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The Path from Identity Commitments to Adjustment: Motivational Underpinnings and Mediating Mechanisms
Author(s) -
Luyckx Koen,
Schwartz Seth J.,
Soenens Bart,
Vansteenkiste Maarten,
Goossens Luc
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2010.tb00150.x
Subject(s) - identity (music) , structural equation modeling , psychology , path analysis (statistics) , causality (physics) , distress , social psychology , sample (material) , path (computing) , psychological distress , causal model , psychotherapist , computer science , mental health , mathematics , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , machine learning , acoustics , programming language , statistics
The present study focused on motivational underpinnings of identity commitments and mediating mechanisms underlying their effects on well‐being and distress in a sample of college freshmen ( N = 399). Using a path model in a structural equation modeling approach, the authors found that causality orientations appeared to serve as motivational antecedents of identity commitments. Identity integration mediated the pathway from identity commitments to adjustment (i.e., well‐being and absence of distress). Suggestions for future research and implications for counseling are provided.