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Personal identity in Italy
Author(s) -
Crocetti Elisabetta,
Rabaglietti Emanuela,
Sica Luigia Simona
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cad.20023
Subject(s) - psychology , identity (music) , personal identity , developmental psychology , social psychology , self concept , sociology , art , aesthetics
This chapter discusses specifics of identity formation in Italian adolescents and emerging adults. We review consistent evidence illustrating that, in Italy, a progressive deferral of transition to adulthood strongly impacts youth identity development by stimulating identity exploration and postponement of identity commitments. We also consider the influence of ecological contexts and specific Italian groups (i.e., immigrant adolescents and those who drop out of school, youth living in disadvantaged areas in the south of Italy, and emerging adults who are unemployed or hold precarious jobs) for which the identity formation process is particularly challenging. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.