Interrelationships among identity process, content, and structure: A cross-cultural investigation

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Authors

BERZONSKY Michael D. MACEK Petr NURMI Jari Erik

Year of publication 2003
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Adolescent Research
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Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Field Psychology
Keywords identity style; collective identity; diffuse/avoidance; cross-cultural; self-identity
Description This study was designed to investigate hypothesized relationships among identity process, content, and structure with youth living in three different cultural contexts: the United States, Finland, and the Czech Republic. Results indicated that youth who used an informational identity processing style had well-structured identities that were rooted in personal self-elements. Youth who used a normative processing style also had well-consolidated identities but ones anchored in collective self-elements. Youth who relied on a diffuse/avoidant identity processing style lacked firm identity commitments and emphasized social self-components in defining their sense of identity. This pattern of relationships was found for both male and female youth living within all three cultural contexts.
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