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Diverse‐and‐Dynamic Pathways in Educational and Interpersonal Identity Formation during Adolescence: Longitudinal Links With Psychosocial Functioning
Author(s) -
Hatano Kai,
Sugimura Kazumi,
Crocetti Elisabetta,
Meeus Wim H.J.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.13301
Subject(s) - psychology , psychosocial , interpersonal communication , identity (music) , developmental psychology , identity formation , context (archaeology) , identity change , erikson's stages of psychosocial development , interpersonal relationship , social psychology , self concept , latent growth modeling , longitudinal study , psychotherapist , paleontology , physics , feeling , statistics , mathematics , acoustics , biology
This study aimed to examine the relations between educational and interpersonal identity trajectories and psychosocial functioning based on a three‐factor identity process model. A total of 968 Japanese adolescents including 13‐ and 16‐years‐olds (49.7% female) participated in a four‐wave longitudinal study. Latent class growth analysis extracted five identity trajectories in each educational and interpersonal identity domain and revealed (a) high prevalence of low commitment identity trajectories, (b) absence of the closure trajectory, and (c) changeable identity trajectories that have not been identified in Western context (i.e., the Netherlands). Furthermore, a latent change model revealed dynamic relations between identity trajectories and psychosocial functioning. These findings provide critical insights into the diverse and dynamic pathways of identity formation during adolescence in Japan.