IDENTITY DIFFUSION AS CULTURAL-ADAPTATION - SOME EMPIRICAL RESULTS ONCHANGES IN IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT

Authors
KRAUS W MITZSCHERLICH B
Citation
W. Kraus et B. Mitzscherlich, IDENTITY DIFFUSION AS CULTURAL-ADAPTATION - SOME EMPIRICAL RESULTS ONCHANGES IN IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT, PSYCHOLOGIE IN ERZIEHUNG UND UNTERRICHT, 42(1), 1995, pp. 65-72
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational
Journal title
PSYCHOLOGIE IN ERZIEHUNG UND UNTERRICHT → ACNP
ISSN journal
0342183X
Volume
42
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
65 - 72
Database
ISI
SICI code
0342-183X(1995)42:1<65:IDAC-S>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Changes in western societies seem to have made the identity status of diffusion - as a ''culturally adaptive'' diffusion - quite functional for identity development, proposes J. E. Marcia (1989). Starting from his discussion preliminary findings of a qualitative longitudinal stud y on the identity development of adolescents in Germany are presented. Some differentiations on the term of the ''culturally adaptive diffus ion'' are proposed. The qualities of diffusion as a coping strategy ar e emphasized.