Identity and markers of adulthood: the relationship between two constructs

• Autorzy: Anna Izabela Brzezińska , Konrad Piotrowski

Abstrakty

EN

The article presents both the classical and contemporary approaches to the analysis of identity formation. Special emphasis has been placed on the processual approach, in which identity is regarded as a dynamic construct that remains in constant, mutual relations with personal and contextual factors. Since research on identity has been predominantly based on studies conducted on individuals in adolescence and early adulthood, i.e. in the time of transition to adulthood, the article focuses on adulthood markers that may be found in this particular phase of human development. The authors have distinguished different markers of adulthood (transitions to adult roles, psychosocial maturity, sense of adulthood) and have described their links to identity. In the conclusion of the present paper, it has been stressed that future research on identity should to a large extent include factors originating from these different categories of conditions, and that researchers ought to consider the interactions of these factors as predictors of identity formation.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

commitment; exploration; identity formation; psychosocial maturity; role transitions; sense of adulthood

• Wydawca: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Czasopismo: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: 44
• Numer: 3
• Strony: 254-265

Daty

wydano

2013

Twórcy

autor

Anna Izabela Brzezińska

• Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

autor

Konrad Piotrowski

• Educational Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Identyfikatory

Biblioteka Nauki

430424