Tapatumo procesų ir nerimastingumo
LTŠio tyrimo tikslas – atskleisti jaunuolių, esančių tapsmo suaugusiu periode, nerimastingumo / depresiškumo ir tapatumo procesų (įsipareigojimo, išsamaus tyrinėjimo, įsipareigojimo persvarstymo) sąsajas, kontroliuojant lytį ir amžių. Tyrime dalyvavo 491 18–29 metų jaunuolis (74,7 proc. merginos). Buvo naudota Utrechto tapatumo skalė (U-MICS) bei Suaugusių emocijų ir elgesio sunkumų įvertinimo lapas (ASR). Rezultatų analizė atskleidė, kad kuo nerimastingesni / depresiškesni jaunuoliai, esantys tapsmo suaugusiu periode, tuo mažiau jie yra įsipareigojimo ir išsamaus tyrinėjimo bei tuo labiau – įsipareigojimo persvarstymo procese. Kontroliuojant sociodemografinius veiksnius, nerimastingumas / depresiškumas yra susijęs su mažiau adaptyviu tapatumo formavimusi. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Nerimastingumas / depresiškumas; Tapatumas; Tapsmo suaugusiu periodas; Anxiety/depression; Identity; Emerging adulthood.
ENIdentity formation is a core developmental task, the importance of which is not limited to adolescence but pertains to emerging adulthood as well (Arnett, 2004). In our study, we consider a three-factor identity model (Crocetti, Rubini, & Meeus, 2008), focused on the dynamics by which emerging adults form, evaluate, and revise their identities. It is known that some identity processes are related to the internalising of problems (Luyckx et al., 2008 b; Schwartz et al., 2011) and, in turn, to the lower adjustment (Luyckx et al., 2005); thus, it is particularly important to unravel what role does the action of internalising problems – such anxiety or depression – play in the process of identity formation. The purpose of this study was to examine certain links between anxiety/depression and identity processes (identity commitment, in-depth exploration and identity reconsideration), accounting for recently matured individuals and emerging adults in Lithuania. The participants consisted of 491 emerging adults (74.7% of them were females), aged 18–29 (M=22.5, SD=2.97). The measures used in our Summarystudy are the following: Anxiety/Depression: Adult Self-report Form (ASR) (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2003); Identity processes: The Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS) (Crocetti, Rubini, & Meeus, 2008). The results of SEM have shown that anxiety/depression negatively predicts commitment and in-depth exploration and positively predicts identity reconsideration (χ2 (154)=478.9, p<0.05, CFI/TLI=0.94/0.93, RMSEA=0.066 [0.059–0.072]). As for control variables, we found that age is related only with anxiety/depression, meaning that older emerging adults scored lower on anxiety/depression. Gender was related with anxiety/depression, commitment and in-depth exploration.Females in particular had scored higher on anxiety/depression and commitment, also scoring lower than males on in-depth exploration. In conclusion, the finding indicated that, when controlling for sociodemographic variables, internalised problems are related with a less adaptive identity formation. [From the publication]
- Identity styles, positive youth development, and civic engagement in adolescence / Elisabetta Crocetti, Rasa Erentaitė, Rita Žukauskienė. Journal of youth and adolescence. 2014, vol. 43, iss. 11, p. 1818-1828.
- Paauglių emocinių ir elgesio sunkumų sąsajos ir pokyčiai per trejus metus : amžiaus ir lyties ypatumai / Oksana Malinauskienė, Rita Žukauskienė. Psichologija. 2007, t. 35, p. 19-31.
- Skirtumai tarp lyčių, prognozuojant elgesio ir emocinius sunkumus paauglystėje pagal asmenybės bruožus ir tėvų auklėjimo stilių / Rita Žukauskienė, Oksana Malinauskienė. Psichologija. 2008, t. 38, p. 63-83.
- Vyresniųjų paauglių tapatumo stiliaus, tapatumo įsipareigojimų ir jaučiamo brandumo ryšiai / Rimantas Vosylis. Jaunųjų mokslininkų psichologų darbai. 2014, Nr. 3, 1 pdf (6 p.).
