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Moratorium‐achievement (Mama) cycles in lifespan identity development

Value orientations and reasoning system correlates

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ID23323487
AuthorsJoanne Stephen (Simon Fraser University), Eugene Fraser, E B Fraser, James E Marcia (Simon Fraser University, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume15
Issue3
Pages283-300
Publication date1992-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0140-1971 • E-ISSN: 1095-9254
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/0140-1971(92)90031-y
PMID1447414
OpenAlexW1970408381
LanguageEN
Citations received111
References cited24

Three important questions emerging in identity research are: Why do only some persons with Foreclosed identities move on to Identity Achievement? Why do some Identity Achievement persons move “back” to Foreclosure? How can life‐span identity re‐formulation be accounted for? This study proposes that individual's positions on two variables, “instrumental vs. experiential orientation” and formistic vs. dialectrical thinking, may be important in answering these questions. Among 60 university students, 23 males and 37 females, those in an identity status characterized by formation and maintenance of structure (Foreclosure) were instrumentally‐oriented while those characterized by openness to change and revision (Moratorium) were experientially‐oriented. Similarly, more Moratoriums than other statuses were high in dialectic thinking. These results are discussed in terms of their theoretical implications for life‐span identity development.

Developmental psychology · Dialectic · Epistemology · Experiential learning · Foreclosure · Identity (music) · Identity formation · Life span · Mathematics education · Openness to experience · Self-concept · Value (mathematics) · Aging and Gerontology Research · Family Support in Illness · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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