scholarly journals Identity dimensions versus proactive coping in late adolescence while taking into account biological sex and psychological gender

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Kalka ◽  
Bartosz Karcz
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Proactive Coping ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Psychological Gender ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Significant Moderator

Abstract The aim of study was to investigate the relationship between proactive coping strategies and the dimensions of identity formation, along with the role of biological sex and psychological gender as moderators for this relationship. We conducted analyses aimed at showing differences in terms of identity dimensions levels and proactive coping strategies used by a group of individuals with different biological sex and psychological gender. A group of 101 students from upper secondary schools (47 females, 54 males) from Pomeranian Voivodeship took part in the study. We used in our research The Dimensions of Identity Development Scale; The Psychological Gender Inventory and The Proactive Coping Inventory for Adolescents. We found, among others, that in the case of a proactive strategy, biological sex turned out to be a significant moderator in the relationship between this variable and identity dimensions: ruminative exploration, commitment-making and identification with commitment. In the case of instrumental support seeking, psychological gender turned out to be a significant moderator for the relationship between these variables and a part of identity dimensions. The obtained results show that, regardless of whether young people, in terms of characteristics that are stereotypically associated with biological sex, are described as aschematic (undifferentiated individuals) or schematic (sex-typed) when entering adulthood and attempting to constitute themselves, more often cope in a task-oriented manner by trying to create a set of information useful in difficult situations and aspire to obtain informational support from individuals in one’s own social network, who are regarded as safe people.

scholarly journals Religiosity and Geriatric Mental Health: Exploring the Mediating Role of Coping Strategies

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Ruchi Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Proactive Coping ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Geriatric Mental Health ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to explore the mediating role of coping strategies in the relationship between bent towards religion and psychiatric indicators of mental health. 390 subjects with the age ranging from 50-90 years participated in the study. Results indicated that bent towards religion significantly predicted mental health. Except proactive coping, the remaining six coping strategies (preventive, reflective, strategic, emotional support seeking, instrumental support seeking and avoidance coping) significantly mediated the relationship between bent towards religion and psychiatric indicators of mental health.

Social Media and Identity

2019 ◽  
pp. 1365-1386
Author(s):  
Erika Melonashi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Media And Identity

The present chapter aims to explore the relationship between social media and identity by reviewing theoretical frameworks as well as empirical studies on the topic. Considering the complexity of the concept of identity, a multidisciplinary theoretical approach is provided, including Psychological Theories, Sociological Theories and Communication Theories. These theories are revisited in the context of online identity formation and communication through social media. Different aspects of identity such as gender identity, professional identity, political identity etc., are discussed and illustrated through empirical studies in the field. Moreover, the role of social media as a factor that might either promote or hinder identity development is also discussed (e.g., phenomena such as cyber-bulling and internet addiction). Finally recommendations and suggestions for future research are provided, including the need for multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to the investigation of the relationships between social media and identity.

Autobiography, Mediated Action, and the Development of Moral Identity

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark B. Tappan
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Nazi Party ◽  
Mediated Action ◽  
Childhood And Youth ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Identity Continuity ◽  
The Relationship

This paper explores a sociocultural approach to the development of moral identity, by considering the recently published autobiography of Ingo Hasselbach. Hasselbach, the founder (in 1991) of the National Alternative neo-Nazi party in East Germany, writes about his childhood and youth, how and why he embraced the neo-Nazi perspective, and how and why he ultimately repudiated the movement that he had helped to create. The analysis of Hasselbach’s story employs a “mediated action” approach to identity formation (Penuel & Wertsch, 1995; Wertsch, 1998). Such an approach entails taking human action as the starting point for the study of identity development, and understanding that mediated action, rather than an inner sense of identity, continuity, or sameness, provides the primary unit of analysis. In bringing a sociocultural perspective to bear on Hasselbach’s autobiographical narrative, this paper thus highlights the connections that emerge in his autobiography between his changing/developing sense of moral identity and his moral actions and interactions in the world. In so doing, it explores and explicates the relationship between Hasselbach’s moral identity and the sociocultural context in which it develops.

scholarly journals Gender and Student Participation

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethany C. Leraas ◽  
Nicole R. Kippen ◽  
Susan J. Larson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
Student Participation ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
College Classrooms ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Class Participation ◽  
Moderating Factors ◽  
Classroom Connectedness ◽  
Psychological Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Active class participation has been associated with student engagement and can be an important aspect of a successful learning experience in college classrooms. Several factors influence student participation including classroom dynamics (such as classroom connectedness, instructor-student rapport) and individual characteristics (such as biological sex and psychological gender).  With respect to individual characteristics, previous research has evaluated sex differences in participation and has yielded inconsistent findings. The present study investigated the relationship between psychological gender and student participation both in- and out-of-class. Classroom connectedness and professor-student rapport were assessed as possible moderating factors. Results indicated that masculinity and androgyny were associated with more in-class participation while femininity and androgyny were associated with student professor interaction outside of class. While both classroom connectedness and instructor-student rapport were correlated with student participation, there was no evidence of them moderating the relationship between gender and participation. Professor gender type was not associated with student participation. Implications for college classrooms and higher education are discussed.

Shame as a self-conscious emotion and its role in identity formation

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Czub
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Formation Process ◽  
The Self ◽  
Evolutionary Approach ◽  
Main Thesis ◽  
Draft Model ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The paper presents a draft model of the relationship between shame, treated as one of the self-conscious emotions, and the identity formation process. Two main concepts of shame have been discussed here: shame as an adaptive emotion, in line with the evolutionary approach, and as a maladaptive emotion (in contrast to guilt), according to cognitive attribution theory. The main thesis of this paper states that shame has an essential, both constructive and maladaptive, importance for identity development and that its effect is indirect as it works through the mechanisms of emotion regulation. The destructive and disrupting influence of shame is not an immanent feature of this emotion, but it is a consequence of malfunctioning mechanisms of shame regulation. The association of shame with identity formation relates to the exploration dimensions - exploration in breadth, exploration in depth and ruminative exploration, as well as to commitment making and identification with commitment.

scholarly journals Coping Strategies in Thyroid Diseases

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Annamária Pápai ◽  
Maria Melania Cozma ◽  
Lucica Emilia Coșa ◽  
Adriana Mihai
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Outpatient Clinic ◽  
Thyroid Diseases ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Proactive Coping ◽  
Cognitive Coping ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn the present study, we aimed at evaluating the relationship between the cognitive coping strategies of people with thyroid diseases and the level of stress experienced by them. During the present study we evaluated the coping strategies with Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and the level of stress experienced by them with Holmes and Rahe stress scale. All patients attended an endocrinology outpatient clinic between may-august 2019. 42 thyroid patients (31 with hypothyroidism and 11 with hyperthyroidism), aged 33-69 were selected for this study. The coping strategies used predominantly by thyroid patients are: rumination, positive reappraisal, catastrophizing. The rumination and the level of stress experienced correlated positively. 295 *, p = .044, statistically significant (p<0.05). 58.13% of patients presented stressful events in the year prior onset of thyroid pathology. This finding is important because restructuring less proactive coping strategies through psychotherapies can be an effective alternative or adjuvant way of treating thyroid diseases.

Social Media and Identity

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Erika Melonashi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Media And Identity

The present chapter aims to explore the relationship between social media and identity by reviewing theoretical frameworks as well as empirical studies on the topic. Considering the complexity of the concept of identity, a multidisciplinary theoretical approach is provided, including Psychological Theories, Sociological Theories and Communication Theories. These theories are revisited in the context of online identity formation and communication through social media. Different aspects of identity such as gender identity, professional identity, political identity etc., are discussed and illustrated through empirical studies in the field. Moreover, the role of social media as a factor that might either promote or hinder identity development is also discussed (e.g., phenomena such as cyber-bulling and internet addiction). Finally recommendations and suggestions for future research are provided, including the need for multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to the investigation of the relationships between social media and identity.

Social Media and Identity

2017 ◽  
pp. 62-83
Author(s):  
Erika Melonashi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Media And Identity

The present chapter aims to explore the relationship between social media and identity by reviewing theoretical frameworks as well as empirical studies on the topic. Considering the complexity of the concept of identity, a multidisciplinary theoretical approach is provided, including Psychological Theories, Sociological Theories and Communication Theories. These theories are revisited in the context of online identity formation and communication through social media. Different aspects of identity such as gender identity, professional identity, political identity etc., are discussed and illustrated through empirical studies in the field. Moreover, the role of social media as a factor that might either promote or hinder identity development is also discussed (e.g., phenomena such as cyber-bulling and internet addiction). Finally recommendations and suggestions for future research are provided, including the need for multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to the investigation of the relationships between social media and identity.

scholarly journals The relationship between proactive coping with difficult life situations and the level of mindfulness: A cross-cultural analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-62
Author(s):  
Elena Belinskaya ◽  
◽  
Malika Djuraeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Proactive Coping ◽  
Main Stage ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The Relationship

The modern understanding of the processes of coping with difficult life situations, emphasizing the provision of subjective well-being as their function, raises the question of what factors ensure the final effectiveness of coping strategies. The inconsistency of the available empirical data on the relationship between personal and situational predictors as well as effective coping allows us to assume the presence of mediating variables. Their search can be centered both on the inclusion of parameters of a higher socio-cognitive level in the analysis, and on the procedural characteristics of coping, one of which is proactivity in coping. The mindfulness construct seems to meet both of these requirements. The article presents the results of the preliminary and main stages of an empirical study of the relationship between mindfulness and proactive coping strategies. During the preliminary stage, the questionnaire “scale of awareness” was adapted to correspond to the “Western” model of awareness. During the main stage, the results of the relationship of mindfulness indicators according to the “Eastern” and “Western” models with proactivity strategies in two samples (Moscow — Tashkent) were obtained, which allowed us to identify certain cultural differences. The results indicate that there are partial correlations between the indicators of the two mindfulness questionnaires, which is consistent with existing theoretical concepts and allows us to consider the two models of mindfulness as stages of a single process. It is shown that in both samples, indicators of “Western” awareness are associated with the attitude to potential difficulties as a source of positive experience and with reflection in the event of the occurrence of possible variants of behavior, cognitive assessment of one’s own resources and prediction of results, as well as with a proactivity strategy such as the search for instrumental support. Cross-cultural differences were noted on a scale corresponding to “Eastern” awareness: in the sample of Tashkent, it was associated with a strategy of proactive coping, and in the sample of Moscow — with reflexive coping. The obtained relationship between the two types of mindfulness and proactive coping strategies allows us to conclude that mindfulness has the potential of meta-cognitive function in the structure of human activity, especially in the situation of evaluating possible life difficulties.

scholarly journals Διερεύνηση των σχέσεων της διαμόρφωσης ταυτότητας και των συμπτωμάτων ψυχοπαθολογίας σε αναδυόμενους ενήλικες

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Σπυρίδων Τάνταρος ◽  
Φωτεινή Σπαντιδάκη-Κυριαζή ◽  
Ευστάθιος Γράψας
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Financial Status ◽  
Identity Commitment ◽  
Distress Symptoms ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
The Relationship

The current research aims to investigate the relationship between identity formation processes and the manifestation of symptoms of general distress in emerging adults. For the purpose of the study, 237 university students from five Universities in Greece, aged from 18 to 25, completed the following questionnaires: Dimensions of Identity Development Scale (DIDS), Symptom Checklist 90 – Revised (SCL – 90 – R) and a demographics questionnaire. The results showed that ruminative exploration and identification with commitment can significantly predict the intensity of distress symptoms. As hypothesized, significant, positive correlations emerged between the identity commitment dimensions, as well as among the identity exploration dimensions. As expected, the identity commitment dimensions were negatively correlated with ruminative exploration. However, their correlation with in-depth exploration was found negative, whereas with in-breadth exploration was found insignificant. Significant differences were observed in the levels of commitment making and ruminative exploration in regard to participants’ type of accommodation, financial status and financial independence. Most scales showed overall good reliability, with the exception of in-depth exploration, the reliability of which was found questionable.

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