Identity development in men and its relation to psychosocial distress and self-concept

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Zukanovic
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Psychosocial Distress ◽  
Self Concept

Gender literacy: enhancing female self-concept and contributing to the prevention of body dissatisfaction and eating disorders

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Alpert Sigall ◽  
Mary Strouse Pabst
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Female Self ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Troubles Alimentaires ◽  
And Gender

English This article examines the effect of gender inequity in education and gender identity development on self-concept, body dissatisfaction and eating disorders in females and considers the potential impact of the limited access to information about women's lives, history and contributions, and the concomitant focus on culturally defined attractiveness as a basis for self-worth for females. The authors propose a Corrective Education Model to facilitate the achievement of 'gender literacy': an awareness and understanding of those gender-related issues that affect the context and possibilities of girls' and women's lives. The object of this work is to help women and girls feel more powerful and enhance their sense of self beyond the limits of their body size and shape. French Cette étude examine l'impact de l'inégalité des sexes dans l'éducation, de même que l'incidence du développement de l'identité sexuelle sur l'idée de soi, le rejet de son propre corps, et les troubles alimentaires. Elle analyse aussi les conséquences éventuelles de l'accès limité à l'information sur la vie, l'histoire et l'apport des femmes, ainsi que l'importance accordée à l'étalon culturel de la beauté, étalon à l'aune duquel la femme mesure sa propre valeur. Les auteurs proposent un modèle orthopédagogique pour faciliter l'éveil des femmes à leur identité sexuelle: une prise de conscience et une compréhension de la dynamique sexuelle qui influe sur le milieu de vie des femmes et des filles et sur les possibilités qui leur sont offertes. L'objectif de ce travail est d'amener femmes et filles à prendre conscience de leur capacité accrue d'améliorer l'idée qu'elles ont d'elles-mêmes, indépendamment des contraintes de corps, de taille et de forme.

scholarly journals Capturing Enculturation Awareness: Conscious Negotiations between Culture and the Self

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jovana Balanovic
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Identity Commitment ◽  
English Speaking

<p>Enculturation (cultural acquisition during identity development) has often been conceptualised as an unconscious process of cultural internalization. However, little research has explicitly examined the degree to which people are aware of cultural influences on the self (enculturation awareness) and how varying levels of awareness may influence the development of the self-concept. Drawing from extant qualitative research (Balanovic & Ward, 2013), the current investigation addressed this paucity through the development of the Enculturation Awareness Scale (EAS), which captures the degree to which individuals have consciously considered and come to understand cultural influences on the self. Using two distinct samples drawn from English speaking, multicultural nations (sample 1, New Zealand, N = 224; sample 2, New Zealand, Australia, USA, N = 317), the results present initial evidence for the validity and reliability of the EAS by demonstrating consistent relationships between the EAS and criterion measures of identity exploration (Cultural-Identity Exploration, Exploration in Depth, Exploration in Breadth, Ruminative Exploration), identity clarity (Cultural Identity Clarity, Self-Concept Clarity, Identity Coherence), and identity commitment (Identification with Commitment, Commitment Making). Furthermore, the emergent findings situate enculturation awareness within a nomological network of theoretically related constructs such as perceived agency, empathy and positive psychological outcomes. The development of the EAS has important implications for future theorising concerning the dynamic interplay between culture and the development of the self-concept.</p>

Identity Development and Self-Concept

2000 ◽  
pp. 73-100
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Gullotta ◽  
Gerald R. Adams ◽  
Carol A. Markstrom
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Self Concept

Part I Summary

2020 ◽  
pp. 99-100
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Cassidy Parker
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Home School ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Musical Identity ◽  
Important Others ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Over Time

Using a developmental frame, we focused thus far on the innermost circles of adolescent musical identity development. In the chapter exploring “who I am,” we viewed adolescent self-concept, or traits and attributes they ascribed to their musicking; self-esteem, or a feeling of musical self-worth; and self-representation, or how adolescents viewed themselves musicking over time. In close interaction, we saw the critical role of important others and closest contexts, such as home, school, and community. Examining “how I think,” we discussed the importance of relatedness, mindset, autonomy, and building a sense of competency. While looking at adolescent feelings, we explored agency, perseverance, and vulnerability. In ...

scholarly journals Toward a new theory of gender transcendence: Insights from a qualitative study of gendered self-concept and self-expression in a sample of individuals assigned female at birth

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Body Modification ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Gender Nonconforming ◽  
Transgender Identity ◽  
North Americans ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender

Sex and gender are two concepts that are often conflated in popular culture. However, those who experience dissonance between their assigned sex and gender identity intimately understand the difference between sex, a biologicallybased distinction, and gender, a confluence of social and behavioral factors that contribute to understanding who one is as well as how one is seen by others. The gendered self-understanding and self-expression of 170 North Americans who self-identified as gender nonconforming and who were assigned female at birth were explored using a transpersonal lens and thematic analysis. Data suggested a range and variety of gendered self-concepts that aligned across two broad themes: binary (female/woman; male/man) and non-binary (gender nonbinary; trans masculine) gender core identities. Themes of gendered self-concept, expression in behavior, dress style and appearance, and surgical body modification are discussed. These data support the application of transpersonal theory to transgender identity development, and they underscore the need for more research to test the validity of a new theoretical model of gender transcendence discussed herein.

Self-Concept and Identity Development

2017 ◽  
pp. 41-57
Author(s):  
Ginny Garcia-Alexander ◽  
Hyeyoung Woo ◽  
Matthew J. Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Self Concept

scholarly journals Capturing Enculturation Awareness: Conscious Negotiations between Culture and the Self

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jovana Balanovic
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Identity Commitment ◽  
English Speaking

<p>Enculturation (cultural acquisition during identity development) has often been conceptualised as an unconscious process of cultural internalization. However, little research has explicitly examined the degree to which people are aware of cultural influences on the self (enculturation awareness) and how varying levels of awareness may influence the development of the self-concept. Drawing from extant qualitative research (Balanovic & Ward, 2013), the current investigation addressed this paucity through the development of the Enculturation Awareness Scale (EAS), which captures the degree to which individuals have consciously considered and come to understand cultural influences on the self. Using two distinct samples drawn from English speaking, multicultural nations (sample 1, New Zealand, N = 224; sample 2, New Zealand, Australia, USA, N = 317), the results present initial evidence for the validity and reliability of the EAS by demonstrating consistent relationships between the EAS and criterion measures of identity exploration (Cultural-Identity Exploration, Exploration in Depth, Exploration in Breadth, Ruminative Exploration), identity clarity (Cultural Identity Clarity, Self-Concept Clarity, Identity Coherence), and identity commitment (Identification with Commitment, Commitment Making). Furthermore, the emergent findings situate enculturation awareness within a nomological network of theoretically related constructs such as perceived agency, empathy and positive psychological outcomes. The development of the EAS has important implications for future theorising concerning the dynamic interplay between culture and the development of the self-concept.</p>

Identity Development

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Elite Athlete ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Disability Sport ◽  
The Public ◽  
Athletes With Disabilities ◽  
The One ◽  
Time And Energy

As athletes invest their time and energy into sport and it becomes a meaningful part of their self-concept they simultaneously develop an athletic identity. This chapter discusses psychological and sociological research on athletic identity development. One robust finding throughout the literature is that often athletes see themselves as athletes more strongly than the public does. The public’s reluctance to acknowledge that athletes with disabilities are real athletes reflects how disability sport is often marginalized. Research shows that sometimes former able-bodied athletes decline to participate in disability sport or seek out a sport different from the one they engaged in when able-bodied. Some athletes claim to be elite disability sport athletes in order to have an “elite” athletic identity. Other athletes with disabilities do not acknowledge disability sport and embrace an elite athlete identity. Within this context, the chapter incorporates relevant theory and psychological processes to identify plausible mechanisms underlying athletes’ decisions about whether to participate in sport and what to call themselves when they do.

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