The Shapes of Commitment Development in Emerging Adulthood

Kunnen, E. Saskia; Sappa, Viviana; Geert, P. L. C. Van; Bonica, Laura

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“…School and career are the most important domains in which commitments have to be chosen [3,4] and in order to study career choice as part of identity development, knowledge is needed about the developmental pathway of commitment formation. Kunnen et al [5] describe the shape of individual trajectories of commitment strength and exploration. Identity development starts from a condition that is characterized by low levels of exploration.…”

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The Effects of Career Choice Guidance on Identity Development

Kunnen

2013

Education Research International

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We investigated the effects of a student career choice guidance on identity development. We compared the levels of identity development before and after the guidance. In addition we compared the identity development of the participants with a norm group of the same age and educational level. Following the guidance we found—as expected—that the participants showed a significant increase in commitment strength in the vocational and personal domains and in global identity. The effect size was moderate. The participants showed significantly higher increase levels than did the norm group. The initial commitment strength in the group with career choice problems was lower as compared to the norm group in the vocational and personal domain but not in the global identity.

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The Effects of Career Choice Guidance on Identity Development

Kunnen

2013

Education Research International

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“…Erikson posited that without satisfying work, or a positive career identity, adjustment may be negatively affected. Much identity research has focused on exploration and commitment processes (e.g., Kunnen, Sappa, van Geert, & Bonica, 2008; Luyckx, Goossens, & Soenens, 2006; Luyckx, Goossens, Soenens, & Beyers, 2006; Luyckx, Goossens, Soenens, Beyers, & Vansteenkiste, 2005) however, we know very little about how the commitment processes of career identity develop during the transition from high school to one's occupational career. This period of time is important because it is when youth are making decisions that affect their immediate and future career opportunities.…”

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Career preparation: A longitudinal, process-oriented examination

Stringer

Kerpelman

Skorikov

2011

Journal of Vocational Behavior

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Preparing for an adult career through careful planning, choosing a career, and gaining confidence to achieve career goals is a primary task during adolescence and early adulthood. The current study bridged identity process literature and career construction theory (Savickas, 2005) by examining the commitment component of career adaptability, career preparation (i.e., career planning, career decision-making, and career confidence), from an identity process perspective . Research has suggested that career preparation dimensions are interrelated during adolescence and early adulthood; however, what remains to be known is how each dimension changes over time and the interrelationships among the dimensions during the transition from high school. Drawing parallels between career preparation and identity development dimensions, the current study addressed these questions by examining the patterns of change in each career preparation dimension and parallel process models that tested associations among the slopes and intercepts of the career preparation dimensions. Results showed that the career preparation dimensions were not developing similarly over time, although each dimension was associated cross-sectionally and longitudinally with the other dimensions. Results also suggested that career planning and decision-making precede career confidence. The results of the current study supported career construction theory and showed similarities between the processes of career preparation and identity development.

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“…High levels of commitment function as a buffer in subjective well-being and predict satisfaction with self and family by playing a role in the process of construction of personal aims linked to well-being, especially regarding adolescents' personal satisfaction and the relationships with parents (Pace and Zappulla 2009). Moreover, adolescents with high levels of commitment have higher positive emotions and lower negative emotions and show high levels of autonomy and active coping (Kunnen et al 2008). It seems that commitment strength may play an important role on feelings linked to ideas of self and others during adolescent development and, for these reason, as showed in recent study, to the entire system of attachment (Samuolis et al 2001).…”

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Problem Behaviors in Adolescence: The Opposite Role Played by Insecure Attachment and Commitment Strength

Pace

Zappulla

2011

J Child Fam Stud

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In this study we examined the relations between insecure attachment styles, commitment and behavioral problems, focusing on the unique and common contribution that avoidant and anxious styles and commitment made to internalizing and externalizing problems. 535 adolescents, 267 boys and 268 girls, aged from 16 to 18 years, completed self-report measures of attachment, identity and problem behaviors. The data showed that both internalizing and externalizing problems were positively related to insecure attachment styles and negatively to commitment. Results supported a unique contribution of both insecure styles to the prediction of internalizing and externalizing problems, whereas commitment negatively predicted only internalizing behaviors. The data supported a joint effect of avoidant attachment and commitment such that commitment contributed to moderate the display of internalizing and externalizing problems among avoidant adolescents.

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The Shapes of Commitment Development in Emerging Adulthood

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Cited by 39 publications

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The Effects of Career Choice Guidance on Identity Development

The Effects of Career Choice Guidance on Identity Development

Career preparation: A longitudinal, process-oriented examination

Problem Behaviors in Adolescence: The Opposite Role Played by Insecure Attachment and Commitment Strength

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