Identity and Agency in Emerging Adulthood: Two Developmental Routes in the Individualization Process

Autor/inn/en	Schwartz, Seth J.; Cote, James E.; Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen
Titel	Identity and Agency in Emerging Adulthood: Two Developmental Routes in the Individualization Process
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 37 (2005) 2, S.201-229 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X05275965
Schlagwörter	Ethnic Groups; Adults; Individual Development; Multivariate Analysis; Structural Equation Models; Identification (Psychology); Psychological Patterns; Individual Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnie; Individuelle Entwicklung; Multivariate Analyse; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	The study of emerging adulthood--the prolonged transition to adulthood extending into the 20s--is a rapidly growing area of research. Although identity issues are prominent during this period, the role of personal agency and individualization in the identity formation process during these years is not well understood. This study examines three psychological aspects of identity formation (style, status, and process) in relation to personal agency associated with the individualization process. Structural equation modeling analyses suggest that higher levels of agency are positively related to exploration and flexible commitment, unrelated to conformity, and negatively related to avoidance. Cluster analysis was used to examine and support a theorized polarity between developmental and default forms of individualization. Replicated across three U.S. ethnic groups, the results suggest that emerging adults utilize agentic capacities to varying degrees, and that the degree of agency utilized is directly related to the coherence of the emerging adult's identity. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10