Keyword

identity diffusion

Description: A developmental and psychological identity status marked by limited exploration of personal values and roles and little commitment to a defined identity.

Primary topic: Identity, Memory, and Therapy (26%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/identity-diffusion

Development and validation of ego-identity status.

1966 · James E. Marcia · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 5,166

Stages of Ethnic Identity Development in Minority Group Adolescents

1989 · Jean S. Phinney · The Journal of Early Adolescence · 1,461

Identity development from adolescence to adulthood: An extension of theory and a review of research.

1982 · Alan S. Waterman · Developmental Psychology · 760

Identity status change during adolescence and young adulthood: A meta‐analysis

2009 · Jane Kroger, Monica Martinussen, et al. · Journal of Adolescence · 688

The Identity Statuses: Origins, Meanings, and Interpretations

2011 · Jane Kroger, James E. Marcia · Springer eBooks · 556

Stages of Faith

1981 · James W. Fowler · 474

On the Progression and Stability of Adolescent Identity Formation: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Study in Early-to-Middle and Middle-to-Late Adolescence

2010 · Wim Meeus, Rens Van De Schoot, et al. · Child Development · 408

Examining the Light and Dark Sides of Emerging Adults’ Identity: A Study of Identity Status Differences in Positive and Negative Psychosocial Functioning

2010 · Seth J. Schwartz, Wim Beyers, et al. · Journal of Youth and Adolescence · 386

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Occupational Identity

2011 · Vladimir B. Skorikov, Fred W. Vondracek · Springer eBooks · 327

The Inventory of Personality Organization: Psychometric properties, factorial composition, and criterion relations with affect, aggressive dyscontrol, psychosis proneness, and self-domains in a nonclinical sample.

2001 · Mark F. Lenzenweger, John F. Clarkin, et al. · Psychological Assessment · 315

Ethical Components of Researcher—Researched Relationships in Qualitative Interviewing

2007 · Jeanette Hewitt · Qualitative Health Research · 309

Infant Mental Health Journal

2006 · Infant Mental Health Journal · 302

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African American Racial Identity Across the Lifespan: Identity Status, Identity Content, and Depressive Symptoms

2006 · Tiffany Yip, Eleanor K Seaton, et al. · Child Development · 289

Identity Statuses Based on 4 Rather Than 2 Identity Dimensions: Extending and Refining Marcia's Paradigm

2005 · Koen Luyckx, Luc Goossens, et al. · Journal of Youth and Adolescence · 273

Learning from mistakes

2006 · Melissa A. Fischer, Kathleen M. Mazor, et al. · Journal of General Internal Medicine · 259

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Ego identity status in college women1

1970 · James E. Marcia, Meredith L. Friedman · Journal of Personality · 228

Identity six years after: A follow-up study

1976 · James E. Marcia · Journal of Youth and Adolescence · 226

Women alcoholics. A review of social and psychological studies.

1975 · L J Beckman · Journal of Studies on Alcohol · 225

Mapping the Domain of Career Decision Problems

2002 · Kevin R. Kelly, Wei-Chien Lee · Journal of Vocational Behavior · 214

Positive intergroup attitudes: The role of ethnic identity

2007 · Jean S. Phinney, Brian Jacoby, et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Development · 200

Incest: children at risk

1977 · D H Browning, B Boatman · American Journal of Psychiatry · 196

Compulsive Procrastination: Some Self-reported Characteristics

1991 · Joseph R. Ferrari · Psychological Reports · 192

The state of research on ego identity: A review and appraisal

1978 · Edmund Bourne · Journal of Youth and Adolescence · 189

Doing Well: The Relationship of Identity Status to Three Conceptions of Well-Being

2007 · Alan S. Waterman · Identity · 187

Development and First Results of the Borderline Personality Inventory: A Self-Report Instrument for Assessing Borderline Personality Organization

1999 · Falk Leichsenring · Journal of Personality Assessment · 184

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Citation count: 34,880