Human Growth and Development / Unit 12 HGD 1666 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Identity in Hard Times
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The idea
Universal identity trajectories are hard to find: diffusion rises during recessions, and becoming a parent increases identity commitment.
In practice
Finding a job not changing a young adult's overall identity status in one study.
Where people slip
Domain-specific analysis, identity in work, love or belief separately, tells researchers more than one overall status.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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