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- Eriksson, Py Liv, 1986, et al.
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Perspectives on adult identity development
- 2021
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Ingår i: Roundtable Discussion presented at the European Society in Adult Development (ESRAD) online Conference, Jönköping, Sweden..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Identity development is an important psychosocial task not only in adolescence but also in adulthood since it provides the individual with a feeling of continuity between past, present and future (Erikson, 1968). This means that the identity continues to grow and develop in adulthood and that issues pertaining to the identity are important to adult development (Fadjukoff & Kroger, 2016). Identity issues can be examined in many ways and this roundtable discussion will address how to examine adult identity development from different perspectives and what can be gained by examining adult identity in this way. Four researchers in a roundtable discussion format will describe how their perspective on adult development focusing on identity and adult development. The panel will discuss three main questions: 1) how do you explore identity among adults? 2) why do you use this identity perspective on adult development?, and 3) what can your perspective on identity and tell us about adult development? The panel of this roundtable discussion consist of four researchers who explore adult identity from different perspectives. Fanny Gyberg (University of Gothenburg) conduct mixed methods research on how young adults configure their work and family identities to a workable whole. Gustaf Glavå (University of Gothenburg) studies the lifespan development of fathers’ involvement in their children’s life’s and its relation to identity-bearing factors. Caroline Järdmo (University of Gothenburg) studies the importance of close relations for the identity of young adults. Ylva Svensson (University West) explores ethnic identity development of young adults from different backgrounds, mainly by analyzing written narratives and mixed methods. Py Liv Eriksson conduct research on challenging experiences and their impact on adult identity development.
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- Järdmo, Caroline, 1986, et al.
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Creating something new from past experiences - The meaning of change in repeated narratives
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of personality. - : Wiley. - 0022-3506 .- 1467-6494. ; 91:6, s. 1294-1313
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: Narrative identity is an essential level of personality, and to de-velop, the life narrative should entail both stability and change. In this study, we examine the meaning of change in repeated narratives about occupational experiences. Method: Fifty- nine individuals were interviewed at age 25, 29, and 33. In these interviews 544 narratives and 142 sets of repeated narratives were identified, of these 39 sets of repeated narratives had changed between interviews. A thematic narrative analysis was conducted focusing on the meaning of change in repeated narratives. Results: The analysis resulted in five narrative themes: Gaining insights about one's identity, transforming views of past challenges, increasing agency, increas-ing motivation for occupational commitments, and accentuating competence and importance. In the context of occupational experiences, the results from the nar-rative themes illuminate how narrators repeatedly engage with the same narra-tive to elaborate their narrative identity. Conclusion: This study presents a novel method for capturing identity devel-opment, which show that changes in repeated narratives can entail important information about identity growth as well as the way narrators create new stories of their previous experiences in order to continue to make sense of their lives.
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- Järdmo, Caroline, 1986, et al.
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Creating something new from past experiences - The meaning of change in repeated narratives
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Society in Adult Development (ESRAD) hybrid Conference, Greenwich, United Kingdom, May 12-14..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Background and Aim: The stories people tell about their present, past and future selves are highly important for identity development (McAdams, 1985; Kroger & Marcia, 2011), not least in adulthood. To maintain one’s identity as a subjective coherent sense of self, continuous over time, the identity also needs to be reworked and developed throughout life in response to new experiences (Erikson, 1968; McAdams, 2013). Therefore, identity defining narratives should entail both stability and change (Adler, 2019). The aim of this study is to examine the meaning of change in repeated narratives about occupational experiences. Method: Fifty-nine individuals were interviewed at age 25, 29 and 33. In these interviews 544 narratives and 142 sets of repeated narratives were identified, of these 39 sets of repeated narratives had changed between interviews. A thematic narrative analysis was conducted focusing on the meaning of change in repeated narratives. Result: The analysis of the meaning of change in the repeated narratives resulted in five themes: Gaining insights about one’s identity, Transforming views of past challenges, Increasing agency, Increasing motivation for occupational commitments, and Accentuating competence and importance. In the context of occupational experiences, the results from the narrative themes illuminate how narrators repeatedly engage with the same narrative to elaborate their narrative identity. Discussion and Implications: This study presents a novel method for capturing identity development, which show that changes in repeated narratives can entail important information about identity growth as well as the way narrators create new stories of their previous experiences in order to continue to make sense of their lives.
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- Järdmo, Caroline, 1986, et al.
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Repeated narration in the work domain among young adults
- 2021
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Ingår i: European Society in Adult Development (ESRAD) online Conference, Jönköping, Sweden, April 23-25..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The stories people tell about their present, past and future selves are highly important for identity development (McAdams, 1985; Kroger & Marcia, 2011), not least in adulthood. To maintain ones identity as a subjective coherent sense of self, continuous over time, the identity also needs to be reworked and developed throughout life in response to new experiences (Erikson, 1968; McAdams, 2013). Aspects of both stability and change are important in identity defining narratives (Adler, 2019). One way of examine stability is by examining repeated narration over time. Little is known about the number of repeated narratives within contexts salient to identity, e.g. occupation. The aim of this study is to examine the presence of repeated narratives in the occupation domain. Method: 36 young adults were interviewed at age 25, 29 and 33 using the occupational domain of the Identity Status Interview. A codebook was developed to find narratives and to indicate if they were repeated. Reliability coding of number of narratives per interview occasion and number of repeated events across occasions indicated good reliability. Result: All participants told a narrative in at least 1 of the 3 interview occasions, varying between 1 and 9 narratives per interview with a mean of 3 narratives. All participants repeated at least 1 narrative over 2 or more interview occasions, varying between 1 and 5 with a mean of 2,4 repeated events. Most common was to repeat over all 3 interview occasions (33 narratives), followed by repeating between ages 25 and 29 (20 narratives), 25 and 33 (17 narratives) and lastly 29 and 33 (15 narratives). Discussion and Implications: Results show that there is a high presence of narratives that are repeated over time when young adults are interviewed about their occupation, with repetition over all interview occasions being most common, indicating a high degree of stability. Forthcoming research will investigate identity defining changes in stories that adults repeat over time
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- Järdmo, Caroline, 1986, et al.
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Stability and Change in Repeated Narratives About Occupational Identity
- 2021
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Ingår i: International Society for Research on Identity (ISRI) online conference, Tufts University, Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, June 3-4..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Narrative identity is the meaningful evolving story of the self that individuals construct and internalize in order to make sense of their lives (McAdams & McLean, 2013). The story connects the autobiographical past and the imagined future through reconstruction of memories, and serves to explain how the person came to be, and where his or her life may be going (McAdams, 2011). The identity needs to be reworked and developed throughout life in response to new experiences (Erikson, 1968; McAdams, 2013). Thus, aspects of both stability, such as continuity, and change, such as growth, are important for narrative identity. Recent research on narrative identity has started to focus more on examining repeated narration, that is, similar content that an individual repeat across different occasions, in order to more fully understand the complexity of stability and change in narratives (e.g. Adler, 2019; Dunlop, 2019; Fivush, Habermas, & Reese, 2019; McAdams, 2019; McLean, Köber & Haralssson, 2019; Pasupathi & Wainryb, 2019; Singer, 2019). The aim of this study was to examine how repeated narratives change between interview sessions conducted at three time points, four years apart, and what function the changes in repeated narratives have for individuals’ identity. A community sample of 59 young Swedish adults were interviewed at age 25, 29 and 33. The interviews focused on occupational identity (one domain of the Identity Status Interview, Marcia et al., 1993). In order to identify narratives and to determine if the narrative was repeated, we developed a codebook. Reliability coding of number of narratives per interview occasion and number of repeated events across occasions indicated good reliability (ICC = .89 for number of narratives and .82 for number of repeated narratives). The 59 participants told a total of 544 narratives across the three interview occasions and there were 141 repeated sets of narratives, that is, narratives that were repeated across two or three interview occasions. For the analysis, we used an exploratory, data-driven, case-centered approach (Adler et al., 2017; Riessman, 2008) and examined each set of repeated narratives separately for each individual. The results showed three areas of change within the repeated identity narratives: change of amount of details, change of emotional tone and change of characters with two themes under each area. Findings suggested that there was a high degree of repeated narratives across the interview occasions and that individuals change their repeated narratives in various ways, indicating how the meaning and function of the narrative had changed and become more, or less, important for their identity at present.
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- Carlsson, Johanna, 1985, et al.
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Narrative identity development of youth in secure care in Sweden
- 2024
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Ingår i: International Society for Research on Identity 30th Anniversary Conference.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The study explored narrative identity development of youth in secure care in Sweden. Narrative content and structure (emotional sequence and meaning making) in 503 personal narratives written as a voluntary part of the school curriculum for youth in secure care were analyzed. Preliminary findings showed that the story content was dominated by what it is like being in secure care, descriptions of own destructive behavior, and experiences of hardship, though positive themes were also present. Meaning making was identified in about half of the stories. There was diversity in emotional tone, but hopefulness towards the future was a distinct theme.
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- Eriksson, Py Liv, 1986
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Developing into early adulthood: The role of identity and personality
- 2020
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the development into early adulthood, focusing on identity and personality. The aim of Study I was to explore the developmental course and implications of the two meta-traits ego resiliency (i.e., individuals’ capacity to adjust to their environment) and ego control (i.e., level of impulse restraint) from childhood (age 2) to early adulthood (age 33), N = 139. In general, the rank-order stability of proximal waves was consistently high for ego resiliency and ego control. Latent growth curve models showed that ego resiliency displayed high mean-level stability over time. Ego control demonstrated greater change in childhood relative to adolescence and adulthood. Analyses with intercepts and slopes of ego resiliency and ego control as predictors of adult well-being revealed associations with well-being, but these were generally accounted for by the Big Five traits. This study shows that ego resiliency and ego control are fairly stable personality constructs from childhood to adulthood, and highlights their association with adult adaptation. The aim of Study II was to investigate identity development across early adulthood (ages 25, 29, and 33, N=118). Investigations of identity status revealed that fewer individuals were in the moratorium status (i.e., current exploration of identity) and more were in the identity achievement status (i.e., identity exploration before establishing commitments) in later years. At the individual level, stable identity statuses with established commitments were by far the most common patterns. Longitudinal qualitative analyses of identity interviews showed three processes of identity development within these stable patterns: approach to change, story integration, and participation in a broader life context. These results show how early adults maintain and evolve their identity within status stability. The aim of Study III was to use a cultural framework to understand how narratives of difficult experiences are told among early adults in Sweden (age 33, N = 116), and then to examine the relations between these narrative patterns and well-being. Employing an open-exploratory approach, four equally prevalent emotional sequences were found: redemptive sequencing, neutral/vague sequencing, combination of positive and negative sequencing, and negative sequencing. While no differences were found in the use of the first three emotional sequences for well-being, the negative sequencing was associated with poorer well-being. These results show that there are several ways to narrate difficult experiences in the Swedish context. In conclusion, this thesis illuminates the important role of personality and identity – two central aspects of the understanding of the self – in people’s psychological development and well-being.
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- Eriksson, Py Liv, 1986, et al.
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Facing Challenging Experiences in Life – Narrative Identity Development Processes and Associations with Wellbeing During the Transition to Midlife
- 2024
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Ingår i: Identity. - 1528-3488 .- 1532-706X. ; 24:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study investigates identity development in narratives of difficult experiences and associations with wellbeing in the transition to midlife. The narrative processes of emotional sequencing (i.e. emotional tone of how people frame their experiences: redemptive, neutral/vague, negative, and a combination of positive and negative) and positive and negative impact on the identity (i.e. how people perceive the impact of the narrated event) were examined in narratives about difficult experiences in early adulthood (Mage = 33.28, SD=0.54) and midlife (Mage = 38.62, SD =0.61). Results concerning emotional sequencing showed two typical patterns one of stability in neutral/vague sequencing, and another pattern of change from a combination of positive and negative to redemptive sequencing. Furthermore, positive and negative impact in early adulthood was associated with wellbeing in midlife. Findings in this study show that people who are neutral in their way of framing challenges maintain this outlook on life’s difficulties in the transition to midlife. The results also indicate that perceived negative impact of narrated events, and not only positive impact, in early adulthood has bearing on wellbeing during midlife.
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- Eriksson, Py Liv, 1986
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Identity and personality development with a focus on early adulthood
- 2019
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate identity and personality development with a focus on early adulthood. The aim of Study I was to investigate identity development across early adulthood at three measurement points, ages 25, 29 and 33 (N=118). A sequential mixed-methods design was used, and the data analysis was thus performed in different steps. First, quantitative investigations of stability and change in identity status revealed some group-level changes over time, with fewer individuals in the moratorium status (i.e., current exploration of identity) and more individuals in the identity achievement status (i.e., identity exploration before establishing commitments). However, typical and atypical patterns of individual stability and change between adjacent waves showed that stability in identity status development with established commitments (i.e., identity achievement and foreclosure) across early adulthood were by far the most common patterns. In the second step, in order to understand the underlying processes of these stable patterns, the patterns were examined through qualitative analyses. In this part, the two dominant perspectives of identity development were combined: the identity status model and the narrative approach. Qualitative analysis of the narratives from the status interviews of each participant’s development from age 29 to 33 revealed three processes of identity development: Approach to Change, Narrative Coherence, and Participation in a Broader Life Context. This study demonstrated that there are significant changes within stable identity status patterns, and that identity development in early adulthood requires individuals to reflect, adjust, and evolve their identity. The aim of Study II was to explore the developmental course and implications of ego resiliency and control from childhood (starting at age 2) to early adulthood (age 33). The sample consisted of 139 participants, who were assessed nine times between ages 2 and 33. The developmental course and implications of the personality meta-traits ego resiliency (i.e., the individuals’ capacity to adjust to their environment) and ego control (i.e., level of impulse restraint) were examined. In general, the rank-order stability of proximal waves was consistently high for ego resiliency and ego control. Further, latent growth curve models were used to examine mean-level stability and change in ego resiliency and control. These analyses showed that ego resiliency displayed high stability over time. Ego control demonstrated stability over the full time span, but there was greater change in childhood relative to adolescence and adulthood. Analyses with intercepts and slopes of ego resiliency and ego control as predictors of adult well-being at age 33 showed associations with well-being, but these associations were generally accounted for by the Big Five traits. Finally, ego resiliency and control in childhood and adolescence were, albeit to a lesser extent, associated with adult identity development with regard to commitments and ego resiliency to previous exploration. This study shows that the meta-traits of ego resiliency and control are fairly stable personality constructs from childhood to adulthood and also highlights their association with adult adaptation, which also suggests that personality traits may give an early indication of identity processes. In conclusion, this thesis shows how identity and personality – two central aspects of development – evolve over time, as well as how these aspects of development are related. The two studies of this thesis focus especially on the period of early adulthood, and demonstrate processes of how people maintain their identity and how earlier development can influence adaptation in early adulthood.
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- Eriksson, Py Liv, 1986, et al.
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Identity Development in Early Adulthood
- 2020
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Ingår i: Developmental Psychology. - : American Psychological Association (APA). - 0012-1649 .- 1939-0599. ; 56:10, s. 1968-1983
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This longitudinal study investigated identity development across early adulthood. To examine both stability and change in identity development, an explanatory mixed-methods design was employed. First, patterns of identity status development across early adulthood were examined, followed by an in-depth qualitative approach to understand more about the processes within identity status stability from the late 20s into the 30s. Analyses revealed group-level changes in identity status across ages 25 (M-age = 24.9, SD = 0.7), 29 (M-age = 29.3, SD = 0.6), and 33 (M-age = 33.3, SD = 0.5) among the 118 participants, with fewer individuals in moratorium and more in identity achievement in later years. Stable identity statuses with established commitments (identity achievement and foreclosure) were by far the most common patterns across early adulthood. To understand how early adults maintain their identity within these stable patterns, we employed longitudinal qualitative analyses of identity status interviews from ages 29 and 33. These analyses revealed 3 processes of identity development: approach to change (willingness to adjust and evolve previously established commitments), story integration (thematic and temporal integration, and metaexploration of previous identity work), and participation in a broader life context (identity expanding beyond personal aspirations). Together, these findings show that there is identity status change toward maturity across early adulthood and high stability within individual patterns. The findings also show that stable identity achievement facilitates further deepening within the three processes of identity development, and that stable foreclosure can be connected to both weakening and deepening in identity development.
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