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Who am I?: Studying autobiographical reasoning, identity commitment and exploration processes, and narrative content in unison
de Moor,E.L. Klimstra,T.A. van Doeselaar,L. Branje,S.
de Moor,E.L.
Klimstra,T.A.
van Doeselaar,L.
Branje,S.
Abstract
Identity research focuses on multiple processes capturing how adolescents form and maintain a sense of self. However, identity content (the “what” of identity) might impact associations between identity and the association with well-being. We examined this potential role of content (i.e., valence and life domain) in two studies, focusing on autobiographical reasoning in written narratives (i.e., self-event connections), educational identity commitment and exploration processes, and measures of general and domain-specific functioning. Study 1 (N = 180, Mage = 14.7) and Study 2 (N = 160, Mage = 13.1) provided little evidence for the hypothesized role of identity content, but moderation analyses in Study 1 showed that self-event connections were more strongly related to life satisfaction in narratives about relational events than other events. These findings suggest a more fine-grained approach is needed to capture the role of identity content.
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2023
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adolescence, autobiographical reasoning, identity commitment and exploration processes, identity content, well-being
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de Moor, E L, Klimstra, T A, van Doeselaar, L & Branje, S 2023, 'Who am I? Studying autobiographical reasoning, identity commitment and exploration processes, and narrative content in unison', The Journal of Early Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316231216388