Does Employment Status Matter for Emerging Adult Identity Development and Life Satisfaction? A Two-wave Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT: Late emerging adulthood is pivotal for identity exploration and development and is interrelated with life satisfaction. In the development of identity and life satisfaction, it is important to have a stable employment status that supports the foundation of life. However, the interrelationships among identity, life satisfaction, and employment status in late emerging adulthood are unclear. Using a two-wave longitudinal survey, this study examined identity development and whether the relationship between identity and life satisfaction varies by employment status. Participants included 875 Japanese emerging adults (65.5% women, M_age = 24.74, SD_age = 0.44). Multivariate analysis of variance showed that identity synthesis decreased for those who lost their jobs or those wh

SUBMITTER: Hatano K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11333549 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature