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Yip L, Thomas EF, Amiot C, Louis WR, McGarty C. Autonomous Motives Foster Sustained Commitment to Action: Integrating Self-Determination Theory and the Social Identity Approach. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 2024; 50:750-765. [PMID: 36680466 DOI: 10.1177/01461672221148396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Social change movements may take years or decades to achieve their goals and thus require ongoing efforts from their supporters. We apply the insights of self-determination theory to examine sustained collective action over time. We expected that autonomous motivation, but not controlled motivation, would predict sustained action. We also examine whether autonomous motivation shapes and is shaped by social identification as a supporter of the cause. Longitudinal data were collected from supporters of global poverty reduction (N = 263) at two timepoints 1 year apart. Using latent change score modeling, we found that increases in autonomous motivation positively predicted increases in opinion-based group identification, which in turn predicted increases in self-reported collective action. Controlled motivation (Time 1) negatively predicted changes in action. We concluded that autonomous motivation predicts sustained action over time, while promoting controlled motives for action may backfire because it may undermine identification with the cause.
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- Lisette Yip
- Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- Western Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia
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Vaingankar JA, Subramaniam M, Seow E, Chang S, Sambasivam R, Luo N, Verma S, Chong SA, van Dam RM. Youth Positive Mental Health Concepts and Definitions: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:11506. [PMID: 36141781 PMCID: PMC9517177 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Research on youth positive mental health (PMH) lacks comprehensiveness. We reviewed literature to (i) identify and understand concepts related to youth PMH and (ii) to summarize their definitions under broad conceptual themes. METHOD We conducted a systematic review using PRISMA methodology. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO database (ID:CRD42020203712). Pubmed, Embase, PsycINFO, and OpenGrey databases were searched for publications that examined, assessed, explained, or defined PMH concepts in youth populations. Methods included searching, independent screening and review using pre-determined inclusion and exclusion criteria, extraction, coding, and iterative thematic syntheses of literature. RESULTS Of 3427 unique records identified, 105 articles from 26 countries met review criteria. Qualitative analysis resulted in 22 broad themes of youth PMH. These included interpersonal relationships (interpersonal competence, school connectedness, etc.), positive emotions (feel and create pleasant emotions, gratitude, etc.), self-efficacy (strengths, human agency, etc.), life satisfaction (global assessment of one's life), and personal growth (goal achievement, life aspirations, etc.). Five novel concepts related to youth PMH were identified. CONCLUSIONS Our review summarized and operationalized multiple concepts of youth PMH for applications in research, evaluation, and public health improvement.
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- Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar
- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117549, Singapore
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117549, Singapore
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117549, Singapore
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- Department of Early Psychosis, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, Singapore 539747, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117549, Singapore
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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Berzonsky MD, Kuk L. Identity Styles and College Adaptation: The Mediational Roles of Commitment, Self-Agency and Self-Regulation. IDENTITY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/15283488.2021.1979552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Michael D. Berzonsky
- Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, New York, United States
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- School of Education, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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Moral Identity and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Identity Commitment Quality. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18189795. [PMID: 34574719 PMCID: PMC8465947 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18189795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2021] [Revised: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Moral identity is associated with people’s subjective well-being; however, little is known about how an individual with moral identity relates to one’s subjective well-being. Based on the eudaimonic identity theory, the current study proposed that identity commitment quality is a critical mechanism that links moral identity (two dimensions: internalization and symbolization) and subjective well-being. We examined our hypotheses in 419 college students, who completed the Self-importance of Moral Identity Questionnaire, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Scale of Positive and Negative Experience, and Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-being. Results confirmed significant positive correlations among moral identity, identity commitment quality, and subjective well-being; findings also suggested that both the internalization and symbolization dimensions of moral identity predicted subjective well-being through identity commitment quality, and identity commitment quality fully mediated the pathway relationship between moral identity and subjective well-being. We discussed these findings with respect to implications and proposed research suggestions for future studies.
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Yang CC. Social media social comparison and identity processing styles: Perceived social pressure to be responsive and rumination as mediators. APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2021.1894149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Motivation and psychological need fulfillment on the pathway to identity resolution. MOTIVATION AND EMOTION 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11031-019-09795-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Berzonsky MD, Kinney A. Identity Processing Style and Depression: The Mediational Role of Experiential Avoidance and Self-Regulation. IDENTITY 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/15283488.2019.1567341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Michael D. Berzonsky
- Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, New York, USA
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- Licensed Psychologist, New Hartford Psychological Services, Utica, New York, USA
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Mohebi MD, Ayubi E, Azmoodeh A, Sargolzaie N. The relationship between identity styles and addiction vulnerability: A cross-sectional study among medical students in Zahedan, South Eastern Iran. Psychiatry Res 2018; 268:184-188. [PMID: 30031271 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Very little research done on the relationship between identity styles and addiction vulnerability among university students. This study aims to evaluate the extent to which identity styles can influence addiction vulnerability among medical students in Zahedan, Iran. The present cross-sectional study being conducted at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences from 2015 to 2016. The study sample consisted of 205 pre-clinical medical students (60% Female, 40% male) recruited. Berzonsky's Identity Style Questionnaire and Addiction Potential questionnaire, respectively measured "Identity Styles and addiction vulnerability". The multivariate linear analysis was conducted applying backward stepwise selection method. The female students shown more normative oriented than the male ones (p = 0.01). Students living in own house had significantly higher scores for diffuse avoidant style and addiction vulnerability compared with other types of accommodation (p ≤ 0.01). Multivariable regression analysis demonstrated that the final model included accommodation, admission qouta, normative, diffuse-avoidant and commitment styles, as addiction vulnerability may be higher as the results of lower normative style indicated (β = -0.54; 95% confidence interval: -1.00 to -0.08), higher diffuse-avoidant (0.41; 0.09 to 0.74) and lower commitment style (-0.79; -1.22 to -0.37). The study provides direct evidence of potential role of identity formation on the addiction vulnerability among medical students.
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- Mohamad Davood Mohebi
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran; Health promotion research center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran; Health promotion research center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
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The association of identity and motivation with students' academic achievement in higher education. LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2018.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bouizegarene N, Philippe FL. Longitudinal directive effect of need satisfaction in self-defining memories on friend related identity processing styles and friend satisfaction. SELF AND IDENTITY 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2017.1327453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Nabil Bouizegarene
- Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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Hardy SA, Nadal ARC, Schwartz SJ. The Integration of Personal Identity, Religious Identity, and Moral Identity in Emerging Adulthood. IDENTITY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THEORY AND RESEARCH 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/15283488.2017.1305905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Holding AC, Hope NH, Harvey B, Marion Jetten AS, Koestner R. Stuck in Limbo: Motivational Antecedents and Consequences of Experiencing Action Crises in Personal Goal Pursuit. J Pers 2017; 85:893-905. [PMID: 27977845 DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Action crises describe the intrapsychic conflicts individuals experience when they feel torn between further goal pursuit and goal disengagement. The present investigation introduces autonomous and controlled motivation as independent predictors of action crisis severity, beyond known personality-level predictors (action orientation) and novel personality-level predictors (Neuroticism and Conscientiousness). METHOD Using a multi-wave prospective longitudinal design and multilevel modeling (MLM), we followed students pursuing three personal goals across an academic semester (N = 425 undergraduates; 76% female; 57% Caucasian; Mage = 20.2, SD = 2.3). In two follow-up surveys, participants reported on the severity of their action crises, goal progress, and symptoms of depression. RESULTS Results suggest that autonomous motivation shields individuals from experiencing action crises, whereas controlled motivation represents a risk factor for developing action crises beyond personality-level predictors. Furthermore, MLM revealed that autonomous motivation is a significant predictor of action crisis severity at both the within- and between-person levels of analysis. Action crises mediate both the relationship between autonomous motivation and goal progress, and the relationship between controlled motivation and symptoms of depression. CONCLUSIONS The implications of these findings for the prevention of action crises and motivation research are discussed.
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Cordeiro PMG, Paixão MP, Lens W, Lacante M, Luyckx K. Parenting Styles, Identity Development, and Adjustment in Career Transitions. JOURNAL OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0894845316672742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Drawing from self-determination theory, this study examines how does perceived parenting and psychological needs relate to identity development and psychosocial adjustment in Portuguese 12th-grade students ( N = 462) who prepare the transition to higher education or to the job market. Path model results revealed two distinct pathways: a “growth-oriented pathway” from need-supporting parenting to integrated career exploration, commitment-making and well-being via need satisfaction and a “vulnerability” pathway from need-thwarting parenting to both diminished well-being and ill-being through need frustration. Findings suggest that perceived parental support is a protective factor, and parental thwarting a risk factor for career decision-making, but this relation is mediated by the adolescents’ subjective feelings of psychological need satisfaction and frustration. Altogether, they suggest the need to customize interventions with adolescents to address “bright” and “dark” trajectories of identity development and establish a supportive counseling climate that facilitates the exploration of different aspects of self-environment in career transition periods.
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- School Psychology and Child and Adolescent Development, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Deceased Author
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- School Psychology and Child and Adolescent Development, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- School Psychology and Child and Adolescent Development, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Legault L, Weinstein N, Mitchell J, Inzlicht M, Pyke K, Upal A. Owning Up to Negative Ingroup Traits: How Personal Autonomy Promotes the Integration of Group Identity. J Pers 2016; 85:687-701. [PMID: 27490420 DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Our experiences, attributes, and behaviors are diverse, inconsistent, and often negative. Consequently, our capacity to assimilate divergent experiences-particularly negative aspects-is important to the development of a unified self. Whereas this process of integration has received attention at the level of personal identity, it has not been assessed at the level of group identity. OBJECTIVE We examined the mechanisms involved in integrating positive and negative ingroup identities, as well as related outcomes. METHOD In three experiments, participants (N = 332) high and low in autonomy identified either positive or negative aspects of their ingroup and then indicated the extent to which they integrated the attribute. RESULTS Those high in personal autonomy integrated both positive and negative identities, whereas those low in autonomy acknowledged only positive identities. Study 2 showed that, regardless of identity valence, those high in autonomy felt satisfied and close with their group. Conversely, those low in autonomy felt less close and more dissatisfied with their group after reflecting on negative identities. Finally, reflecting on a negative identity reduced prejudice, but only for those high in autonomy. CONCLUSIONS Owning up to negative group traits is facilitated by autonomy and demonstrates benefits for ingroup and intergroup processes.
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Soenens B, Berzonsky MD, Papini DR. Attending to the role of identity exploration in self-esteem. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0165025415602560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Although research suggests an interplay between identity development and self-esteem, most studies focused on the role of identity commitment and measured only level of self-esteem. This study examined longitudinal associations between Berzonsky’s (2011) styles of identity exploration and two distinct features of self-esteem: level of self-esteem and contingent self-esteem. Participants were 167 college students (mean age = 19 years; 66% female) who completed questionnaires tapping into identity styles and features of self-esteem at two measurement waves separated by a 4-month interval. Both information-oriented and normative styles were found to be predicted by contingent self-esteem. Follow-up analyses demonstrated that the content of contingent self-esteem predicting both identity styles was different. A diffuse-avoidant identity style was predicted mainly by low levels of self-esteem. Although we also observed some effects of identity styles on the self-esteem variables, the self-esteem variables had overall a more consistent influence on the identity styles than the other way around.
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- College of Arts and Sciences, South Dakota State University, USA
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Cordeiro PM, Paixão MP, Lens W, Lacante M, Luyckx K. Cognitive–motivational antecedents of career decision-making processes in Portuguese high school students: A longitudinal study. JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bouizegarene N, Philippe FL. Episodic memories as building blocks of identity processing styles and life domains satisfaction: Examining need satisfaction and need for cognitive closure in memories. Memory 2015; 24:616-28. [PMID: 25955020 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1034138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Berzonsky MD, Papini DR. Identity Processing Styles and Value Orientations: The Mediational Role of Self-Regulation and Identity Commitment. IDENTITY 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/15283488.2013.858228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hope NH, Milyavskaya M, Holding AC, Koestner R. Self-Growth in the College Years. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE 2013. [DOI: 10.1177/1948550613516875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Could a shift in values over time drive resolution of identity and intimacy in young adulthood? In the present study, we found support for our hypothesis that increased prioritization of intrinsic values over an academic year predicts university students’ resolution of the Eriksonian stages of identity and intimacy, and that stage resolution would mediate the relationship between value change and enhanced well-being. Among the 196 students followed from September to April, we found that increased prioritization of intrinsic relative to extrinsic values over the year related to greater resolution of both identity and intimacy, controlling for stage resolution at T1, and that increased resolution positively predicted enhanced subjective well-being and psychological well-being over time.
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Waterman AS, Schwartz SJ, Hardy SA, Kim SY, Lee RM, Armenta BE, Whitbourne SK, Zamboanga BL, Brown EJ, Williams MK, Agocha VB. Good Choices, Poor Choices: Relationship Between the Quality of Identity Commitments and Psychosocial Functioning. EMERGING ADULTHOOD (PRINT) 2013; 1:163-174. [PMID: 34336396 PMCID: PMC8319852 DOI: 10.1177/2167696813484004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Research indicates making identity commitments on the part of emerging adults is associated with a wide range of psychosocial benefits. Data from a large research collaborative were used to evaluate hypotheses drawn from eudaimonic identity theory that the benefits of commitment are attributable to the quality of the commitments held. Findings from a study with 9,650 students attending 30 colleges and universities replicated previous research indicating the benefits of identity commitments with respect to subjective well-being, psychological well-being, self-esteem, an internal locus of control; and reduced likelihood of symptoms of general anxiety, social anxiety, and depression. However, when a measure of the quality of identity commitments was added to the analyses, results indicated that commitment quality accounted almost entirely for the associations of identity commitments with psychosocial functioning. Identity commitments of low quality were found to be associated with psychological costs rather than benefits. Implications for helping emerging adults distinguish better identity choices are discussed.
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Verstuyf J, Van Petegem S, Vansteenkiste M, Soenens B, Boone L. The body perfect ideal and eating regulation goals: investigating the role of adolescents' identity styles. J Youth Adolesc 2013; 43:284-97. [PMID: 23584860 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9949-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 04/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Adolescents are exposed to images depicting the thin or muscular ideal almost on a daily basis. When the body perfect ideal is adopted, adolescents are at increased risk for developing unhealthy and disordered eating behaviors. The aim of the current 3-wave longitudinal study among adolescents (N = 418; 54% girls) was to investigate whether different styles of identity exploration (i.e., information-oriented, normative, and diffuse-avoidant) are associated differentially with changes in adoption of the body perfect ideal, which, in turn, would relate to changes in appearance-focused and health-focused eating regulation. Results indicated that the information-oriented style predicted decreases and the normative style predicted increases in adoption of the body perfect ideal. In turn, adoption of the body perfect ideal predicted significant increases in appearance-focused eating regulation but not in health-focused eating regulation. A diffuse-avoidant style was unrelated to changes in adoption of the body perfect, yet directly predicted decreases in health-focused eating regulation. Theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
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- Joke Verstuyf
- Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium,
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Hardy SA, Francis SW, Zamboanga BL, Kim SY, Anderson SG, Forthun LF. The roles of identity formation and moral identity in college student mental health, health-risk behaviors, and psychological well-being. J Clin Psychol 2013; 69:364-82. [PMID: 23044630 PMCID: PMC7871525 DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study examined the roles of identity formation and moral identity in predicting college student mental health (anxiety and depressive symptoms), health-risk behaviors (hazardous alcohol use and sexual risk taking), and psychological well-being (self-esteem and meaning). METHOD The sample comprised 9,500 college students (aged 18-25 years, mean = 19.78, standard deviation = 1.61; 73% female; 62% European American), from 31 different universities, who completed an online self-report survey. RESULTS Structural equation models found that identity maturity (commitment making and identity synthesis) predicted 5 of the health outcomes (except sexual risk taking), and moral identity predicted all of the health outcomes. In most cases identity maturity and moral identity also interacted in predicting mental health and psychological well-being, but not health-risk behaviors. CONCLUSIONS The maturity and specific contents of identity may both play unique and often interactive roles in predicting college student health. Thus, college student health might be bolstered by helping them establish appropriate identity commitments.
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Ritchie RA, Meca A, Madrazo VL, Schwartz SJ, Hardy SA, Zamboanga BL, Weisskirch RS, Kim SY, Whitbourne SK, Ham LS, Lee RM. Identity dimensions and related processes in emerging adulthood: helpful or harmful? J Clin Psychol 2013; 69:415-32. [PMID: 23348360 PMCID: PMC7869142 DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The current study evaluated the mediational role of well-being in the relationship between identity development and psychosocial functioning. METHOD A sample of 7,649 undergraduate students (73% female; mean age = 19.95, standard deviation = 1.98; 62% Caucasian) completed measures of personal identity, well-being, internalizing symptoms, externalizing problems, and health-risk behaviors. RESULTS Results revealed that (a) identity exploration and commitment were negatively associated with internalizing symptoms, health-risk behaviors, and externalizing problems through well-being, (b) ruminative exploration was negatively associated with well-being and positively associated with externalizing problems, and (c) increased levels of ruminative exploration appear more detrimental for men than for women. CONCLUSION The study shed light on the mechanisms through which identity processes are related to internalizing symptoms, externalizing problems, and health-risk behaviors. The role of well-being in these associations, and the potentially deleterious "side effects" of exploration and commitment appear to suggest new and important directions for identity research.
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