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Published on: September 19, 2019
[Delayed identity development, family relationships and psychopathology: Links between healthy and clinically
Inge Seiffge-Krenke1, Fabian J Escher1
11 Psychologisches Institut, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Deutschland.
Abstract:
This study compared three groups of various age and health status (total N = 732) with respect to their identity status, stress level, and parental behavior. As expected, patients were characterized by delayed identity development, particularly ruminative exploration. Further, patients experienced high identity stress and described high levels of anxious paternal rearing and intrusive maternal psychological control. The patients‘ levels of both internalizing and externalizing symptomatology were high, and the impact of externalizing symptoms on identity arrest was strong. Identity status was delayed, albeit age adequate in both groups of healthy youths, with comparably high levels of anxious parental monitoring. Compared to adolescents, young adults were particularly active in their identity development, showing a high level of identity stress but no increase in psychopathology.
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