Identity Processes and Coping Strategies in College Students: Short-Term Longitudinal Dynamics and the Role of Personality

Autor/inn/en	Luyckx, Koen; Klimstra, Theo A.; Duriez, Bart; Schwartz, Seth J.; Vanhalst, Janne
Titel	Identity Processes and Coping Strategies in College Students: Short-Term Longitudinal Dynamics and the Role of Personality
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41 (2012) 9, S.1226-1239 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-012-9753-z
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; College Students; Identification; Coping; Longitudinal Studies; Social Support Groups; Problem Solving; Prediction; Self Concept; Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Collegestudent; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Bewältigung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Problemlösen; Vorhersage; Selbstkonzept; Rollen
Abstract	Coping strategies and identity processes are hypothesized to influence one another over time. This three-wave longitudinal study ("N" = 458; 84.9% women) examined, for the first time, how and to what extent identity processes (i.e., commitment making, identification with commitment, exploration in breadth, exploration in depth, and ruminative exploration) and coping strategies (i.e., problem solving, social support seeking, and avoidance) predicted one another over time. Cross-lagged analyses indicated that processes of identity exploration seemed especially to be intertwined with different coping strategies over time, suggesting that identity exploration may resemble problem-solving behavior on the pathway to an achieved identity. Commitment processes were found to be influenced by certain coping strategies, although identification with commitment also negatively influenced avoidance coping. These temporal sequences remained significant when controlling for baseline levels of Big Five personality traits. Hence, evidence was obtained for reciprocal pathways indicating that coping strategies and identity processes reinforce one another over time in college students. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10