Identity Processes in Adulthood

Diverging Domains

Dados Bibliográficos

ID18979601
AutoresPäivi Fadjukoff (0000-0003-2161-0580, University of Jyväskylä, autor correspondente), Lea Pulkkinen (0000-0002-4290-6690, University of Jyväskylä), Katja Kokko (0000-0002-8747-2080, University of Jyväskylä)
Ano2005
Volume5
Fascículo1
Páginas1-20
Data de publicação2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIdentity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1528-3488 • E-ISSN: 1532-706X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1207/s1532706xid0501_1
OpenAlexW2026580512
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas50
Referências citadas29

Patterns of identity formation were analyzed in a longitudinal framework, from ages 27 to 36 and then to 42 years of age. Information from all 3 ages was available for 197 participants (100 women, 97 men). A variation of Marcia’s (1966) Identity Status Interview included 5 domains: religious beliefs, political identity, occupational career, intimate relationships, and lifestyle. Great variability in identity status assessments was found across the domains at each age level. The domains representing work and family (occupation, relationships, and lifestyle) were more salient for middle- aged adults than were ideological domains (religion and politics). Development along the hypothesized sequence (from diffusion toward achievement) was the most frequent trajectory for all domains, except for political identity, where regression was predominant. Most notably, at age 42, one third of the individuals who were foreclosed or achieved in 3 out of 5 identity domains were diffused in political identity, and one fourth were diffused in religious identity

Developmental psychology · Identity formation · Ideology · Longitudinal study · Political science · Politics · Religiosity · Religious identity · Self-concept · Sociology · Family Support in Illness · Gender Studies · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics