Identity status differences among Italian adolescents: Associations with time perspective

Fiorenzo Laghi, Roberto Baiocco, Francesca Liga, Angela Guarino and Emma Baumgartner

Children and Youth Services Review, 2013, vol. 35, issue 3, 482-487

Abstract: Based on Marcia's identity status model, this cross-sectional study examined adolescents' identity formation analyzing its association with time perspective. A sample of 1300 Italian adolescents filled in self-report measures assessing two major developmental processes: identity resolution and time perspective. Adolescents who achieved an integrated identity status seemed to primarily adopt a future time perspective and to have a positive view of the past. By contrast, Diffused adolescents reported negative experiences in the past, a lower future orientation and a greater inclination to fatalism compared to others.

Keywords: Identity status; Time perspective; Future orientation; Exploration; Adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.12.018

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