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Anxiety Trajectories and Identity Development in Adolescence: A Five-wave Longitudinal Study

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Crocetti, Elisabetta, Klimstra, Theo, Keijsers, Loes, Hale, William W., Meeus, Wim·2009·Journal of Youth and Adolescence

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The aim of this five-wave longitudinal study was to investigate the relationship between anxiety and adolescent identity development. Participants were 1,313 adolescents who annually completed measures of anxiety and identity. Growth Mixture Modeling (GMM) analyses demonstrated that the adolescent population was best typified by two latent growth trajectory classes: a low anxiety class (n = 1,199) characterized by a low initial level of anxiety that decreased over time and a high anxiety class (n = 114) characterized by a higher initial level of anxiety that increased over time. To answer our research question, we tested a model in which the anxiety classes predicted initial levels and rates of change of three identity dimensions: commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment. Findings indicated that the high anxiety adolescents displayed a more troublesome identity development than their low anxiety peers, since their commitments became weaker with age, and they reconsidered them intensively.

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  • Several studies found evidence for an overlap between identity development and depression and anxiety symptoms, such that adolescents and emerging adults in identity development trajectories characterized by high synthesis and low confusion had fewer depression and anxiety symptoms than those in trajectories characterized by low synthesis and high confusion.

    “Several studies found evidence for an overlap between identity development and depression and anxiety symptoms, such that adolescents and emerging adults in identity development trajectories characterized by high synthesis and low confusion had fewer depression and anxiety symptoms than those in identity development trajectories characterized by low synthesis and high confusion (Becht et al., 2016”

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Authors
Crocetti, E., Klimstra, T., Keijsers, L., Hale, W. W., & Meeus, W.
Affiliations
  • University of Macerata (IT)
  • Utrecht University (NL)
Corresponding author
Crocetti, Elisabetta
Venue
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Published
2008-06-13
Volume
38
Issue
6
Pages
839-849
ISSN
  • 0047-2891 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6601
OpenAlex
W1974713522
Cited by
249
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 17
FWCI
8.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
Keywords
adolescent anxiety, identity construction, identity commitment, identity exploration, anxiety trajectories, growth mixture modeling, longitudinal development
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Anxiety, Child, Female, Humans, Identification, Psychological, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Models, Psychological, Netherlands, Personality Development, Likelihood Functions, Adolescent Development

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