Top

Gepubliceerd in:

27-12-2019 | Empirical Research

Do Identity Processes and Psychosocial Problems Intertwine with Each Other? Testing the Directionality of Between- and Within-Person Associations

Auteurs: Kai Hatano, Kazumi Sugimura, Koen Luyckx

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 2/2020

Abstract

As forming and evaluating commitments are stressful processes, adolescents who worry about their identity may exhibit psychosocial problems. However, there is a lack of prospective research regarding the direction of associations between the processes of identity and psychosocial problems in the future domain. This study examined the direction of relationships between future-oriented identity processes and psychosocial problems based on a five-dimensional identity process model. A total of 347 Japanese 14-year-old adolescents (53.3% female) participated in a three-wave longitudinal study with a one-year-interval assessment. Standard cross-lagged models indicated that pro-active identity exploration was negatively predicted by conduct problems, and ruminative exploration was positively predicted by depressive symptoms. Within-person cross-lagged models indicated that ruminative exploration positively predicted both depressive symptoms and conduct problems at the within-person level. These findings reveal how identity processes and psychosocial problems are interwoven during adolescence.

vorige artikel The Social Context and Illness Identity in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study

volgende artikel Maturation beyond Age: Interrelationships among Psychosocial, Adult Role, and Identity Maturation and their Implications for Desistance from Crime

Achenbach, T. M., Dumenci, L., & Rescorla, L. (2002). Ten-year comparisons of problems and competencies for national samples of youth self, parent, and teacher reports. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 10, 194–203. https://doi.org/10.1177/10634266020100040101.CrossRef

Becht, A. I., Luyckx, K., Nelemans, S. A., Goossens, L., Branje, S. J. T., Vollebergh, W. A. M., & Meeus, W. H. J. (2019). Linking Identity and depressive symptoms across adolescence: a multi-sample longitudinal study testing within-person effects. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000742.CrossRef

Bogaerts, A., Claes, L., Schwartz, S. J., Becht, A. I., Verschueren, M., Gandhi, A., & Luyckx, K. (2019). Identity structure and processes in adolescence: examining the directionality of between- and within-person associations. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48, 891–907. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0931-5.CrossRefPubMed

Brinton, M. C. (2011). Lost in transition: youth, work, and instability in postindustrial Japan. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO978051176274.CrossRef

Cabinet Office (2018). Dai yonkai hikou geiin ni kansuru sougouteki kenkyuu chosa [International Survey of Youth Attitude 2018]. https://www8.cao.go.jp/youth/english/survey/2018/pdf/part2-1.pdf.

Crocetti, E., Beyers, W., & Çok, F. (2016). Shedding light on the dark side of identity: Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Adolescence, 47, 104–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.01.002.CrossRef

Crocetti, E., Rubini, M., & Meeus, W. (2008). Capturing the dynamics of identity formation in various ethnic groups: development and validation of a three-dimensional model. Journal of Adolescence, 31, 207–222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.09.002.CrossRefPubMed

Durbin, C. E., & Hicks, B. M. (2014). Personality and psychopathology: a stagnant field in need of development. European Journal of Personality, 28, 362–386. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1962.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Erikson, E. H. (1968). Identity, youth and crisis. New York, NY: Norton.

Goodman, R. (1997). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: a research note. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 38, 581–586. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01545.x.CrossRefPubMed

Hamaker, E. L., Kuiper, R. M., & Grasman, R. P. (2015). A critique of the cross-lagged panel model. Psychological Methods, 20, 102–116. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038889.CrossRef

Hatano, K., Sugimura, K., Crocetti, E., & Meeus, W. (2019). Diverse-and-dynamic pathways in educational and interpersonal identity formation during adolescence: longitudinal links with psychosocial functioning. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13301.

Klimstra, T. A., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2017). A theoretical framework for the associations between identity and psychopathology. Developmental Psychology, 53, 2052–2065. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000356.CrossRefPubMed

Kline, R. B. (2010). Principles and practice of structural equation modeling. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Little, R. J. A. (1988). A test of missing completely at random for multivariate data with missing values. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 83, 1198–1202. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.1988.10478722.CrossRef

Lerner, R. M., Theokas, C., & Jelicic, H. (2005). Youth as active agents in their own positive development: A developmental systems perspective. In W. Greve, K. Rothermund, & D. Wentura (Eds.), The adaptive self: personal continuity and intentional self-development (pp. 31–47). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe & Huber.

Luyckx, K., Klimstra, T. A., Duriez, B., Schwartz, S. J., & Vanhalst, J. (2012). Identity processes and coping strategies in college students: short-term longitudinal dynamics and the role of personality. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41, 1226–1239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-012-9753-z.CrossRef

Luyckx, K., Gandhi, A., Bijttebier, P., & Claes, L. (2015). Non-suicidal self-injury in high school students: Associations with identity processes and statuses. Journal of Adolescence, 41, 76–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.03.003.CrossRefPubMed

Luyckx, K., Goossens, L., & Soenens, B. (2006). A developmental contextual perspective on identity construction in emerging adulthood: change dynamics in commitment formation and commitment evaluation. Developmental Psychology, 42, 366–380. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.42.2.366.CrossRefPubMed

Luyckx, K., Klimstra, T., Duriez, B., Van Petegem, S., & Beyers, W. (2013). Personal identity processes from adolescence through the late twenties: age trends, functionality, and depressive symptoms. Social Development, 22, 701–721. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12027.

Luyckx, K., Schwartz, S. J., Berzonsky, M., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Smits, I., & Goossens, L. (2008). Capturing ruminative exploration: extending the four-dimensional model of identity formation in late adolescence. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 58–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2007.04.004.CrossRef

Marcia, J. E. (1966). Development and validation of ego-identity status. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 3, 551–558. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0023281.CrossRefPubMed

Marcia, J. E. Identity and psychotherapy. In S. L. Archer (Ed.) (1994). Interventions for adolescent identity development (pp. 29–46). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Meeus, W. H. J. (2016). Adolescent psychosocial development: a review of longitudinal models and research. Developmental Psychology, 52, 1969–1993. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000243.CrossRef

Meeus, W. H. J. (2018). Adolescent development: longitudinal research into the self, personal relationships, and psychopathology. London: Routledge.CrossRef

Meeus, W. H. J., van de Schoot, R., Keijsers, L., Schwartz, S. J., & Branje, S. (2010). On the progression and stability of adolescent identity formation: a five-wave longitudinal study in early-to-middle and middle-to-late adolescence. Child Development, 81, 1565–1581. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01492.x.CrossRefPubMed

Mercer, N., Crocetti, E., Branje, S., van Lier, P., & Meeus, W. (2017). Linking delinquency and personal identity formation across adolescence: examining betweenand within-person associations. Developmental Psychology, 53, 2182–2194. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000351.CrossRefPubMed

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2017). Heisei nijyuu kyuu nendo jido seito no mondai koudou futoukou nado seito sidoujyou no syokadai ni kannsuru chosa kekka ni tuite [Survey on problems behaviors and tasks of student guidance in 2017]. http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/houdou/30/10/1410392.htm.

Muthén, L. K., & Muthén, B. O. (1998–2012). Mplus user’s guide. 7 Los Angeles, CA: Muthén & Muthén.

Nakama, R., Sugimura, K., Hatano, K., Mizokami, S., & Tsuzuki, M. (2014). Tajigenteki identity hattatsu shakudo (DIDS) niyoru identity hattatsu no kentou to ruikeika no kokoromi [Researching identity development and statuses with the dimensions of identity development scale: The Japanese version]. Japanese Journal of Psychology, 85, 549–559. https://doi.org/10.4992/jjpsy.85.13074.CrossRef

National Institution for Youth Education (2015). The reports for life and consciousness of high school students in Japan, United States, China, and Korea. http://www.niye.go.jp/kanri/upload/editor/98/File/06.3.pdf.

Nurmi, J. E. (1991). How do adolescents see their future? A review of the development of future orientation and planning. Developmental Review, 11, 1–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/0273-2297(91)90002-6.CrossRef

Papp, L. M. (2004). Capturing the interplay among within and between person processes using multilevel modeling techniques. Applied & Preventive Psychology, 11, 115–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appsy.2004.09.002.CrossRef

Phinney, J. S., & Baldelomar, O. A. (2011). Identity development in multiple cultural contexts. In L. A. Jensen (ed), Bridging cultural and developmental approaches to psychology: new syntheses in theory, research, and policy (pp. 161–186). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Rosenthal, D. A., Gurney, R. M., & Moore, S. M. (1981). From trust to intimacy: a new inventory for examining Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 10, 525–537. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02087944.CrossRefPubMed

Shaw, D. S., Gilliom, M., Ingoldsby, E. M., & Nagin, D. (2003). Trajectories leading to school age conduct problems. Developmental Psychology, 39, 189–200. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.2.189.CrossRefPubMed

Schwartz, S. J., Beyers, W., Luyckx, K., Soenens, B., Zamboanga, B. L., Forthun, L. F., & Waterman, A. S. (2011). Examining the light and dark sides of emerging adults’ identity: a study of identity status differences in positive and negative psychosocial functioning. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40, 839–859. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-010-9606-6.CrossRef

Schwartz, S. J., Klimstra, T. A., Luyckx, K., Hale, W. W., & Meeus, W. H. J. (2012). Characterizing the self-system over time in adolescence: internal structure and associations with internalizing symptoms. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41, 1208–1225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-012-9751-1.CrossRefPubMed

Sugawara, M., Sakai, A., Sugiura, T., & Matsumoto, A. (2006). SDQ: The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. http://www.sdqinfo.com/. Accessed 2 Jun 2019.

Sugimura, K., Matsushima, K., Hihara, S., Takahashi, M., & Crocetti, E. (2018). A culturally sensitive approach to the relationships between identity formation and religious beliefs in youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48, 668–679. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0920-8.CrossRef

Sugimura, K., & Mizokami, S. (2012). Personal identity in Japan. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 138, 123–143. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20025.CrossRef

Statistics Bureau of Japan (2018). Gakkou kihon chousa [School Basic Survey]. http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/toukei/chousa01/kihon/sonota/1355787.htm.

van Doeselaar, L. V., Becht, A. I., Klimstra, T. A., & Meeus, W. H. J. (2018). A review and integration of three key components of identity development: distinctiveness, coherence, and continuity. European Psychologist, 23, 278–288. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000334.CrossRef

van Gelder, J. L., Hershfield, H. E., & Nordgren, L. F. (2013). Vividness of the future self predicts delinquency. Psychological Science, 24, 974–980. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797612465197.CrossRefPubMed

Waterman, A. S., Schwartz, S. J., Hardy, S. A., Kim, S. Y., Lee, R. M., Armenta, B. E., & Agocha, V. B. (2013). Good choices, poor choices: relationship between the quality of identity commitments and psychosocial functioning. Emerging Adulthood, 1, 163–174. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696813484004.CrossRef

Titel: Do Identity Processes and Psychosocial Problems Intertwine with Each Other? Testing the Directionality of Between- and Within-Person Associations
Auteurs: Kai Hatano
Kazumi Sugimura
Koen Luyckx
Publicatiedatum: 27-12-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 2/2020
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01182-0

Andere artikelen Uitgave 2/2020

Does it Matter If I Am a Worrier? The Effect of Worry as a Moderator between Career Decision-Making Difficulties and Negative Dysfunctional Emotions

Empirical Research

Maturation beyond Age: Interrelationships among Psychosocial, Adult Role, and Identity Maturation and their Implications for Desistance from Crime

Empirical Research

The Social Context and Illness Identity in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study

Empirical Research

Parental Phubbing and Adolescents’ Depressive Symptoms: Self-Esteem and Perceived Social Support as Moderators

Empirical Research

Never Mind the Acculturation Gap: Migrant Youth’s Wellbeing Benefit when They Retain Their Heritage Culture but Their Parents Adopt the Settlement Culture

Empirical Research

Neighborhood Profiles and Associations with Coping Behaviors among Low-Income Youth

Empirical Research