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01-02-2006 | Original Paper

Psychosocial Resources in First-Year University Students: The Role of Identity Processes and Social Relationships

Auteurs: Gerald R. Adams, Michael D. Berzonsky, Leo Keating

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 1/2006

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Abstract

The investigation involved the assessment of a model predicting that family and university relationship environments are linked with identity processes and identity states (statuses) that predict psychosocial resources among first-year university students. A sample of 351 university students, between the ages of 18 and 21 years, completed measures of psychosocial maturity based on Erikson's notions of ego virtues, a measure of identity processing styles (diffuse-avoidant, normative, and information styles), identity statuses (diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, and achievement), measures of family climate (conflict, expression, cohesion), and assessments of university relationships with faculty, advisors, and students. Based on linear structural equations, the model, with some adjustments, had a good fit with the data and demonstrates the complex association between perceived family and school climate, identity formation, and the association with psychosocial resources. The investigation demonstrates how multivariate model testing can be completed to assess some of the complexity suggested by Erik Erikson regarding identity formation.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Psychosocial Resources in First-Year University Students: The Role of Identity Processes and Social Relationships
Auteurs
Gerald R. Adams
Michael D. Berzonsky
Leo Keating
Publicatiedatum
01-02-2006
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 1/2006
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-005-9019-0

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