College-attending emerging adults’ free time perception profiles: Relationships with well-being and identity development

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Cindy L. Hartman ◽  
Denise M. Anderson ◽  
Robert J. Barcelona
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Time Perception ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Free Time

The Role of Financial Identity Processes in Financial Behaviors and Financial Well-Being

2021 ◽  
pp. 216769682110161
Author(s):  
Rimantas Vosylis ◽  
Angela Sorgente ◽  
Margherita Lanz
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Financial Behaviors ◽  
Identity Processes ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Financial Identity

Financial identity formed during emerging adulthood is important for the regulation of youth financial behaviors, decisions, and long-term financial goals. This three-wave short-term longitudinal study investigates how youth develop a distinct manner of approaching and managing personal finances and reveals the structure and dynamics of financial identity development during emerging adulthood. Using the cross-lagged panel model analysis, it also investigates longitudinal reciprocal associations between financial identity processes, financial behaviors, and financial well-being of emerging adults. The sample consists of 533 Lithuanian higher education students (56.8% women; M age = 18.93, SD age = 0.71) who took part in three assessment waves. The findings support the use of the three-factor model of financial identity formation and show that financial identity formation is shaped by emerging adults’ financial situation and contribute to the formation of financial behaviors and financial well-being. Practical implications of study results are also discussed.

scholarly journals The relation of parental support of emerging adults’ goals to well-being over time: The mediating roles of goal progress and autonomy need satisfaction.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Koestner ◽  
Theodore A. Powers ◽  
Anne Catherine Holding ◽  
Nora Hope ◽  
Marina Milyavskaya
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Personal Goals ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

Two studies examined parental support of young adults’ personal goals. Study 1 examined 1189 personal goals reported by 238 young adults and showed that it was common for emerging adults to receive support from their parents as they pursued their personal goals, particularly important and demanding goals. Relying on parents was unrelated to the Big 5 traits, but was linked with developmental factors – younger age, autonomy supportive family environment, and higher identity development but less intimacy development. Study 2 used a prospective, longitudinal design (n = 932) to show that goal support from parents was significantly associated with better well-being across the school year, as long as the support was delivered in an autonomy supportive fashion (e.g., empathic and encouraging volitional functioning). Goal support from peers was unrelated to well-being. Mediational analyses showed that parental autonomy support indirectly influenced young adults’ subjective well-being over the year by enhancing their progress on personal goals and boosting their sense of personal autonomy in their everyday lives. These studies highlight that the psychological impacts of goal support depend on both the source and type of support that is received

scholarly journals Subjective Well-Being and Religious Ego Identity Development in Conservative Christian University Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-86
Author(s):  
Angela Watson ◽  
Emily Goodwin ◽  
Claire Michael
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ego Identity ◽  
Identity Status ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Christian University

Spiritual maturity greatly impacts psychosocial development (Bravo, Pearson, & Stevens, 2016; Dreyer & Dreyer, 2012; Power & McKinney, 2014). Much of the identity formation process occurs during adolescence and early adulthood (Good & Willoughby, 2014; Hardy et al., 2011). The current study sampled students from a private Christian university to examine the relationship between religious ego identity status and subjective well-being. Positive relationships were found between religious ego identity and subjective well-being. Discussion includes the unique developmental needs of emerging adults to help Christian universities better facilitate their students’ growth and education.

scholarly journals Identity Development and Major Choice Among Underrepresented Students Interested in STEM Majors: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 216769682110155
Author(s):  
Kate C. McLean ◽  
Isabella M. Koepf ◽  
Jennifer P. Lilgendahl
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Underrepresented Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Major Choice ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
College Going ◽  
Degree Of Certainty

The present study employed a narrative identity analysis to the examination of identity development in relation to major choice for college-going emerging adults. We focused on underrepresented minorities (URMs) who expressed an interest in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) majors. In a qualitative, longitudinal, case-based study of URMs at two different campuses ( n = 26), we followed their development through college over 4 years, engaging in a comprehensive analysis of their experiences, including individual differences in pathways of identity formation. Results revealed five trajectories of development that focused on the degree of certainty in major and career choice, and general psychological functioning and identity integration. Implications include the need to examine a diversity of experiences to understand the “whole person,” which includes attending to motivations and psychological well-being, along with experiences in the classroom.

scholarly journals A Conceptual Review of Identity Integration Across Adulthood

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Mitchell ◽  
Jonathan M Adler ◽  
Johanna Carlsson ◽  
Py Liv Eriksson ◽  
Moin Syed
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Transitions ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Identity Integration ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Adult Lifespan

Though Erikson recognized identity development as a lifelong project, most research on identity has focused on adolescents and emerging adults. Less is known about how the identity formed in adolescence is maintained and adapted across the adult lifespan. The purpose of the present paper is to provide a conceptual review and elaboration of Erikson's (1968) theory focused on identity integration, a construct that is particularly relevant to adult identity development. Identity integration describes the process of bringing together various aspects of one's self into a coherent whole, and the sense of self-continuity and wholeness that emerges as a result of these processes. Informed by the identity and lifespan development literatures, we present a conceptual framework that describes how identity integration is maintained across the adult lifespan, and how it is re-established when changing life circumstances present threats to an individual's identity. These maintenance and re-establishment processes help to support adults' well-being and adaptation to major life transitions and stressful events. This conceptual framework is intended to facilitate research on identity integration in adulthood, a time of life that has been less often studied in the identity literature, but that can involve identity dynamics that are just as critical as those in adolescence.

scholarly journals Identity Development and Major Choice Among Underrepresented Students Interested in STEM majors: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate C. McLean ◽  
Isabella Mayan Koepf ◽  
Jennifer Lilgendahl
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Underrepresented Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Major Choice ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
College Going ◽  
Degree Of Certainty

The present study employed a narrative identity analysis to the examination of identity development in relation to major choice for college-going emerging adults. We focused on underrepresented minorities (URMs) who expressed an interest in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) majors. In a qualitative, longitudinal, case-based study of URMs at two different campuses (n = 26), we followed their development through college over four years, engaging in a comprehensive analysis of their experiences, including individual differences in pathways of identity formation. Results revealed five trajectories of development that focused on the degree of certainty in major and career choice, and general psychological functioning and identity integration. Implications include the need to examine a diversity of experiences to understand the ‘whole person,’ which includes attending to motivations and psychological well-being, along with experiences in the classroom.

Identity Development and Well-Being Among Nonreligious and Christian Emerging Adults in the Central United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 216769682094050
Author(s):  
Jordan A. Booker ◽  
Kristen E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Central United States

Emerging adulthood is an important period for managing the pressing developmental tasks of identity exploration and formation. Affiliation with a religion can inform how emerging adults understand themselves and commit to aspects of their identity, which may have implications for well-being. The present studies tested the ways in which identification with and commitment to Christianity inform identity development (i.e., exploration and commitment) and well-being (i.e., positive affect, negative affect, life satisfaction) among two samples of central U.S. college adults, both concurrently (Studies 1 and 2) and with a 2-month follow-up (Study 2 only). Across studies, self-identification as a Christian and greater commitment to Christianity were positively associated with identity exploration and subjective well-being. Further, indirect effects were supported between Christian affiliation and well-being, given differences in identity exploration. The current studies motivate a continued focus on social identities as contributors to adjustment in emerging adulthood.

scholarly journals Are perceptions of grandparenthood related to family and life satisfaction? A study with emerging adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752098115
Author(s):  
Isabel Miguel ◽  
Alexandra M. Araújo ◽  
Sandra Fernandes ◽  
Luísa Carneiro ◽  
Paula Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Adult Grandchildren

Given the crucial role that grandparents play in the upbringing and well-being of their grandchildren, research regarding the perceived importance of grandparents for their emerging adult grandchildren is of particular relevance. This study examined the relations between perceived grandparents’ roles and family and life satisfaction in Portuguese emerging adults. Participants (N = 387), aged 18–25, completed a structured self-report questionnaire. Findings of structural equation modeling showed that emerging adults’ perceptions of grandparental roles of counselor, enjoying the relationship, and indulgence are positively related to their family and life satisfaction. The mediation analysis showed that family satisfaction mediated the relation between perceptions of grandparents acting as counselors and the life satisfaction of emerging adult grandchildren. Implications of family relationships and grandparenting in the context of emerging adulthood are discussed.

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