Identity Processing Styles and Value Orientations: The Mediational Role of Self-Regulation and Identity Commitment

The purpose of this project was to investigate the role of perceived parenting styles in the choice of identity processing and commitment among a group of Chinese youth. Examining the identity processing styles of 209 young people using the ISI-4 (Smits et al., 2008) and Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ; Buri, 1991), we hypothesised that parental styles and family socio-economic status would differentially impact the identity commitment of youth in Macao. The findings corroborated Berzonsky's (2004) model, with minor differences, showing a positive relation between authoritative parenting and informational processing and identity commitment. However, a negative relation between a normative processing style and identity commitment was found in the Chinese sample. Testing for the moderating effect of socioeconomic status showed that authoritative parenting combined with high SES levels lead to the informational processing style.

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Identity Processing Styles and Psychosocial Balance during Early and Middle Adulthood: The Role of Identity in Intimacy and Generativity

Journal of Adult Development ◽

10.1007/s10804-011-9125-z ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 172-183 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Sherry L. Beaumont ◽

Michael M. Pratt

Keyword(s):

Middle Adulthood ◽

Processing Styles ◽

Identity Processing

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Effect of locus of control on disordered eating in athletes: The mediational role of self-regulation of eating attitudes

Eating Behaviors ◽

10.1016/j.eatbeh.2010.02.002 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 164-169 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

S. Scoffier ◽

Y. Paquet ◽

F. d'Arripe-Longueville

Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Disordered Eating ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Mediational Role

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Cognitive Reasoning Processes and Identity Achievement: Mediating Role of Identity Processing Styles

Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research ◽

10.33824/pjpr.2019.34.3.25 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 457-476

Author(s):

Manpreet Kaur ◽

Suninder Tung

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Model ◽

Processing System ◽

Objective Measure ◽

Processing Styles ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Cognitive Reasoning ◽

Identity Achievement ◽

The Relationship ◽

Identity Processing

The present study aimed to investigate the direct as well as indirect effect (through identity processing styles) of cognitive reasoning processes (rational-experiential processing systems) on identity achievement. In this model, identity processing styles serve as a catalyst for cognitive reasoning and identity achievement. For this purpose, a sample of 250 boys and 250 girls with age ranging from 15-20 years (M = 17.62; SD = 1.85) was taken. Identity Style Inventory-3 (Berzonsky, 1992), Rational Experiential Inventory-Adolescents (Marks et al., 2008), and Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity (Bennion & Adams, 1986) were administered on the sample. The mediating role of identity processing styles in the relationship of cognitive reasoning and identity achievement was investigated. The results of Multiple Hierarchical Regression analyses revealed that the relation between rational processing system and identity achievement was partially mediated by informational identity processing style. In addition, the relationship between experiential processing system and identity achievement was completely mediated by two identity processing styles-informational and normative. The current study findings were considered in terms of socio-cognitive model of formation of identity.

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Are all identity commitments created equally? The importance of motives for commitment for late adolescents’ personal adjustment

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1177/0165025411405954 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 358-369 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Bart Soenens ◽

Michael D. Berzonsky ◽

Curtis S. Dunkel ◽

Dennis R. Papini ◽

Maarten Vansteenkiste

Keyword(s):

Self Determination Theory ◽

Specific Pattern ◽

Future Research ◽

Late Adolescents ◽

Identity Styles ◽

Mediation Analyses ◽

Processing Styles ◽

Motivational Profile ◽

Identity Processing

On the basis of self-determination theory it is proposed that adolescents’ motives for forming and maintaining identity-relevant commitments can be either autonomous or controlled in nature. This study examined whether motives for identity commitments would add to the prediction of late adolescents’ adjustment beyond the effect of strength of commitment per se. In addition, it was examined how late adolescents’ identity-processing styles would relate to motives for commitment and whether motives for commitment would mediate between identity styles and adjustment. In a sample of 431 late adolescents it was found that autonomous and controlled motives were, respectively, positively and negatively related to adjustment even after taking into account the role of strength of commitment. Each of the three identity styles showed a specific pattern of associations with the motives for commitment, with an information-oriented style relating to the most autonomous and internalized motivational profile. Mediation analyses showed that at least part of the associations between identity styles and adjustment are mediated by motives for commitment. Directions for future research are discussed.

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