What is it about?
In general, identity style evolves with age and maturity and the general trajectory or progression involves movement away from a diffuse-avoidant orientation.
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Why is it important?
This study suggests that age-related differences in identity style are normal and expectable and that identity style changes as a result of maturation. This study is also important in that it suggests that identity development is related to brain development during adolescence and early adulthood.
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In doing background research for this article, I learned so much about adolescent brain development and how it relates to adolescent risk-taking and decision-making. It also convinced me that the process of adolescent identity development could not be fully divorced from what's happening in terms of brain development. A major benefit of working on this article was that I became familiar with the work of, and communicated with Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a top-notch scholar if ever there was one.
Dr. Tommy Phillips
Mississippi State University
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This page is a summary of: Age-Related Differences in Identity Style: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, Current Psychology, August 2008, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-008-9035-9.
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