Identity processing style and cognitive attributional strategies: similarities and difference across different contexts
✍ Scribed by Michael D. Berzonsky; Jari-Erik Nurmi; Andrew Kinney; Kaisa Tammi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0890-2070
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✦ Synopsis
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 speci®c cognitive and attributional strategies youth deploy in achievement and aliative contexts. In Study 1, 198 American late adolescents ®lled in the revised Identity Style Inventory and a Strategy and Attribution Questionnaire. In Study 2, 109 Finnish late adolescents ®lled in the same measures. Study 1 revealed that diuse/avoidant-oriented American youth relied on maladaptive strategies in both contexts. Information-oriented youth engaged in more strategic planning than did their normative and diuse/avoidant counterparts. Study 2 indicated an identical pattern of associations among the identity processing styles and cognitive and attributional strategies for Finnish youth in achievement but not in interpersonal settings. The results are discussed in the context of a social±cognitive theory of identity development.