) in contrast to superficial information processing. Importantly, this style was found to be positively associated with pro-diversity and pro-equality values ( Erentaitė et al, 2019 ) and civic engagement ( Crocetti et al, 2014 ), and negatively associated with forms of closure to experiences or others, such as the need for cognitive closure ( Crocetti et al, 2009 ) and different forms of prejudice (i.e., racism and xenophobia; Soenens et al, 2005 ). It has been shown that adolescents who adopt such an information-oriented identity style also have a high degree of cognitive complexity and employ a vigilant and systematic processing style in decisional situations ( Berzonsky and Ferrari, 1996 ); thus, it can be assumed that they are also less susceptible to use social cognitive simplifications that lead to social prejudice ( Allport, 1954 ).…”

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At the roots of attribution of human rights to migrants

Albarello

Rubini

2022

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionThis study (N = 141, Mage = 20.15) aimed at deepening knowledge on the factors that can lead young adults to deny the inalienability of human rights to migrants by examining whether, under realistic and symbolic intergroup threat (versus no-threat), the denial of human rights to migrants increases. In doing so, the role of fraternalistic relative deprivation in mediating this relation was examined. Also, two potential positive factors were considered: in-depth exploration of personal identity in the educational domain and identification with the human group. Intergroup threat was expected to enhance perceived relative deprivation, thus reducing the attribution of human rights to migrants. Such relation was expected to be mediated by those factors expressing complex views of self and others (in-depth exploration of identity in the educational domain and identification with the human group).MethodRealistic and symbolic threat were experimentally manipulated through a written scenario. In the no-threat condition, no scenario was presented.ResultsShowed significant effects of intergroup threat on the attribution of human rights to migrants, on perceived fraternalistic relative deprivation, on in-depth exploration of identity in the educational domain and identification with the human group. More specifically, intergroup realistic threat, but not symbolic threat, reduced the attribution of human rights to migrants and identification with the human group. Symbolic threat, but not realistic threat, increased the perception of fraternalistic relative deprivation, whereas both realistic and symbolic threat reduced in-depth exploration of identity in the educational domain, and identification with the human group. As shown by the sequential mediation analysis, and as expected, the effect of intergroup threat in reducing attribution of human rights to migrants was mediated by in-depth exploration of identity in the educational domain, identification with the human group, and fraternalistic relative deprivation. Implications of findings concerning the processes underlying identification with the human group and its beneficial effects in terms of humanization of a stigmatized outgroup were highlighted by stressing the intertwined nature of personal identity and social identity processes. The importance of complex views of self and others in helping to create inclusive generations of adults was also highlighted.

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“…According to the literature [ 35 , 36 , 37 ] the temporal perspective may have implications with respect to psychosocial functioning. In this sense, the way in which individuals use temporal frames to define their own, goals, ideals, life projects may contribute to identity construction.…”

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Experiencing the COVID-19 Emergency: Age-Related Disequilibrating Event for Identity

Palma

Fusco

Sica

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IJERPH

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The experience linked to the COVID-19 emergency constituted a turning point in the biography of most Italians. The suspension of usual activities, the redefinition of life contexts and the restriction of relationships have opened up wide spaces and time for thinking and reflecting on oneself, which may have triggered processes of redefinition of personal identity. The general aim of this study was to explore the impact of pandemic on daily life in the life span, in order to support the hypothesis that the pandemic experience could be considered a disequilibrating life-event and a turning point in the biography of most Italians. A mixed research approach was adopted, with 14 closed and open questions created ad hoc. 41 participants (87% women, average age 40.71), resident in the Campania region, in southern Italy, responded to the online written interview. The data were analyzed by two independent coders, using categorical content analysis with a top-down approach. Membership of the different age groups (young adults, adults, elderly) was assessed as a comparison variable. Findings qualify pandemic-related experiences as a disequilibrating life event, potentially capable of activating, alongside emotionally dense experiences, adaptive and functional resources for identity reconsideration, with differences being age based. The dimensions of change, the affective dimensions, the resources and the areas of risk identified, allowed us to identify three different clusters, showing a differentiation according to age groups, which identifies young adults and the elderly as the subjects most at risk.

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Longitudinal Associations of Identity Processing Styles With Prodiversity and Proequality Values in Adolescence

Cited by 12 publications

References 48 publications

Addressing ethnic prejudice in youth: Developmental trajectories and associations with educational identity

Addressing ethnic prejudice in youth: Developmental trajectories and associations with educational identity

At the roots of attribution of human rights to migrants

Experiencing the COVID-19 Emergency: Age-Related Disequilibrating Event for Identity

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