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Identitetens uppklarnande och kulturvärden

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Pulkkinen, L.: Identity achievement and cultural values. Nordisk Psykologi, 1987, 39 (3), 186–202. Relationships between identity achievement and cultural values were studied with 240 young adults. A questionnaire contained a scale for Identity Achievement modified from Crotevant & Adams' (1984) EOM-EIS and questions concerning the importance of various values (e.g. religious, scientific) for one's life, and expectations about and fears of the future. LISREL analyses revealed that Identity Achievement was divided into two components, ethical (friendship, religion) and functional identity (sex roles, politics), rather than ideological and interpersonal identity suggested by Grotevant and Adams. Identity Achievement was related to cultural values and orientation toward the future; e.g. ethical identity correlated with socio-ethical and humanistic values, and awareness of global problems, whereas functional identity correlated with materialistic values and awareness of external influence on oneself.