Extending the Dark Side of Identity Processes With Identity Distress.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Latent profile analysis of the dimensions of identity scale (DIDS) provides a person-centered configuration of adaptive (commitment, identification with commitment; exploration in breadth and in depth) and maladaptive (ruminative exploration) identity processes. The DIDS focuses on the future domain in the present. In this study DIDS profile analysis was extended to include the Identity Distress Scale (IDS), an affective index of uncertainty and difficulties with identity issues in general content areas relevant to young adults and its impact on adjustment. Identity distress is conceptualized on a continuum from adaptive to dysfunctional in relation to identity development. Its inclusion with identity processes was expected to provide a more nuanced description of the

SUBMITTER: Gfellner BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12682240 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature