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Identity
An International Journal of Theory and Research
Volume 8, 2008 - Issue 3
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The Moderating Effect of Identity Style on the Relation Between Adolescent Problem Behavior and Quality of Psychological Functioning

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Pages 221-248 | Published online: 15 Jul 2008
 

Abstract

The present study examines the moderating effect of identity decision-making styles on the relation between adolescent problem behavior and quality of psychological functioning. Participants were 1,857 adolescents aged 16 and 17 who completed the Youth Self-Report Questionnaire in Cycle 4 of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. It was hypothesized that the negative relation between problem behavior involvement and quality of psychological functioning would be stronger for individuals classified as having a predominantly diffuse-avoidant identity processing style than for normative or informational participants, and that this relation would be stronger in the normative group than in the informational group. All hypotheses were supported in a structural equation model linking problem behavior and psychological functioning.

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