Trajectories of adaptive and disturbed identity dimensions in adolescence: developmental associations with self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder features
To advance our understanding of adolescents’ identity formation and how it may play into their psychological functioning, this study investigated developmental trajectory classes of adaptive and disturbed dimensions of identity formation, and whether adolescents belonging to different trajectory cla...
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| author | Annabel Bogaerts Laurence Claes Laurence Claes Koen Raymaekers Koen Raymaekers Tinne Buelens Tim Bastiaens Tim Bastiaens Koen Luyckx Koen Luyckx |
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| description | To advance our understanding of adolescents’ identity formation and how it may play into their psychological functioning, this study investigated developmental trajectory classes of adaptive and disturbed dimensions of identity formation, and whether adolescents belonging to different trajectory classes develop differently on self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) features. Three-wave longitudinal data from 2,123 Flemish adolescents was used (54.2% girls; Mage = 14.64, range = 12–18 at T1). Results pointed to four trajectory classes of identity formation: adaptive identity, identity progression, identity regression, and diffused identity. The adaptive identity class presented with stable high levels of self-esteem and resilience, and stable low levels of symptoms of depression and BPD, whereas opposite results were obtained for the diffused identity class. The identity progression class reported an increase in self-esteem and resilience as well as a decrease in symptoms of depression and BPD, whereas opposite results were obtained for the identity regression class. These results emphasize that adaptive and disturbed dimensions of identity formation are closely related to markers of well-being and psychopathology among adolescents, and could help identify adolescents with an increased risk for negative psychological functioning or increased opportunity for positive psychological functioning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c10299be7890412ead939d62a470f5422023-04-24T04:32:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402023-04-011410.3389/fpsyt.2023.11258121125812Trajectories of adaptive and disturbed identity dimensions in adolescence: developmental associations with self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder featuresAnnabel Bogaerts0Laurence Claes1Laurence Claes2Koen Raymaekers3Koen Raymaekers4Tinne Buelens5Tim Bastiaens6Tim Bastiaens7Koen Luyckx8Koen Luyckx9Department of Clinical Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumUniversity Psychiatric Centre, KU Leuven, Kortenberg, BelgiumFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumUNIBS, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South AfricaTo advance our understanding of adolescents’ identity formation and how it may play into their psychological functioning, this study investigated developmental trajectory classes of adaptive and disturbed dimensions of identity formation, and whether adolescents belonging to different trajectory classes develop differently on self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) features. Three-wave longitudinal data from 2,123 Flemish adolescents was used (54.2% girls; Mage = 14.64, range = 12–18 at T1). Results pointed to four trajectory classes of identity formation: adaptive identity, identity progression, identity regression, and diffused identity. The adaptive identity class presented with stable high levels of self-esteem and resilience, and stable low levels of symptoms of depression and BPD, whereas opposite results were obtained for the diffused identity class. The identity progression class reported an increase in self-esteem and resilience as well as a decrease in symptoms of depression and BPD, whereas opposite results were obtained for the identity regression class. These results emphasize that adaptive and disturbed dimensions of identity formation are closely related to markers of well-being and psychopathology among adolescents, and could help identify adolescents with an increased risk for negative psychological functioning or increased opportunity for positive psychological functioning.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1125812/fullidentityadolescenceself-esteemresiliencedepressionborderline |
| spellingShingle | Annabel Bogaerts Laurence Claes Laurence Claes Koen Raymaekers Koen Raymaekers Tinne Buelens Tim Bastiaens Tim Bastiaens Koen Luyckx Koen Luyckx Trajectories of adaptive and disturbed identity dimensions in adolescence: developmental associations with self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder features Frontiers in Psychiatry identity adolescence self-esteem resilience depression borderline |
| title | Trajectories of adaptive and disturbed identity dimensions in adolescence: developmental associations with self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder features |
| title_full | Trajectories of adaptive and disturbed identity dimensions in adolescence: developmental associations with self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder features |
| title_fullStr | Trajectories of adaptive and disturbed identity dimensions in adolescence: developmental associations with self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder features |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trajectories of adaptive and disturbed identity dimensions in adolescence: developmental associations with self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder features |
| title_short | Trajectories of adaptive and disturbed identity dimensions in adolescence: developmental associations with self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder features |
| title_sort | trajectories of adaptive and disturbed identity dimensions in adolescence developmental associations with self esteem resilience symptoms of depression and borderline personality disorder features |
| topic | identity adolescence self-esteem resilience depression borderline |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1125812/full |
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