Objective. This article focuses on identity as a parent in relation to parenting and psychological functioning in middle age. Design. Drawn from the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, 162 participants (53% females) with children (age 36), represented the Finnish age-cohort born in 1959. Parental identity was assessed at ages 36, 42, and 50. Results. In both wome...

Experiencing social identity threat can lead members of stigmatized groups to protect their self-regard by withdrawing from domains that are associated with higher status groups. Four experiments examined how providing identity affirmation in alternative domains affects performance motivation in status-defining domains among stigmatized group members. Two forms of identity affirmation were dist...

The aim of the present study is to examine athletic identity, status transitions and health-related behavioral dynamics student athletes. Descriptive survey model was used 398 individuals participated in study. Data collected by Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS), information form, ranking closed-ended qualitative questions. According findings, it found that students' downright increase...

The purpose of this study was to construct a reliable indicator of the 5 functions of identity proposed by Adams and Marshall (1996). Following Loevinger’s (1957) method of test construction, 2 related studies were completed to test the substantive, structural, and external validity of the Functions of Identity Scale. Study 1 provides support for the substantive validity (factor structure, inte...

The short story could be the media to teach something readers. “Two old cherry trees still in bloom” for example, is written by Saikaku. Through his work, Saikaku would like show readers implementation of 4 identity-statuses. He brought into critical reading help them find identity. To analyze identity status content story, coding analysis was used. By analyzing, it seen that identity-status ca...