Identity Distress During the Era of Globalization: A Cross-National Comparative Study of India, China, and the United States

Berman, Steven L.; Ratner, Kaylin; Cheng, Min; Li, Shengnan; Jhingon, Garima; Sukumaran, Niyatee

doi:10.1080/15283488.2014.944698

Cited by 21 publications

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“…With regard to commitment, identity distress has been negatively related to both commitment making and identification with commitment (Sica, Aleni Sestito, & Ragozini, 2014). Berman and colleagues (2014) also found that identity distress was significantly lower for individuals in foreclosure (i.e., commitment without exploration) as compared to individuals in moratorium and diffusion (i.e., no exploration or commitment). Taken together, these studies indicated clear associations between identity distress and identity processes of exploration and commitment.…”

Section: Associations With Identity Processesmentioning

confidence: 77%

Identity Distress Throughout Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Age Trends and Associations With Exploration and Commitment Processes

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The process of identity formation can cause a considerable amount of distress leading to pathological forms of identity distress. The present study examined age trends in identity distress and associations with identity exploration and commitment in a sample of 2,286 Flemish adolescents and emerging adults (14–30 years, 55.7% females). Important and theoretically meaningful age trends in identity distress were uncovered. More specifically, identity distress demonstrated a curvilinear trend with the highest levels of distress occurring in emerging adulthood. Concerning the associations between identity distress and identity processes, we found differences among the age periods studied. Identity distress was especially positively related to exploration in breadth and negatively to commitment making in the late 20s, but less so in adolescence and the early 20s. In sum, these results provide important insights into identity distress throughout adolescence and emerging adulthood. Theoretical implications, limitations, and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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Section: Associations With Identity Processesmentioning

confidence: 77%

Identity Distress Throughout Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Age Trends and Associations With Exploration and Commitment Processes

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“…These restrictions result in contested cultural orientations and influences from traditional elders, globalized media, and changing cultural expectations (e.g., Tomasik & Silbereisen, 2012). In many cases, a generational gap emerges between the westernized youth and the traditional elders (Berman et al, 2014;Ferguson, & Bornstein, 2012). Additionally, societal discourses within Ladakh reflecting positive narratives of a threatened traditional culture can increase nostalgia for an historic essentialized Ladakhi culture which, in turn can undermine the development of BII (Petkanopoulou et al, 2021).…”

Section: Integrating the Local And The Global Cultural Identitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Our results suggest that integration with the global Western cultural stream may be seen as contaminating the "pure," traditional Ladakhi culture-and that the ability for Ladakhi cultural rootedness to facilitate well-being may be undermined by BII harmony and blendedness. Berman et al (2014) investigated identity distress in relation to negotiating the values related to local and global identities across the US, India, and China. Although students in China and India reported significantly higher levels of identity distress, reflecting globalization-driven generation gaps in non-Western contexts, in India an orientation toward collectivism (without individualism) appeared to be associated with lower levels of distress as compared to endorsement of both collectivism and individualism or endorsement of individualism alone.…”

Section: The Role Of Bicultural Identity Integrationmentioning

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The Challenge of Being Both Local and Global: Bicultural Identity Integration among Indigenous Ladakhi Youth in Delhi

Ozer

Benet‐Martínez

Schwartz

2021

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Ladakhi emerging adults have been exposed to cultural globalization through interaction with tourists and media, as well as through prolonged stays at globalized university contexts in major Indian cities. This globalization process has been hypothesized as detrimental to psychological health, in part because it poses the challenge of integrating a local Ladakhi identity with a global Western cultural identity. In the present study, we examined how exposure to cultural globalization and bicultural identity integration (tendency to bring together one’s local and global identities) moderates the positive links of Ladakhi and Western cultural orientation with psychological well-being among Ladakhis studying in Delhi ( N = 196). We found that exposure to cultural globalization did not affect the positive association between cultural orientation and psychological well-being. Moreover, bicultural harmony and blendedness were associated with a weaker relationship between Ladakhi cultural orientation and psychological well-being and, additionally, a stronger association between Western cultural orientation and well-being. Our results highlight contemporary challenges related to being both local and global in a culturally globalized context.

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“…That is, Indians, like other Eastern cultures, may not be as significantly affected by an inconsistent sense of self (Suh, 2002) as their Western counterparts. Although the exact reason for the tolerance of inconsistencies in self and identity in the Indian context is not clear, theoretical (Sinha, 2014) and empirical research (Berman et al, 2014;Rao et al, 2013) has indicated that such an ability may originate from the strongly multicultural and collectivistic nature of the Indian society. The acceptance of paradoxes and contradictions regarding self and others may be necessary in a culture in which the simultaneous existence of diverse beliefs, values, norms, and practices originating from varied religions, castes, and classes is a norm (Sinha, 2014).…”

Section: Disturbances In Identity Formation and Nssimentioning

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Non-suicidal self-injury and its association with identity formation in India and Belgium: A cross-cultural case-control study

Gandhi

Luyckx

Adhikari

et al. 2020

Transcult Psychiatry

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The aim of the present study was to compare different features of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in India and Belgium. We also explored whether the strength of the association between NSSI and disturbances in identity formation—a risk factor that can increase vulnerability to NSSI—was similar in young adults from India and Belgium. Data regarding NSSI and identity formation were collected from 182 young adults in India (56% females, mean age = 21.5 years, SD = 3.70, range = 17–38 years). The Belgian data used for matching were derived from four existing datasets. Of the 182 Indian cases, 138 cases could be matched with the Belgian sample on age, gender, and lifetime prevalence of NSSI. Lifetime prevalence of NSSI in the Indian sample was found to be around 21.4%, with higher prevalence in females than in males. Comparison of features of NSSI in India and Belgium indicated that the age of onset of NSSI was higher in the Indian sample (around 17 years) than the Belgian sample (around 15 years). Additionally, self-bruising behavior was more commonly reported in India and scratching/cutting was more often reported in Belgium. Finally, the Belgian sample reported intra-personal functions of NSSI more often than the Indian sample. Moderation analysis indicated that the associations between NSSI and identity confusion/integration were stronger in the Belgian sample compared to the Indian sample. Higher self-knowledge was protective against NSSI in both the Indian and the Belgian sample.

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Identity Distress During the Era of Globalization: A Cross-National Comparative Study of India, China, and the United States

Cited by 21 publications

References 39 publications

Identity Distress Throughout Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Age Trends and Associations With Exploration and Commitment Processes

Identity Distress Throughout Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Age Trends and Associations With Exploration and Commitment Processes

The Challenge of Being Both Local and Global: Bicultural Identity Integration among Indigenous Ladakhi Youth in Delhi

Non-suicidal self-injury and its association with identity formation in India and Belgium: A cross-cultural case-control study

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