The goal of the research was to fi nd relationship between perceived social support and psychological well-being among young people, and to verify if the growth mindset is a mediator of this relationship. The research was also aimed to examine whether there are differences between young people being reared in an orphanage and those who are not, in terms of measured variables. The study included 198 participants, aged 15 to 22 (M = 18.35; SD = 1.12), 46% females. The Interpersonal Support Evaluation List, the Psychological Well-Being Scale and the Implicit Theories Scale were used. The perceived social support positively correlates with psychological well-being. The growth mindset is not a mediator in this relationship, although it positively correlates with both variables. Young people being reared in an orphanage display a stronger growth mindset than young people not being reared in an orphanage.

The ThreaTeneD IDenTITy: an empIrIcal STuDy * This study explores the phenomenon of threatened identity that occurs because of significant, often abrupt changes in human life. as a result of a difficult experience, decision, change of cultural environment, loss of someone or something very important, an individual may feel he/she is someone different than before. Thus, establishing the continuity of one's personal identity may be a problem. In a report on this type of situation Glynis Breakwell (1986) proposes the term "threatened identity. " She places it in the context of her structural model of identity. The present study is aimed at investigating possible images of threatened identity and characterizing them from the point of view of narrative sequences, the affective level and the ultimate -positive or negative -consequences of the individual's functioning. With regard to these aspects, five types of threatened identity have been distinguished from the empirical evidence: (1) the constructive re-evaluation, (2) the key experience, (3) the stable narrative sequence, (4) the seeking of power and autonomy and (5) the loss of part of oneself.

1W artykule przedstawiono badania dotyczące związków między procesami formowania się tożsa-mości w ujęciu Luyckxa i współpracowników a kształtowaniem się osobowości autorskiej według koncepcji Obuchowskiego. Celem badań było określenie, czy i jak procesy formowania się tożsa-mości wiążą się z ogólnym stopniem autorstwa siebie (wyrażającym się w sile podmiotowości, intencjonalności, sensu życia i adaptacji twórczej), czy i jak poszczególne właściwości osobowości autorskiej wyjaśniają nasilenie procesów formowania się tożsamości oraz czy i jak nasilenie procesów formowania się tożsamości warunkuje uformowanie się osobowości autorskiej. W badaniach udział wzięło 140 osób w wieku od 30 do 39 lat (M = 33,15; SD = 2,48). Wyniki wskazują na dodatnie związki między procesami podejmowania zobowiązań i identyfikacji z zobowiązaniem a ogólnym stopniem autorstwa siebie oraz na ujemny związek między eksploracją ruminacyjną a ogólnym stopniem autorstwa siebie. Wykazano silną zależność między układem zmiennych tworzących osobowość nie-autorską oraz układem zmiennych określonych jako ruminacyjne moratorium.Słowa kluczowe: procesy eksploracji; podejmowanie zobowiązań; identyfikacja z zobowiązaniem; osobowość autorska; rozwój osobisty; tożsamość osobista.Adres do korespondencji: ELWIRA BRYGOŁA -SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny, Wydział Zamiejscowy w Poznaniu, ul. gen. T.

The article presents a study concerning the relations between identity formation processes as theorized by Luyckx and colleagues (2008) and the formation of self-authoring personality according to Obuchowski (2011). The aim of the study was to establish whether and how identity formation processes are related to the overall level of self-authoring (manifesting itself in the levels of agency, intentionality, meaning in life, and creative adaptation), whether and how particular characteristics of self-authoring personality explain the intensity of identity formation processes, and whether and how the intensity of identity formation processes determines the formation of self-authoring personality. The participants were 140 people aged 30 to 39 (M = 33.15, SD = 2.48). The results indicate positive associations of the processes of commitment making and identification with commitment with the overall level of self-authoring and as well as a negative association between ruminative exploration and the overall level of self-authoring. A strong relationship was found between the configuration of variables making up a non-self-authoring personality and the configuration of variables referred to as ruminative moratorium.

In integrated approaches to personality (McAdams & Pals, 2006;McCrae & Costa, 1999), it is possible to examine relationships between personality traits, beliefs as characteristic adaptations, and subjective well-being. This research aimed to verify if implicit self-theories (belief about stability of human nature) proposed by Dweck (2000) and life-engagement proposed by Scheier et al. (2006) play a mediating role in relationships between personality traits and satisfaction with life. The relationships were examined with respect to infertility problem. A sample of 120 adults M = 36.60; SD = 4.82; 50% women) participated in the research. The mediation hypotheses were examined, and furthermore, four groups of couples were compared in terms of measured variables. The groups were: couples with (1) cured and ( 2) uncured infertility and couples who were not infertile and (3) have and ( 4) do not have children. Life-engagement mediated the relationship between Conscientiousness and satisfaction with life in the whole sample. The belief about stability of human nature mediated relationships between subjective well-being and Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, and Extraversion only among couples with an infertility problem.