Why Is Identity Achievement So Elusive?

By J. Kroger. 2007

98 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Safety Research

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In Clinical Psychology

1. M. Syed
2. W. Meeus
3. Kate C. McLean
4. Margarita Azmitia
5. Seth J. Schwartz

In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. M. Syed
2. E. Crocetti
3. Kate C. McLean
4. W. Meeus
5. Seth J. Schwartz
6. Margarita Azmitia
7. Toni Serafini
8. Luigia Simona Sica

In Safety Research

1. W. Meeus
2. M. Syed
3. Kate C. McLean
4. Margarita Azmitia
5. Seth J. Schwartz
6. E. Crocetti

Citations in the corpus

• Longitudinal trajectories of ethnic identity during the college years (2009, background): “…that a substantial number of college students do not reach identity achievement by the end of college, both for a domain-general sense of identity (Kroger, 2007; Meeus, Iedema, Helsen, & Vollebergh, 1999) as well as for identity domains such as sexual identity (Thompson & Morgan, 2008), social…”
• The Role of Domain Content in Understanding Identity Development Processes (2016, background): “…approaches are dominated by survey measures to assess indicators of exploration and commitment within domains (Balistreri et al., 1995; Bennion & Adams, 1986; Crocetti et al., 2008; cf. Kroger, 2002, 2007), or as general tendencies not tied to specific domains (Luyckx, Goossens, & Soenens, 2006).”
• Identity styles, dimensions, statuses, and functions: Making connections among identity conceptualizations (2013, background): “At the end of adolescence, only a limited number of individuals have achieved a firm sense of identity after a period of active exploration (Kroger, 2007).”