Adolescent Identity Formation: Religious Exploration and Commitment

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Religion and Identity: The Role of Ideological, Social, and Spiritual Contexts (2003, background): “Similarly, in a study of undergraduates, Hunsberger et al. (2001) found that religious commitment was weakly linked with identity achievement and moderately linked with identity foreclosure.”
Community and religious involvement as contexts of identity change across late adolescence and emerging adulthood (2011, background): “However, higher religiosity seems to be associated with higher identity achievement and foreclosure and with lower identity diffusion and moratorium (Hunsberger et al., 2001; Markstrom-Adams, Hofstra, & Dougher, 1994).”
The Role of Spirituality Versus Religiosity in Adolescent Psychosocial Adjustment (2006, background): “Literature in the field of identity development has found that adolescents who possess religious beliefs are more likely to report a committed identity status (e.g., Hunsberger et al., 2001; Markstrom-Adams and Smith, 1996).”
Religion and Positive Youth Development: Identity, Meaning, and Prosocial Concerns (2004, background): “Hunsberger et al. (2001) found only weak associations between identity achievement and religious commitment.”