Looking Through the Kaleidoscope: A Metaphor for Convergences of Identities

2019 ◽  
pp. 370-394
Author(s):  
Denise Thew Hackett
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Deaf Identity ◽  
Life Journey ◽  
Multiple Variables

This chapter dives into the exploration of how identities and the variables contributing to these identities converge. The author, a deaf counseling psychologist, uses the kaleidoscope as a metaphor to illustrate this process. She describes her own identity exploration as a deaf woman, including the ways that personal and professional identities have been influenced by multiple variables interacting with each other as illustrated by the movement of the various elements of the kaleidoscope. To broaden her understanding of her life journey, she relies on acculturation and intersectional theories and outlines how these theories fit with her experiences. She also examines the implications of deaf identity formation for psychological well-being.

Social and Emotional Development: The Role of Authenticity in the Psychosocial Development of Students With Gifts and Talents

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-114
Author(s):  
Tracy L. Cross
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social And Emotional Development ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Development Of Students

This column explores the concept of authenticity in the psychosocial development of students with gifts and talents. The author describes how authenticity is critical to students’ psychological well-being, particularly as it relates to their identity formation.

Quest and Identity within a Religious Ideological Surround

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Watson ◽  
Ronald J. Morris ◽  
Ralph W. Hood
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
Personal Meaning ◽  
Personal Beliefs ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Quest Scale ◽  
Definition Of

Current controversies over religious orientation center on issues that appear to be partially nonempirical, normative, and sociological. These issues, in other words, may be ideological. In exploring this possibility, the present study had different religious orientation types evaluate items from the Quest Scale. For a group with an intrinsic commitment, a number of items proved to be antireligious in their implications while one was proreligious. This intrinsic interpretation of Quest also predicted relative mental health, including superior identity formation; and this was especially true for intrinsic subjects themselves. For no other type was the self-definition of Quest as robustly or as discriminatively linked to psychological well-being. The original Quest Scale was tied to poorer self-functioning. Overall, these data demonstrated the importance of measuring not just personal beliefs, but the personal meaning of those beliefs as well.

Experiential Acceptance and Psychological Well-Being in Korean-Born Adoptees

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alix P. Sarubbi ◽  
Jennifer Block-Lerner ◽  
Simon M. Moon ◽  
Dahra Jackson Williams
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Experiential Acceptance

Previous research on Korean-born adoptees suggests that exploring one’s ethnic identity may increase one’s psychological well-being. Existing research also suggests that some adoptees may not engage in ethnic identity exploration because they wish to avoid feeling different because of their adopted status. The current study sought to integrate these findings and investigate associations between experiential acceptance of adoption-related thoughts and feelings, ethnic identity, and psychological well-being in a Korean-born adoptee population ( N = 91). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that experiential acceptance significantly contributed to both psychological well-being and development of a positive ethnic identity. Clinical implications for therapists and families are discussed.

Attachment and psychological well-being among adolescents with and without disabilities in Kenya: The mediating role of identity formation

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 849-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amina Abubakar ◽  
Itziar Alonso-Arbiol ◽  
Fons J.R. Van de Vijver ◽  
Margret Murugami ◽  
Lubna Mazrui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Mediating Role

scholarly journals Latinx Emerging Adults’ Religious Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Psychological Well-Being

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1073
Author(s):  
Isabella Nicole Schiro ◽  
Carolyn McNamara Barry ◽  
Mary Jo Coiro ◽  
Emalee J. W. Quickel
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Identity Commitment ◽  
Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure

The current study examined associations among religious and ethnic identity exploration and commitment, and psychological well-being (PWB) among 683 Latinx emerging adults. A subset of data collected in the Multi-Site University Study of Identity and Culture was analyzed, focusing on three measures: (a) Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM), (b) Religious Identity Measure (adapted from MEIM), and (c) Scales of Psychological Well-Being–Short Form. Correlations indicated that PWB was positively related to religious and ethnic identity commitment, not exploration. Regression analyses indicated that commitment to religious or ethnic identity were positively associated with PWB, while exploration of religious or ethnic identity were not associated with PWB. In addition, religious identity exploration moderated the relation between ethnic identity exploration and commitment and PWB. These findings have implications for efforts to support the development of ethnic and religious identity among Latinx emerging adults.

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