Socio-cultural Aspects of Identity Formation: The Relationship between Commitment and Well-Being in Student Samples from Cameroon and Germany

Hofer, Jan; Kärtner, Joscha; Chasiotis, Athanasios; Busch, Holger; Kießling, F.

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“…However, A. S. Waterman IDENTITY AND INTIMACY ASSOCIATIONS WITH WELL-BEING (2007;personal communication, November 2, 2010) maintains that a foreclosed identity status does not necessarily constitute a negative identity outcome if the commitments formed are perceived to be personally expressive. Further, Hofer et al (2007) reported a ''slight positive association between life satisfaction and commitment to goals adopted from significant others'' in a portion of their sample (p. 281). Results reported by Vleioras and Bosma (2005) indicated the process of identity commitment alone is a significant predictor of well-being.…”

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“…Researchers have suggested that identity achieved emerging adults have higher levels of life satisfaction and positive affect and lower levels of negative affect (Hofer et al, 2007;Padilla-Walker, McNamara Berry, Carroll, Madsen, & Nelson, 2008) as well as more intimate interpersonal relationships (Kroger, 2007) than those in other identity statuses, and that these differences are due to the dual identity exploration and commitment characteristic of identity achievement (Marcia, 1989). However, a more extensive examination of identity research indicates that identity commitment, rather than both identity exploration and commitment, is a better predictor of well-being (Berzonsky, 2003;Johnson et al, 2009;Vleorias & Bosma, 2005).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Identity development is a central task in emerging adulthood (Hofer, Kärtner, Chasiotis, Busch, & Kiessling, 2007). Given the importance of identity in socioemotional development, studies in a special issue of Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research (2007, vol.…”

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Examination of Identity and Romantic Relationship Intimacy Associations with Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood

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This study examined identity and romantic relationship intimacy associations with emerging adults' well-being. Examination of identity status differences in well-being indicated emerging adults in foreclosed and achieved identity statuses reported higher well-being levels than identity diffuse and moratorium emerging adults. Results also indicated gender moderation of identity status differences in romantic relationship intimacy. Identity diffuse and moratorium women reported more intimate relationships than diffuse and moratorium men. Further, identity diffuse, foreclosed, and achieved emerging adult women reported higher romantic relationship intimacy than identity moratorium women whereas identity foreclosed and achieved emerging adult men reported higher intimacy than identity diffuse and moratorium men. Finally, results indicated positive associations between romantic relationship intimacy and well-being. This study supports previous identity status differences in well-being and also suggests that romantic relationship intimacy contributes to emerging adults' well-being. Findings are discussed with regard to the theoretical and empirical importance of considering identity and romantic relationship characteristics when examining emerging adult social and psychological well-being.

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Examination of Identity and Romantic Relationship Intimacy Associations with Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood

2012

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“…For example, linguistic references to self-development, personal success and winning are not only more prevalent but are also more reinforced by ''others'' in individualistic cultures. Communal cultures provide more linguistic capacity for respect of authority, blending and cooperation (Chen et al 2009;Hofer et al 2007). Even constructs of coherence and self-unity deemed essential to psycho-social well-being have a myriad of cultural interpretations; consider an orthodox Jewish merchant who competently and comfortably speaks and trades diamonds in English in New York City with his Gentile peers yet feels complete ego integration in his secular Yiddish-speaking community ''at home'' (Cohen 2009;Heine 2007;Schachter 2002).…”

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Positive and Negative Childhood and Adolescent Identity Memories Stemming from One’s Country and Culture-of-origin: A Comparative Narrative Analysis

Bazuin-Yoder

2010

Child Youth Care Forum

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The initial cognitive ability to coordinate experience into a hierarchically organized, multi-episode narrative occurs in youth, beginning a narrative record of ego identity development that continues throughout the life span (Habermas and Bluck in Psychological Bulletin 126:748-769, 2000; Habermas and de Silveira in Developmental Psychology 44:707-721, 2008). The following case studies explore how two high-functioning women integrate potentially conflicting bicultural identity expectations in adulthood by causally connecting identity memories stemming in youth from their country and culture-of-origin to their current life values and structures. It is hypothesized that the coconstructivist nature of meaning-making, described by Erikson (Insight and responsibility. Norton, New York, 1964; Identity and the life cycle. W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 1980) as the ego, personal and socio-organismic features of ego synthesis, includes interrelated factors of personal and cultural others which affect both individual and future generational bicultural identity integration.

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“…Of course, pressure to reach a premature identity commitment, and to persevere in the pursuit of that choice, can be affected by the promise for or threat of the withdrawal of financial support (Simmons, 2008 (Pizzolato, 2006, p. 37) Identity status has been studied among students from Belgium (Luyckx, Goossens, Soenens, Beyers, & Vansteenkiste, 2005), Cameroon (Hofer, Kartner, Chasiotis, Busch, & Kiessling, 2007), Canada (Petitpas,1978), Germany (Hofer et al, 2007;Krettenauer, 2005), Sweden (Bergh & Erling, 2005), and Turkey (Cakir & Aydin, 2005;Uzman, 2004), where patterns similar to those of U.S. students are often reported. International students, for example, often appear to fit Pizzolato's definition of foreclosure if their opportunity to attend college is sponsored by their family or the government of their home country.…”

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“It's What I Have Always Wanted to Do.” Advising the Foreclosure Student

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Zalewski

2011

NACADA Journal

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Foreclosure students have prematurely committed themselves to academic majors and future careers, but present themselves to academic advisors as very decided. From a developmental theory perspective, foreclosures represent an immature identity status and include students whose failure to explore their personal and vocational identities and achieve a mature identity threatens their academic success. While this category may be new to academic advisors, foreclosures have been the object of extensive psychological and educational research. We review the literature summarizing the identity development and the personality characteristics of foreclosures, and we also review the available evidence concerning the academic performance of these students. We conclude with some recommendations for successfully identifying and advising these students.

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Socio-cultural Aspects of Identity Formation: The Relationship between Commitment and Well-Being in Student Samples from Cameroon and Germany

Cited by 27 publications

References 62 publications

Examination of Identity and Romantic Relationship Intimacy Associations with Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood

Examination of Identity and Romantic Relationship Intimacy Associations with Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood

Positive and Negative Childhood and Adolescent Identity Memories Stemming from One’s Country and Culture-of-origin: A Comparative Narrative Analysis

“It's What I Have Always Wanted to Do.” Advising the Foreclosure Student

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