Attachment and development of a mature identity. Attachment styles and the dimensions of identity development among young adults

• Authors: Jurczyk, Tomasz

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study was to present the relationship between attachment styles and the dimensions of identity development. The theoretical framework of current research constitutes: Attachment Theory by Bowlby (2007) as well as his followers (Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991), and a concept of Identity Development in the Identity Status Paradigm (Brzezińska & Piotrowski, 2010), which is based on the Psychosocial Development Theory by Erikson (1997). The participants were 109 students from different universities and classes. The experiment was questionnairebased – the participants filled out the Dimensions of Identity Development Scale and the Relationship Questionnaire. The results suggested a relationship between anxious-avoidant and preoccupied attachment styles and specific dimensions of identity development.

Keywords

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identity development; identity status; identity development dimension; emerging adulthood; attachment; attachment styles

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Psychologia Wychowawcza
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 55(13)
• Pages: 185-195

Dates

published

2019-11-27

Contributors

author

Jurczyk, Tomasz