Adolescents’ identity formation: Linking the narrative and the dual-cycle approach
| Autor: | van Doeselaar, Lotte, McLean, Kate C., Meeus, Wim, Denissen, J.J.A., Klimstra, Theo A., Leerstoel Branje, Adolescent development: Characteristics and determinants, Sub Orthopedagogiek CL |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Developmental Psychology, Leerstoel Branje, Adolescent development: Characteristics and determinants, Sub Orthopedagogiek CL |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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DYNAMICS Autobiographical reasoning Narrative identity Personality development Identity (social science) 050109 social psychology Empirical Research Developmental psychology Agency (sociology) Developmental and Educational Psychology PERSONALITY-DEVELOPMENT Empirical evidence Netherlands Narration Social Identification EMERGING ADULTHOOD 05 social sciences SELF INVARIANCE Identity formation Female Exploration LIFE STORY Psychology TRAITS 050104 developmental & child psychology Social Psychology Adolescent Psychology Adolescent VALIDATION Education COHERENCE Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Narrative Identification Psychological Operationalization Adolescent Development Self Concept INDIVIDUATION Cross-Sectional Studies Personality Development Agency Adolescent Behavior Commitment Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49(4), 818-835. SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS Journal of Youth and Adolescence Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49(4), 818. Springer New York |
| ISSN: | 0047-2891 |
| Popis: | The narrative and dual-cycle approach conceptualize and operationalize adolescents’ identity formation in different ways. While the narrative approach focuses on the construction of an autobiographical life story, the dual-cycle approach focuses on the formation of identity commitments. Although these approaches have different emphases, they are conceptually complementary. Yet, their empirical links and distinctions have only scarcely been investigated. Empirical knowledge on these links in adolescence and across time has been especially lacking. In the present research, it was therefore examined whether key characteristics of adolescents’ narration (autobiographical reasoning and agency) were concurrently and prospectively related to engagement in the dual-cycle processes of commitment making, identification with commitment, exploration in breadth, exploration in depth, and ruminative exploration. The findings from a cross-sectional sample of 1,580 Dutch adolescents (Mage = 14.7 years, 56% female) demonstrated that autobiographical reasoning was significantly positively associated with the commitment and more adaptive exploration processes (i.e., in breadth and in depth). In addition, agency was significantly positively associated with the commitment processes and exploration in depth. Yet, these associations between the narrative characteristics and dual-cycle processes were only weak. Subsequently, the findings from a two-year longitudinal subsample (n = 242, Mage = 14.7 years, 62% female) indicated that on average commitment strength remained stable but exploration increased across middle adolescence. A stronger increase in identification with commitment and adaptive exploration (i.e., in breadth and in depth) was predicted by a higher degree of agency in adolescents’ narratives. Overall, these findings indicate that both approaches to identity formation are associated, but the small size of these associations suggests that they predominantly capture unique aspects of identity formation. Both approaches could thus complement and inform each other. |
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