Personality, Identity Styles, and Fundamentalism during Emerging Adulthood

Karin Bartoszuk, James E. Deal

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Abstract

This study examined the associations among personality, identity style, and fundamentalism. The initial sample included 808 students from 2 state universities (in the upper Midwest and Southeast United States). Of those students, 440 students self-identified as Protestant and were included. Testing mediation effects of identity styles on the relationship between personality and fundamentalism revealed only moderate direct effects between personality and fundamentalism, but 4 distinct patterns of indirect effects supporting the process-oriented model proposed by Duriez and colleagues. Results are discussed in terms of similarities and differences with other studies, with implications for future research outlined
Original languageAmerican English
JournalIdentity: An International Journal of Theory and Research
Volume16
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 19 2016

Keywords

  • counseling
  • development
  • emerging adulthood
  • fundamentalism
  • identity styles
  • mediation
  • personality

Disciplines

  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology

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