TY - JOUR
T1 - On the way to adult identity
T2 - An evaluation of identity status and narrative identity models of development
AU - Camia, Christin
AU - Motiani, Simran
AU - Waters, Theodore E.A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Successful resolution of identity is fundamental for a good life. According to the ego identity status model, emerging adults explore and commit to various identity domains. Concurrently, emerging adults are theorized to develop their narrative identity. Yet, it is unclear whether ego identity processes help to establish a narrative identity, or if the development of a narrative identity facilitates ego identity achievement. Therefore, we assessed autobiographical meaning making in repeated narratives and identity status processes of 180 emerging adults (Mage = 20.47, SDage = 3.35, 68.90 % female) at two measurements 8-months apart. Results showed differential effects on identity depending on the meaning made and suggest that narrative identity provides the ground for identity status processes such as identity exploration.
AB - Successful resolution of identity is fundamental for a good life. According to the ego identity status model, emerging adults explore and commit to various identity domains. Concurrently, emerging adults are theorized to develop their narrative identity. Yet, it is unclear whether ego identity processes help to establish a narrative identity, or if the development of a narrative identity facilitates ego identity achievement. Therefore, we assessed autobiographical meaning making in repeated narratives and identity status processes of 180 emerging adults (Mage = 20.47, SDage = 3.35, 68.90 % female) at two measurements 8-months apart. Results showed differential effects on identity depending on the meaning made and suggest that narrative identity provides the ground for identity status processes such as identity exploration.
KW - Ego Identity Status
KW - Emerging Adulthood
KW - Identity Distress
KW - Narrative Meaning Making
KW - Narrative identity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104304
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104304
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139381136
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 101
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
M1 - 104304
ER -