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Andrew Kinney

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Identity Processing Orientation, Cognitive and Behavioural Strategies and Well-being

1997

The aim of this study was to investigate interrelationships among the identity negotiation styles that people use, the cognitive and behavioural strategies they deploy, and their sense of subjective well-being. To examine this, 198 American and 109 Finnish college students completed the Identity Style Inventory, the Strategy and Attribution Questionnaire, Rosenberg’s Self-esteem Scale, and the revised Beck’s Depression Inventory. Results showed that people with an information-oriented identity style reported the highest level of self-esteem, those with a normative style had the most stable self-conceptions, and those with a diffuse/avoidant style displayed the highest level of depressive s…

Social Psychology05 social sciencesIdentity (social science)050109 social psychologyIdentity negotiationDysfunctional familyCognitionEducationStyle (sociolinguistics)Developmental psychologyDevelopmental NeuroscienceWell-beingDevelopmental and Educational Psychology0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesLife-span and Life-course StudiesPsychologyAttributionSocial psychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)050104 developmental & child psychologyCognitive styleInternational Journal of Behavioral Development
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Identity processing style and cognitive attributional strategies: similarities and difference across different contexts

1999

Identity processing style refers to the manner in which individuals approach or manage to avoid identity relevant problems and decisions. Two studies were designed to investigate the relationship between identity style and the specific cognitive and attributional strategies youth deploy in achievement and affiliative contexts. In Study 1, 198 American late adolescents filled in the revised Identity Style Inventory and a Strategy and Attribution Questionnaire. In Study 2, 109 Finnish late adolescents filled in the same measures. Study 1 revealed that diffuse/avoidant-oriented American youth relied on maladaptive strategies in both contexts. Information-oriented youth engaged in more strategi…

Strategic planningSocial PsychologyNormativeIdentity (social science)Context (language use)CognitionInterpersonal communicationAttributionPsychologySocial psychologyDevelopmental psychologyStyle (sociolinguistics)European Journal of Personality
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