@article{ref1,
title="Daily identity dynamics in adolescence shaping identity in emerging adulthood: an 11-year longitudinal study on continuity in development",
journal="Journal of youth and adolescence",
year="2021",
author="Vollebergh, Wilma A. M. and Meeus, Wim H. J. and Branje, Susan J. T. and Nelemans, Stefanie A. and Becht, Andrik I.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="According to identity theory, short-term day-to-day identity exploration and commitment processes are the building blocks for long-term development of stable  commitments in emerging adulthood. This key assumption was tested in a longitudinal  study including 494 individuals (43% girls, M(age) T1 = 13.31 years, range  11.01-14.86 years) who were followed from adolescence into emerging adulthood,  covering ages 13 to 24 years. In the first five years, adolescents reported on their  daily identity processes (i.e., commitment, reconsideration and in-depth  exploration) across 75 assessment days. Subsequently, they reported on their  identity across four (bi-) annual waves in emerging adulthood. <br><br>FINDINGS confirmed  the existence of a dual-cycle process model of identity formation and identity  maintenance that operated at the within-person level across days during adolescence. Moreover, individual differences in these short-term identity processes in  adolescence predicted individual differences in identity development in emerging  adulthood. Specifically, those adolescents with low daily commitment levels, and  high levels of identity reconsideration were more likely to maintain weak identity  commitments and high identity uncertainty in emerging adulthood. Also, those  adolescents characterized by stronger daily changes in identity commitments and  continuing day-to-day identity uncertainty maintained the highest identity  uncertainty in emerging adulthood. These results support the view of continuity in  identity development from short-term daily identity dynamics in adolescence to  long-term identity development in emerging adulthood.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-2891",
doi="10.1007/s10964-020-01370-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01370-3"
}