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Identity and Agency in Emerging Adulthood: Two Developmental Routes in the Individualization Process

Schwartz, Seth J., Côté, James E., Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen·2005·Youth & Society
DOI 10.1177/0044118x05275965
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Abstract

The study of emerging adulthood—the prolonged transition to adulthood extending into the 20s—is a rapidly growing area of research. Although identity issues are prominent during this period, the role of personal agency and individualization in the identity formation process during these years is not well understood. This study examines three psychological aspects of identity formation (style, status, and process) in relation to personal agency associated with the individualization process. Structural equation modeling analyses suggest that higher levels of agency are positively related to exploration and flexible commitment, unrelated to conformity, and negatively related to avoidance. Cluster analysis was used to examine and support a theorized polarity between developmental and default forms of individualization. Replicated across three U.S. ethnic groups, the results suggest that emerging adults utilize agentic capacities to varying degrees, and that the degree of agency utilized is directly related to the coherence of the emerging adult's identity.

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  1. Arnett, J. J., Growing into adulthood: The lives and contexts of emerging adults
  2. Côté, J. E. (1984). The identity crisis: A formulation and empirical test of Erikson's theory of ego identity formation . Unpublished doctoral dissertation, York University, Ontario, Canada.
  3. Côté, J. E., 1997, Journal of Adolescence, 20, 421
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  5. Schwartz, S. J., 2005, Acculturation and identity among immigrant people: Theoretical propositions, empirical questions, and applied recommendations
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  7. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, 2002, Annual report, 2002

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Authors
Schwartz, S. J., Côté, J. E., & Arnett, J. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Miami (US)
  • Western University (CA)
  • University of Maryland, College Park (US)
ORCID
Venue
Youth & Society
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2005-12
Volume
37
Issue
2
Pages
201-229
ISSN
  • 0044-118X (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-8499
DOI
10.1177/0044118x05275965
OpenAlex
W2166065160
Cited by
799
References
53
Citations by year
2026: 35 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 56 · 2018: 50 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 58 · 2015: 63 · 2014: 41 · 2013: 47 · 2012: 40
FWCI
19.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Youth & Society (publishedVersion)
  • Clark Digital Commons (Clark University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Keywords
emerging adulthood, identity construction, individual agency, individualization, identity status, identity processes, identity styles, identity exploration, conformity, identity avoidance, identity coherence, ethnic differences

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