Identity Statuses as Developmental Trajectories: A …

EMPIRICAL RESEARCHI dentity Statuses as Developmental trajectories : A Five-WaveLongitudinal Study in early -to- middle and middle -to-LateAdolescentsWim Meeus Rens van de Schoot Loes Keijsers Susan BranjeReceived: 23 June 2011 / Accepted: 3 November 2011 The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at study tested whether Marcia s originalidentity Statuses of achievement, moratorium, early closure(a new label for foreclosure), and diffusion, can be con-sidered Identity status trajectories . That is, we examinedwhether these Statuses are distinct and relatively stable,over-time configurations of commitment strength, levels ofin-depth exploration of present commitments, and consid-eration of alternative commitments. The study examinedidentity development in a five-wave study of 923 early -to- middle ( female) and 390 middle -to- late adolescents( female), covering the ages of 12 20. Using Latentclass growth analysis (LCGA), the authors found thatMarcia s (1966) Statuses are indeed Identity status trajec-tories.

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH Identity Statuses as Developmental Trajectories: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Study in Early-to-Middle and Middle-to-Late Adolescents

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