ArticleJournal of clinical psychology2013
Identity dimensions and related processes in emerging adulthood: helpful or harmful?
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Health Risk Behaviors and Self-Esteem Among College Students: Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Pooled it
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- Exploring relationships between dating app use and sexual activity among young adult college students.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- Identity development and online and offline prosocial behaviors among early and middle adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Military self-stigma as a mediator of the link between military identity and suicide risk.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Article
- Does Flourishing Reduce Engagement in Unhealthy and Risky Lifestyle Behaviours in Emerging Adults?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Stumbling Into Adulthood: Learning From Depression While Growing Up.Qualitative health research · 2020Article
- 'Who Am I?': An Exploratory Study of the Relationships Between Identity, Acculturation and Mental Health in Autistic Adolescents.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
- Identity formation and evaluation in adolescence and emerging adulthood: How is it associated with depressive symptoms and loneliness?Scandinavian journal of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology · 2018Article
- Adoptive identity and adjustment from adolescence to emerging adulthood: A person-centered approach.Developmental psychology · 2017Article
- The Internet's Multiple Roles in Facilitating the Sexual Orientation Identity Development of Gay and Bisexual Male Adolescents.American journal of men's health · 2016Article
- Converging identities: dimensions of acculturation and personal identity status among immigrant college students.Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology · 2013Article
- Identity in young adulthood: Links with mental health and risky behavior.Journal of applied developmental psychologyArticle
- The Health Needs of Young Women: Applying a Feminist Philosophical Lens to Nursing Science and Practice.ANS. Advances in nursing scienceArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThe current study evaluated the mediational role of well-being in the relationship between identity development and psychosocial functioning.
methodA sample of 7,649 undergraduate students (73% female; mean age = 19.95, standard deviation = 1.98; 62% Caucasian) completed measures of personal identity, well-being, internalizing symptoms, externalizing problems, and health-risk behaviors.
resultsResults revealed that (a) identity exploration and commitment were negatively associated with internalizing symptoms, health-risk behaviors, and externalizing problems through well-being, (b) ruminative exploration was negatively associated with well-being and positively associated with externalizing problems, and (c) increased levels of ruminative exploration appear more detrimental for men than for women.
conclusionThe study shed light on the mechanisms through which identity processes are related to internalizing symptoms, externalizing problems, and health-risk behaviors. The role of well-being in these associations, and the potentially deleterious "side effects" of exploration and commitment appear to suggest new and important directions for identity research.
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