Identity status among young adults: Validation of the Dimensions of Identity Development Scale (DIDS) in a Finnish sample
Engelsk titel: Identity status among young adults: Validation of the Dimensions of Identity Development Scale (DIDS) in a Finnish sample
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Författare:
Hautamäki, Airi
;
Leikas, Sointu
;
Mannerström, Rasmus
Email: rasmus.mannerstrom@helsinki.fi
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 58
Dokumenttyp:
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UI-nummer: 18010332
Sammanfattning
Theory and empirical findings suggest that sociohistorical changes have made identity
formation a precarious developmental process in contemporary Western societies. Firm commitments
may be delayed until the late twenties or discarded altogether. We tested the reliability
and factorial validity of a recently developed five-dimensional process model of identity development
– Dimensions of Identity Development Scale – in order to evaluate identity formation
among Finnish young adults (N = 751, Mage = 24.6, 60.3% women) in a cross-cultural perspective.
Results showed that the hypothesized five-factor model could not be confirmed as such.
Instead a six-factor model, encountered only recently in two other studies, suited the sample data
better. All six identity dimensions were internally and externally correlated as hypothesized and
the identity status cluster solution that emerged matched previous results with one exception.
Further, the surprisingly high prevalence of diffused and uncertain individuals in our sample may
indicate effects of sociohistorical factors specific to a Finnish cultural context.