Identity development in adolescence

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Identity development in adolescence

• The study of identity development processes
  begins with an understanding of Eriksons theory.

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IDENTITY A sense of sameness or continuity
with past. Identity must be searched for Who am
I? Where am I from? Where am I going? Must be
acquired through sustained individual effort. Is
best determined through interactions with other
people (peers parents).
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Erik Erikson

• Psychoanalytic psychologist
• Believed that the social environment influences
  individual psychological development
• epigenetic principle
• 8 ages of man

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Stages 1-4 of psychosocial development

• Infancy TRUST v. MISTRUST
• Toddlerhood AUTONOMY v. SHAME
• Early childhood INITIATIVE v. GUILT
• Childhood INDUSTRY v. INFERIORITY

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Stages 5-8 of Psychosocial Development

• Adolescence IDENTITY v. DIFFUSION
• Early adult INTIMACY v. ISOLATION
• Mid-adult GENERATIVITY v. STAGNATION
• Old age WISDOM v. DESPAIR

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Identity development in adolescence

• MORATORIUM
• Self, ego, and formal operations
• Includes the formation of a personal ideology and
  a philosophy of life.

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Main theme of life

• Quest for a identity.

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J. Marcia Identity statuses

• MORATORIUM (crisis)
• FORECLOSURE (commitment)
• DIFFUSION (no crisis or commitment)
• ACHIEVEMENT (commitment)

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Identity development

• What is the timing of identity development?
• Does identity development continue in adulthood?
• Is identity development the same for women as for
  men?
• Is identity development the same for members of
  racial and ethnic minorities?