Adolescence: Social Development

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Adolescence Social Development

• James Marcias Identity Crisis
• (Adolescent Stages of Identity Crisis)

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Adolescence Social Development

• Identity-Achievement Status
• considered several occupational choices and
  reevaluated past beliefs- gone through a crisis
  period and have committed to an occupation and an
  ideology, whether or not their decisions conflict
  w/ parental wishes.
• ltlthad crisis and commitmentgtgt

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Adolescence Social Development

• Identity-Moratorium Status
• still in crisis period, unable to make a
  commitment. In their struggle, they are
  attempting some compromise among parental wishes,
  societys demands, and their own capabilities.
• ltltstill in crisis, no commitment yetgtgt

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Adolescence Social Development

• Identity-Foreclosure Status
• have made a commitment without experiencing a
  crisis. The line b/w parental goals and their
  own is unclear. They are becoming what others
  have intended for them. Their personalities may
  be marked by rigidity if faced with a situation
  in which parental values were nonfunctional, they
  might feel extremely threatened.
• ltltno crisis, commitment to what parents/ others
  decided for themgtgt

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Adolescence Social Development

• Identity-Diffusion Status
• lack commitment may or may not have experienced
  a crisis period. Clearly, they have not decided
  upon an occupation nor are they much concerned
  about it. They are uninterested in ideological
  matters or they may take a smorgasbord approach
  in which they sample from all.
• ltltno crisis, no commitmentgtgt