Title

The Relationships Among Caregiver And Adolescent Identity Status, Identity Distress And Psychological Adjustment

Keywords

Adolescent development; Caregivers; Identity development; Identity distress; Identity status; Psychological adjustment

Abstract

The present study addresses the relationships of caregiver identity status on their adolescent children's identity distress and psychological symptom severity among a sample of adolescents (age 12-19) in treatment at a community mental health center (N = 60 caregiver-child dyads). A significant proportion of caregivers (10%) and their adolescent children (21.7%) met DSM-IV criteria for Identity Problem. Caregiver identity commitment, significantly predicted adolescent identity distress over and above the adolescents' identity variables, while caregiver identity exploration significantly predicted adolescent psychological symptom severity. These findings and implications are discussed in further detail. © 2012 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents.

Publication Date

10-1-2012

Publication Title

Journal of Adolescence

Volume

35

Issue

5

Number of Pages

1203-1213

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.04.001

Socpus ID

84865533469 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84865533469

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