“…For example, many adolescents move from diffused vocational identity statuses to achieved and moratorium as they age and get closer to high school graduation (Skorikov & Vondracek, 1998). In college students, advanced vocational identity statuses (e.g., achieved, moratorium) have been consistently related to positive personal and professional outcomes in samples from around the world (e.g., Cox et al, 2016; Green, 2020; Hirschi & Hermann, 2012; Rhee et al, 2016; Wong & Kaur, 2018; Zhang et al, 2019). For instance, higher combined levels of commitment and exploration (representing an achieved status) was significantly and positively related to psychological well-being, satisfaction with life, general self-efficacy, and positive affect, as well as significantly and negatively related to negative affect, in Pakistani college students (Green, 2020).…”